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Changing face of Ninth StreetDurham’s oldest commercial district sees
significant changes over recent years.
6 Butterfield and Rich battle for U.S. House seat
N.C.’s U.S. Senate electionOutcome of ongoing Tillis-Hagan race
may directly impact Durham.
8 Duke Forward campaign continues ahead of schedule
Global Health at DukeExternal review of DGHI confirms leading position in global health.
10 Nicholas School welcomes new dean and building
Construction overviewOutline of campus renovations in
the past, present and future.
15 A look at the University’s new administrators
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Duke Kunshan officially set to open next month
by Kali ShulklapperTHE CHRONICLE
Construction delays in China mean students and faculty will be housed in a conference center—the only standing building on campus—when they arrive at Duke Kunshan University in August.
After a number of setbacks, DKU is scheduled to officially open next month—three years after its initial launch date. The last of the plans for the August opening are being finalized by a team of administrators, who say that the campus is ready to welcome its first students this Fall. Initially, DKU will offer semester-long under-graduate programs and several graduate pro-grams including a Mas-ter’s in Global Health and Master’s of Manage-ment Studies.
The idea of a Kun-shan campus was first pursued by the Fuqua School of Business, and by the winter of 2009, the school had secured a partnership with Shanghai Jiao Tong University and was scheduled to open by Fall 2011. The partnership with SJTU fell through, how-ever, and the opening was pushed back to Fall 2012 while the University looked for a new partner—finalizing a deal with Wuhan University in February 2011.
In September 2011, then-Provost Pe-
ter Lange announced that the opening would be delayed to Spring 2013 be-cause of construction challenges related to poor weather. Issues with construction and funding persisted, and work came nearly to a stop in 2012, causing the opening to be pushed back to the cur-rent schedule. In Fall 2013, administra-tors maintained that five of the campus’ six buildings would be completed by this summer—but construction will contin-
ue on all but one of the buildings throughout the Fall semester.
“The other facilities will be ready for occu-pancy as soon as pos-sible during the Fall semester,” Nora Bynum, vice provost for DKU and China Initiatives, previously told The Chronicle. “Incoming students and faculty are aware of this schedule and we expect it will not impact their experi-ence.”
The DKU conference center—where students
and faculty members will initially be housed—will serve as the sole site for classrooms until the Academic Center is completed, Bynum said.
Approximately thirty full-time DKU employees are currently on staff as the DKU leadership team continues to hire program and campus operations person-nel. Chaired by Professor Edna Andrews,
a nominating committee of Duke faculty members have led several international searches in order to complete a success-ful year of faculty recruitment. In addi-tion, more than a dozen Duke faculty members will attend Kunshan in 2014.
Faculty are presently finalizing their syllabi and teaching plans as the ad-ministration organizes pre-arrival infor-mation and orientation planning, said
“The other facilities [at Duke Kunshan
University] will be ready for
occupancy as soon as possible during the fall semester.”
— Nora Bynum, vice provost for DKU and
China initiatives
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Despite several significant delays, Duke Kunshan University, pictured above, will welcome its first students in August. Faculty and students, however, will be housed in a conference center when they arrive on campus.
Though final plans for opening are still being set, the campus is ready to welcome its first students this August
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Ninth Street sees major changes over recent yearsby Georgia Parke
THE CHRONICLE
Ninth Street, known by locals and students alike as the “college town” area of Durham, has seen its fair share of change over the past several decades as local businesses move in and out—in the past few years, however, a dif-ferent kind of change has been taking place.
The past two years alone have seen the construction of a complex containing 303 new apartment units slated for completion in Fall 2014, a brand-new Hilton Garden Inn, a drive-through bank and a new shopping cen-ter that includes the popular 53,000 square-foot Harris Teeter supermarket. With the in-flux of residences and amenities, Ninth Street continues to put itself on the line between a community haven and a more developed tourist destination.
“Ninth Street has done a pretty good job at retaining its character,” said Shelly Green, president and CEO of the Durham Conven-tion and Visitors Bureau. “It’s still a destina-tion that people want to go to.”
Green noted that some people have ex-pressed worry that the new stores, including chains like Harris Teeter and Panera Bread, would take away from the homegrown atmo-sphere of the street. However, most locally owned businesses on Ninth have stayed put so far—the notable exceptions being Charlie’s Pub & Grille, which will close later this year af-ter facing rent hikes, and old-fashioned soda shop Ox and Rabbit, which closed in May. Green pointed out the necessity of some new amenities that have been brought in recently.
“You don’t want to destroy it by getting rid of the older places,” she said, “[But] the peo-ple who live there in those apartments, they need a grocery store, otherwise they’re going to leave that area.”
With new stores and dining, the street has
also seen additions to parking, as well as a $1 per hour rate in a popular lot where it was previously free.
Tom Campbell, co-owner of The Regu-lator Bookshop on Ninth Street, expressed concern that rent could also increase with chain restaurants popping up across the street, even though it has remained steady so far.
“Some of the local businesses might not be able to afford that,” Campbell said.
Green said although the area has main-tained the delicate balance of history and growth, it has also been at the forefront of de-velopment when compared to similar areas in Durham or across the country—progress that elsewhere might be considered unusual.
“I don’t know that you’d find that level of redevelopment nationally because we have been coming out of a recession,” Green said. “Some people are thrilled that some of these new developments are coming.”
Danielle Rios, owner of Ninth Street’s Blue Corn Café, said people should not be surprised by the rising costs if they consider the corresponding prices in downtown Dur-ham.
“We are in line to be in competition with the rest of the city…. Ninth Street has always been a staple, and everyone has been trained to think Ninth Street is inexpensive,” Rios said. “But it’s the same cost of food, oil, elec-tric, staffing as the rest of Durham, so it really shouldn’t be any cheaper to come [here]. There are some small business that would fold but I think they would fold anyway.”
Rios said the consequences of develop-ment on Ninth Street are “nothing but posi-tive,” with landlords refurbishing their build-ings and people adapting to the flourishing atmosphere. She noted that the recent revival of downtown Durham—which happened
mostly after Ninth Street had already been es-tablished as a commercial district comparable to Franklin Street in Chapel Hill—has raised the bar for Ninth Street to compete in a differ-ent type of market than it had been used to.
“Change is inevitable,” she said. “Do you feel like Ninth Street should remain the same? Why shouldn’t it grow with [Durham] and im-prove?”
Because most of the street is locally owned, its business tenants stand to lose more by not competing with the rest of the city, Rios said. As long as the corporate aspect of the new buildings and businesses are contained, she thinks it should benefit the area by bringing an influx of customers who are staying at the
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The shops at Erwin Mill, pictured above, are located on Ninth Street’s west side and include, among other businesses, a recently opened Harris Teeter, Panera Bread and other locally owned stores.
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Butterfield and Rich contest U.S. House seatStaff Reports
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The race for the congressional seat of North Carolina’s 1st District is develop-ing quickly in anticipation of the Nov. 4 election.
After the ballot was solidified in the May 6 primary elections, can-didates G.K. Butterfield and Arthur Rich have wasted no time informing voters of their stance on the is-sues that matter most to the state
and country.The two candidates represent
differing perspectives on the is-sues facing voters in the upcom-ing election cycle—though both have expressed a concentrated effort in informing voters and encour-aging young voters to engage in politics aside from solely presidential elections.
George Kenneth Butterfield—DemocratAfter representing North Carolina’s
1st Congressional District since 2004, Butterfield easily claims the title of most experienced in this race.
The North Carolina native is seeking his fifth consecutive election in the dis-trict—though this is only the second time that Durham falls into his constituency. During the congressional redistricting after the 2010 census, the 1st District ex-panded to include Durham and Duke’s
campus, areas that tend to vote heavily Democratic. Butterfield previously told The Chronicle that he happily welcomed the expansion.
He added that the nearly 750,00 peo-ple living in his district constitute an in-credibly diverse electorate.
The 1st District is a “voting rights dis-trict” as described by the Voting Rights Act—the district must be drawn so that at least 50 percent of the population are minorities of voting age. Butterfield said it important for black voters to have a say about who represents them in Congress.
During his tenure as House repre-sentative, Butterfield worked under the Committee on Energy and Commerce. During this election cycle, the key points in his platform include absolute right to gun ownership, prioritizing green energy and women’s rights to abortions.
Many citizens do not understand the workings of Congress, Butterfield noted,
so he spends his weekends in North Caro-lina meeting the people of his district.
“You cannot cast an intelligent vote in Washington without really knowing your district,” Butterfield said. “And you can’t learn about your people over the Inter-net or by guessing.”
Butterfield won the 2012 elec-tion in a landslide with more than 75 percent of the vote.
Butterfield received both an undergraduate and law degree from North Carolina Central Uni-versity and served in the Army from 1968 to 1970. Before ventur-ing into politics, he has worked as an attorney and, later, a judge in District One.
Arthur Rich—Republican
C h a l l e n g i n g Butterfield’s re-
election is Arthur Rich, who is hoping to make this his first successful venture into the world of politics.
After failing to win the primary election for the Republican bid for lieutenant gov-ernor of North Carolina in 2012, Rich an-nounced his intention to run for election in November of 2013, nearly a year before Butterfield’s term was set to expire. He then clinched the May 6 nomination with 5,519 of the 10,791 votes cast.
Rich presents his connection with the people of North Carolina through his past
elections 2014
G.K. Butterfield
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“Younger Americans have been promised a better life through
education and career opportunities but the career opportunities have
gone backwards, not forward, at a time when everyone struggles to keep up.”
— Arthur Rich, Republican Candidate,
U.S. House District 1
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Durham issues factor into U.S. Senate raceby Georgia Parke
THE CHRONICLE
The U.S. Senate election for North Car-olina may have the potential to shift power on Capitol Hill, but Durham will also feel aftershocks in public policy depending on the outcome.
Incumbent Democratic Senator Kay Hagan will attempt to defend against N.C. House of Representatives Speaker Thom Tillis, a Republican. As one of 17 Demo-cratic incumbent seats in play this elec-tion cycle, the North Carolina race has a high potential to shift a critical majority for Democrats given the party’s current three-person majority. Even with the na-
tional attention the race has re-ceived, however, the outcome will also hit close to home in Durham on several key is-sues.
“Members of Congress pass laws that affect
every aspect of our lives,” said Bob Hall, executive director of the nonpartisan po-litical group Democracy North Carolina. “They have a big role in our day to day lives that we might not even recognize.”
Immigration reform, a pressing issue in Congress, would have direct implications in Durham, said John White, vice president for public policy at the Durham Chamber of Commerce. Non-Americans come to the area to earn degrees but must return to their home country after six months if they have not gained employment. This de-
creases the number of people who would become part of the workforce in Durham, White said.
“We can’t process visas fast enough be-cause of additional security measures after 9/11,” White said. “We’re educating peo-ple yet again about the process of how to keep them here and put them to work.”
The Chamber of Commerce has also worked to attract workers through means of advanced transportation, White said. In 2011 a referendum was placed on the municipal ballot to raise sales tax by one half-cent in order to pay for a 17-mile light rail from Chapel Hill to East Durham. The
sales tax paid for 50 percent of the rail, with the city paying 25 percent and federal funding accounting for the remaining 25 percent.
