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Hands-free entry comes to Blue Zone

Driving into the Blue Zone just got a little easier.

Tuesday morning, Duke Parking and Transportation launched a hands-free access system for the parking lot. Instead of swiping a DukeCard or parking pass to enter or exit, the new system can detect

from a distance the embedded microchip that hangs from a tag on the car’s rearview mirror. Duke began introducing the system in various parking lots across campus in February and will continue to phase in the system over the school year.

“Generally, user responses have been positive,” Melissa Harden, interim director of parking and transportation, wrote in an email Tuesday.

Duke has adopted the system not

just to increase convenience but also to obtain more precise data on parking, Harden said. The new system—which uses technology known as radio frequency identification detection—can provide real-time information, which will allow the University to better track parking usage and behaviors.

After the system’s first day in use in the

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Anthony Alvernaz | Th e ChronicleCard readers, such as the one pictured above, have been installed in the Blue Zone and allow drivers to enter and exit the lot hands-free.

Fight for increased minimum wage escalates nationallyAfter Durham protest last week, issue of higher wages resonates with several Duke employees

Jenna ZhangLocal & National Editor

Thousands of fast food workers walked off the job Thursday, demanding higher wages and union representation and, for many of Duke’s fast food employees, the demonstration hit close to home.

The walkouts—which took place in Durham and more than 150 other cities across the nation—were part of a two-year national campaign to raise fast-food wages to $15 per hour, more than double the current federal minimum wage of $7.25. Across the country, hundreds of protestors participated in sit-ins and marches, and nearly 500 were arrested, including one congresswoman. In an event organized by southern workers’ association Raise Up for 15, Durham protestors blocked traffic on Morgan and West Main streets for three hours before local police arrested 26 participants.

“No one, no matter where they live, can live on a minimum wage of $7.25,” said MaryBe McMillan, secretary-treasurer of North Carolina’s division of The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. “This is already a poverty-level starvation wage.”

The North Carolina minimum wage currently matches the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour, which has been criticized as an unlivable wage by fast-food employees and

Students’ off-campus partying met by criticismJessica Hennacy

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The first two weeks of school identified cer-tain off-campus houses as potential party spots for the year—and some neighbors are less than pleased.

For residents of Trinity Heights, which bor-ders East Campus, student parties are an annu-al cause for concern. But with different groups of students renting different houses each year, the addresses that tend to host the most parties are prone to changing—making it difficult for neighbors to target the problem.

“As wonderful and responsible and intel-ligent as Duke students are, there’s going to

come a point when some of them are none of those things,” said Trinity Heights resident Cathy Shuman, a lecturing fellow in the Eng-lish department.

Trinity Heights is a historic neighborhood that houses families alongside temporary stu-dent tenants. Adjacent to East Campus, the neighborhood has strong ties with the Univer-sity due to its geographic proximity and the high volume of Duke faculty residing there.

A number of residents agree that loud mu-sic, excessive public urination, yelling from students heading to and from parties and post-party litter are just a handful of the issues that stem from off-campus partying.

“It’s not a new issue, and it’s an issue that you really have to pay attention to each and ev-

ery year,” Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek said.The beginning of the school year typically

brings more noise complaints than other times of year.

“Usually when the students first get here, the first two weeks, that’s when they have the parties,” Durham Police officer J.B. Griffith said. “They just come back and have wilder parties.”

Griffith noted that his squad has not no-ticed a particular increase in parties in the neighborhood this year.

Shuman noted that efforts have been made in past years to improve relationships between off-campus students and permanent residents. These include “Knock and Talk” sessions that link off-campus students to local law enforce-

ment and members of the Durham commu-nity that foster conversation about partying policies.

Knock and Talks were reformed in 2012 to include more students.

But efforts put in to heighten awareness of the residents’ concerns have limited lasting ef-fects, because each year brings in a new group of students living in different off-campus rental homes.

“One of the problems is these houses change location. They pop up in different places each year,” said Durham City Council member Steve Schewel, a visiting assistant pro-fessor of public policy.

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Election: freshmen to choose DSG Senate representatives

Weeks of campaigning, flyer-hanging and speech-making will end Thursday, when the freshman class will elect 12 students to Duke Student Government Senate.

Freshmen will receive an email Thursday morning directing them to the website where they can cast their vote. The 46 candidates cur-

rently in the race are run-ning for posi-tions on seven committees—Academic Af-fairs, Durham and Regional Affairs, Equity and Outreach,

Facilities and the Environment, Residential Life, Services and Social Culture.

Junior Joseph Denton, who leads adminis-tration of the election and is DSG’s attorney general, said the race has been one of the friendliest he has seen.

“It’s truly been one of the most positive election experiences I’ve seen in DSG,” Denton said. “The last two days of any election are always the most heated though, so I definitely want to encourage everyone to keep it friendly.”

The Chronicle reported that when polls closed last year, a total of 662 votes had been cast—a decline from the previous year’s 831 votes.

Junior Abhi Sanka, executive vice president of DSG, explained that voter turnout largely depends on the campaign efforts of those who are running. He said DSG’s Board of Elections is currently working to identify ways

to increase students’ civic engagement and allow candidates to better connect with voters during the spring elections.

“There is a great deal of freedom for candidates to be creative and innovate ways to reach out to voters,” Sanka wrote in an email Tuesday. “We don’t expect candidates to be masters of campus policies and have fully developed platforms. Rather, we encourage them to present who they are to voters, their requisite skills and experience in leadership.”

Candidates’ conduct during the race and on Election Day is governed by several DSG

rules, including a campaign funding policy—each student running receives a $25 campaign allotment from DSG for campaign materials. In an effort to ensure fairness, candidates are not allowed to use ePrint funds or other materials already within their possession.

But Denton said some of the most efficient campaigns haven’t used that entire allotment.

“It’s a trend I suspect we will continue to see—students using diverse methods of digital media that don’t have a dollar amount attached to them,” Denton said.

Sanka said he’s been impressed with

the creativity displayed by a number of the candidates and looks forward to seeing what the freshman class will contribute to DSG.

There are six candidates for Academic Affairs, eight for Durham and Regional Affairs, five for Equity and Outreach, six for Facilities and the Environment, three for residential life, eight for Services and eight for Social Culture. The amount of open senate seats varies by committee, with one or two open on each.

Results will be announced around 11 p.m., Denton said.

Th u Nguyen | Th e ChronicleTh e freshman class will elect 12 students to the Duke Student Government Senate’s seven committees, listed above, Th ursday.

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Blue Zone, students said they appreciate the new convenience.

