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Duke announces Apple’s Tim Cook as graduation speaker for 2018 Staff Reports The Chronicle

Apple CEO Tim Cook, Fuqua ’88, will be this year’s commencement speaker. The news was announced in a video at the men’s basketball game against Pittsburgh. Cook has led Apple since 2011 and has served on Duke’s Board of Trustees since 2015. “Tim’s contributions to technology and his advocacy for social justice make him the perfect person to inspire the Class of 2018...Tim Cook has embodied Duke’s commitment to delivering knowledge in service to society,” wrote President Vincent Price in an email to the Duke community. An Alabama native, Cook graduated from Auburn University in 1982 with a degree in industrial engineering. In 1988, he received his MBA from Duke, where he was a Fuqua Scholar. Cook worked for IBM and Compaq before Steve Jobs asked him to join Apple in 1998. At Apple, Cook led the company’s worldwide operations division and with Jobs, helped lead the company to become one of the largest in the world. In See COOK on Page 3

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ONE YEAR IN How Trump’s first year has affected the Duke community By Bre Bradham Local and National News Editor

Since President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Jan. 20, 2017, The Chronicle has published 337 news articles, opinion columns, editorials and satirical columns that mention his name. He can dominate the national news cycle with an early morning tweet and change immigration policy with a stroke of the pen—but some of his actions hit closer to campus than others. Here are ten ways that Trump’s first year in office has affected life on campus and the broader Duke community.

President Trump is responsible for the harms that happened to my University and myself. MOSHEN KADIVAR

RESEARCH PROFESSOR OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES ORIGINIALLY FROM IRAN WHO WAS IN GERMANY WHEN TRUMP’S TRAVEL BAN WENT INTO EFFECT

Blue Devils take to the streets—from Durham to D.C. The day of Trump’s inauguration, around 300 people— including Duke professors—gathered in downtown Durham to protest the new president. But students did not just stay in Durham. Some ventured to Washington, D.C. for the inauguration and the Women’s March, including then-first-

Jack Dolgin | Contributing Photgrapher One year after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, a lot has happened that has affected Duke’s students, faculty, staff and alumni.

year Niyah Shaheed. “I thought the march definitely achieved its purpose of showing the American people and the rest of the world that the bigotry and hate surrounding Trump’s campaign wasn’t representative of the attitudes of most people in this country and that we would actively fight to keep this bigotry from prevailing,” Shaheed said. On Jan. 29, protestors stretched the length of Raleigh-Durham International Airport to denounce Trump’s so-called “Muslim ban.” The crowd included several Duke faculty members and students, and was eventually shut down by police because it grew to several times the expected size. On Jan. 31, a crowd of about 250 people gathered in front of the Duke Chapel to also protest Trump’s executive order on immigration. In March, an advocacy group held a “die-in” near the J.B. Duke hotel to protest a possible Obamacare repeal. In addition to the protests explicitly against Trump and his policies,

No. 2 recruit Zion Williamson chooses Duke Staff Reports The Chronicle

Duke has had elite recruiting classes for the last several years, but a shocking announcement Saturday night may make its Class of 2018 its best ever.

No. 2 recruit Zion Williamson committed to Duke Saturday night on SportsCenter, giving the Blue Devils the top three recruits in next year’s class along with R.J. Barrett and Cameron Reddish. The Spartanburg, S.C., native was widely expected to stay close to home and pick Clemson or look

Sujal Manohar | Towerview Photography Editor The unexpected addition of Zion Williamson means that Duke now has the top three Class of 2018 recruits as ranked by ESPN.

elsewhere to Kentucky or North Carolina, but instead announced that he will join the “brotherhood” on stage at his high school. The Crystal Ball on 247sports gave Duke just a 4 percent chance to land him. “Duke stood out because the brotherhood represents a family, and Coach K is the most legendary coach that ever coached college basketball,” Williamson said on SportsCenter after his announcement. “I feel like going to Duke University, I can learn a lot from him.” Williamson has become a viral sensation during his career at Spartanburg Day School with more than a million Instagram followers thanks to his athleticism and highlight-reel dunks. The 6-foot-6 forward has led his team to two straight state championships. He has been out since November this year with a bruised foot, but averaged 37 points and 13 rebounds per game last season as a junior. Williamson is the fourth five-star recruit in Duke’s 2018 class, along with the two other top-three prospects and point guard Tre Jones. “[Coach K] came to us and said we all could come together. All three of us bring our own talents and our own uniqueness to the table, and I feel like all of us together— also with the point guard of Tre Jones—I feel like we can all do something special at Duke University,” Williamson said.

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11 semifinalists are chosen for Young Trustee By Nathan Luzum Health and Science News Editor

There are 11 semifinalists in the running to become the the next young trustee. Two to four of these semifinalists will become finalists, and the student body will vote to determine which finalist receives the title of Young Trustee. The following are descriptions of each semifinalist and their qualifications, as provided by each candidate. Elizabeth Brown Senior Elizabeth Brown is studying political science and global health. She is a co-coordinator for the Community Empowerment Fund, vice president of Durham and Regional Affairs in Duke Student Government and a B.N. Duke Scholar. See TRUSTEE on Page 4 @thedukechronicle | © 2018 The Chronicle

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Ever seen thousands of sea turtles in Costa Rica lay their eggs during a mass-nesting event? Probably not—it’s difficult even for scientists to observe. But using drone technology, a study co-led by a Duke researcher gained greater insights into the phenomenon. A team from Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill used a fixed-wing drone to perform aerial surveys of olive ridley sea turtles at the Ostional National Wildlife Refuge on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast, one of the world’s most

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons A team from Duke and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill used a drone to perform aerial surveys of sea turtles.

important nesting beaches. Data from four days in August 2015 showed that turtle densities at the refuge may be as much as 2,086 animals per square kilometer during the nesting season, a higher number than the scientists had anticipated. The study was published Dec. 18 in the journal Scientific Reports. “This study was meant to present the methods for using drones for collecting population assessments,” said Seth Sykora-Bodie, a third-year Ph.D. student at the Nicholas School of the Environment, who co-led the study. “Drones had never been used for this type of analysis.” Some prior research had employed drones to look at sea turtle behavior but not densities, explained Vanessa Bézy, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and co-author of the study. This mostly involved hovering over mating pairs and observing courtship behavior. In the study, the drone used a high-resolution digital camera with near-infrared vision, which flew 90 meters above the ocean and allowed an expanded field of view and greater image clarity. The footage revealed turtles below the water’s surface in a way that purely visual sightings from boats may not have detected. Previously, researchers have collected data on turtle abundance using mark-recapture studies, in-water surveys and counts of turtles on nesting beaches. However, these techniques are often costly, time-consuming and lack the accuracy of the drone method used in this study. Bézy noted that airplanes have often been used for sea turtle observation, but that this is not an ideal technique. “When you’re in the plane, you’re not really able to record,” she said. “The plane might not be at optimal altitude, and it’s limited in how and when you can fly.” Drones are also much safer than airplanes, SykoraBodie said. See TURTLE on Page 4

By Bre Bradham Local and National News Editor

At midnight Saturday, the U.S. government shut down because of congressional gridlock. But the world hasn’t stopped turning—mail will still be delivered to the Bryan Center and the American flag is still flying outside of the Allen Building. So what does the shutdown really mean for Duke students? It depends on how long it lasts, explained Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public relations and government affairs. “The longer it lasts, the more likely it is to affect services and programs that could impact students and faculty, such as payments for research grants,” Schoenfeld wrote in an email on Saturday. “And as is always the case with extreme and dysfunctional actions like shutting down the government, there are likely to be unintended and unforeseen impacts.” For students, there are some key services of interest that could potentially be impacted. Federal government offices that do “nonessential” services—such as handling passport requests—will begin furloughing employees on Monday, and public attractions like museums and staffed services at national parks may be closed. Many services, however, are considered essential and will not be affected. The postal service will continue to operate because it does not rely on tax dollars for its daily operations. The military will also continue to report to work, and air travel will likely not be impacted, as air traffic controllers and transportation security officers will remain at work. See SHUTDOWN on Page 3

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The 75th anniversary of Duke’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program will be marked by a three-part celebration in midSeptember and a new building. The celebration will include a gala, a leadership seminar and a book detailing the physical therapy program’s history.