“Having the option on the table allows us to be an attractive community for the workforce,” White said. “Depending on which party goes into power… we could see an impact on Durham.”
Another issue with potential local rami-fications is the student loan crisis. In June, the Senate voted not to move forward with a bill refinancing student loans, introduced
by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth War-ren, a Democrat. With the large number of college students in the area—at various universities, including Duke—the party in power in the Senate will have the power to impact how financial aid and loans are fi-nanced, Hall said.
The debate over minimum wage that has emerged across the coun-try is an additional Sen-ate issue that is highly applicable to Durham, Hall said, which pertains not just to full time jobs
but part-time and hourly wages as well.
As of January, the minimum wage in North Carolina is $7.25 per hour, the same as the federal rate. A bill was introduced in the Senate man-dating a national $10.10 minimum wage in two years. It did not receive enough support to proceed, as all but one Republican—along with several Democrats—voted against
letting the bill proceed to a final vote. Giv-en Senate procedures, this means that the bill could be reintroduced for another try at a later date.
Even though parties in Congress will try to convert their platforms into legisla-tion they believe will benefit their constitu-ents, some local issues are insulated from goings-on in Washington. Chrissy Pearson, chief communications officer for Durham Public Schools, noted that concerns such
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on Durham.” — John White,
vice president of public policy, Durham Chamber of Commerce
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Duke Forward campaign continues ahead of scheduleby Rachel Chason
THE CHRONICLE
Four years into its seven-year campaign, Duke For-ward has raised approximately 66 percent of its $3.25 billion goal.
At this point, all of the schools have raised more than 50 percent of their goals—compared to July 2013 when the Sanford School of Public Policy, Trinity Col-
lege of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School were the only entities to fall below the 50 percent mark.
“We’re actually a little ahead of schedule,” said Sar-ah West, associate vice president for strategic planning and the campaign. “We came out of the gate incredibly strongly. The success of the campaign is a testament to the enormous amount of love that the alumni have for Duke.”
The campaign—which is set to conclude in 2017—raises funds for Duke’s ten schools, health system, athletic department, facilities and financial aid and is dedicated to enriching the Duke experience, activat-ing the University’s power for the world and sustaining its momentum.
Duke Medicine has reached 70 percent of its $1.2 billion goal, and the Nicholas School of Environ-
ment, the University Libraries, the Pratt School of Engineering and the Divinity School have raised more than 80 per-cent of their goals.
“Each school’s goal was set in col-laboration with academic and develop-ment leadership,” said Jennifer Haslip, executive director of development mar-keting and communications. “We are confident that all of our schools are well-positioned for success.”
Campaign co-chairs Anne Bass, Bruce Karsh and David Rubenstein are among the campaign’s top contribu-tors, with gifts collectively totaling more than $150 million.
In early June, alumni J. Michael and Christine Pearson, Pratt ‘81 and Nurs-ing ‘84, respectively, committed $30 mil-lion to the Pratt School of Engineering in the sixth largest gift of the campaign.
But the campaign is not driven by the big-givers alone. West said that “Duke Forward: On the Road”—a series of events bringing the campaign to alumni in nine cities across the U.S.—has gone even better than its organizers antici-pated.
“We’re doubling the size of any events the University has previously held in these cities,” she said.
Funds raised will be used to reno-
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After positive review, DGHI to continue with current format
by Grace WangTHE CHRONICLE
The Duke Global Health Institute re-cently went through an external review confirming Duke’s leading position in the area of global health and focus in interdis-ciplinary studies.
Although the review—conducted as part of the University’s standard plan to review all signature institutes—identified places for improvement within the institute, such as stabilizing its financial model, the report was overall positive and praised the insti-tute’s model for continuous interdisciplin-arity. The office of Susan Roth, vice provost for interdisciplinary studies, initiated the external review.
“The Global Health Institute has not only led incredible educational programs and having a real impact around the world, it has been a real leader as well in the kinds of global opportunities for our students and faculty,” Roth said.
During the re-view process, ex-ternal reviewers came for a two-day visit, which included intensive meetings with the researchers, faculty and administrators affiliated with the institute, Roth said. These meetings were followed by verbal feedback and an ultimate report is made by the end. A self-study conducted by the institute internally was also an im-portant part of the review process.
Reviews following this protocol are given to all University institutes that were named in a 2006 strategic plan. Five reviews have been conducted in the past year, including the most recent one on DGHI.
Positive reportRoth said the reviewers were especially
impressed with the progress made at the institute in a relatively short period of time since it was established in 2006—including the amounts of collaborative research, edu-cational programs and engagement around the world. The reviewers also ranked Duke as one of the top four global health pro-grams in the country.
“I think that one of the telling things was that the reviewers said to us, ‘we should have paid you to come here,’” she said.
The reviewers also recognized the unique teach-ing model used by DGHI, which allows faculty to divide their time between their home tenure de-partment and the institute, said Michael Merson, director of DGHI and Wolfgang Jok-
lik professor of Global Health, in an email June 20.
“This structure enables collaborative and interdisciplinary work, cross-pollinates schools in the study of global health and of-
New year means new dean and new building for Nicholas School
“One of the telling things was that the reviewers said to us, ‘we should have paid
you to come here.’” — Susan Roth,
vice provost for interdisciplinary studies
by Grace WangTHE CHRONICLE
The Nicholas School of the Environ-ment will enter an era of transition this Fall with the arrival of a new dean and the completion of Environment Hall.
Alan Townsend’s term as dean of the Nicholas School becomes effective July 1 as Dean William Chameides steps down.
Townsend is an ecosystem ecologist, for-mer director of the Division of Environ-mental Biology at the National Science Foundation and former professor at and director of the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Colorado Boulder. Both the new dean and the
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The Nicholas School was formerly housed within the Levine Science Research Center, pictured above, and has now moved into the new $40 million Environment Hall.
See nicholas, page 19
See institUte, page 20
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Page AuditoriumBuilt in 1930, the West Campus auditorium is the largest venue on campus oth-
er than the Chapel. It will be closed for the 2014-2015 academic year to receive $5 million in long-awaited cosmetic updates—including new lighting, refurbished seating and a new entryway.
Duke ChapelIn 2012, the University learned that the roof of the Chapel—built in the
1930s—was not stable, and so Duke’s most iconic space will be out of commission for a year beginning in May 2015. Initially, repairs were to take place without the need for a closure, but they were found to be more extensive than originally believed. The repairs will include a full replacement of the exterior roof and a rehabilitation of the interior ceiling, with a projected price tag of approximately $10 million.
Wallace Wade StadiumFollowing the 2014 Blue Devil football season, Wallace Wade Stadium will
close for renovations. The construction will commence with the removal of the track that currently surrounds the field and will increase the number of seats for spectators. The improvements to the 85-year-old facility will cost approximately $15 million.
Health and Wellness CenterIn March 2015, work is set to begin on a new Health and Wellness Center.
The 70,000 square-foot space will unite student health, Counseling and Psycho-logical Services, the Wellness Center and the case management office under one roof—facilities which are currently scattered across campus. Located on Tower-view Road near the Penn Pavilion, the Center is expected to cost $30 million and open in late 2016 or early 2017.
Projects still to come Construction AheadProceed with Caution:
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While the foundation of Perkins Library is being waterproofed, a section of Chapel Drive is closed to vehicles and pedestrians.
Penn PavilionCurrently housing a dining hall while West Union is closed for renovations,
the Pavilion opened in Fall 2013 after a year of construction that totaled just more than $20 million. When West Union opens in 2016, the Pavilion will begin serving in its intended role as special event space.
Environment HallThe new home of the Nicholas School opened in April 2014, after two years of
work that cost $35 million. Adjacent to the Levine Science Research Center, the building features 70,000 square feet of classroom and research space.
Baldwin AuditoriumThe East Campus auditorium reopened in Fall 2013 after two years and $15
million of renovations. With a new interior that includes vastly improved acous-tics, the remodeled venue was the subject of much praise in its first year.
Projects of the past
West UnionOne of the most high-profile projects on campus, the re-
model of West Union is a three-year endeavor that will total nearly $100 million. The renovations are intended to trans-form the building—originally constructed in 1931—into the center of campus life, with a wide variety of dining options and spaces for student interaction. The project includes con-verting the space under the Bryan Center Plaza into an out-door seating area, which has led to the closure of the plaza between Kilgo Quad and the Flowers Building. Funded largely by the Duke Endowment, the project is expected to wrap up in Spring 2016.
Perkins and Rubenstein LibrariesThe work currently being done to the two libraries marks
the final stage of the Perkins Project, a comprehensive renova-tion that began in 2000. Focusing on the building’s original structure—built in 1930—along with a wing added in 1948, the construction will give Perkins a new entrance and remodel the space housing the Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Set to be completed in Summer 2015, the project re-quires the closure of the library’s main entrance. While the library’s foundation is being waterproofed, the construction has also led to the shutdown of Chapel Drive from the West Campus Bus Stop to the steps of the Chapel—a set-up that will be in place until November 2014.
Bostock LibraryThe first floor of Bostock Library, built in 2005, is currently
closed to allow for renovations that will transform the space into a “Research Commons”—a 14,000 square foot facility with workspaces and tools specifically designed for collabora-tive learning and digital education. The bulk of the project is being done throughout summer 2014, and the space is set to debut in November.
Renovations: change in progress
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Confluence of construction: product of fate, not design
Construction AheadProceed with Caution:
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Construction near Kilgo Quadrangle is part of the West Union renovation project due to be complete within two years. Kilgo residents have complained to the administration about the noise of the renovations.
“No one knew [the 2007-08 fi nancial crisis] was going to happen. All of our construction plans had to be put on hold
until the economy could recover, which is why all
of this construction is happening now.”
— Aaron Welborn,director of communications,
Duke Libraries
Overlap in extensive campus renovations fueled by recession
Water Reclamation ProjectWork began on this manmade storm water reuse pond in
January 2013. Located at the corner of Erwin Road and Tower-view Drive, the pond will be large enough to cut Duke’s depen-dence on water from the city of Durham by 20 percent. The area around the pond—totaling nearly six acres—is designed to be open to the community, with bike paths and an amphi-theatre. Additionally, the cooled water will help to provide air conditioning to several facilities on campus. The project is scheduled to be completed by Spring 2015 and will cost ap-proximately $9 million—over two thirds of which will be used in the creation of the pond itself.
West DukeAfter a portion of West Duke’s ceiling unexpectedly col-
lapsed in February, the building was closed to allow repair work to be done. The collapse was attributed to a combina-tion of the building’s aging and structural changes that had compromised the plaster ceilings—no one was harmed by the ceiling, though several offices and classrooms were displaced. Built in 1912, West Duke is one of the oldest structures on East Campus and the renovations will replace the roof and sprinkler system, along with adding an elevator. The project is expected to be finished before the start of the school year.