“It’s nice when you’re driving up to not have to worry about leaning out the window or making sure that you’re close enough to swipe your card,” sophomore Mary Lee said.

The 2014-15 permits for Blue Zone, Blue Commuter and Blue Carpool drivers came with the appropriate microchips embedded. Drivers can still swipe their passes for lot access if they so choose.

The system has been implemented

in 17 campus lots so far, including the Science Drive and Edens lots. Later this month, it will be installed in the Grounds lot behind Wallace Wade Stadium and in Parking Garage III.

By August 2015, the system will be in place in 37 lots and garages across campus and the Health Center. Ultimately, Parking and Transportation hopes RFID will allow for better lot management, Harden said.

The new system requires everyone who parks in these lots to have a valid, individual permit. Similar parking systems have been put in place in other universities, including Harvard University, University of Wisconsin and Texas A&M University.

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Georgia Parke | The ChronicleDurham fast food workers walked off their jobs, demanding higher wages and union representation, in a similar protest last year.

But no matter which houses are throwing the parties, several residents said they are frustrated.

“I have had my property damaged by stu-dents who have been drinking at parties,” Trin-ity Heights resident Beverly Meek said. “I have had furniture stolen. I have found things in my gutters that nobody wants to find. I have had beer cans, beer cups [and] trash when there has been a party next door. That’s the kind of event that you don’t have in a neighborhood.”

Lee Moore-Crawford, another Trinity Heights resident, said she worries about the neighborhood’s children and pets, who could

easily wander into the path of a speeding taxi or drunk driver heading to or from a party. She also said that she dislikes the negative face of Duke that her young daughter sees in loud drunken students and post-party trash.

“What if it was [the students’] parents’ neighborhood?” Shuman said. “What if it was the neighborhood they grew up in?”

Vice president of Student Affairs Larry Mo-neta said that although incidences occur, Duke students still have a positive role in Durham.

“Overall, the Durham community holds Duke and Duke students in high regard and are appreciative of all the support students pro-vide as tutors, volunteers, and spenders in the local retail and food scenes,” Moneta wrote in an email.

Emma Baccellieri contributed reporting.

academics alike.Although the financial situation varies

between people with and without families to support, most of his friends and family employed in the fast-food industry were “struggling,” said Patrick Hatch, an employee of the Au Bon Pain on Duke’s campus.

“It doesn’t match up with the cost of living or the amount of labor,” said fellow ABP employee Rynequa Carthorne, who suggested $18 to $20 per hour as a reasonable wage for a single-person household.

Edgar Santos, an employee at the McDonald’s in the Bryan Center, said he knew workers who had been employed at the Duke McDonald’s for seven to nine years but were still making $9 per hour. Even then, the wage is higher than that paid by other restaurants in the chain because the cost of food is slightly more expensive at the University, he said.

Santos noted that participating in the strike came with risks.

“Let’s say you walk off the job—you’ll lose a job, you’ll lose money,” he said. “Say you find somewhere else to work. [If] you find a job at Wendy’s, it’ll be the same thing.”

A higher wage for fast-food workers would have implications that extend beyond the fast-food industry, McMillan said.

“Someone shouldn’t work 40 hours a week and still live in poverty,” she said. “It hurts everyone, because those workers have to then live on public assistance.”

Increasing wages would “raise the floor” for all workers, McMillan said.

North Carolina’s minimum wage rose from $6.55 to $7.25 in 2009, in accordance with the new wage floor set by the Fair Minimum Wage Act. A Public Policy Polling report indicates that 58 percent of state voters approve of raising the minimum wage to $10 per hour. Efforts to increase the current minimum wage from $7.25, however, have received little support from legislators. A senate bill which proposed indexing the state minimum wage to inflation was introduced in the state legislature last year, but no hearings were conducted on it.

If the minimum wage is not adjusted for

inflation, then the value of the minimum wage actually drops as prices rise, said Anna Gassman-Pines, an assistant professor of Public Policy. She added there was “no doubt” that raising the minimum wage would help workers and their families.

“From the best data that we have, increasing the minimum wage would help workers and would not really have many negative effects on other stakeholders,” Gassman-Pines said.

She noted, however, that significant changes to the current minimum wage were unlikely to be made in North Carolina—a state where resistance to the federally-mandated minimum wage has traditionally been strong.

In addition to higher wages, unions are pushing for more accountability on the part of fast-food corporations.

Most fast-food workers are employed by local franchise restaurants rather than the corporations that own the restaurants’ brand. Local franchise owners are responsible for paying workers and managing the day-to-day activities of the restaurant. Despite this, corporations are able to regulate workers’ wages and working conditions. As a result, the

corporations retain control over employees without shouldering liabilities as legal employers.

“The fact we saw so many fast-food workers willing to walk off the job is a real sign workers in North Carolina and in the South have had enough,” she said.

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Lily Coad | The ChronicleMidfielder Cameron Moseley continued his torrid start to his freshman campaign, notching a goal less than two minutes into the match and adding a second in the closing minutes to lead the Blue Devils past Temple.

Kevin Shamieh | The ChronicleRedshirt sophomore DeVon Edwards and the Duke defense will look to neutralize Kansas quarterback Montell Cozart Saturday.

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QUICK START POWERS BLUE DEVILS

Weis, Kansas come to town seeking turnaround

For two programs that have only faced off on the gridiron once in history, Duke and Kansas have a lot in common.

But during the past five years, the teams have gone in opposite directions in the world of college football.

Saturday at Wallace Wade Stadium, Kansas head coach Charlie Weis will face off against David Cutcliffe, who served briefly on Weis’ staff at Notre Dame in 2005 before resigning amid health prob-lems prior to the season. Weis—who be-came the Jayhawk head coach in 2011 after a long stint with the Fighting Irish, a season with the Kansas City Chiefs and one with Florida—was tasked with turn-ing around a program that had tumbled to the bottom of the Big 12 after an Or-ange Bowl victory in 2008.

Although Cutcliffe’s stint in South Bend, Ind., was short-lived, Weis said it comes as no surprise that the Blue Devil

head coach has propelled a once-strug-gling Duke program into the national spotlight.

“I was looking for somebody [at No-tre Dame] I could eventually turn the offense over to,” Weis said. “I thought David was one of the best coaches out there. Not only was he well-schooled with the quarterback position, that was his reputation. What he has done [at Duke] is what I would expect him to any-where. Just about anywhere he has gone with an ample amount of time, he gets things going the right way, especially of-fensively. He is a very good coach.”

Cutcliffe isn’t the only Blue Devil with whom Weis has a well-connected past. In 2004, current Duke athletic di-rector Kevin White hired Weis as head coach when he held the same position in South Bend.