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Michel Landry, chief of the doctor of physical therapy division, said the week will kick off on Sept. 13 with faculty and alumni celebrating in downtown Durham. The next day, the program will offer continuing education for visiting alumni in the morning, followed by a gathering for both current students and alumni in the evening. On Sept. 15, the program will host a leadership seminar and then a gala at Washington Duke Inn, where the anniversary book will be released. See THERAPY on Page 12

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COOK FROM PAGE 1 2014, Cook publicly announced that he was gay, making him the first openly gay CEO in the Fortune 500. Last year, Cook gave the commencement address for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, asking graduates “how will you serve humanity?” Cook is not the first member of the University’s Board of Trustees to present remarks at commencement. Last year, David Rubenstein, Trinity ‘70 and former chair of the Board of Trustees, encouraged students to make a difference in the world. In 2015, Paul Farmer, Trinity ‘82 and founding director of Partners in Health spoke. This year’s commencement ceremonies are May 13 at 9 a.m.

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TURTLE FROM PAGE 2 “Surprisingly, one of the leading causes of death for scientists is airplane-related crashes,” he said. “That’s something that’s always concerned people.” During the study, the team flew the drone over three kilometers of water near the shore twice each day—once in the morning and once in the evening—during four consecutive days of a mass-nesting event. They counted 684 confirmed turtle sightings and 409 probable sightings.

This translated into a low-end daily estimate of 1,299 turtles per square kilometer in the surveyed area and a high-end estimate of 2,086 turtles. “We all knew there were a lot of turtles, but the numbers here are just incredible,” Bézy said. Sykora-Bodie noted that analyzing the data in the drone footage was a challenge, involving counting the actual number of turtles in each image. The researchers are working with a software company in California to develop an algorithm that can automatically detect turtles in images, he said. Next up, the scientists plan to study

TRUSTEE FROM PAGE 1 Michelle Chen Michelle Chen is a senior majoring in computer science and minoring in economics. She is the current advisor and former director of HackDuke, a three-time executive board member of the Duke Association for Business Oriented Women (BOW) and a student leader for Project Change since 2015. Lesley Chen-Young Lesley Chen-Young is a senior majoring in environmental science and policy and minoring in economics. She is currently the president of Duke University Union, a member of the Diversity in STEM Student Advisory Committee, and a member of the Seniors for Duke Annual Fund Committee. Bryce Cracknell Bryce Cracknell is a senior public policy major with a minor in environmental science and policy. He is a Morris K. and Stuart L. Udall Scholar, president of the Black Men’s Union, member of the Trinity Board of Visitors and a resident assistant.

whether there are certain areas where the turtles tend to aggregate. “The question is, how do you expand this study and conduct it in a systematic way?” Sykora-Bodie said. Drone technology could be employed to detect populations of other species—like manta rays—in the water, Bézy noted. It could also be a way to measure biodiversity in habitats and ensure that regulations are being followed in the protected areas. The ultimate purpose of the study was to examine the status of sea turtle species, which are considered vulnerable or threatened around the world, Sykora-Bodie noted.

Will Hardee Will Hardee is a junior majoring in history and visual and media studies with a minor in African and African and American studies. He is an executive with the Interfraternity Council and former vice president of services for DSG. He has also served as a Board of Trustees business and finance committee member. Whitney Hazard Whitney Hazard is a senior studying public policy, information science and innovation & entrepreneurship. She is the chair of the First-year Advisory Program, the director of Common Ground, a vice president of BOW and a member of the inaugural class of The Penny Pilgrim George Women’s Leadership Initiative. Amy Kramer Senior Amy Kramer is a Robertson Scholar and Schwarzman Scholar studying public policy and political science. She is an Army ROTC Cadet, member of the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy Council and is a cohort executive officer of the Penny Pilgram George Women’s Leadership Initiative. She also is a member of BOW and plays bassoon in the Duke Orchestra. Chinmay Pandit Chinmay Pandit is a senior studying economics and political science. He is the chief-of-staff for the Duke Political Review, a portfolio manager for the Duke Investment Club, a Robertson

“We’re trying to understand what the status of the population is and what the trend is,” he said. “Is the population growing or shrinking?” Bézy explained that studying sea turtles is important because they are a good indicator of the health of oceans. Without them, food chains and delicate marine ecosystems could fall apart. And then there’s the cuteness factor, which leads more people to care about ocean conservation. “Sea turtles are a great organisms because they are charismatic, and they can get the public attention a little easier,” Bézy said.

Scholar and a student representative on the business and finance committee of the Duke Board of Trustees. Natalie Shammas Senior Natalie Shammas is studying psychology with a minor in sociology and a certificate in markets and management studies. She is the president of BOW, a resident assistant in Kilgo dorm and a head student manager for Duke Women’s Basketball team. She is also an undergraduate scholar at the Fuqua/Coach K Center On Leadership and Ethics. Isabella Turchetta Senior Isabella Turchetta is majoring in computer science and pursuing a certificate in innovation & entrepreneurship, while also maintaining her affinity for public policy electives. She is the vice president of Dukes and Duchesses and the former CEO of Campus Enterprises LLC, as well as an active member of BOW. Austin Wu Austin Wu is a senior majoring in computer science and linguistics with a minor in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. He is treasurer of the Asian Students Association, former treasurer of HackDuke and a member of Dukes and Duchesses. Isabelle Doan contributed reporting.