Campus Drive Pipe InstallationFor the second consecutive summer, construction crews are
working along Campus Drive to install pipes going from West Campus to East Campus. Intended to help cool buildings on East Campus—a number of which do not have central air con-ditioning—the project began during the 2012 Winter Break and picked back up in the summer of 2013. Portions of the road have been closed this summer to facilitate the continu-ation of the work, and Duke’s busses have been placed on al-ternate routes.
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For students returning to campus this Fall, it may appear as though West Campus has been swallowed up by bulldozers and related machinery—but the current overlap in construction projects was not necessarily deliberate.
Extensive work is currently being done on either side of the Chapel quadrangle, with the restoration of the West Union on one side and renovations to Perkins and Ru-benstein Libraries on the other. Both proj-ects have necessitated the closure of major campus walkways—a portion of the Bryan Center Plaza in the case of West Union, and the main en-trance to Perkins and adjacent parts of the academic quad in the case of the libraries. Although such lim-ited mobility might cause frustration for students and pro-fessors, the projects were not originally planned to be con-current. The work on the libraries was significantly delayed due to the 2008 crash of the economy and ensuing recession, noted Aaron Welborn, director of communications for the Duke Libraries.
“No one knew that was going to happen,” Welborn said. “All of our construction plans had to be put on hold until the economy could recover, which is why all of this con-struction is happening now.”
The present work is part of the Perkins Project, which began in 2000 and led to a redesign of Bostock Library in 2005 and the creation of Von der Heyden Pavilion in 2006. The current construction was intend-ed to be completed several years ago, but the recession left the University unable to move forward.
A gift of $13.6 million from Board of Trustees chair David Rubenstein, Trinity ‘70, in 2011 enabled the construction team to finish raising the money necessary to com-
plete the renovation, Welborn added.“Construction gets more expensive the
longer you wait,” he said. “If you have the money, you do it so the costs don’t continue to rise.”
The entrance to Perkins facing the aca-demic quad and the adjoining lobby area will be closed for the upcoming academic year as part of the renovation to the Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, which was named for Rubenstein following his 2011 donation. To enter the library, people must now use the side entrance of Perkins or the exterior door of the von der Heyden Pa-
vilion. Both doors are now unlocked dur-ing regular library hours in an effort to accommodate higher traffic.
“In terms of secu-rity, it will be some-what better because there will only be one main entrance,” Wel-born said. “It will be a little bit of a chal-lenge to train people, but once they figure it out, it will become what they’re used to.”
This final stage of the Perkins Proj-ect also includes the transformation of
Bostock’s first floor into a new academic cen-ter similar to the Link currently found in the basement of Perkins. Designed to meet the needs of interdisciplinary studies and team-based, data-driven research, the new center aligns with the goals of the new Bass Connec-tions interdisciplinary initiative.
Currently called the “Research Com-mons,” the new space is set to open in Janu-ary 2015. Funding for the space came from the Libraries’ Duke Forward campaign, particularly the support of Todd and Karen Ruppert and the Bostock Family. The Re-search Commons will provide a variety of digital tools and workspaces, rooms for proj-ect teams and expanded technology and training facilities.
“More and more students at Duke are
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The 2014-2015 academic year will see a number of administrators stepping into new roles on campus. Take a look at some of the people who have recently moved into new offices and learn what their jobs entail:
Sally Kornbluth, provostA member of the Duke faculty since
1994, Kornbluth has served as vice dean for basic science at Duke Hospital since 2006. She will bring an impressive background in medical research to the provost’s office when she takes over July 1, replacing Peter Lange, whose 15 years in the position make him the longest-serving
provost in Duke’s history. “I’ve been at Duke for 20 years and I love Duke,” Ko-rnbluth said when she was appointed in March. “I’ve really enjoyed working with faculty, students and staff to devel-op new programs to improve the overall quality of life in the School of Medicine, and being given the greater opportuni-ty to do this on larger scale across the campus is really exciting.” As provost, Kornbluth will be the University’s chief academic officer and work with each of Duke’s 10 schools, in addition to a vari-ety of initiatives and institutes—includ-ing Duke Kunshan University, which will open its doors in China this Fall. Kornbluth is Duke’s first female pro-vost and the first provost with a medical
background in more than 30 years.
Janie Long, associate vice provost for undergraduate education
Long, Divinity ‘81, has served as di-rector of Duke’s Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity since 2006. In her time with the CSGD, the center changed its name from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center to its current moniker and moved from the lower lev-el of the West Union to a more visible location in the Bryan Center—all pushing to-ward a more prominent, open CSGD. Long will take over as associate vice provost from Don-na Lisker, who has held the role since 2007 and is leaving to become dean of Smith College in Northampton, Mass. July 1. In the new position, Long will be involved in working on nearly all aspects of the undergraduate experience, rang-ing from the academic to the residential to the extracurricular.
Lawrence Carin, vice provost for re-search
Carin has been a Duke professor for twenty years, most re-cently serving as chair of electrical and com-puter engineering, and has engaged in signifi-cant research stretch-ing across various dis-ciplines. He takes over
the role of vice provost from James Sie-dow, who held the position for 12 years. The job’s main features include facilitat-ing funding for research—both from the government and from industry sourc-es—as well as managing regulations and issues with compliance.
Stephanie Helms Pickett, director of the Women’s Center
Helms Pickett became director of the Women’s Center in March, after serving as interim director for several months follow-ing previous director Ada Gregory’s move to the Office of Interdisci-plinary Project Manage-ment. The first black woman to hold the po-sition, Helms Pickett served the University in a number of roles be-fore becoming interim director of the center—including direct-ing Assessment and Professional Devel-opment within Student Affairs, chairing Duke’s Bias Analysis Task Force and serv-ing on the Task Force on Gender and the Undergraduate Experience.
Alan Townsend, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment, and Marion Broome, dean of the School of Nursing
Two of Duke’s 10 schools will have new deans at the start of the school year. Both ap-
pointments come from outside of the Universi-ty—Townsend will lead the Nicholas School in its first year in Environ-ment Hall, the school’s $35 million new home, while Broome will step in as dean after a de-cade of significant growth under former dean Catherine Gilliss.
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A national search for Long’s replace-ment is underway, and the University hopes to fill the role by early in the Fall.
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When Victor Dzau steps down from his current role to become president of the Institute of Medicine July 1, he will leave behind a decade of significant growth at DUHS. During his time in the role, he oversaw the establishment of the Duke Cancer Institute and Duke Translational Medicine Institute, as well as the imple-mentation of an electronic medical re-cords system. The University expects to fill the role by early 2015—with Dr. William J. Fulkerson Jr., executive vice president of Duke University Health System, and Dr. Nancy Andrews, dean of the School of Medicine and vice chancellor for academ-ic affairs, reporting directly to President Richard Brodhead while the role is vacant.
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by Kali ShulklapperTHE CHRONICLE
Last Thursday, Khalouk Shahbander was at a gas sta-tion in Scottsdale, Ariz. filling up his car when his watch beeped, signaling it was 4 p.m.
He got out his phone, fumbled to type in his password and nervously watched the screen as the login proceeded to fail. On the second attempt, it opened straight to the letter.
“I freaked out, had a mini-heart attack, read the letter and celebrated,” he wrote in a Facebook message to The Chronicle. “I spilled gas everywhere as I got ready to speed home.”
Shahbander revved the engine for a whole minute be-fore he realized the car was still in park. He finally put it in drive, hit 70 mph, and ran several stop signs on his way home to tell his parents that he got into Duke.
During his junior year, Shahbander had emailed 57 Duke professors with the hopes of attaining an internship. Despite the 57 rejection emails he received, the professors’ responses ultimately led him to apply to the University.
“Every single professor was so genuine, easy to ap-proach and interested in helping me carve my future path in research,” he said.
Following his recent acceptance to Duke, Shahbander will join 2,640 students who were accepted through regu-lar admission to the Class of 2018, marking a record low acceptance rate of 9 percent. As Duke and its peer institu-tions continue to accept smaller and smaller pools, admit-ted students are reveling in the joy of nabbing one of the University’s coveted spots.
Meghana Rao, another recently admitted student from Florence, S.C., applied to Duke thinking she would not get in.
“It was almost painful to write the supplement because I fell in love with the school so much, and the thought that I could get rejected was absolutely heartbreaking,” she wrote in a Facebook message. “But when I saw the magical ‘Congratulations’ light up my screen, I sat back, stunned. It’s crazy how one letter can suddenly validate all the work I’ve done these past four years of high school. I’ve never been so happy.”
This year’s regular decision admission rate dropped by almost 1 percent from the Class of 2017, which accepted 2,897 students, a rate of 9.9 percent. The overall accep-tance rate for the incoming class is 10.8 percent, as 47 percent of a smaller pool of applicants were admitted in December through the early decision process.
“It feels good because it means we’re able to find and choose the most interesting and talented and thoughtful and diverse students for Duke,” Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag told The Chronicle last week. “At the same time, the idea of turning away 91 per-cent of applicants feels a little odd.”
Despite Duke’s record-low admit rate, the percentages at some other top institutions and Ivy League schools were already below 10 percent and are getting even lower. Co-lumbia, Harvard and Yale universities had acceptance rates this year of 6.94 percent, 5.9 percent and 6.26 percent, re-spectively. Stanford University accepted 5.07 percent, the lowest of all top-10 universities that have already reported this year’s acceptance rates.
Shivaan Tandon, a recently admitted student from In-dia, said that among the several top schools he applied to, Duke was his dream school.
“I didn’t check my Duke decision for a day,” he wrote in an email. “I got rejected by two Ivies that day and even Tufts and Carnegie Mellon. I totally gave up on Duke.”
He added that after getting in he could not control his excitement and changed all his profile pictures to the Duke logo on social media.
Recent admit Amelia Cheatham, of Orlando, Fla., said the spirit and sense of community at Duke are unparal-leled at other institutions.
“I can’t wait to get to know such an interesting mix of people and engage in all the campus camaraderie,” she said in a Facebook message.
Admitted students have been invited to attend Blue Devil Days, which will be held April 6-7, April 17-18 and April 21-22.
“Getting accepted to Duke was both incredible and sur-real,” said recent admit Sarah Bales from Los Angeles over Facebook. “I cannot wait to attend Blue Devil Days and have the privilege of meeting the dedicated and compel-ling people who make up the Duke community.”
Editor’s note: This article originally ran in the Mar. 31, 2014 issue of The Chronicle.
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As a business consultant and tax ac-countant, Rich has had ample time to see the impact that student loans and debt can have on people’s financial stability, and he has incorporated his proposed solution into his congressional platform.
“Younger Americans have been prom-ised a better life through education and career opportunities but the career op-portunities have gone backwards, not for-ward, at a time when everyone struggles to keep up. Student loan debt has qua-drupled in the last decade,” he writes on his platform website.
His platform also includes proposals
that address the issues of job creation in American and an overhaul of the current unemployment benefits system.
“In this proposed plan, a state would not carry the liability or administrative responsibility in the case of employees laid off work, whatever the cause. Unem-ployment coverage would be determined by annual wages and/or the amount the employee wants/needs, equivalent to personal income and expense. The plan would apply to self-employed through multi-national; local, state and federal,” he writes.