Despite the connections amongst the leadership on both sides, Cutcliffe and White find themselves ascending through the col-lege football ranks as Weis seeks to alter the

trajectory of his Kansas program.A turning point for both programs

came in 2009, the same year a Thadde-us Lewis-led Blue Devil squad was blown out 44-16 in Lawrence, Kan. One week earlier, the Jayhawks had won a road game at UTEP, 34-7. Since then, Kansas has gone a combined 10-39, has not won a road game and has not appeared in a bowl game.

That same year was a breakout cam-paign for Duke football and Cutcliffe. The Blue Devils went 5-7, at the time the pro-gram’s best record since 1994. Although the team did not earn a bowl berth, the Blue Devils did win three straight ACC games, including two on the road. Duke has gone 24-29 in regular season and post-season games from 2010-2014.

Although Weis has only won four games in two seasons, Cutcliffe knows that the Jayhawks have become a better and more disciplined team in recent years.

After a quiet night on the road Friday at Southern Methodist, the Blue Devil offense made a lot of noise Tuesday.

Duke seemed to find its footing in a dog-fight Tuesday night, scoring twice in the first half en route to a 3-1 victory against Temple at Koskinen Stadium. The game featured three goals in the first 12 minutes but got chippy later on, as five yellow cards

were handed out during the course of the match.

The contest got off to a blistering start, as Blue Devil midfielder Cameron Moseley scored a breakaway goal in the second minute of the game to give Duke a quick 1-0 edge. The freshman received a pass from class-mate Jeremy Ebobisse and found him-self in a one-on-one with Owl goalkeeper Dan Scheck, and was able to convert.

“[The plan was] to start off quickly,” Duke head coach John Kerr said. “We want-ed to play to our strengths, not theirs.”

Unfortunately for the Blue Devils (2-1-1), that early advantage was neutralized less than two minutes later. Temple (1-3) quick-ly responded with a goal of its own in the fourth minute by forward Joonas Jokinen, who broke free off of a pass from Olli Tyn-kkynen and buried the ensuing one-on-one shot past Blue Devil goalkeeper Joe Ohaus.

“We allowed them to score that easy goal, almost a carbon copy of what we did to them,” Kerr said.

After a couple more on-target shots by Temple, Duke broke through again in the 12th minute with a top-shelf rocket from 15 yards out by senior Jack Coleman. The midfielder received a feed from sopho-more Brody Huitema and raced down the right side of the penalty box, beating his

defender and handing the Blue Devils a lead they would not relinquish.

With Duke leading, the pace of the game slowed down, except for a few in-termittent breakaways that were defend-ed well by both teams. The Blue Devils outshot the Owls 13-11 for the game and tested Scheck with seven of their at-tempts. At the other end of the pitch, Ohaus was solid between the pipes for

Duke, collecting four saves, only one of which troubled him.

After 74 minutes without another goal, Moseley iced the game with his second score of the match, finishing another breakaway goal that was set up by a beautiful through-ball from Huite-ma. Huitema’s two helpers on the night brought him into a three-way tie with Eb-obisse and senior captain Sean Davis for the team lead in assists with three each.

With two goals and contributions on defense, Moseley continued his strong start to his collegiate career. The Dulu-th, Ga., native now has four goals on the season and leads the team in points with nine.

Moseley said the Blue Devils’ success on the pitch has a lot to do with the men-tality they try to bring to every match.

“We showed a lot of of heart, a lot of confidence,” Moseley said. “On any day, we can beat anyone.”

Both sides played passionately, and their emotions began to boil over in the 20th minute with more physical, aggres-sive play. As the teams were setting up on the goal line for a Temple corner, time had to be stopped as the referee intervened to put a stop to the shoving and jockeying for position. In the 33rd minute—immediately after the referee warned both teams—Jokinen picked up

a yellow card after exchanging heated words with the Blue Devil side.

Just two minutes later, Temple’s Fe-lipe Liboro and Duke’s Zach Mathers picked up yellow cards of their own with-in seconds of one another for yelling.

Things got aggressive again after a near-goal by Moseley with time run-ning out on the Owls. Scheck seemed to give Moseley a push as he jogged by to run back downfield, and the fresh-man quickly responded with a shove of his own. Soon, multiple players on both

teams got into the fray, which culminat-ed in Huitema and Owl defender Robert Sagel both picking up yellow cards.

Kerr said he was pleased with the team’s overall performance, noting that though the team gave up an early goal, he was proud of the Blue Devils for getting back into the game quickly. However, during the end of the first half and the majority of the second half, he saw room for improvement in the attacking third.

“We created numerous opportunities, but we’ve just got to be more clinical [with our finishes],” Kerr said.

Duke begins its ACC schedule Saturday at No. 5 Louisville before returning home to face No. 3 North Carolina Sept. 19.

Sanjeev Dasgupta | The ChronicleSophomore Brody Huitema tallied his second and third assists of the season to help the Blue Devils bounce back from Friday’s loss with a win Tuesday against Temple.

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Lily Coad | The ChronicleMidfielder Cameron Moseley continued his torrid start to his freshman campaign, notching a goal less than two minutes into the match and adding a second in the closing minutes to lead the Blue Devils past Temple.

Kevin Shamieh | The ChronicleRedshirt sophomore DeVon Edwards and the Duke defense will look to neutralize Kansas quarterback Montell Cozart Saturday.

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Weis, Kansas come to town seeking turnaround

For two programs that have only faced off on the gridiron once in history, Duke and Kansas have a lot in common.

But during the past five years, the teams have gone in opposite directions in the world of college football.

Saturday at Wallace Wade Stadium, Kansas head coach Charlie Weis will face off against David Cutcliffe, who served briefly on Weis’ staff at Notre Dame in 2005 before resigning amid health prob-lems prior to the season. Weis—who be-came the Jayhawk head coach in 2011 after a long stint with the Fighting Irish, a season with the Kansas City Chiefs and one with Florida—was tasked with turn-ing around a program that had tumbled to the bottom of the Big 12 after an Or-ange Bowl victory in 2008.

Although Cutcliffe’s stint in South Bend, Ind., was short-lived, Weis said it comes as no surprise that the Blue Devil

head coach has propelled a once-strug-gling Duke program into the national spotlight.

“I was looking for somebody [at No-tre Dame] I could eventually turn the offense over to,” Weis said. “I thought David was one of the best coaches out there. Not only was he well-schooled with the quarterback position, that was his reputation. What he has done [at Duke] is what I would expect him to any-where. Just about anywhere he has gone with an ample amount of time, he gets things going the right way, especially of-fensively. He is a very good coach.”