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Blue Devils squander 19-point lead in overtime loss at North Carolina By Spencer Levy Staff Reporter

CHAPEL HILL—In the eyes of North Carolina fans, Sunday afternoon started as one that would be remembered as the day Tar Heel head coach Sylvia Hatchell was honored for her 1,000 career wins. In the end, it will be remembered for much more than that. No. 15 Duke walked out of Carmichael Arena with a loss after seeing its 19-point lead cut to one multiple times and then relinquished for a mere 17 seconds in regulation. Just before the horn sounded in the fourth quarter, North Carolina’s Paris Kea hit a 3-pointer to send the game to overtime, and the redshirt junior poured in 36 points as the Tar Heels went on to defeat the Blue Devils 92-86. “We were trying to do something else really to try to get it to Leah [Church],” North Carolina head coach Sylvia Hatchell said of the game-tying play in regulation. “I was trying to do a diagonal screen, sort of a flare-type screen and crosscourt pass for Leah to shoot it, but it wasn’t there, so Taylor [Koenen] threw it into Paris.” Church, a freshman who entered the day averaging 3.1 points per contest off the bench, exploded for a career-high 19 points on five made triples, and Kea also knocked down five threes. After starting the game cold from deep, the Tar Heels converted 13 3-point shots, including four in the overtime period, to propel them to victory. “You’ve really got to keep [Kea] in front of you and work hard to do that. Now she’s a very good player, so you’ve got to give her credit for ball-faking and getting in there,” Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “But the three balls, we weren’t in her face, we didn’t make her put the ball on the floor. Again, you have to drive her off the line.” Graduate student Lexie Brown’s 19 points and 10 rebounds were not enough,

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would’ve been over.” After Greenwell’s miss, North Carolina’s Jamie Cherry took the ball the length of the court, weaving through the defense before having it knocked away with a few ticks left on the clock. “Cherry did a nice job taking off down the floor,” McCallie said. “We missed a couple opportunities down there [to foul]. I think it was a great time-and-score game.” In front of the roaring crowd, North Carolina opened up an eight-point lead in overtime after back-to-back 3-pointers from Church. With less than 70 seconds remaining, Gorecki hit a 3-pointer to cut the lead to five, but the Blue Devils were unable to come back after leading for most of the game.

He was probably going to pick Clemson, though it wouldn’t have come as a shock to see him commit to Kentucky or South Carolina, either. Maybe it would even be North Carolina. Zion Williamson was not coming to Duke—that much was clear, at least from the opinions of almost every college basketball insider for the last few weeks. But as I settled into my chair in The Chronicle’s sports hall and noticed that it was a few minutes after 8 p.m., shortly before he would make his announcement, I decided to put one screen on SportsCenter, out of curiosity more than anything else. I’ve watched several of these announcements since last spring, usually waiting anxiously to click the publish button and tweet out a pre-written story announcing that Marvin Bagley III, Tre Jones, Cameron Reddish or R.J. Barrett were committing to the Blue Devils. And yes, there’s a Chronicle story on freshman Kentucky forward Kevin Knox’s imaginary commitment to Duke floating somewhere in the depths of the Internet. The point is, I felt none of that adrenaline or stress last night in the moments leading up to 8:15 p.m. I sat back at my desk and texted two close friends, our sports managing editor and my predecessor as sports editor, joking about how unprepared I would be in the impossible scenario that the No. 2 recruit in the 2018 class would decide to come to Durham, without even considering starting to prepare a story just in case. The Blue

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Freshman Leah Church entered the day averaging just 3.1 points per game, but scored a career-high 19 and knocked down two triples in overtime to put the game away. and redshirt sophomore Haley Gorecki, after scoring a career-high 28 points against Virginia Tech, bested that again with 29 points on 7-of-15 shooting from long range. In the final 90 seconds of the game, with the Blue Devils up five points, Brown, one of the best free-throw shooters in the ACC, missed both free throws, and Rebecca Greenwell also missed a free throw in the final 10 seconds to leave the door open for Kea. “I think it was just the high-pressure moment. As a senior, you don’t miss those free throws. That’s all on me. That had nothing to do with the game, nothing to do with them,” Brown said. “Just a mental loss on our parts. But going 2-for-6 from the free throw line, that’s unheard of and absurd and I take that completely, and if I could have made one of those free throws, the game

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Allen comes alive in Duke’s win vs. Pittsburgh By Ben Leonard Blue Zone Editor

It’s no secret: Grayson Allen hasn’t been himself this season. Or anything close to it. After he was knocked down by tripping incidents last year, he hadn’t shown his trademark fire this 54 year. Gone has PITT 81 been the national DUKE controversy and ire for Duke’s “villain,” but so has his dynamic slashing and sharpshooting. But a flagrant foul might have just knocked the life back into him. With Duke struggling to separate itself from the overmatched Panthers six minutes in, Allen forced a steal and had a wide open dunk—until Pittsburgh sophomore Kene Chukwuka clipped him, sending him tumbling to the ground. Allen got right up and started jawing off. Then, the old Allen came back.

A few minutes later, Allen got his chance for redemption, forcing another steal and throwing down a dunk, sending Cameron Indoor Stadium into a frenzy. “That fire was already there, but it added to it,” Allen said when asked if the foul got him going. “From then on, I was fired up the rest of the game and ready to go.” The senior captain got his shot and mojo back in No. 5 Duke’s 81-54 rout of the Panthers, scoring 16 points and nailing four triples Saturday. After things got chippy with Allen and Chukwuka, the Blue Devils exploded for a 23-7 run and never looked back. Duke (17-2, 5-2 in the ACC) had been up just 15-10 against a team it had eviscerated just more than a week ago. Pittsburgh (8-12, 0-7) made four of its first six triples to keep it in the game early—until Allen rattled the Panthers. “[It was] not so much like he got hyped or anything, but it was more so calm and like See M. BASKETBALL on Page 9

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Grayson Allen snapped out of a shooting slump with three made triples in the second half after getting knocked to the ground by a flagrant foul before the break.

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Inconsistency plagues Duke in mistake-filled loss By Conner McLeod Staff Reporter

CHAPEL HILL—After blowing an early 19-point lead, Duke still had the opportunity to come out with a win against rival North Carolina, up by eight with less than a minute and a half left to play. But four missed free throws and a series of defensive breakdowns by the Blue Devils kept the Tar Heels in striking distance and eventually led to North Carolina forcing an overtime and stealing the game away from Duke.

Duke headed back to Durham with a stunning 92-86 defeat at the hands of North Carolina, losing yet another conference road game to an unranked team. Redshirt sophomore Haley Gorecki’s career-high 29 points on seven threes were not enough, as the Blue Devils’ typically stifling zone defense loosened up for the second straight game. After a lackluster win at Virginia Tech last Thursday, the Blue Devils again failed to keep up the defensive pressure for the whole 40 minutes, plus a five-minute extra session Sunday. “We didn’t learn too much from Virginia

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Lexie Brown committed six of Duke’s 26 turnovers and also shot just 2-of-6 from the line, with two critical misses leaving the door open for North Carolina in the final minute.

Tech. It was a similar kind of game where we gave up penetration and kicks and we didn’t communicate on defense as much,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “We didn’t shot contest as well, so it was a similar, very similar kind of game. So those are lessons we have to learn and get better from.” In the first quarter, it seemed as though Duke’s defense would allow it to run away with the game. North Carolina had a lot of trouble in finding the bottom of the net, shooting 27.8 percent from the field in the first quarter. Graduate student Lexie Brown also began the game firing on all cylinders, scoring 14 points with two triples of her own. Near the end of the first quarter and for the rest of the game, though, North Carolina redshirt junior Paris Kea took control, scoring when her team needed it most and helping shut down Brown on the defensive side. Kea led all scorers with 36 points and hit the game-tying 3-pointer to send the game into overtime. She also stifled Duke’s offense, holding Brown to just five second-half points. “We didn’t adjust. I thought that zone gave us some issues, but again, I could have knocked down some shots and limited my turnovers for sure, but that was the biggest thing,” Brown said. “We were calm and collected in their man-to-man and then their zone kind of made us come out of ourselves a little bit.” McCallie credited North Carolina’s defense in forcing her team to commit an inexcusable 26 turnovers for the game. This is not the first time turnovers have caused problems for the Blue Devils. Duke is currently averaging more than 15 turnovers a game, a number too high for a team wanting to make a deep