After growing up in Sampson County, N.C., Rich earned an associate degree from Sampson Community College. He later received a degree in economics and accounting from East Carolina Univer-sity—whose mascot colors of purple and gold he has adopted as symbols of his campaign.
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as levels of teacher pay and budgeting are decisions made within North Carolina and so the Senate race will not have a great deal of bearing on DPS issues.
“We’re much more concerned about poli-tics on the state level,” she said. “Our issues are the same as most of the other districts in the state.”
Amidst the hubbub, a number of local organizations are focused on educating vot-ers about their options and voting processes so that they can make an informed decision in November. The Durham chapter of the League of Women Voters is working to have questions for the candidates and an online guide to inform voters, said Brenda Rogers, president of the LWV for Orange, Durham and Chatham Counties, in an email June 18. The group is also planning to hold a fo-rum for the N.C. legislative candidates in the
three counties.Hall said that Democracy NC is also helping
to educate and register voters, especially given the recent changes in voter registration passed by the N.C. General Assembly. He raised the concern that during midterm elections, there is usually less interest and lower voter turnout, which can affect the number and location of voting and early voting sites, for both federal and state-wide elections.
“Congress could require that there be early voting plans and there be early regis-tration for federal elections, but they can’t regulate local elections so much,” he said. “There’s not enough support for that at the moment.”
In the national race, however, getting people to the polls will likely be less of a problem given the amount of attention it is receiving.
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opening of the new Environment Hall—the latter of which was made official in April—help to implement promising visions for the school’s future, said Brian Murray, director of the Environmental Economics Pro-gram the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and member of the University’s search com-mittee for the selection of the new dean.
“Symbolically, the school is at a turning point, and part of that is moving into a new building,” Murray said. “We are already running at a really good trajectory in the Nicholas School, and I think that [Townsend] is going to accelerate it.”
Townsend, who was also associate director of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at UC Boul-der, has developed an international reputation for his ability and creativity in finding solutions for complex environmental problems, Murray said. In addition, Townsend is the best match to fulfill the University’s mission to focus on multidisciplinary knowledge in the service of society.
“He is just a really dynamic thinker about very com-plex problems,” Murray said.
These complex environmental problems—termed “wicked problems”—are currently a major challenge to society. Solving highly complex environmental prob-lems has been an ongoing effort of the Nicholas School will continue to be a major focus going forward, Mur-ray noted.
“The wicked complex problems we face now involve more than one medium and more than one source,” he said. “The economic behind them is even more complex. It is much more difficult than just cleaning up the point sources in the water and air.”
In addition to being a terrific scientist, Townsend has also demonstrated solid academic leadership skills that will prove valuable during his tenure as the leader of an institution like the Nicholas School, noted Lori Bennear, associate professor of Environmental Economics and Pol-icy and member of the search committee to find the new dean.
“He really wowed us, from his cover letter to the time
we hired him,” Bennear said. “His leadership style is transparent, open and having really good visions about the future of higher education in general, and where the Nicholas School fits into that.”
The addition of Environ-ment Hall to campus is an-other change for the Nich-olas School, and one that embraces the environmen-tal sustainability goal of the school by employing utili-ties that are eco-friendly.
Chilled beam technology on the upper three floors of the building is an important energy-conserving strategy used at Environment Hall, said Project Manager Myron Taschuk. Other environmentally friendly features of the building include the collection of rainwater from its roof as well as a portion of the Levine Science Research Center’s
roof for irrigation and toi-let flushing. The building’s high-performance curtain wall enclosure brings sun-light to interior spaces and mitigates solar heat gain.
“These features con-serve energy and water. The building will cost less to operate and will lessen environmental impacts while supporting the Uni-versity mission of teaching and research,” Taschuk said.
Bennear noted that En-vironment Hall is a legacy of Chameides and serves to further connect the campus to the school and its mis-sion.
“All our colleagues are relatively close together now,” she said. “That will continue to foster interdisciplinary collaboration.”
“Symbolically, the school is at a turning point. We are already
running at a really good trajectory in the Nicholas School, and I
think that [Townsend] is going to accelerate it.”
— Brian Murray,director of the environmental economics program,
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Bill Chameides, pictured above, is being replaced by Alan Townsend as dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment.
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growth are three areas of potential improvement the re-viewers focused on, said Randall Kramer, deputy director of DGHI and professor of environmental economics and global health in the Nicholas School of the Environment.
“[The report] emphasized the need for a sustainable financial model, the need to continue offering incentives to encourage faculty involvement and to continue to assess the quality of programs and find new sources of funding for future activities,” Kramer wrote in an email June 19.
An interdisciplinary modelRoth noted that DGHI will continue to be an important
focus of Duke that facilitates the University’s overall em-phasis on interdisciplinary studies. DGHI, along with the Institute for Brain Sciences and the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, is one of the three signature institutes in partnership with the School of Medicine.
“The signature institutes were the units that we really wanted to focus on to encourage educational missions, scholarly missions, multidisciplinary collaborative scholar-ship and engagement outside of the University,” Roth said.
Merson said the review identified DGHI’s organization-al model as a key factor in its success, and referred to Duke as the “go-to” university for multidisciplinary opportunities to study global health.
“I think [the institute] is a terrific model for the Uni-versity’s interdisciplinary studies. It will be able to bring the medical school, the engineering school, the business school and all the undergraduates all service in the area of global health,” said Nelson Chao, professor of medicine, immunology, pathology and global health and research professor of DGHI.
The reviewers also pointed out the difficulty other uni-versities have had accomplishing this level of interdiscipli-narity.
“While many universities promote interdisciplinary ap-proaches, Duke has created structures and mechanisms that make it attractive to faculty work with colleagues in other parts of the university,” Kramer said. “This has cer-tainly contributed to the success of DGHI in carrying out its research and education mission.”
Future plansRoth also noted that no significant structural changes
will be made to the Institute, unlike IGSP, where the insti-tute was dismantled and restructured following a similar review.
“Based on findings of the report, we plan to continue to strengthen our existing structures and systems, and to con-tinue our focus of delivering quality education programs and delivering important research outcomes,” Kramer said.
The review did not identify any current programs of the institute to be cut due to low quality. In terms of strategic plans for the future, attention will contin-ue to be paid to ex-pand the educational portfolio by linking students pursuing a Master’s of Science in global health to a broader graduate student community, Merson said.
The review also concluded that DGHI’s research priorities are con-sistent with evolving changes in the global burden of disease and align with Duke’s strengths and inter-national partnerships, Merson said.
Chao pointed out that the future of DGHI might fea-ture collaboration with Duke Kunshan University.
“The focus on women/maternal health, cancer and global illness might lead to expansion. [The University’s] got a home in Kunshan,” he said. “[The efforts] might expand into China, and the large areas around Kunshan University, and probably allows global health in China to develop further.”
Roth, however, confirmed that there has not been any serious conversation ongoing about the institute becoming its own department separate from the School of Medicine.
“Whether or not it’s an aspiration of some of the faculty in the institute I cannot say, but that is not a conversation that is ongoing at this time,” she said.
“The focus on women/maternal health, cancer and global illness might lead to expansion... [The efforts] might
expand into China and the large areas around Kunshan University.”
— Nelson Chao,professor of medicine
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doing work that involves collaboration and digital communi-cation,” Welborn said. “Bass Connections is aimed at getting teams of people to work on real-world problems, creating de-mands for more space to work on these projects.”
Welborn added that the first floor of Bostock was deter-mined to be an accessible space due to the under-utilization of its current materials. By supporting projects like the ones coming out of Bass Connections, the Research Commons is designed to drive more students to utilize the space. Reno-vation for the Research Commons began in May 2014 and are scheduled to last until November. The target date for the completion of the entire Perkins Project is 2015, when the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library will move into its new home.
“So far, we seem to be on track,” Welborn said, adding that most of the construction will occur over the summer. “With construction, you never know—but so far, so good.”
Welborn added that following the renovations, Duke stu-dents and faculty will be proud to walk into the library.
“It will be the kind of library that a university like Duke deserves,” he said.
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The exit from the Flowers Building to the plaza, used by many students since the closure of part of the plaza last Fall, is now inaccessible.
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The University’s construction projects included renovations to the Blue Zone, a parking lot on West Campus, pictured above.
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The entrance and lobby area of Perkins Library are being renovated, requiring the closure of the main entrance through summer 2015.
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Renovations to West Union, pictured above, are due to be complete in time for the building’s grand opening date of Jan. 11, 2016.
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vate Perkins Library, upgrade athletic facilities and expand hospital and medical education facilities. The campaign will also raise more than $400 million for fi-nancial aid and create at least 100 new endowed fac-ulty chairs, visiting professorships and professors of the practice across campus.
“Our primary goal will always involve investment in people, teaching, research and clinical care, mak-ing Duke accessible to all backgrounds of students and helping students live up to their potentials,” said Presi-dent Richard Brodhead in March during his annual ad-dress to the Academic Council.
West said peer institutions including Stanford Uni-versity, the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University are conducting campaigns similar to Duke Forward, but Duke’s fund-raising capability is especially strong because of its position as a top research institu-tion.
“The goal is help our students be successful in a new world after they graduate,” West said. “They need to be able to work collaboratively, to have an interdisciplin-ary background and to have a grasp on technology.”
Laurie Patton, dean of arts and sciences, said that Duke Forward has been a “real success” for Trinity—which has already raised 68 percent of its total goal.
“We’ve raised money for several new undergraduate initiatives in advising, a new Language Arts and Media program and new approaches in science education,” Patton said. “The process has been really encouraging.”
Approximately $100 million will be raised for Bass Connections, the initiative launched in the fall of 2013 that brings students together from different schools across the University in teams to focus on global issues.
“Bass Connections brings to education the kind of interdisciplinary team based learning in societal con-text that is the hallmark of research at Duke and other top R1 universities,” Pratt School of Engineering Dean Tom Katsouleas wrote in an email June 23.
Katsouleas said the construction of a new building between Engineering and Physics and upgrading the Gross Hall basement—which will house team-based hands-one learning spaces and empowered maker tools like 3-D printers—will support Bass Connections pro-gramming.
The campaign also seeks to jumpstart distinctive educational programs like DukeEngage, whose endow-ment it plans to increase by 66 percent.
Dean of the Divinity School Richard Hays said his school has already raised 85 percent of its $80 mil-lion goal and has successfully raised funds for student scholarships, endowing faculty positions and extend-ing a grant complete the research agenda of the Clergy Health Initiative.
He and West both said that there is still more to do.“One of the focuses for the future is going to be
endowment for financial aid,” West said. “You can just never raise enough.”
hotel or living in the apartments.Campbell said he has not seen significant changes in busi-
ness other than a slight increase in customers who are visiting or living nearby.
“I wouldn’t want it to be anymore built up, but I don’t think there’s a danger of that. It’s about as full as it can be right now,” he said.
Green also noted that the progress is not nearly complete. Another dining venue will also be added to the Shops at Erwin Mill—Juju, an Asian tapas restaurant—across from the soon-to-be-completed Crescent Ninth Street apartments.