Cutcliffe isn’t the only Blue Devil with whom Weis has a well-connected past. In 2004, current Duke athletic di-rector Kevin White hired Weis as head coach when he held the same position in South Bend.

Despite the connections amongst the leadership on both sides, Cutcliffe and White find themselves ascending through the col-lege football ranks as Weis seeks to alter the

trajectory of his Kansas program.A turning point for both programs

came in 2009, the same year a Thadde-us Lewis-led Blue Devil squad was blown out 44-16 in Lawrence, Kan. One week earlier, the Jayhawks had won a road game at UTEP, 34-7. Since then, Kansas has gone a combined 10-39, has not won a road game and has not appeared in a bowl game.

That same year was a breakout cam-paign for Duke football and Cutcliffe. The Blue Devils went 5-7, at the time the pro-gram’s best record since 1994. Although the team did not earn a bowl berth, the Blue Devils did win three straight ACC games, including two on the road. Duke has gone 24-29 in regular season and post-season games from 2010-2014.

Although Weis has only won four games in two seasons, Cutcliffe knows that the Jayhawks have become a better and more disciplined team in recent years.

After a quiet night on the road Friday at Southern Methodist, the Blue Devil offense made a lot of noise Tuesday.

Duke seemed to find its footing in a dog-fight Tuesday night, scoring twice in the first half en route to a 3-1 victory against Temple at Koskinen Stadium. The game featured three goals in the first 12 minutes but got chippy later on, as five yellow cards

were handed out during the course of the match.

The contest got off to a blistering start, as Blue Devil midfielder Cameron Moseley scored a breakaway goal in the second minute of the game to give Duke a quick 1-0 edge. The freshman received a pass from class-mate Jeremy Ebobisse and found him-self in a one-on-one with Owl goalkeeper Dan Scheck, and was able to convert.

“[The plan was] to start off quickly,” Duke head coach John Kerr said. “We want-ed to play to our strengths, not theirs.”

Unfortunately for the Blue Devils (2-1-1), that early advantage was neutralized less than two minutes later. Temple (1-3) quick-ly responded with a goal of its own in the fourth minute by forward Joonas Jokinen, who broke free off of a pass from Olli Tyn-kkynen and buried the ensuing one-on-one shot past Blue Devil goalkeeper Joe Ohaus.

“We allowed them to score that easy goal, almost a carbon copy of what we did to them,” Kerr said.

After a couple more on-target shots by Temple, Duke broke through again in the 12th minute with a top-shelf rocket from 15 yards out by senior Jack Coleman. The midfielder received a feed from sopho-more Brody Huitema and raced down the right side of the penalty box, beating his

defender and handing the Blue Devils a lead they would not relinquish.

With Duke leading, the pace of the game slowed down, except for a few in-termittent breakaways that were defend-ed well by both teams. The Blue Devils outshot the Owls 13-11 for the game and tested Scheck with seven of their at-tempts. At the other end of the pitch, Ohaus was solid between the pipes for

Duke, collecting four saves, only one of which troubled him.

After 74 minutes without another goal, Moseley iced the game with his second score of the match, finishing another breakaway goal that was set up by a beautiful through-ball from Huite-ma. Huitema’s two helpers on the night brought him into a three-way tie with Eb-obisse and senior captain Sean Davis for the team lead in assists with three each.

With two goals and contributions on defense, Moseley continued his strong start to his collegiate career. The Dulu-th, Ga., native now has four goals on the season and leads the team in points with nine.

Moseley said the Blue Devils’ success on the pitch has a lot to do with the men-tality they try to bring to every match.

“We showed a lot of of heart, a lot of confidence,” Moseley said. “On any day, we can beat anyone.”

Both sides played passionately, and their emotions began to boil over in the 20th minute with more physical, aggres-sive play. As the teams were setting up on the goal line for a Temple corner, time had to be stopped as the referee intervened to put a stop to the shoving and jockeying for position. In the 33rd minute—immediately after the referee warned both teams—Jokinen picked up

a yellow card after exchanging heated words with the Blue Devil side.

Just two minutes later, Temple’s Fe-lipe Liboro and Duke’s Zach Mathers picked up yellow cards of their own with-in seconds of one another for yelling.

Things got aggressive again after a near-goal by Moseley with time run-ning out on the Owls. Scheck seemed to give Moseley a push as he jogged by to run back downfield, and the fresh-man quickly responded with a shove of his own. Soon, multiple players on both

teams got into the fray, which culminat-ed in Huitema and Owl defender Robert Sagel both picking up yellow cards.

Kerr said he was pleased with the team’s overall performance, noting that though the team gave up an early goal, he was proud of the Blue Devils for getting back into the game quickly. However, during the end of the first half and the majority of the second half, he saw room for improvement in the attacking third.

“We created numerous opportunities, but we’ve just got to be more clinical [with our finishes],” Kerr said.

Duke begins its ACC schedule Saturday at No. 5 Louisville before returning home to face No. 3 North Carolina Sept. 19.

Sanjeev Dasgupta | The ChronicleSophomore Brody Huitema tallied his second and third assists of the season to help the Blue Devils bounce back from Friday’s loss with a win Tuesday against Temple.

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I’ve been on campus for four weeks now and have opened up a newspaper an embarrassingly low number of times. Yes,

my long-standing ritual of reading the news--which began when I was in fourth grade with a read-through of the comics, transitioned to an examination of the gossip section and matured into a reading of news and opinion columns--evaporated the minute I arrived on campus for pBUILD, orientation and classes. I lost my habit in the same way many people lose their room key lanyard— unconsciously, until they realize how badly they need it.

Searching for something to write about, I did a scan of The New York Times’ online opinion section late one night last week in Lilly.

I encountered articles on ISIS and the rioting in Ferguson, Missouri. “Okay, ISIS, I thought to myself. “This Islamic State of Iraq and...some middle Eastern country? Muslim extremists, militants, civilian death. And Ferguson? A black man, shot and killed by white police, other black residents are rightfully angry and rioting.” Further down the page, I saw headlines about media censorship in Hungary and Scotland’s potential departure from the United Kingdom. Scotland drew only mental images of kilts, and the last time I’d thought of Hungary, I was in Advanced Placement U.S. History and Archduke Franz Ferdinand was being shot.

Obviously, my knowledge of world and national affairs was severely limited to the general idea most Americans had of such events— the Middle East is a bad place to be, and racial inequality is still pervasive in the U.S. today. I could literally apply my knowledge of ISIS and the Michael Brown shooting to practically any Middle Eastern or American race rioting issue of the past 25 years, and this highlights not only the fact that America has made such little progress on these issues, but the fact that I’ve spent more time with my nose in a book than in a newspaper.