tournament run. The team’s carelessness with the ball affected its demeanor throughout the Tar Heels’ comeback. “Yeah, they played hard and scrappy without question...I think we got affected by things, and I don’t like it,” McCallie said. “There is a lack of focus, and that needs to be addressed by everybody.” As Duke moves through its ACC gauntlet, it needs to focus on keeping up intensity for the entirety of the game. This goes for both sides of the ball and begins with the team veterans and captains—Brown and graduate student Rebecca Greenwell. If the Blue Devils are to get better at closing out games, they must stay active on defense and be smart and disciplined with the ball on offense. “You have to credit Carolina. They played hard. They trapped, they found a way to get in our pass angles or help us make those turnovers,” McCallie said. “No team ever should have 26 turnovers. They didn’t even press us full-court.” Shooting 65.2 percent from the charity stripe as it did against North Carolina won’t help Duke’s chances, as doing so gave the Tar Heels an opening to come back and win the game. Inconsistencies on offense and defense stopped Duke from increasing its winning streak to five. “We had some scrappy moments, but they punched at us and we got outside of ourselves,” McCallie said. “That’s not a pleasant feeling. We have to give them credit and take the lesson and think about it and get better for it.” The Blue Devils have until Thursday to learn from their mistakes as they face Boston College in another ACC battle at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

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ARDMORE, Pa.—With his MVP trophy and another 25-point performance in hand, Cameron Reddish put his head down as he fought through the crowds on his way to the locker room. For the first time all season, Westtown School had lost in the state of Pennsylvania, falling 74-71 in overtime on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer against Camden High, southern New Jersey’s top-ranked school. But even after a loss, there were plenty of young fans—several donning Duke jerseys and sweatshirts—waiting outside the locker rooms at Lower Merion High School, hoping to grab a quick photo with the nation’s No. 3 recruit. And although this has become a regular occurrence for Reddish, especially since committing to the Blue Devils, the 6-foot-7 forward knows there’s still plenty of work to be done. “I just can’t wait to learn,” Reddish said. “I have so much to learn.... I knew where I wanted to go for a while, so it wasn’t that hard to make the decision.” Offensively, Saturday was yet another effortless performance for the senior. He drained corner triple after corner triple before knocking down a 25-foot trey and finally canning one last 3-pointer with a defender’s hand no less than two inches from his face.

After one play when Reddish was fouled shooting beyond the arc—to the dismay of the pro-Camden crowd—he beckoned to the crowd, welcoming the boos coming from one corner of the gym. If there was ever a sign that a young player is ready for the energy of Cameron Indoor Stadium and the bullseye that Duke often faces on the road, that was certainly it. “I can’t wait to be in Cameron and play. It’s one of the greatest gyms in the world,” Reddish said. “Once you’ve had that experience, there’s nothing you can say to describe it. I know everyone’s going to be against us on the road, so we’re just going to have to stick together as a team to get as many wins as possible.” But on the defensive end, there is still much to be desired. Most of the game, Westtown played a 2-3 zone, putting Reddish on the outside down low with 6-foot-8 Indiana-bound classmate Jake Forrester manning the middle. If the ball swung to the side opposite Reddish, there was little movement from the soon-to-be Blue Devil. And if a Camden player drove down Reddish’s side, he barely left the ground—Reddish did not register a block all game despite being the second-tallest player on the floor. Given Duke’s defensive struggles for much of the one-and-done era as well as Reddish’s desire to be a top pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, things will need to improve quickly once he

arrives in Durham. “I think Cam’s defensive engagement has been great at times this year and I think it’s been okay at times this year,” Westtown head coach Seth Berger said. “That’s one of the last missing pieces for him to be a draft pick in 2019.... Defensive intensity, he probably needs

to take care of the basketball a little bit more, but that’s about it.” Of course, Reddish’s latest outing was overshadowed by the Saturday night addition of Zion Williamson, the No. 2 recruit in See REDDISH on Page 8

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The No. 3 recruit in the Class of 2018, Cameron Reddish scored 25 points for Westtown School in an overtime loss Saturday.

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SURPRISE FROM PAGE 6 Devils couldn’t get everybody, after all. But then Williamson said the word “brotherhood” on SportsCenter, and all of a sudden he was wearing a Duke hat and I had to set aside my shock and get to work, taking about 10 frantic minutes to piece a few paragraphs of writing together. This wasn’t supposed to happen. Sure, the Blue Devils have landed a bunch of top-three recruits in the last five seasons, but they aren’t supposed to get all of three of them in the same year. There will always be a few left for Kentucky and head coach John Calipari, of course, and a few that elect to stay close to home and play for their

local schools—think Oklahoma’s national player of the year frontrunner Trae Young, a homegrown product from Norman, though he was undervalued at just inside the top 25 in last year’s recruiting class. That was supposed to be the category Williamson belonged to. Spartanburg, S.C., is just about 60 miles from Clemson, where Tiger head coach Brad Brownell has consistently extracted more wins than expected out of very little talent on the recruiting trail for the better part of a decade. Never has he done a better job than this year, with Clemson somehow ranked in the top 25 and near the top of the ACC standings, and Williamson was going to be the next step, a programchanging recruiting breakthrough. Instead, Williamson ripped the heart out of

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the Tigers’ fan base in favor of a blueblood, and it wasn’t just any blueblood. He picked Duke. It is no longer Krzyzewski vs. Calipari for most of the nation’s top prospects—in the twilight of his career, there’s Krzyzewski and then there’s everybody else after possibly the most stunning heist of his 38 years with the Blue Devils. Duke has been preseason No. 1 for the last two years thanks to stacked freshman classes, and it will now almost certainly make it three in a row no matter who leaves for the NBA from this year’s team, with the top three recruits in the 2018 class all coming together to Durham. That might be the way things remain for as long as Krzyzewski keeps coaching, which admittedly is unlikely to be long for a man less than a month from turning 71, though it sure seems like it’ll definitely be at least one more year with the way he has recruited this group. Of course, the preseason No. 1 ranking is meaningless unless it results in postseason No. 1. Duke won the national title with three freshmen starters in 2015—ironically, the last time Kentucky had a dominant preseason No. 1 team—but last year’s young Blue Devil squad fell short of sky-high expectations in the regular season and the NCAA tournament. This year’s team also has its flaws, and with a single-elimination tournament to decide the champion that can catch any team on a bad night, the Blue Devils are never going to waltz to the trophy presentation like the Golden State Warriors. But more talent never hurts, and Duke will have as good a chance as anybody this year, next year and beyond, as long as Krzyzewski is around to attract the cream of the crop year after year.