“We’re going to keep seeing this story unfold over the next two years or so,” Green said.
The next foreseeable project is to makeover the two-story, white brick building at the corner of Ninth Street and Markham Avenue, according to the New Visitor Developments website. The building will become a mixed-use space, with two residential units on the second floor and retail on the street level. The process is expected to start this summer.
“I’m sure the best is yet to come,” Rios said.
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An influx of chain stores opening on Ninth Street has added variety to a scene once dominated by local businesses, such as those above.
Sarah Martin, assistant director of graduate programs at the Duke Global Health Institute. Martin added that DGHI has recruited five faculty members to teach in the program, several of whom are already in Kunshan and actively involved in the campus.
“We look forward to launching this program on the new DKU campus,” said Martin.
Erin Medlyn, public relations director for the Fuqua School of Business, said the MMS administration is pleased with the interest seen in the program as well as the quality of the applicants.
“We are particularly excited because the MMS stu-dents will be the first from DKU to begin a Duke pro-gram,” said Medlyn, adding that the class will begin in July in Durham.
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Students to return to new set of dining options on campusby Rachel Chason
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Following a year that saw many changes to the on-campus venue options, students will return to a new set of dining varia-tions.
New food trucks Mac-ur-Roni and Deli-icious will rotate through the schedule in
place of Baguettaboutit and Foster’s on the Fly. Serrano Deli will replace Pizza Mia as one of the Merchants-on-Points ven-dors, and Pitchfork Provisions is undergo-ing the process of being renovated, said Director of Dining Services Robert Coffey.
The changes come in response to the campus-wide dining survey conducted by
the Duke University Student Dining Ad-visory Committee and Duke Student Gov-ernment.
“I am extremely excited about the new food options that the Duke community will be able to experience next year,” said DUSDAC co-chair Gregory Lahood, a se-nior. “I feel as though the changes in the
MOP and food truck lineups are repre-sentative of the preferences of the Duke community.”
Coffey explained that DUSDAC an-nually interviews potential vendors and samples their products to evaluate them
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by Emma BaccellieriTHE CHRONICLE
The DukeForward capital campaign may be more than halfway to its goal, but recent research shows that women make up significantly less than half of of alumni leadership positions and high-level donors—statistics that a new initiative hopes to change.
Organized by members of the University Development Office, the Women in Philanthropy and Leadership Initiative is working toward boosting female leadership in the alumni community and closing a gender gap in alumni donations. On average, females comprise just a quarter of membership on Duke’s various boards of visitors and are not equally represented in higher levels of giving, said Cam Kelly, senior assistant vice president for principal gifts.
“We want to shift the culture here at Duke around how we do our fundraising work,” Kelly said. “This is a community issue, not a women’s issue.”
Discussions about the possibility of such an initiative began in 2012 and a task force formulated a strategic plan in summer 2013. The Development Office has now begun to move forward with steps such as recruiting an internal advisory committee to examine fundraising practices and hiring a full-time director of darbi griffith/The ChroniCle
Maplewood Cemetery, pictured above, is one of Durham’s two public cemeteries endangered due to years of deferred maintenance. Among those interred at Maplewood are the namesakes of several campus buildings—Mary Few, William Blackwell and James Southgate. (See story on page 12.)See aLUMNae, page 11
Imperiled cemeteries preserve local legaciesLow alumnae involvement prompts action
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All-Star Game to enhance Durham baseball traditionby Aleena Karediya
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Durham will build on its baseball history when the city’s resident minor league team, the Bulls, hosts the annual
Triple A-All-Star Game this July.Held each year between minor league
baseball’s International League and Pa-cific Coast League, the All-Star Game is accompanied by a variety of festivities.
Activities will run from July 12 to July 16, including tours of the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, an All-Star block party and an exploration of North Carolina’s baseball history. The game’s high pro-
file will draw many visitors to Durham and bring fresh publicity to the Bull City, said Scott Carter, director of marketing for the Dur-ham Bulls.
“The Triple-A All-Star Game is Minor League Baseball’s premier event,” Carter said. “It’ll be nationally televised on MLB Network. It’s simply the biggest event a Minor League team can hope to host, so we’re honored to have the game here in Durham.”
This will be Dur-ham’s first time hosting the game, which was insti-tuted in its current form in 1988. The All-Star Game has shown the ability to draw crowds that are par-ticularly large for minor league baseball, sometimes reaching nearly 20,000, though trends for game at-tendance vary based on lo-cation, with greater atten-dance in larger cities such as Las Vegas and Portland,
Ore. The possibility for a large audience in Durham is high, said Carter, noting the city’s culture and love of baseball as potential motivating factors.
“Durham is the Bulls,” he said. “The city’s love affair with this team goes back to 1902. We truly have one of the great fan bases in all of American sports.”
Durham resident Joshua Parker said he is particularly excited about the All-
Star Game. He has been following the Durham Bulls since moving to Durham in 1974 and de-scribed the Bulls as holding a special place in his heart.
“Baseball is more important to me than any basket-ball games that go on in the area,” he said. “It takes me back to times when I watched the games with my dad. It was his favorite thing to do.”
The Bulls have been a part of Dur-ham since the be-ginning of the twen-
tieth century, when they were known as the Durham Tobacconists. Since then, the team has won 13 league titles and 15 division titles. Although they have switched leagues, names and parks mul-tiple times, they have maintained a con-tinuous presence in the city.darbi griffith/The ChroniCle
The Durham Bulls, whose renowned sign is pictured above, will host the Triple-A All-Star Game between the International League and the Pacific Coast League this year. See BaseBaLL, page 11
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Junior Lavanya Sunder will work to enact her vision as this year’s Duke Student Government president. Last year, as DSG vice president for services, Sunder led the Fix My Campus team in bringing together the concerns of the Duke community onto one Facebook page. During a time of great transition for the University, Sunder has worked closely with administrators to increase student access to food trucks and other dining options during peak meal times. She plans to continue these efforts in the Fall. The Chronicle’s Carleigh Stiehm sat down with Sunder to discuss what she hopes to accomplish this year as DSG president.
The Chronicle: If you could say anything to the incoming freshmen, what would it be?Lavanya Sunder: I would say that the first couple of months at Duke are overwhelming, but the best way to deal with it is to dive in head first. Try out for the debate team even if you’ve never done debate, or join the ultimate frisbee team even if you’ve only played one game in your life. I always say that the best thing about Duke is the wealth of opportunities available, and I think as first-years, the best way to figure out what you want to do is by getting a little taste of everything. I’m still on random listservs for groups that I signed up for as a first-year but never actually joined, but I think that’s the beauty of going to college—you can try so many new things.
TC: What is the first thing you want to see done in DSG next year?LS: The first thing that I want to see done in DSG is the establishment of the all-inclusive female mentorship program. I am already working with some students
on creating a sustainable plan for the program, but I would love for it to be ready in time for the incoming class. I think it’s a really important addition to the number of women’s mentorship programs we already have on campus and a really important addition to any university. And, of course, creating a sustainable tailgate model so we start the season off strong.
TC: What do you see some of the biggest challenges facing DSG being?LS: I definitely think a big challenge we will face is managing change. It’s no secret that the campus is undergoing extensive construction this year, and there’s going to be a lot of students that are shocked by the number of projects that are occurring. While we certainly cannot end these projects, DSG is definitely committed to making the student experience this year as fulfilling as it was in years past, but it will be a challenge to make everyone happy.
TC: What are you most excited about going into the new year?LS: I’m probably most excited about the launch of the new bike-sharing program. It’s been my pet project this past year, and I’m really excited, and nervous, to see how the campus will react to the program. I’m anticipating that the program will be
very successful, and I can’t wait to use the bikes myself.
TC: Were there any issues brought up in DSG that you would like to see again next year?LS: I definitely think that there were a lot of issues brought up in DSG that I would like to see continued work on. I know that there has been a lot of great
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Lavanya Sunder, this year’s Duke Student Government president, plans to continue working closely with administrators on behalf of students.
Q&A
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HOW WE’LL DO IT: Discuss our values and create a community of Duke Students who believe:
• We will choose the harder right over the easier wrong• We will be strong enough to be guided by our hearts and heads, not by the whims of,
nor for the acceptance of those around us• We will be the men and women that would make our families proud
• We will provide aid to, rather than take advantage of, those in need of help• We will follow the Diamond Rule of treating ourselves as we want others to treat us
• We will make deposits in peoples’ emotional bank accounts and not expect anything in return• We believe that the reward for a job well done is to have done it
• We know our reputations are built through many interactions but can be ruined by one• We know that we are free to choose our actions but not to choose our consequences
• We know that we can’t talk our way out of what we’ve behaved ourselves into• We know that being faithful in love and loyal in friendship can lead us to happiness.
WHAT WE’LL DO ABOUT IT: Promote, recognize, and reward both chivalrous behavior and deeper more respectful relationships across campus.
WHY WE’RE DOING IT: People complain about social culture at Duke, but either no one does anything about it,or if they have,
it hasn’t worked. We’re going to change that through society events, education, recognition of chivalrous and respectful actions across campus, and by rewarding select individuals
for being role models of what we believe in.
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80S.01 Race, Gender and IdentityBrown TuTh 4:40-5:55 Course Number 9790This class explore questions of race, gender and identity in the United States and internationally.
89S.01 Music as Mirror, MediatorByerly MW 10:05-11:20 Course Number 2075This course investigates the ways in which music serves as a mirror, a mediator and a prophet in societies undergoing political and social transitions.
89S.02 Culture, Science, TechnologyCollier TuTh 3:05-4:20 Course Number 2076Examine the intersection of culture, society, science and technology. This course is designed to challenge assumptions concerning the insulated, value-free nature of scientific practice from the cultural and social world in which it operates.
89S.03 Media, Film and FacebookDixon TuTh 8:30-9:45 Course Number 9406Course investigates the function of visual technologies in shaping anthropology and altering how we see ourselves and the world.
101.01 Introduction to Cultural AnthropologyStarn TuTh 11:45-1:00 Course Number 3257Theoretical approaches to analyzing cultural beliefs and practices.
130.01 Anthropology and FilmO’Barr MW 3:05-5:35 Course Number 1971This seminar focuses on the representation of other cultures in the genre of Hollywood film.
213.01 CyborgsNelson WF 11:45-1:00 Course Number 1973This course melds ethnography, philosophy, film, science fiction, critical studies of science and technology, political economy, and feminist and anti-racist engagements with Big Science.
290.01 Anthropology of Death and DyingAllison TuTh 10:05-11:20 Course Number 1974This class takes an anthropological approach by examining how death is diversely defined, how it differs from living and life, and how power and culture work to configure (as well as both prevent and promote) dying and death.
419S.01 Global Environmentalism and the Politics of NatureLitzinger F 3:05-5:35 Course Number 2024This course explores several themes: how local, national, and transnational organizations manage the environment, discuss it, study it, protect and defend it; who speaks for nature and to what ends; the differences between capitalist and socialist approaches to the environment; and how relations among natures, nations, social movements, individuals, and institutions have changed over time.