Now, I know that since this is Duke, many of my classmates—like the ones Dean of Admissions Christoph Guttentag brought up in his convocation speech—are not as knowledge-starved as I am when it comes to the news (I’m

looking at you, Mr. National top-24-under-24 change maker in public policy). But I also know that I’m not the only one who knows less about the world than she should.

Coming to campus this August was one of the most amazing and challenging times of my life, one in which I was introduced to a world much less homogenous than my home in New Jersey and given the greatest degree of freedom I’ve ever had. I’ve had classmates to meet, professors to speak with, laundry to do, classes to attend and more than one walk to Shooters to make— but, of course, not before I spend four hours fighting with studying Organic Chemistry. I’ve been loaded down with work, and why sit down to eat lunch with a newspaper

when I have an assigned reading about chemical bonding theories due the next day?

The reason, I learned upon that perusal of NYTimes.com, is that the news is the reason that I’m spending four-plus hours a day at Lilly. There’s no point in learning chemistry—or any other area of knowledge—if I don’t know what to do with it during or after my four years here. I have to know about an issue to solve the issue, and that issue cannot be learned in the pages of an Organic Chemistry textbook (or the Quizzes section of Buzzfeed, for that matter).

I’m using this column both as a challenge to myself and to you, dear readers who only read the Opinion section, if anything at all. Flip through the news section of The Chronicle, get breaking news notifications from CNN on your phone or follow a news organization on Twitter. If you’re like me, any reason to take a challenging class beyond “it’ll look good on my resume” makes it that much easier to sit in the library for hours on end. What’s more, reading the news will hopefully spark a passion in me, and, like in the way room keys are lost, cause me to dive into my work more effortlessly, until I reach the point when I realize I don’t know how I studied without that passion. Plus, I’ve learned that you can get The New York Times for free with a swipe of your Duke card at Penn Pavilion or Marketplace.

Mary Ziemba is a Trinity freshman. Her column runs every other Wednesday.

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MaryZiemba EASTERN EXPOSURE

Today, Obama is set to unveil a clear strategy for how the U.S. administration plans on handling the problem ISIS poses in the Middle East. After last week’s gaffe where the president acciden-

tally admitted that there was not a strategy for dealing with ISIS in Syria, he is set to address the world and discuss the return of American leadership in the region. It is expected that he will discuss the multi-lateral coalition that will be tackling ISIS, shy away from committing American boots on the ground in Syria and draw distinctions between the current campaign and that of the Iraq War started under the Bush administration to reassure domestic audiences.

While the country and the world gather today to hear Obama’s address and approach to Iraq, there are three critical topics that we should keep an ear out for:

1.) He needs to explain to the American public why military engagement is necessary for America’s interests.

2.) He needs to discuss the mechanisms for how the coalition will function, which states will play a major role and how the United States will support them as they roll-back the ISIS tide.

3.) He needs to assuage fears about the endgame of the operation and how U.S. and global involvement will change when the objective is complete.

An evident reality of the current situation in Iraq is that ISIS did not spring up overnight. ISIS developed from the Iraqi contingency of the United States’ decades-long enemy—Al-Qaeda. Obama will need to differentiate between the reasons and methods of the 2003 Iraq War and the contemporary one. Furthermore, it will be interesting to note whether the president seeks to gain Congressional approval for the operation—as it stands, signs indicate no. Perhaps most importantly, in today’s speech, Obama will need to be a leader and succinctly explain why we are entering this conflict and rally the American public so the operation’s purpose is clearly understood.

Secondly, Obama will need to explain how America will support a multilateral coalition against ISIS and what kind of measures other actors will take to stop it. ISIS is a Sunni extremist organization. Thus, it is imperative that the conflict not be broken down along sectarian lines. This means that the president should make note of two things: The coalition needs to be wary of any kind of effort from Shia Iran to fight against the group and the coalition should make use of Sunni allies in the region.

The Islamic Republic of Iran should not be assisting in operations against ISIS because, on the one hand, it will push moderate Sunnis closer to the extremist group and, on the other, it will in-debt the leader of Iraq, Haider al-Abadi, to the Ayatollah. This would promote sectarian violence in the unstable Iraqi region. Additionally, Iran would likely attempt to use its assistance against a common enemy as political leverage to gain concessions out of negotiations over its nuclear capability.

The role of Sunni governments in the region who have an interest in removing ISIS should also be clarified. This includes regional powerhouses like Saudi Arabia, Jordan and NATO-member Turkey. With so many interests aligning at the same time, increased participation of these states would encourage Sunni Iraqis and Syrians living under ISIS control that they have an urgent stake in seeing the violent extremist group destroyed and that ISIS does not represent them better than other governments in the region. In particular, Turkey, a country which shares a long, porous and volatile border with Syria, can do much to stop ISIS smuggling efforts across the border as well as limit foreign fighters with US visas returning from the area.

Lastly, Obama will need to make explicit mention of his endgame. Particularly after his vocal criticisms of Bush’s handling of the Iraq war and its muddled objectives, Obama will need to plainly describe what America is after and what constitutes an end of American commitment to the operation. In a best case scenario, where ISIS is completely defeated and the Free Syrian Army, Kurdish military and Iraqi army are victorious, there will be a strengthened Assad-backed and American-condemned regime in Syria.

Global condemnation followed ISIS’s massacre of an ethnic Yazidi population, American involvement increased after ISIS advanced on the Kurds and Iraqi Christians and Obama finally considered the threat to be immediate when ISIS nearly reached Baghdad, the gateway to Shia Iraq. This supports a narrative that says that Obama and America have forgotten about the Sunni populations living under ISIS rule. What happens to the Free Syrian army and the Sunni populations there once ISIS is defeated and Assad remains in Syria? In his speech tonight, President Barack Obama needs to reassure Sunnis not only that ISIS is America’s enemy but that those Sunni populations are our friends.

Tyler Fredricks is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Wednesday.

If there’s one thing Duke has taught me, it’s that beauty is only skin-deep. And if you really want to turn heads, you shouldn’t let it get too

deep.Around Duke, we seem to have a lot of elephants

in the room. And, as Duke students, we do a decent job addressing them. When it comes to body image, however, we ignore the elephant. We brush off these conversations and deny the influence it has on all of us. But there’s no denying the physical, mental and social toll body image has on members of our community.

According to a recent study by exercise physiologist Glenn Gaesser, over half of females between the ages of 18-25 would prefer to be run over by a truck than be seen as fat and two-thirds surveyed would rather be perceived as mean or stupid.