REDDISH FROM PAGE 7 ESPN’s Class of 2018 rankings. Even just two hours from Williamson’s announcement, Reddish hadn’t the slightest clue where the Spartanburg, S.C., native would land. Within minutes of the decision, though, he tweeted at his newest teammate, emphatically announcing, “LETS GET IT BOY!!” Together, Reddish, Williamson, R.J. Barrett and Tre Jones will make up arguably the most hyped recruiting class in Duke history, but the bonding between the Blue Devils’ next crop of freshmen has already begun. “We all can’t wait,” Reddish said. “We talk literally every day. All day, every day, we talk.” That group will have massive shoes to fill, regardless of how this year’s Duke team finishes the season. Grayson Allen will graduate. Marvin Bagley III will likely go in the top five of June’s NBA Draft, and Wendell Carter Jr. shouldn’t be too far behind him. Add in the potential departures of Trevon Duval and Gary Trent Jr., and head coach Mike Krzyzewski might have to replace his entire starting five come November. But Reddish seems to relish the opportunity to be in the spotlight. At the mention of Krzyzewski’s name, you could see his eyes light up, knowing that soon enough he’ll be under the tutelage of college basketball’s winningest coach. At just 17 years old, even Reddish knows there’s still room to grow. “I’ve got to get in shape so I can play both ends of the court at a high level,” he said. “Obviously, I need to work on my body, that’s the main thing.... [But also] being a really good defender, a two-way player—I feel like if I can get that down, I’ll be good to go.”

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M. BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 6 I’m going to do my job and make sure my teammates are doing their job, and we’re going to get the W,” freshman Wendell Carter Jr. said of Allen’s reaction. “Him being the team captain, he leads by example a lot, and when he comes out with a lot of fire, we’re going right behind him.” Although Allen didn’t make much of a difference from the scoring end immediately after the foul, it was one of the few times he had gotten visibly emotional this season, and the Jacksonville, Fla., native snapped out of his shooting slump in the second half. After shooting just 8-of-41 from deep in six ACC games entering the day, he nailed three 3-pointers in the second half and finished 4-of10 from long distance. Those late triples came after Allen was seen chuckling when a shot rimmed out and started just 1-of-6 from deep. “I’ve had like nine of those in the last three games that just hit the front of the rim and go halfway in and bounce out,” Allen said. “When you’re a half-inch off like that, there’s nothing you need to change. You just keep shooting it.” Gary Trent Jr. continued his hot streak, knocking down two 3-pointers during Duke’s decisive run and finishing with 17 points and five triples. In his last nine games, Trent has shot a scorching 35-of-64 from beyond the arc and has scored at least 13 points in every single one. Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski thinks his recent shooting exploits stem from work on the other side of the ball. “He’s playing faster. He’s playing better defense. We’ve spent a lot of time the last few weeks on our foot movements on defense,” Krzyzewski said. “And it helps on offense because as you move your feet, you get wider,

you get quicker. You get much better balance. He’s played well all year, but the last two weeks he’s played outstanding basketball.” Pittsburgh was hot from the floor in the first half, shooting 50.0 percent from the field, but turned the ball over a woeful 11 times. Duke’s full-court press and man defense flustered the Panthers into many giveaways, which the Blue Devils converted into 24 points by the end of the game. Allen and the Blue Devils continued to stymie the offensively-challenged Panthers in the second half, holding them to shoot just 34.5 percent in the period and score 28 points. Marvin Bagley III and Carter took particular advantage of an undersized Pittsburgh team, combining for 41 points and 15 rebounds. Carter made nine of his 10 shots from the field, and it was the first game all season both he and Bagley scored at least 20 points. After missing three games with a hamstring injury, fellow big man Javin DeLaurier returned and played 10 scoreless minutes. Center Marques Bolden continued to sit on the bench Saturday, nursing an MCL sprain that has kept him out since Dec. 30. Duke will look to extend its four-game winning streak at Wake Forest Tuesday at 9 p.m. The Demon Deacons excel in shooting from beyond the arc, which the Blue Devils have struggled to defend all season, though they held the Panthers to shoot just 4-of-16 from deep. “[Wake Forest] is extremely talented offensively,” Allen said. “In the second half today, we did a really good job at defending Pitt’s 3-point shot, and that’s going to be very key going to Wake. They’re going to be playing very confident and very free at home. And they’re going to come to play. They don’t care about us beating them the first time. They’re going to come to play.”

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and seven rebounds, as the Blue Devils outrebounded their rivals 41-27. The Tar FROM PAGE 6 Heels were led by freshman center Janelle The loss snapped Duke’s seven-game Bailey, who grabbed a team-high 12 boards win streak against its biggest rival. After on the afternoon. shooting lights out for much of the first With only a few seconds remaining in half, the Blue Devils (15-5, 4-3 in the the third quarter, Cherry knocked down a ACC) finished shooting 52.6 percent 3-pointer to cut the lead to one entering the and knocked down 11 3-pointers, but final 10 minutes of play. After Brown hit one committed 26 costly turnovers. free throw to open the final period, North In Brown’s first game after notching Carolina stormed back with a 3-pointer to 1,000 career points at Duke, she scored give the home team its first and only lead early and often, including 10 points in the of the game. opening period, to stake the Blue Devils “Giving up 92 points is an awful lot to an early lead. After North Carolina (14- of points to give up. We fought, we did 6, 4-3) tied the score in the first quarter some really neat things in time and score,” at 9-9, the Blue Devils regrouped and McCallie said. “There are some good things went on an 18-2 run stretching into the to look out for us, but obviously we were beginning of the second quarter to take a disappointed from our end, and again, they comfortable lead on the heels of the Tar finished and they finished strong.” Heels’ 27 percent shooting in the opening A Mathias basket and a Gorecki three 10 minutes. started a 10-0 run that appeared to be the “[Brown’s] one heck of a player.... We were final push Duke needed, but the Blue Devils doing about everything we could on her,” somehow watched an eight-point lead slip Hatchell said. “Down the stretch, I thought away in the last 1:30 of regulation. we did as good as we could on her.” The story of the game turned out to be Gorecki put up 10 second-quarter an inability to hold onto the ball for Duke. points to help the Blue Devils extend their McCallie singled out the team’s giveaways as advantage, but North Carolina closed the the deciding factor in the defeat. half on a 13-2 run which rejuvenated the “This game, to me, is not free throws,” McCallie home crowd. Duke was held without a said. “It’s 26 ridiculous turnovers.” made basket in the final 3:35 of the half, Duke will return home to Cameron and Kea led the surge with 10 points in Indoor Stadium Thursday night against a the quarter. struggling Boston College team at 7 p.m. The third quarter opened with seven The Blue Devils will look to regroup after more Tar Heel points in a row to cap a suffering their fifth road loss of the season 20-2 run and trim the Duke lead to one, and third in ACC play. forcing McCallie to call timeout. Out “These games are always scrappy and, like of the break, Brown knocked down a I said, we scrap too,” McCallie said. “They corner three to halt the run, and Gorecki punched at us and we got outside of ourselves. The York Syndication Corporation connected onNew a three ofTimes her own to extendSales That’s not a pleasant feeling. We have to give 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. the lead to 47-40. them10018 credit and take the lesson and think For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 Senior ErinFor Mathias added 13 points it and get better for it.” For Release Release Saturday, Monday, January January about 22, 20, 2018 2018

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Editorial Board throughout his first year, frequently changing his mind on issues important to his constituencies and struggling to communicate with his party in the House and Senate. Despite having succeeded in repealing the crucial mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act and passing a conservative tax bill, many Republicans still question the president’s political consistency and express concern over consistent administration infighting. All of this has made for a especially unpredictable congressional session. In addition, efforts to implement his key initiatives, like fortifying the border wall and restricting immigration, have contributed to a deeply vexing

political gridlock. Democratic members of Congress have finally displayed a backbone and are now pushing back with all their might on a highly publicized issue while Republican members accuse them of having chosen to hold interests of undocumented residents over native-born Americans. With a concerning uptick in nativist rhetoric and white supremacist conceptions of citizenship since the Trump campaign, it’s no surprise that issues of immigration have become symbolic and emotional ideological battlegrounds. While partisan politics weren’t birthed in the Trump administration, this shutdown represents a type of bitterness and frustration that feels particularly concentrated. To see essential programs and vulnerable groups used as bargaining chips makes the usual tug of war seem particularly cruel and alarming. In an ideal world, Congress would be able to strike a different tone than the obstructionist tendencies and weak-willed acquiescence that is so often on display on C-SPAN. However, with the current high stakes battles playing out, we seem troublingly far from that dream. As of now, we have reached an embarrassing and frustrating halt that leaves federal employees and essential components of the government in limbo. One can only hope that as the sun rises on a new week, that it can also bring about a new sense of duty and humanity in the representatives on the Hill.