Junior Abhi Sanka will work to enact his vision as this year’s Duke Student Government executive vice president. Sanka has served for two years as a DSG senator for residential life and served as chair of the Senate Judiciary selection process and a member of the Rules Committee. When elected in the uncontested race for EVP in March, Sanka said one of his biggest goals was to strengthen the connection between DSG and the student body, in particular by increasing campus dialogue about legislative issues. The Chronicle’s Carleigh Stiehm sat down
with Sanka to discuss what else he hopes to accomplish this year as DSG executive vice president.
The Chronicle: If you could say anything to the incoming freshmen, what would it be?Abhi Sanka: Stay grounded. It can be very easy to get lost in the Duke bubble. If you are a member of the Class of 2018, be prepared for an inundation of advice, tips, “do-thises” and “don’t-do-thises” when you arrive on campus from
administrators, RAs, FACs, upperclassmen, to fellow first-years and everyone in between. When navigating these well-intentioned but sometimes conflicting influences, take a moment of introspection and touch base with the path which brought you to Duke. Call home or check in with high school friends. Sometimes the best way in figuring out how to move forward is to look back.
TC: What is the first thing you want to see done in DSG next year?AS: As executive vice president, my chief responsibility is to oversee how we function as an organization. As student government representatives, our responsibility is to identify problems within the Duke community and fill these spaces with policies or programs which can improve the undergraduate experience. One thing I would
like to see is more data infused into this process. It would be useful to have a unit within DSG focused on building an evidence base for our policy discussions by collecting data and producing reports on the issues which seem to persist year after year on campus—sort of like a FiveThirtyEight for DSG. My hope is that we attract a different set of data-driven, quantitatively-oriented students into the policymaking process by establishing this unit.
TC: What do you see some of the biggest challenges facing DSG being?AS: In recent years, we’ve made some great strides in how we reach out to and solicit feedback from the student body through Fix My Campus, a revamped website, and a series of articles through The Chronicle. Engaging the student body in campus issues, remains, however, our biggest challenge. Ensuring that our student government is fully representative of all parts of the student body can also sometimes be a challenge.
TC: What are you most excited about going into the new year?AS: I am really excited about what the Class of 2018 has to offer. Every year we get a fresh crop of student leaders looking to make their mark on campus, and I am really looking forward to working with them next year. Student government is home to all types of campus leaders, and if you’re a first-year looking to make an impact on campus, definitely consider running to be a senator in student government in the fall.
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Abhi Sanka, this year’s Duke Student Government executive vice president, hopes to increase dialogue about legislative issues.
Q&ASee saNKa, page 17
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Fall 2014 Move-In ScheduleUpperclass StudentsResidence Hall and Apartment check-in is decentralized. You will check in and pick up keys in your Quad or at the Central office. Keys will be issued ONLY to the assigned resident. Please have your DukeCard or valid state ID ready. No early arrivals will be permitted unless prior approval is granted.
Check-in Times:West Campus (Friday, August 22 - Sunday, August 24) Friday: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm Saturday: 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm Sunday: 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Central Campus (Friday, August 22 - Sunday, August 24) Friday: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Saturday: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Sunday: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Check-in Locations:Craven Quad - Craven House B CommonsEdens Quad - Edens 3A Main LobbyKilgo Quad - Kilgo O CommonsCrowell Quad - Crowell G 101 CommonsWannamaker Quad - Crowell G 101 CommonsKeohane Quad - Keohane 4A 2nd Floor CommonsFew Quad - Few FF CommonsCentral Campus - Central Campus Office, 217 Anderson St.
Upper Class Procedures *Students arrive on campus and are directed to the Blue Zone. No permit is required to park in the Blue Zone during move-in. * Parking Services personnel will direct students to their respective move-in location - and will also share that in order for their car to be moved to an unloading zone, they must proceed through the check-in process in order to receive access.
* Students arrive at the check-in site and corresponding RCR and Bedroom Key is pulled. Once student signs RCR, RAs will hand our Unloading ZoneTicket (bright yellow). Students must have the Unloading Zone Ticket to get into unloading zone. The Parking Attendant will write the date and time on the ticket.
If You Can’t Arrive By August 24...Students arriving after opening week should check in at their respective Campus office. All Campus Offices are open from 8:30am - 5pm, Monday - Friday.
Residence hall staff members will neither provide access to residents who have not checked in, nor provide access to third parties. Please contact your HDRL Campus Office if you have questions.
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Summer may mean fewer people on campus, but it does not mean less news. Take a look at some of the big-gest headlines from May and June.
Aycock renamedPresident Richard Brodhead recently announced that
freshman dormitory Aycock will be renamed East Resi-dence Hall in a letter to student leaders. The renaming, agreed on by the Board of Trustees’ executive committee, comes months after the Duke Student Government sen-ate adopted a resolution in support of renaming Aycock, even though numerous calls for change have been voiced by students in the past. Representatives of DSG and the Black Student Alliance formally met with members of the administration to present a proposal for the name change. Aycock, a former North Carolina governor, was a prominent figure in the state’s white supremacy move-ments during the late 1800s.
“The building was named early in the twentieth century on one view of history, and that view of history no longer pre-
vails,” Brodhead previously told The Chronicle. “Given the circumstances, it seems a good time to change the name.”
Pearson Family gives $30 million to Pratt
In early June—coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the Pratt School of Engineering—J. Michael and Christine Pearson announced a $30 million gift to the school, intended to fund inter-disciplinary studies. The gift makes up a significant portion of Pratt’s $161.5 mil-lion fundraising goal for the DukeFor-ward capital campaign, and comes as the sixth-largest gift received by the campaign thus far. Both Mr. and Mrs. Pearson are Duke alumni— Pratt ‘81 and Nursing ‘84, respectively.
The donation is intended for interdisciplinary pro-grams, research and courses. Laurie Patton, dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, said in the release that the gift will be used to strengthen the ties between Trinity and Pratt.
Student sues University in response to expulsion for sexual assault
Lewis McLeod, who entered Duke as a part of the Class of 2014, is currently suing the University after being expelled for an alleged sexual assault. A female freshman reported a claim of sexual assault in November 2013, and McLeod was found responsible after an investigation by the Office of Student Conduct that wrapped up in February. McLeod ap-pealed the finding on the grounds that his student conduct hearing was not balanced, but his April appellate hearing also found him responsible and he was barred from attend-ing graduation. McLeod filed a lawsuit against the Univer-sity in May, requesting his degree. The case is currently mak-ing its way through the local superior court.
Marine Lab gains first new research space in decades
With the opening of the Orrin H. Pilkey Research Laboratory in May, the Duke Marine Lab gained its first new space for research since the 1970s. The result of two years of construction and two multimillion dollar donations, the space is specifically designed to be hur-ricane-proof and makes use of a variety of energy efficient technologies. The Marine Lab, located in Beaufort, N.C., is home to a variety of teaching and re-search run chiefly through the Nicholas School of the Environment.
The building is designed in such a way that all significant equipment and
electronics are on the second floor or above in order to prevent damage from hurricanes, which have struck the Marine Lab’s home in Beaufort on several occa-sions over the years. The bottom floor is also designed to allow water to flush through with minimal damage.
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Aycock Dormitory, pictured above, was renamed East Residence Hall, following much protest over the building’s namesake—Charles Aycock.
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With the opening of the Orrin H. Pilkey Research Laboratory, the Duke Marine Lab gained its first new research space since the 1970s.
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CIEMAS, pictured above, houses facilities for the Pratt School of Engineering, the recent recipient of a $30 million donation.
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Even during the summer months, while many stu-dents are away from campus, Duke researchers con-tinue their innovate work. From studying the impact of air pollution to developing tests for cancer, below are some of the many ways that research has recently been advanced on campus.
Brain-repair circuitDuke neuroscientists published findings on June 1
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New treatment for neuroblastomaResearchers at Duke Medicine have reported a new
strategy to tackle neuroblastoma—a malignant tumor occurring frequently in children younger than two years—in an article published June 17. The new treat-ment involves a derivative of heparin, an injectable drug currently in use to treat blood clots. The study, led by Gerard Blobe, professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, altered heparin and removed the drug’s blood-thinning properties. The altered version of heheparin was tested on mice, and Blobe’s group found that the derivative proved to suppress neuroblastoma tumor growth.
GPCRsNobel Prize winner Robert Lefkowitz, James B. Duke
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information of G-protein coupled receptors—proteins that are crucial in the human body’s response to differ-ent stimuli. Lefkowitz received the 2012 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his groundbreaking work on G-protein coupled receptors, and his most recent publication de-tails a strategy to visualize the architecture underlying the protein-receptor complex. This finding enables fur-ther understanding of the mechanisms of GPCR regu-
lation by arrestins in action, and provides insights for pharmacological development.
Air pollution linked to lower death ratesA group of Duke scientists reported in an academic
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Researchers at the Duke University Medical Center, pictured above, have discovered a new treatment for neuroblastoma, a malig-nant tumor which occurs frequently in children younger than two years.
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women in leadership and philanthropy, a position the office posted in mid-June and hopes to fill by September.
“At the higher giving levels, we did not have enough women represented,” Kelly said. “We wanted to know why—partly it may be the culture of Duke, and partly it may be how we do our work here in development.”
Increasing alumnae donations will require a shift in the values of the University’s traditional fundraising model, the initiative’s strategic plan notes. A recent survey of alumnae indicated that female philanthropy at Duke is most frequently motivated by a desire to give back to the institution or “pay it forward” and help others, as opposed to a desire for recognition or access to leadership, which have sometimes been cited as motivating factors for male philanthropy, Kelly said.
“That’s where the cultural shift needs to come into play a lot in how we do our fundraising,” she said.
Such a shift can come about not only through adjusting the values emphasized by the development office, but also through sponsoring regional alumnae events and creating an Internet presence tailored to potential female donors, the initiative’s strategic plan notes.
In addition to increasing alumnae philanthropy, the initiative aims to boost alumnae volunteer leadership at Duke. Each of the University’s 10 schools has a board of visitors that is responsible for offering counsel on a variety of matters, and the initiative aims to increase female representation on these boards beyond the current average of a quarter.
Kelly noted that some of the University’s schools—including the Pratt School of Engineering and the Fuqua School of Business—have alumni demographics that tend to skew male, and so complete gender parity on advisory boards is not fair as an immediate goal. Rather, the initiative wants to advocate for increased female presence by highlighting the benefits of a leadership environment that includes varied perspectives.
“We want to raise awareness for the type of diversity they want on their board,” Kelly said.
An environment in which female students feel
engaged and empowered is more likely to produce involved alumnae, noted Stephanie Helms Pickett, director of the Women’s Center.
“We aim to provide students with significant programming and experiences that affirm the existence, contributions and power of women through a womanist and feminist lens,” Helms Pickett wrote in an email June 24. “It is our hope that as students and women in particular depart Duke and reflect upon their engagement during their undergraduate and graduate or professional years that they feel compelled to give back to the University community through their time, talent and fiscal support.”