But body image concerns are not exclusive to the

collegiate environment—they’ve seeped into our elementary schools, too. Slowly, the world of dieting is taking over childhood narratives. Time Magazine reports that 80 percent of all children have been on a diet by the time they have reached the fourth grade. Take that in. Rather than giving their bodies space for puberty and physical and mental development, 80 percent of 9-year olds are dieting to limit their body size. At 9 years young, dieting isn’t about portion control. It’s starvation.

For both young girls and young women, recurrent dieting practices can lead to severe eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Despite this, the American College Health Association estimates that at least 44 percent of college women are dieting and 61 percent are exercising to lose weight. An estimated additional 10 percent of women are using laxatives, pills, or vomiting to attain their desired weight. A young woman with anorexia is 12 times more likely to die than other women her age without anorexia. So it comes as no surprise that anorexia is the third most prevalent chronic illness among adolescents, and the mortality rate for anorexia is higher than for any other psychiatric disorder.

Body image concerns are not unique to only females or young children. 27 percent of college men are dieting and 45 percent are exercising to lose weight. But losing weight is only one side one aspect to the problem. Studies show many college men suffer from muscle dysmorphia, a body image disorder that pressures males to ‘bulk up’ by gaining more muscles. Often both athletes and non-athletes who desire more muscles can be seen in the gym for several hours a week, taking in excessive lean meats and supplementing meals with protein.

These numbers should jolt us awake to the toxic environment that numerous industries are building for us. This desire to look a certain way is fed to us by many actors. The diet-related industry is a 50 billion dollar a year enterprise. Fashion models taunt us with their beautifully chiseled bodies, though they

are thinner than 98 percent of American women. We look and admire, forgetting that their salary, their livelihood, depends on this unhealthy look, forgetting that this thinness is slowly destroying their organs, and forgetting the number of friends they have alienated in the quest to live this ‘thin life.’ Social media sites promote standards of beauty that are reinforced by ‘likes,’ ‘shares’ and ‘comments,’ though the backstory of the editing process never enters our timeline (but props to the several actresses who have blasted the magazine and entertainment industry for photoshopping their bodies!)

‘Healthy living’ isn’t about balancing your kale chips and carrot lunch with your afternoon workout. It’s about listening to your body—your entire body—and responding. What you eat—or don’t eat—has a direct effect on how you feel. In order for you to function at full capacity, that is, in order for you to think, read, concentrate, solve organic chemistry problems, memorize Shakespeare sonnets, research alternative energy solutions to our energy crisis and contemplate diplomatic and political strategies to human crises such as those in Ukraine and occupied Palestinian territories, you need to feed your brain the right nutrients. The brain’s energy source is glucose, which is converted from carbohydrates. Your brain also needs proteins and fats to build neurotransmitters, which are messenger chemicals that allow neurons to communicate (and as students, we need these neurons to constantly communicate). Not giving our bodies the nutrition it deserves is playing to our lowest form of living—as a mere human vessel—without allowing ourselves the confidence, energy and fuel it needs to attain our optimal potential in life.

As I reflect, I find that I often don’t ‘eat my own words.’ The Center for Disease Control may frown on the days where nothing will satisfy my hunger other than the midnight Ben and Jerry’s cone or the side of steak fries from the Loop, and that’s fine. We’re human. We can satisfy our indulgences every now and then. After all, being healthy is about being happy, too, right?

We’re also all different. We all can’t all look the same because inherently we are not. We should celebrate our differences as affirming, empowering reminders of our individuality (my extra long second toe is a daily reminder that I am, indeed, my father’s daughter).

Our bodies are created to bear blemishes, but our bodies also bear many blessings. Every day, our bodies work hard on the inside to produce the person we are on the outside. Rather than working to change our body, perhaps we should work on honoring, respecting and fueling it. Only then can we differentiate between the messages our bodies are sending us and the messages society is sending. You don’t have to take up less (or more) space to be worth more. Once we stop “fixing” our image, we are able to create bodies that inspire, empower, and excite us.

My advice: Embrace you. Own you. Love you. Rock what your mama gave you. Our culture—our younger generations—depend on all of us to change the health narrative.

Leena El-Sadek is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every other Wednesday.

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East Campus is yet again plastered with campaign posters for Duke Student Government elections Thursday—

in which 12 candidates will be joining the senate’s ranks.

While candidates’ eagerness is laudable,

we question the unrealistic timeline for first year senator elections. Freshmen interested in running for DSG must declare their candidacies only two weeks after arriving on campus and then head to the polls one week later. Most during this time are still trying to figure out what it means to be a Duke student, much less formulate a cogent platform for change and advocacy on campus issues. The result is candidates who may be running for the wrong reasons—for example, joining simply because it is what they did in high school, or because it looks impressive on a resume.

The ins and outs of life at Duke come with time, and so does an understanding of DSG’s role in campus life. DSG should alter

the timeline of elections, pushing freshmen elections back later on in the academic year, so candidates have time to acclimate to the University they will ultimately be serving.

It is too late for change in this election cycle. But as underclassmen head to the polls for this election cycle, it is worth contextualizing the role of DSG as an institution and addressing its past limitations as it looks to the upcoming year.

DSG has long battled accountability issues. Last year, The Chronicle reported startling absenteeism among members, even those running for vice president positions. Executive Vice President Abhi Sank, a junior, addressed the attendance problem at the organization’s inaugural meeting two weeks ago, announcing that the attendance policy would be more strictly enforced this year. Ensuring that all senators are present and engaged in meetings is the first step towards establishing an effective DSG. We commend this move to increase accountability, and call upon elected senators to fulfill the duties of their positions.

If the first step is to get senators to meetings, the second is to reevaluate the internal DSG

structure. What on paper purports a three-branch system is in reality dominated by a strong executive branch that exercises a top-down approach. Members of the executive branch have the potential to sway the legislature by driving the agenda and influencing votes. With VPs sitting at the front of meetings, senators could feel pressured to conform to the votes of their committee leader. The executive branch also potentially encroaches upon the jurisdiction of the judiciary. Establishing a system of checks and balances grounded in three distinct, independent branches will be instrumental in ensuring an effective DSG.

It is too soon to tell what role DSG will play in campus life this year, but there is reason for optimism in the pulse of campus political life. Voter turnout at last year’s spring elections drew 1,500 more votes than the previous year, for a total of 3,742 students. Last year’s 40 Percent Plan instigated a tide of student engagement, which we hope DSG will carry forth that momentum into this year.

The DSG Chronicle column tagline last year read, “we’re relevant, we promise.” We urge DSG to stay relevant.