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et it make no difference to you whether you are cold or warm, if you are doing your duty; and whether you are drowsy or satisfied with sleep; and whether ill-spoken of or praised.” These words were penned by the Stoic philosopherstatesman Marcus Aurelius Antoninus some 1800 years ago, in his Meditations. Yet Aurelius’ words could never be more relevant. Right is right, and wrong is wrong. We can’t know whether doing the right thing will be easy. We only know that we must do it. This sentiment should resonate with us Duke

Tim Kowalczyk COLUMNIST students, in our unique political microcosm. According to Admissions statistics for the Classes of 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, 850 of our undergraduates are North Carolinians. But North Carolinian or not, a great many of us care about the larger community: The Chronicle published a guide this past November detailing how to vote in Durham. We take a real interest in--and often have real impact upon--state elections. Although we were very active and very interested in the election of local officials whose terms expire, we have been silent about the nomination of Thomas Farr for a seat on North Carolina’s Eastern District. Farr defended HB 589, the voter ID law which the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to be racially discriminatory. How can we care about local issues, but be so silent about this? Of course, it is not surprising that one may not have heard of Farr. Thomas Farr’s nomination isn’t something you’d know much about, if you didn’t read The News & Observer or Indy Week. The New York Times runs a comparatively detail-light opinion piece detailing Trump’s dubious nominees, Farr among them. The Washington Post’s Editorial Board has a similar (scanty) lineup, telling us, “They’re bad,” and not much else. Searching “Thomas Farr” on Fox News’ website yields no relevant results (as of Jan. 21). Here, then, are the details. Farr’s nomination stands in the shadow of concerns about his conduct. According to The News and Observer, Farr was questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee about his knowledge of a 1990 voter intimidation scheme in which the reelection campaign of Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC) sent postcards to some 100,000 voters, most of them African American. The postcards fallaciously stated that “[voters] had to have lived in their precincts for at least 30 days to vote and could face jail time if they provided inaccurate information at the polls.” Farr claims ignorance of the scheme until after the fact, but admits his presence at a meeting where card mailings were discussed. This claim has been disputed,

leading Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to request another hearing. After his work on the Helms campaign, Farr would defend a voter ID law ruled to be “targeting ‘African Americans with almost surgical precision,’” according to Mother Jones. The bill, HB 589, passed in 2013, was a bill born in sin. According to The Chicago Tribune, GOP lawmakers requested “statistics on voter behavior broken down by race:” who voted early, who used what forms of identification, etc. HB 589 then excluded forms of identification disproportionately used by African Americans. The bill has since been struck down. These past actions are under new scrutiny because Farr is Donald Trump’s nominee to fill the vacant seat in the Eastern District of North Carolina. According to WUNC, the district is home to “seven counties with the state’s highest concentration of African Americans.” Welcome to Trump’s America, Year One: where the inconceivable is commonplace and the unconscionable is government business. The confirmation of a federal judge is final. There is no reelection, no do-over. There is the argument from principle, that someone who defends legislation replete with racial bias should not sit on the federal bench. There is the simple realization that there are people living in the Eastern District and elsewhere now, who will be living there once we’ve gone, upon whom the rulings of the Eastern District, as a federal court, are sure to have an effect. It is easy in this political climate to become lost in the great tug-ofwar between Red and Blue, to focus on Pennsylvania Avenue to the exclusion of Main Street. But never forget that there are real people who may have to live with the real consequences of this possibility. They cannot pick and choose when they become involved. If you choose to be involved in local politics, please remember that. Our principles aren’t worth much if we do not consistently act upon them. We need to act more in the manner of the Good Samaritan. Perhaps this parable is familiar to you: A man is set upon by thieves, and helped only by third person to pass him. Who helps him but a Samaritan: someone not from that place, who was just passing through. The Samaritan does not ask, “Who is this person?” or, “Is helping him convenient to me?” The Samaritan helps for no other reason than that help is needed and within his power to give. Perhaps we are passing through North Carolina, or perhaps we will stay. But when we are confronted by a wrong which may be within our power to put right, we have no excuse not to act. There is a choice before us: do we care about Thomas Farr’s nomination? As long as right is right and wrong is wrong, that choice is easy to make. Tim Kowalczyk is a Trinity junior.

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A year that will live in infamy

n an otherwise cacophonous presidency, there is some poetic beauty in the anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration being marked by an embarrassing government shutdown, brought on by Trump’s unprecedented—but completely unsurprising—incompetence. Indeed, the lead up to this shutdown succinctly encapsulates the three hallmarks which have defined Trump’s life and now his administration: a pathological propensity for lying, a glaring inability to lead, and an unapologetic bent for racial bigotry. You can see these three clearly in Trump’s handling of the recently proposed immigration bill, the fate of which was tied to the cooperation required to prevent a government shutdown. A fundamental falsehood, repeated over and over again by Trump during his campaign, was that Mexico would pay for a border wall. But Trump started this year by demanding funding for that wall—from the American government, not Mexico’s—as he laid out in his requirements for an immigration bill on January 9th. Then, Trump turned around and rejected a bipartisan deal fulfilling those requirements just two days later, proving once again that his leadership style models a petulant toddler who cries for a rattle for two hours, only to toss it aside mere seconds after being presented with it. Of course, Trump’s rejection of the bill stemmed from his racist views that black and brown people from “shithole” countries had no place in Trump’s America, especially not in the stead of immigrants from predominantly white countries like Norway. And thus, having exemplified this unholy trinity of mendacity, bigotry, and poor leadership, Trump presumably downed some Big Macs and Diet Coke as the government shut down. To use a metaphor that he must be familiar with after golfing “at least 88 rounds” in his

first year, this is par for the course for Trump. In one year on the job, Trump has made over 2,000 false claims according to the Washington Post. “Definitive lists” of Trump’s lies require constant updates, as do those chronicling his racist behavior and comments. In most cases, such a prolific portfolio of lies or salient history of racism would be alarming in and of itself. But

(and yes, that’s exactly what Trump intended it to be) led to green-card holding Americans being detained at airports and multiple Duke researchers having their academic and personal lives thrown into uncertainty? Do you remember how Trump appointed a foreign agent to be National Security Advisor, an opponent of public education to be head of