Kelly is one of four women who spearheaded the initiative, joined by Cynthia Baker, senior regional development director; Elizabeth Gatewood, program coordinator of principal gifts programs; and Ann Gleason, assistant vice president of major gifts programs and special initiatives.
As the initiative moves forward, Kelly noted the importance of viewing the gender gap as an issue that affects the entire Duke community and not just women.
“In order for Duke to be the best that it can be and to reach its aspirations, we have to harness the power and thought of all our alumni equally and do a better job of bringing women’s voices,” Kelly noted.
The All-Star Game comes to Durham after an offsea-son in which the Bulls signed a contract to stay in town until 2033. Following the contract’s renewal, a $19 mil-lion renovation of the team’s stadium was completed, jointly financed by the team and the city.
“Durham Bulls Athletic Park is where the communi-ty comes together. It’s a special place that really reflects the vibrancy, diversity, and culture that makes Durham great,” Carter said.
The game’s arrival in Durham also falls a year after the 25th anniversary of the film “Bull Durham,” which garnered national attention for the team upon its re-lease in 1988. The Bulls’ 2013 season was documented through photography and art in a project called Bull City Summer that is currently on display at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh.
Jinnefer Ramos, another Durham resident and Bulls fan, noted the Bulls’ loyalty to the city as a key part of her appreciation for the team.
“The Bulls make up a large part of what I see when I picture Durham. It’s so integral to our image as a city—I couldn’t imagine Durham without them,” she said.
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Years of deferred maintenance endanger local cemeteries
by Mousa AlshanteerTHE CHRONICLE
Maplewood Cemetery holds the graves of many names that are familiar to Duke—Few, Blackwell, Southgate and Wannamaker, among others. There are even members of the Duke family themselves, buried in a stately mausoleum at the cemetery’s center.
But alongside the many prestigious names are rundown roadways, tombstones that have fallen over and partially exposed coffins, along with other ruins. Beechwood Cemetery, a historically black burial ground ocated on Fayetteville Street, is in no better shape.
There are hundreds of acres of history preserved within Maplewood and Beechwood. But the cemeteries have become endangered over the years as a result of city government’s minimal upkeep of the cemeteries,
Durham’s two public cemeteries, Maplewood and Beechwood, are home to many prominent figures recognized on campus.
and it is unclear how the city will be able to fund reforms.
Years of ‘deferred maintenance’Though the General Services Department has preserved
and managed Maplewood and Beechwood—Durham’s only two public cemeteries for more than 140 years—recent appeals for increased funding of necessary reforms have gone unheeded.
“It’s just a matter of deferred maintenance over the years,” General Services Director Joel Reitzer, Jr. said in a February report to the Durham City Council, prior to introducing Dan Jewell, the city’s contracted landscape architect.Jewell presented to the Council a preliminary study of the conditions at both cemeteries—prioritizing reforms which address compliance with public safety codes, the maintenance of equipment at risk of failure, upgrades to systems that may improve facility operations and energy efficiency and effectiveness.
Among these reforms are efforts to renovate deteriorating roadways, stormwater systems, burial areas and retaining walls, as well as plans to implement erosion control protocol and to decrease the deficiency in adequate storage facilities.
The cost of the reforms recommended by Jewell, some of which are nearly 50 years behind schedule, is an estimated $5.6 million—$4,791,500 at Maplewood with $2,000,000 alone allotted toward deferred maintenance, and $931,950 at Beechwood with $305,000 allotted toward deferred maintenance.
But the funds that the council plans to use for the cemeteries’ maintenance do not have enough revenue to cover reforms of such a large scale.
Dwindling allocations“Some funding will occur through the city’s capital
improvement program and some from the cemeteries’ perpetual care fund,” said Cedar Glasgow, the city’s cemeteries administrator, in an email June 18.
Allocations to both funds have lessened over the past few years, however.
The council did not allocate money to the capital improvement program in the 2013-2014 fiscal year due to an inability to properly estimate the cost of implemented reforms until the assessment of the cemeteries was completed this past February. Currently, the council has chosen not to allocate funding for the program through the 2018-2019 fiscal year.
There remains nearly $290,000 in funding for the program from previous budget allocations, however, $240,000 of which will likely be used in the 2014-2015 fiscal year.
“We would anticipate making a recommendation for construction funding for implementation in fiscal year 2015-2016,” Glasgow explained.
The cemeteries’ perpetual care fund likewise suffers from dwindling allocations.
The council appropriated $244,581 and $100,000 to the fund in the 2011-2012 fiscal year and the 2012-2013 fiscal year, respectively, but only $6,000 in the 2013-
“They have a budget line-item for cemeteries, but...
it’s nowhere near enough to take care of what they have
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$5.6millionin funding recommended for renovations at Maplewood and Beechwood, a significant amount of which is allocated toward deferred maintenance.
$290,000remainingin funding for the capital improvement program, which is used for major renovations to the cemeteries.
$0allocatedfor the capital improvement program through the 2018-2019 fiscal year.
$244,581appropriatedto the cemeteries’ perpetual care fund in the 2011-2012 fiscal year. $100,000 was allocated in the 2012-2013 fiscal year.
$6,000in fundingallocated to the cemeteries’ perpetual care fund in the 2013-2014 fiscal year.
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Some tombstones at Maplewood Cemetery, pictured above, have fallen over due to Durham city government’s minimal upkeep of the cemetery.
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Though Durham’s city governemnt manages both Maplewood, pictured above, and Beechwood Cemeteries, recent appeals for funding of necessary renovations have gone unheeded.
2014 fiscal year.Last year, $100,000 and $50,000 were acquired from
what remains of the cemeteries’ perpetual care fund in order to finance repairs to stormwater systems as well as Jewell’s preliminary study, respectively. Glasgow maintains that the study will be able to provide an estimate of future funding requests.
“The goal [of the study] was to investigate and analyze infrastructure and facilities, then make recommendations for priority repairs or improvements with associated cost estimates so that the appropriate funding amount could be requested,” Glasgow explained.
Stephen Schewel, a visiting professor of public policy and member of the Durham City Council, added that the city administration is actively pursuing a long-term strategy of addressing the recommendations outlined in the study.
A concerning strategyThe council’s long-term strategy concerns Wendy
Hillis, executive director of Preservation Durham, a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to protect Durham’s historic architecture and built environment.
Her organization issues an annual Places in Peril list to advocate on behalf of community properties which are historically significant, actively imperiled and able to benefit from increased public awareness.
Maplewood and Beechwood Cemeteries are included on the list of this year’s endangered properties.
“In the case of Maplewood and Beechwood, it was brought to our attention [that] there’s been a lot of deferred maintenance of things that need to be done at the cemeteries for a long time,” Hilliss said.
Though Hillis said she appreciates the council’s efforts to address the deferred maintenance of the cemeteries over the long-term, she hopes to increase awareness of the importance of providing short-term funding for the recommended reforms.
“They have a budget line-item for cemeteries, but it’s just kind of on-going maintenance,” she continued. “It’s nowhere near enough to take care of what they have in this report.”
Preservation Durham supports immediately and fully funding the reforms. In order to advocate for such funding, Hillis offered members of the City Council—and the rest of the Durham community—a tour of Maplewood Cemetery, which commenced alongside Julian Carr’s gravesite.
“Being able to have ongoing discussions with city council members and county commissioners, being able to just have a conversation and say, ‘Hey, this is important,’” is the best way to ensure that local officials work toward preserving the cemeteries, Hillis said.
She said that the endangered legacies of the individuals interred at Maplewood and Beechwood are “things that we can do something about.”
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Students frequenting the School of Law will also notice new dining options as the Law Refectory Café has offi-cially left campus—a decision that was initially met with negative feedback from the community.
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Heart tests could raise risk for cancerA recent study published June 9 co-authored by Duke
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work done with eliminating the statute of limitations for sexual assault and making expulsion the recommend sanction. However, I think there still can be work done, like making students more aware of their Title IX rights and working on more widespread preventative measures, like more PACT training. Especially with the U.S. government starting a campaign to end sexual assault on college campuses, I really think we have a lot of positive momentum to make even more change.I also think a huge issue we saw brought up last year, largely in response to the 40 percent plan, was the transparency of DSG as a whole. I’m definitely going to be doing a lot of work, along with EVP Abhi Sanka, on increasing the transparency and legitimacy of the organization. We’re going to be making sure that everyone knows who their VPs and senators are and making sure students feel like they know what projects DSG is working on. More than just DSG, however, I want to work with administrative groups to increase student voice in other aspects of campus life.
For instance, a project I’m really excited about working on is transforming the dining survey I implemented last year into an actual dining fair, where students get to taste and have input on what food trucks will be on rotation.
TC: What else do you think students should be aware of before we start the new year?LS: I think just to be aware of the fact that, although there is a lot of construction going on, it really is all for the best, and the Duke experience will be amazing regardless. We’re going to be working on making sure that information
about construction is disseminated as widely as possibly, so people don’t wake up one day and realize that the BC Plaza is closed. But more than that, we’re really going to try to focus on the positive things on campus and
work with the projects to integrate them more into campus life. I’ve been talking with some arts groups about doing some artistic installations on the boarded up areas and other projects to make the construction more bearable. Regardless of construction projects, it’s going to be a great year.
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TC: Were there any issues brought up in DSG that you would like to see again next year?AS: Perhaps the biggest campus-wide issue last year was how the portion of
the student activities fee, which DSG has control over, should be allocated. Discussion and debate over that issue unfortunately boiled down to being for or against one particular plan which was up for referendum, but I think it’s worth revisiting whether there are ways we can be more efficient and/or better capture
student desire in allocating the student activities fee. There was also momentum behind strengthening the independence of the Judiciary at the end of the year, and I’m interested in reform there.
TC: What else do you think students should be aware of before we start the new
year?AS: We’re always open to suggestions, and our door is always open. DSG is the student body’s means for agency in advocating for student needs to the administration and we’re committed to keeping DSG open, accountable and legitimate in doing our job.
“I’m definitely going to be doing a lot of work... on in-creasing the transparency and legitimacy of [DSG].”
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Finding your place at DukeWhen members of the class of 2018 eagerly arrive
on East Campus and watch as Freshman Advisory Counselors unload their treasured belongings, they will experience a rush of excitement unlike any other. Innumerable opportunities to form new friendships, mandatory orientation activities and elated introductions to campus will make the transition to Duke seem unexpectedly stress-free.
After the excitement ends and classes begin, however, freshmen may be faced with a distressing reality—that finding their place on campus is more difficult than it first appeared.
Freshmen often arrive at Duke with high expectations. Now that time appears to be more freely available, attaining stellar grades will pose no new difficulties. New friendships made during Orientation Week will almost certainly translate into a pleasant social life, and somewhat-easy access to numerous recreation centers and nutritious meal options will alleviate the burden of maintaining one’s health. Freshmen, however, will soon realize that they are unable to meet these expectations and become disillusioned. It’s a reality oft-experienced—a reality of freshmen distressingly phoning home, wondering if their decision to attend this University was the right one.