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I’ve been on campus for four weeks now and have opened up a newspaper an embarrassingly low number of times. Yes,

my long-standing ritual of reading the news--which began when I was in fourth grade with a read-through of the comics, transitioned to an examination of the gossip section and matured into a reading of news and opinion columns--evaporated the minute I arrived on campus for pBUILD, orientation and classes. I lost my habit in the same way many people lose their room key lanyard— unconsciously, until they realize how badly they need it.

Searching for something to write about, I did a scan of The New York Times’ online opinion section late one night last week in Lilly.

I encountered articles on ISIS and the rioting in Ferguson, Missouri. “Okay, ISIS, I thought to myself. “This Islamic State of Iraq and...some middle Eastern country? Muslim extremists, militants, civilian death. And Ferguson? A black man, shot and killed by white police, other black residents are rightfully angry and rioting.” Further down the page, I saw headlines about media censorship in Hungary and Scotland’s potential departure from the United Kingdom. Scotland drew only mental images of kilts, and the last time I’d thought of Hungary, I was in Advanced Placement U.S. History and Archduke Franz Ferdinand was being shot.

Obviously, my knowledge of world and national affairs was severely limited to the general idea most Americans had of such events— the Middle East is a bad place to be, and racial inequality is still pervasive in the U.S. today. I could literally apply my knowledge of ISIS and the Michael Brown shooting to practically any Middle Eastern or American race rioting issue of the past 25 years, and this highlights not only the fact that America has made such little progress on these issues, but the fact that I’ve spent more time with my nose in a book than in a newspaper.

Now, I know that since this is Duke, many of my classmates—like the ones Dean of Admissions Christoph Guttentag brought up in his convocation speech—are not as knowledge-starved as I am when it comes to the news (I’m

looking at you, Mr. National top-24-under-24 change maker in public policy). But I also know that I’m not the only one who knows less about the world than she should.

Coming to campus this August was one of the most amazing and challenging times of my life, one in which I was introduced to a world much less homogenous than my home in New Jersey and given the greatest degree of freedom I’ve ever had. I’ve had classmates to meet, professors to speak with, laundry to do, classes to attend and more than one walk to Shooters to make— but, of course, not before I spend four hours fighting with studying Organic Chemistry. I’ve been loaded down with work, and why sit down to eat lunch with a newspaper

when I have an assigned reading about chemical bonding theories due the next day?

The reason, I learned upon that perusal of NYTimes.com, is that the news is the reason that I’m spending four-plus hours a day at Lilly. There’s no point in learning chemistry—or any other area of knowledge—if I don’t know what to do with it during or after my four years here. I have to know about an issue to solve the issue, and that issue cannot be learned in the pages of an Organic Chemistry textbook (or the Quizzes section of Buzzfeed, for that matter).

I’m using this column both as a challenge to myself and to you, dear readers who only read the Opinion section, if anything at all. Flip through the news section of The Chronicle, get breaking news notifications from CNN on your phone or follow a news organization on Twitter. If you’re like me, any reason to take a challenging class beyond “it’ll look good on my resume” makes it that much easier to sit in the library for hours on end. What’s more, reading the news will hopefully spark a passion in me, and, like in the way room keys are lost, cause me to dive into my work more effortlessly, until I reach the point when I realize I don’t know how I studied without that passion. Plus, I’ve learned that you can get The New York Times for free with a swipe of your Duke card at Penn Pavilion or Marketplace.

Mary Ziemba is a Trinity freshman. Her column runs every other Wednesday.

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MaryZiemba EASTERN EXPOSURE

Today, Obama is set to unveil a clear strategy for how the U.S. administration plans on handling the problem ISIS poses in the Middle East. After last week’s gaffe where the president acciden-

tally admitted that there was not a strategy for dealing with ISIS in Syria, he is set to address the world and discuss the return of American leadership in the region. It is expected that he will discuss the multi-lateral coalition that will be tackling ISIS, shy away from committing American boots on the ground in Syria and draw distinctions between the current campaign and that of the Iraq War started under the Bush administration to reassure domestic audiences.

While the country and the world gather today to hear Obama’s address and approach to Iraq, there are three critical topics that we should keep an ear out for:

1.) He needs to explain to the American public why military engagement is necessary for America’s interests.

2.) He needs to discuss the mechanisms for how the coalition will function, which states will play a major role and how the United States will support them as they roll-back the ISIS tide.

3.) He needs to assuage fears about the endgame of the operation and how U.S. and global involvement will change when the objective is complete.

An evident reality of the current situation in Iraq is that ISIS did not spring up overnight. ISIS developed from the Iraqi contingency of the United States’ decades-long enemy—Al-Qaeda. Obama will need to differentiate between the reasons and methods of the 2003 Iraq War and the contemporary one. Furthermore, it will be interesting to note whether the president seeks to gain Congressional approval for the operation—as it stands, signs indicate no. Perhaps most importantly, in today’s speech, Obama will need to be a leader and succinctly explain why we are entering this conflict and rally the American public so the operation’s purpose is clearly understood.

Secondly, Obama will need to explain how America will support a multilateral coalition against ISIS and what kind of measures other actors will take to stop it. ISIS is a Sunni extremist organization. Thus, it is imperative that the conflict not be broken down along sectarian lines. This means that the president should make note of two things: The coalition needs to be wary of any kind of effort from Shia Iran to fight against the group and the coalition should make use of Sunni allies in the region.

The Islamic Republic of Iran should not be assisting in operations against ISIS because, on the one hand, it will push moderate Sunnis closer to the extremist group and, on the other, it will in-debt the leader of Iraq, Haider al-Abadi, to the Ayatollah. This would promote sectarian violence in the unstable Iraqi region. Additionally, Iran would likely attempt to use its assistance against a common enemy as political leverage to gain concessions out of negotiations over its nuclear capability.

The role of Sunni governments in the region who have an interest in removing ISIS should also be clarified. This includes regional powerhouses like Saudi Arabia, Jordan and NATO-member Turkey. With so many interests aligning at the same time, increased participation of these states would encourage Sunni Iraqis and Syrians living under ISIS control that they have an urgent stake in seeing the violent extremist group destroyed and that ISIS does not represent them better than other governments in the region. In particular, Turkey, a country which shares a long, porous and volatile border with Syria, can do much to stop ISIS smuggling efforts across the border as well as limit foreign fighters with US visas returning from the area.

Lastly, Obama will need to make explicit mention of his endgame. Particularly after his vocal criticisms of Bush’s handling of the Iraq war and its muddled objectives, Obama will need to plainly describe what America is after and what constitutes an end of American commitment to the operation. In a best case scenario, where ISIS is completely defeated and the Free Syrian Army, Kurdish military and Iraqi army are victorious, there will be a strengthened Assad-backed and American-condemned regime in Syria.