We blew our chance in 2016 and saw the consequences in 2017. May we fight back stronger than ever in 2018. Shivam Dave columnist

the unique danger of Donald Trump is how his lies and racism so often go hand in hand, creating a shaky foundation upon which Trump bases his policies and polemics. Perhaps no example is more illustrative than the “birther conspiracy.” Trump’s racial animus towards our first African-American president fueled his crusade to delegitimize President Obama’s American identity and consequently, much of Trump’s agenda is the mindless and robotic negation of his predecessor’s. Similarly, his approaches to issues such as immigration and national security often build upon fabricated racist narratives. And thus, Trump’s first year has been marked by various failures, each more shameful than the last. The terrifying reality however is that the unrelenting litany of disgraces that this administration has heaped upon our country has led to a situation where we simply can’t keep up. What follows is but a sampling of such events. How many do you still remember? Do you remember how the frantic and flawed rollout of the first iteration of the Muslim ban

support that Trump and his administration have provided to Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria likely still leaves a bad taste in the mouths of Puerto Ricans. In almost all of these incidents, you can see time and again the pattern of lies, racism, and ineptitude that Trump champions. Once you realize the existence of this pattern, it becomes impossible to ignore Trump’s failings as anomalies or hiccups for a political newbie. There is a concerted effort on Trump’s part to weaken the stability of this nation by normalizing xenophobia, irrevocably blurring the line between fact and fiction, and making us accept leadership by an imbecile. By repeating this pattern, he hopes to bludgeon us into a state of numbness and indifference, hopelessness and exhaustion. He does so because this is the only way he can remain in power in the face of historically low approval ratings and a Special Counsel investigation that could lead to impeachment. What I hope to do with this column through this semester is to keep reminding you that this is not normal—none of this is. Politically speaking, 2017 was a horrific blur. History will speak of it as either the year the U.S. took an irrevocable turn towards authoritarianism and rabid nationalism by accepting this Trumpian catastrophe as the new normal or the year that ignited the spirit of the American people to protect its democracy by voting, organizing, speaking out, and standing up for the ideals enshrined in the Constitution and the Statue of Liberty. We blew our chance in 2016 and saw the consequences in 2017. May we fight back stronger than ever in 2018.

the Department of Education, and a denier of science on the climate change issue to be the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency? Amidst his tweets and tantrums, we’ve likely forgotten how Trump failed to make a statement on the four soldiers killed in Niger for over a week and how he couldn’t be bothered to learn the name of a fallen soldier or refrain from insinuating a Gold Star widow was a liar, all the while proclaiming himself to be a champion for veterans. The images of Neo-Nazis marching in the streets of Charlottesville surely can’t be forgotten and neither can Trump’s half-hearted and delayed condemnation of white supremacy which was followed by a much more passionate defense of the “very fine people” on both sides of the protest. But perhaps we’ve forgotten that Trump was much more keen on attacking the free press, NFL players, the American judicial system, and Mika Brzezinski (among others) than the demonstrators chanting “blood and soil” in Virginia. And though it may have slipped Shivam Dave is a Trinity senior. His column our minds, the distasteful and half-assed level of runs on alternate Tuesdays.

Tim Cook admits to slowing commencement address to accommodate older generations

im Cook Admits to Intentionally Slowing Down Commencement Address to Accommodate Older Generations In a stunning turn of events the CEO of Apple has reluctantly admitted that he has been writing slower and slower drafts of his commencement speech to allow for the poorer processing ability of the more elderly members present at his address. “Just so we’re clear,” said an embattled Cook, “I’m delivering this to a whole range of people. The younger, quicker kids will be able to hear me just fine and I’m sure they’ll keep up no problem. But we’re also dealing with parents and grandparents too—older generations that aren’t as sharp as they once were and so yes, I’ll be slowing things down so they can keep up.” As of his latest edition, Cook intends to initially say one word every five minutes but will actually update the speech onthe-fly as he delivers it, slowing it down even more to an agonising crawl of one word every thirty minutes. The Nobel Prize-winning Duke Department of Statistics estimates that the speech will last 13 months, triggering an awkward merger between the class of 2019 and the class of 2018, who will still be seated in Wallace Wade by May of 2019. The revelation has caused such enormous backlash from both the public and investors that Cook has been forced to

your own inner compass.” “Leaving college is like getting rid of the headphone jack; it’s tough at first and you’ll miss it. But eventually you’ll get used to it and, even then, there will always be homecoming—the ol’ “dongle adapter” of life that brings generations back together to awkwardly reconnect us.” “Follow your heart and don’t be afraid to shoot for the stars; if I can charge someone $999 for a phone, then you can Titled “Unlocking the Potential of College: Using Your Face,” the draft do anything.” Whether or not Cook decides to alter is riddled with clunky metaphors referencing various Apple projects, these sections before he steps up to the podium in May is a mystery. Why on MONDAY MONDAY earth he wrote them in the first place is not not true also a complete mystery. But for students graduating in May, the choice facing Stanley Dordles—an 83-year-old whose the delivery of the speech, few have taken them is painfully clear: upgrade your granddaughter will be graduating this the time to actually look at its content. grandparents or clear your entire calendar year—for his opinion on the matter, he But those that have read it through are until mid-2019. had this to say: deeply worried that Cook is merely using “WHAT?!” the address as a promotional opportunity “SPEAK UP” for Apple’s newest product line. Titled Correction: Monday Monday earlier “TIN COOK? WHAT’S A TIN COOK? “Unlocking the Potential of College: stated mistakenly that Duke’s Department WHY WOULD YOU COOK A TIN?!” Using Your Face,” the draft is riddled with of Statistics was “Nobel Prize-winning”; as Harrowing words indeed; but Stanley clunky metaphors referencing various of yet the department has been awarded no Dordles is far from the only one frustrated Apple projects, such as: such title but Monday Monday is optimistic by these recent events. When told that “Sometimes you’re going to find that if they all just keep dunking downright Wallace Wade would be unavailable to yourself lost in life, like a traveller dubious digits into their big boy calculators host any Duke football games for the next stranded in a desert. Now I know what something will definitely come along soon. year, Coach Cutcliffe ordered his special you’re thinking: use Apple Maps to get teams to punt his personal collection of out of there, right? Wrong. Still doesn’t This is the second time such an error Apple devices as far as they possibly could. work properly—we’re working on that. has occurred but Monday Monday sincerely Five kickers have already been admitted to The point is this: you have to have faith in promises not to make it a recurring theme. make concessions. For the next year, older folks attending graduation will be able to replace the batteries for their hearing aids through Apple at a lowered price of just $29. But waiting times have already skyrocketed to several months and many are worried they won’t be able to get the upgrades by May. When Monday Monday asked

Duke Hospital with various foot injuries; the last to be brought in reported having fractured a toe on an AirPod and is now the laughing stock of the entire team. Tense paramedics were on standby as the final reserve punter stifled back tears and wound up to kick Cutcliffe’s 13-pound, solid aluminium 2015 iMac. With so much controversy surrounding

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alum has been interviewed as part of Robert Mueller’s special investigation, and he got into a spat with CNN’s Jake Tapper. Two other alums in Trump’s administration—and a mystery Duke tie But despite being the most prolific Duke alum in the Trump White House, Miller is not the only one. Andrew Giuliani, a former men’s golf player who sued the University, took a job in the Office of Public Liaison in March 2017. Paul Teller, Trinity ’93 and special assistant to President Donald Trump for legislative affairs, visited campus in October to talk about health care reform and bipartisanship. One other possible Duke personnel tie, however, is still a mystery—Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort’s “legal expert” from Duke has yet to be identified.