Finding one’s place on campus is a difficult, though doing so is undoubtedly aided by various organizations freshmen may participate in once they arrive. These organizations function as a means by which students’ knowledge, skills and passions may be used to better their selves and
others—as a means by which they may contribute to campus dialogue and, thereby, affect change. Ultimately, freshmen may ascertain their sense of place on this campus after they attain the ability to use their voice and actions to contribute to, and subsequently enrich, the Duke experience for themselves and others.
In the past, many students have found their place at Duke in a variety of different ways— by advocating for the introduction of gender-neutral housing options so as to improve students’ living situations, by calling for the elimination of the University’s statute of limitations on sexual misconduct in order to ensure that students are properly disciplined for wrongdoings and by rallying together in the aftermath of a controversial gathering in an effort to
better students’ social experiences.Freshmen have many opportunities to enhance
the Duke experience and, thereby, arrive at a much-needed sense of belonging. One of these opportunities may be joining The Chronicle. By taking part in The Chronicle, freshmen will not only be able to document efforts to enrich the Duke experience, but contribute to it in a variety of ways as well. Whether it’s by reporting on student leaders’ efforts to rename a residence hall due to its being associated with a prominent figure in the white supremacy movement, contributing an opinion on labor standards at the University’s campus in Kunshan, photographing ongoing campus renovations, blogging about athletic events or reviewing local music festivals, students will be able to inform, and attract attention to, the issues that affect students’ Duke experience.
This collective contribution to the Duke experience ensures that students’ time here will allow them to develop—to grow, to mature—in a variety of different ways.
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It was the experience of a lifetime, but I’d never do it again.
This phrase sums up how I feel about my freshman year of college. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it happened and now it’s over. But that also deprives that time of its magic--the freshness of a college campus, the exuberance of meeting friends
during Orientation Week that you are sure will last a lifetime (they last about one week) and the horror of finding your bathroom closed throughout your entire first week of college. Oh wait, that last part might have just been me.
Whatever your highlights, freshman year brings with it plenty of challenges, and, for me, it brought more than most. I had dreamed about college since I was a little girl. While most girls played with Barbies and pictured their ideal wedding dress, I picked a different college of choice every week.
But I finally got to experience the reality of college when I was a mere fourth grader at a two-week sleep away camp at the University of Virginia. I nearly peed myself with excitement! I would live in a dorm room with other kids, and we would eat in a dining hall and we would learn about stuff. During the summer. I was crazy, I know.
After my parents pulled away, I felt a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. It was gradual at first, a little bit of dread, but it eventually hit me hard. Evenings in the dining hall were spent picking at the pepperoni on my pizza while my friends dissected Harry Potter books. I frequently cried during class and I would not eat a single piece of food. (This is pretty huge, considering I will literally eat at any time anywhere.)
So my parents picked me up and I went home a full week and a half early. My college experiment had failed and I was now forever branded homesick, at least to myself. How would I ever deal with college, I wondered. But I pushed this thought out of my head—denial is a girl’s best friend.
When college did finally arrive, I could barely acknowledge it. The summer before I
left, I begged my mom not to make me buy bedding or register for classes or really even think about going to school. Instead, I hung out with my high school friends nearly every hour of every day. Every Starbucks was the “last Starbucks,” every bonfire was the most important bonfire, every car ride with the windows down was the time of our lives.
Needless to say, I dealt with the transition to college poorly, to say the least. I remember my dorm’s first house meeting—I sat there and looked around, shocked. This was a capital M moment. These were the people I would spend my freshman year with and they looked so… normal. I ran outside and cried to my mom, telling her I wasn’t ready. Maybe I could put off college for a year? (Clearly, this was an extremely realistic plan.)
It only got worse. Later that week, I met with my academic advisor for the first time. He asked me innocuously if I was excited to start college. A normal person would have mumbled back “yes.” But me? Nope. I burst into tears, all the while saying that I had “really wanted him to like me” and “hoped he could see past this.” Needless to say, he did, but it was mortifying.
This column is not merely meant to serve as a montage of embarrassing events—or times I cried—that affected my freshman year, as if to say, “Hey, it might suck at first, but it can’t be as bad as mine.” Instead, I’d like to prove that freshman year is scary and uncertain and you can’t plan for it. Parts of it will make you want to cry harder than you ever have and make you feel so alone and confused.
But it’s the other side that is so amazing, the part I didn’t tell you about. Those 2 a.m. walks around the East Campus Quadrangle with your best friend, talking about anything and everything. Realizing that you control your own schedule. Eating five dinners at the Marketplace every night. And falling in love with not a person, but a place—Duke University. The best place on Earth.
Elizabeth Dijinis is the Editorial Pages Editor of The Chronicle V. 110.
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We all do it. Some of us engage in it more openly than others—in the middle of our 10-person seminar classes or atop the tables while we eat lunch with our
friends—but ultimately we are all using technology to stay in touch with the world around us.
As millennials, we can’t help it—we were raised on the Internet and weaned onto smart phones. There is information around us at all times, and we are doing our best to stay current on all of it—from reading the updates on the relationship status of our best friend, to checking the blogosphere’s reaction to Olivia Pope’s killer white coats, to staying up-to-date on the most pressing political issues on a local, national and state level. Everyone is trying to stay
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News is all around us, but, because of this, it has become increasingly important that we be aware of where we are getting our information from, and understanding how it impacts us. This is perhaps most evident for Duke students when it comes to campus affairs—and that is where we can assist you.
Let The Chronicle keep you informed on issues that are most relevant to your as a Duke student—it is what we do best. At its heart, journalism is a watchdog for authority, for news and for change. The Chronicle does all of these things for the Duke community and beyond. We are, and will always be, committed providing thorough and accurate reporting, investigating untold stories and holding our university accountable to its community.
But there have been many changes in journalism in recent years, and The Chronicle is certainly not immune to a shifting understanding of how to provide news. The days of physical, print newspapers being the sole destination for the news-hungry and well informed have long been replaced by the 24-hour news cycle of television and the Internet. Breaking news is disseminated on Facebook and Twitter faster than ever would have been thought possible on a printing press. And, at least among college-aged consumers, Buzzfeed lists are often much more appealing than investigative long-form from the New York Times.
Despite all of these shifts in media, the goal always remains the same: get the news to the news consumers. So, The Chronicle—like every other media organization—has had to ask ourselves a lot of questions in recent years about how we can give our readers the news they need in the form that they can best receive it.
We don’t think we have found the perfect answer year—the rate at which technology and media change mean that no one-size-fits-all solution is likely to fit for long—but we are actively trying to get our news to you the way that you want it. We are bringing our news to you through our social media and blog accounts. We are providing the most relevant videos and audio clips for our online stories. We are trying new things to enhance the reading experience for our website.
Because, although we at The Chronicle may still love the
smell of hot-off-the-press ink in the morning, it has nothing on the allure of the bing notification of a notification from a twitter follower.
And for all of the print enthusiasts out there, fear not, we aren’t forgetting to continue our efforts to provide the best physical product possible for each of our four days of print weekly.
We want you to be a part of this process with us. Write letters to the editors or guest columns. Follow us on Twitter @DukeChronicle, @ChronicleSports, @DukeBasketball,@DukeShutter and @ChronicleRecess—to stay up to date with breaking news and story developments. Make qduke.com your homepage, and be our fan on Facebook. Share your
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While it might be easy to get swept up in the excitement of new innovations and digital opportunities, these enhancements serve only to further The Chronicle’s goal of good journalism, never overshadow it. We will never stop prioritizing our role as the watchdog of Duke University.
Let us know when you like our coverage, and—perhaps even more importantly—let us know when you don’t. We work hard every single day to serve the Duke community, and your feedback is an incredibly valuable resource.
Want to know an even better way to be engaged with campus issues? Come join us.
The Chronicle has something that can appeal to all different interests. Within the pages of Recess, our arts and culture section, there is everything from reviews of Orange is the New Black to analyses how the American Dance Festival is impacting the city of Durham. Our sports reporters interact with Duke’s athletic teams in a way that most Cameron Crazies could only dream of. Our magazine, Towerview, provides a space for in-depth, long form coverage of issues that range from the strategic improvement of the football team to a reporter’s first hand experience on Duke’s newest campus in China. The opinion section provides a snapshot of the many different voices that give Duke its amazing sense of diversity.
And, I cant forget about the news section—filled with stories that are critical to the understanding of this university. From updates on the nearly 50 construction projects around campus, to an analysis on the new Duke initiative to increase the rate of donations from female alumnae—the news section will always strive to provide the most objective and relevant news to the Duke community. And the opportunities at The Chronicle don’t end there: we have programmers that run our website, bloggers and social media editors to stay on top of the latest trends in news distribution, photographers to serve as the eyes of The Chronicle and a layout team that keeps our pages looking their best.
So, come, be a part of our team. If you have an interest, we have a place for you here. It is an amazing time to be a part of the great changes that we are seeing over here in 301 Flowers.
Carleigh Stiehm is the editor-in-chief of The Chronicle V. 110.
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There is a certain finesse that I believe comes with writing, a finesse that I don’t believe I possess.
That being said, one could read this column twenty times over (which I don’t recommend) and get a rough estimate of how long it took me to draft the first sentence. Finding the right words to match what I want to say is like finding something new to eat on this campus. I prefer to tell my stories with the fleeting notes of music or, with a thousand words, or however many words are said to be found in a photograph.
But the latter part was very new to me. I remember when my parents bought me my first DSLR camera. Not knowing anything about photography aside from the occasional iPhone selfie, I opened the box and was very confused. My first, second, and third thoughts were “how would this ever fit in my clutch for prom?” Then, my parents started suggesting that I should take a summer class in photography, emphasis on the word summer, because at the ripe age of 17, I couldn’t imagine taking a class in the summer. There were so many other things to do during the summer in the great state of Ohio. Flash forward to my current self, while I do not condone my naïve thinking when I was younger for I enjoyed going to the pool every day that summer, I do wish I had begun photography a lot earlier. But better late than never they also say, right?
After taking my first-year seminar in photography, I realized it was something that I wanted to continue throughout my studies at Duke, which is why I decided to add the Certificate for Documentary Studies. I also began looking for more opportunities to get involved on campus, and stumbled upon The Chronicle. As a timid freshman with little knowledge of how to work a camera, I really was not sure what to expect, but that first semester working with The Chronicle, I had begun to understand and really appreciate the realm of photojournalism.
Being involved in the photo department of The Chronicle has brought me many opportunities that I can’t imagine I would have had otherwise. In a sense, I feel a deeper connection with the campus having the ability to say “I was there” when the story comes out. This is why I encourage those who are interested in capturing all the various events, sports, and speakers on campus to check it out. It is really a great opportunity for students with any level or interest in photography and who are looking for a way to get involved in campus life.
In my short two years, I have had the pleasure of meeting two ambassadors, covering countless sports games and tournaments, and documenting the various news on campus. I have also been able to grow as a photographer and connect with a lot of great students and faculty on campus. I look forward to meeting any and every student looking to get involved with the photo department. And if you are interested or want to know more about the photo department, feel free to send me an email or talk to me on campus, I’ll be the one holding a camera.
Darbi Griffith is the photo editor of The Chronicle V. 110.
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