DACA students fight for protections After Trump announced his decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in September, many undocumented Duke students felt vulnerable. Following then-President Brodhead’s 2016 decision to sign a statement in support of DACA and to support undocumented students but not call Duke a sanctuary campus, President Price penned a letter to Trump in support of DACA a week before Trump announced the end of the program. Students reacted to Trump’s announcement by calling it “deeply saddening,” but did not stop there. A group of students—some Reince Priebus, John Podesta and Adam undocumented, some DACA status and some Schiff visit campus documented supporters—traveled to Capitol Reince Priebus, former chair of the Hill to lobby Congress for legal protection. Republican National Convention and the record holder for the shortest tenure of a White House Executive order on immigration affects Chief of Staff, visited campus in December to professor’s return to campus talk about his time in Trump’s White House and A few days into his presidency, Trump the 2016 election. signed a controversial executive order banning “I know the tweets you haven’t seen,” Priebus immigration from seven countries. said. “For every tweet you’ve seen, there’s Several Duke students hail from the countries another nine you didn’t see.” listed in the executive order, but for one professor Another veteran of the 2016 election cycle in particular it created a real problem. Mohsen that has made a recent appearance on campus Kadivar, a research professor of religious studies is John Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s former originally from Iran and now a U.S. permanent campaign chairman. In his talk, he responded resident, was in Germany on a fellowship when to a student’s question about how he handles the order went into affect. He returned to North accusations like “Pizzagate” and talked with The Carolina as quickly as possible, cutting short the Chronicle about the future of the Democratic fellowship that would have lasted several more party and the “the misogyny, the racism” that months, and did not shy away from blaming Trump “exudes.” Trump for the incident. U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)—ranking “President Trump is responsible for the member of one of the committees overseeing harms that happened to my University and the investigation about Russia’s involvement in myself,” he said. the 2016 election— also stopped by campus to In addition to Kadivar’s personal run-in with talk about the investigation and Trump’s efforts the order, Duke reacted to the ban, a panel of to distract from it. professors discussing it in April and professors from the affected countries publicly shared their Political engagement through donations, thoughts on the order. running for office Following Trump’s shocking election, Duke Stephen Miller, alum and Trump advisor faculty and staff’s political donations have Duke alum Stephen Miller, Trinity ’07, surged nearly tenfold. Duke employees made was a columnist for The Chronicle during 870 donations in the 323 day period following his time on campus, when he first gained Trump’s election compared to 88 donations in fame for publicly defending the players in the the same period following Obama’s reelection. Duke lacrosse case. Of the 870 donations, only six were to Republican His role in Trump’s campaign and candidates or party committees. administration has sometimes earned the But the push for increased political ire of his fellow Duke alums, and he’s been a engagement went farther than employees’ central figure in the White House’s internal wallets—it also caused at least one Duke alumna dysfunction. Recently, a report revealed that the to seek political office. Kathy Tran, Trinity ’00,

Charles York | Associate Photography Editor In October, U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), ranking member of one of the committees overseeing the Russia investigation, visited campus.

became Virginia’s first Vietnamese American fitness for the presidency. lawmaker after winning election to the state government in November. Duke’s top lawyer was part of task force that shaped Title IX policy recommendations Duke professor pens book on Trump’s When Trump was first elected, there was a lot mental condition of speculation about whether he would roll back Allen Frances, former chair of the department some of the Obama-era Title IX policies. of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the When Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos School of Medicine, published a book called announced that in August that her department “Twilight of American Sanity: A Psychiatrist would be seeking public feedback on the best way Analyzes the Age of Trump” in Sept. 2017. to replace Obama’s 2011 Dear Colleague letter, she Frances warns against diagnosing the president cited a document by an American Bar Association as mentally ill, instead saying his actions are task force that Pamela Bernard, vice president and reflective of a “deeper societal disease.” general counsel for the University, was part of. “There’s no evidence that his behavior is Bernard’s involvement involvement included a a reflection of mental illness. And we should July “listening session” with DeVos. draw a bright line between bad behavior and mental illness…It’s an impotent gesture to Alum writes satire about an alternate try and discredit him by saying he’s mentally universe where Clinton won ill,” Frances said. “We should use him as an At hillarybeattrump.org, it is as if Trump opportunity to understand ourselves and never won the election. The online, alternate correct the problems in our country that universe contains satirical news articles written allowed him to become President.” as if Hillary Clinton had won the presidential election. The most recent one, dated Dec. 12, Professor Peter Feaver testified before the is titled “Alabama election officials turn Roy Senate Foreign Relations Committee about Moore away from polling station citing its ‘close nuclear weapons proximity’ to a junior high school.” Feaver, professor of political science and Brendan McCartney, Trinity ‘16 and a public policy, testified before the Senate former columnist for The Chronicle, worked for committee in November about the president’s the Clinton campaign as a field organizer before ability to authorize nuclear weapons. Feaver has writing for the website as a side project. served under two presidential administrations Conservative news outlets, however, have and was previously on the National Security criticized the site. Council for President George Bush. “They either have no idea that it is satire In a 2016 interview with The Chronicle, or they acknowledge it as satire but are just so Feaver talked about being one of 50 top national offended by the idea of this alternate universe,” security experts to sign a letter against Trump’s McCartney said.

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Courtesy of Duke Photography In December, the Board of Trustees approved a $61 million, 102,000 square-foot building that will house the School of Nursing, as well as the physical therapy program.

“This will be the first time in our entire history where we have a full gathering of our alumni and students,” Landry said. “There’ll be a huge amount of partnership and mentorship established and developed.” The physical therapy program was established at Duke in 1943, with just four participants. After 75 years, the program has grown to include 85 students per year, and has switched to offering doctorate degree—becoming one of the first programs to do so. “Duke’s physical therapy program has been a leader in the push to make physical therapy a doctorate degree, which is something Duke’s program prides itself on,” said Cody Davis, president of the program’s class of 2019 student government. “Even in the last few years, we’ve seen the first faculty residency program. We’ve seen the program grow, bringing in more residents to build more faculty members.” Before moving to Erwin Square in 2008, the physical therapy division resided in the basement of Duke Hospital. In 2020, the

program will relocate to a new, larger building on the medical campus, stationed behind the nursing school. The $61 million, 102,000 square-foot building was approved by the Board of Trustees in December and will also house the School of Nursing and offices for department of orthopedic surgery throughout its five floors. Davis said the new building will have a larger lab and a classroom that emphasizes the teambased learning aspects of the curriculum. “In our current spot, we have two wings,” he said. “Classrooms are in Wing A, where we sit for most of the day, but there’s a separate wing on the other side where most of the faculty and administration is. The new building will create an area where administration and faculty can be together so everyone is not so spread out.” Duke’s physical therapy doctorate program is currently ranked 10th in the nation by U.S. News and World Report. Landry said he expects the greater focus on interdisciplinary team development to further improve the program. Other upcoming changes to the program include an expanded class size and an increased emphasis on practicing outside of the classroom.