Global condemnation followed ISIS’s massacre of an ethnic Yazidi population, American involvement increased after ISIS advanced on the Kurds and Iraqi Christians and Obama finally considered the threat to be immediate when ISIS nearly reached Baghdad, the gateway to Shia Iraq. This supports a narrative that says that Obama and America have forgotten about the Sunni populations living under ISIS rule. What happens to the Free Syrian army and the Sunni populations there once ISIS is defeated and Assad remains in Syria? In his speech tonight, President Barack Obama needs to reassure Sunnis not only that ISIS is America’s enemy but that those Sunni populations are our friends.

Tyler Fredricks is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Wednesday.

If there’s one thing Duke has taught me, it’s that beauty is only skin-deep. And if you really want to turn heads, you shouldn’t let it get too

deep.Around Duke, we seem to have a lot of elephants

in the room. And, as Duke students, we do a decent job addressing them. When it comes to body image, however, we ignore the elephant. We brush off these conversations and deny the influence it has on all of us. But there’s no denying the physical, mental and social toll body image has on members of our community.

According to a recent study by exercise physiologist Glenn Gaesser, over half of females between the ages of 18-25 would prefer to be run over by a truck than be seen as fat and two-thirds surveyed would rather be perceived as mean or stupid.

But body image concerns are not exclusive to the

collegiate environment—they’ve seeped into our elementary schools, too. Slowly, the world of dieting is taking over childhood narratives. Time Magazine reports that 80 percent of all children have been on a diet by the time they have reached the fourth grade. Take that in. Rather than giving their bodies space for puberty and physical and mental development, 80 percent of 9-year olds are dieting to limit their body size. At 9 years young, dieting isn’t about portion control. It’s starvation.

For both young girls and young women, recurrent dieting practices can lead to severe eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Despite this, the American College Health Association estimates that at least 44 percent of college women are dieting and 61 percent are exercising to lose weight. An estimated additional 10 percent of women are using laxatives, pills, or vomiting to attain their desired weight. A young woman with anorexia is 12 times more likely to die than other women her age without anorexia. So it comes as no surprise that anorexia is the third most prevalent chronic illness among adolescents, and the mortality rate for anorexia is higher than for any other psychiatric disorder.

Body image concerns are not unique to only females or young children. 27 percent of college men are dieting and 45 percent are exercising to lose weight. But losing weight is only one side one aspect to the problem. Studies show many college men suffer from muscle dysmorphia, a body image disorder that pressures males to ‘bulk up’ by gaining more muscles. Often both athletes and non-athletes who desire more muscles can be seen in the gym for several hours a week, taking in excessive lean meats and supplementing meals with protein.

These numbers should jolt us awake to the toxic environment that numerous industries are building for us. This desire to look a certain way is fed to us by many actors. The diet-related industry is a 50 billion dollar a year enterprise. Fashion models taunt us with their beautifully chiseled bodies, though they

are thinner than 98 percent of American women. We look and admire, forgetting that their salary, their livelihood, depends on this unhealthy look, forgetting that this thinness is slowly destroying their organs, and forgetting the number of friends they have alienated in the quest to live this ‘thin life.’ Social media sites promote standards of beauty that are reinforced by ‘likes,’ ‘shares’ and ‘comments,’ though the backstory of the editing process never enters our timeline (but props to the several actresses who have blasted the magazine and entertainment industry for photoshopping their bodies!)

‘Healthy living’ isn’t about balancing your kale chips and carrot lunch with your afternoon workout. It’s about listening to your body—your entire body—and responding. What you eat—or don’t eat—has a direct effect on how you feel. In order for you to function at full capacity, that is, in order for you to think, read, concentrate, solve organic chemistry problems, memorize Shakespeare sonnets, research alternative energy solutions to our energy crisis and contemplate diplomatic and political strategies to human crises such as those in Ukraine and occupied Palestinian territories, you need to feed your brain the right nutrients. The brain’s energy source is glucose, which is converted from carbohydrates. Your brain also needs proteins and fats to build neurotransmitters, which are messenger chemicals that allow neurons to communicate (and as students, we need these neurons to constantly communicate). Not giving our bodies the nutrition it deserves is playing to our lowest form of living—as a mere human vessel—without allowing ourselves the confidence, energy and fuel it needs to attain our optimal potential in life.

As I reflect, I find that I often don’t ‘eat my own words.’ The Center for Disease Control may frown on the days where nothing will satisfy my hunger other than the midnight Ben and Jerry’s cone or the side of steak fries from the Loop, and that’s fine. We’re human. We can satisfy our indulgences every now and then. After all, being healthy is about being happy, too, right?

We’re also all different. We all can’t all look the same because inherently we are not. We should celebrate our differences as affirming, empowering reminders of our individuality (my extra long second toe is a daily reminder that I am, indeed, my father’s daughter).

Our bodies are created to bear blemishes, but our bodies also bear many blessings. Every day, our bodies work hard on the inside to produce the person we are on the outside. Rather than working to change our body, perhaps we should work on honoring, respecting and fueling it. Only then can we differentiate between the messages our bodies are sending us and the messages society is sending. You don’t have to take up less (or more) space to be worth more. Once we stop “fixing” our image, we are able to create bodies that inspire, empower, and excite us.

My advice: Embrace you. Own you. Love you. Rock what your mama gave you. Our culture—our younger generations—depend on all of us to change the health narrative.

Leena El-Sadek is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every other Wednesday.

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Stay relevant, DSG

East Campus is yet again plastered with campaign posters for Duke Student Government elections Thursday—

in which 12 candidates will be joining the senate’s ranks.

While candidates’ eagerness is laudable,

we question the unrealistic timeline for first year senator elections. Freshmen interested in running for DSG must declare their candidacies only two weeks after arriving on campus and then head to the polls one week later. Most during this time are still trying to figure out what it means to be a Duke student, much less formulate a cogent platform for change and advocacy on campus issues. The result is candidates who may be running for the wrong reasons—for example, joining simply because it is what they did in high school, or because it looks impressive on a resume.

The ins and outs of life at Duke come with time, and so does an understanding of DSG’s role in campus life. DSG should alter

the timeline of elections, pushing freshmen elections back later on in the academic year, so candidates have time to acclimate to the University they will ultimately be serving.

It is too late for change in this election cycle. But as underclassmen head to the polls for this election cycle, it is worth contextualizing the role of DSG as an institution and addressing its past limitations as it looks to the upcoming year.

DSG has long battled accountability issues. Last year, The Chronicle reported startling absenteeism among members, even those running for vice president positions. Executive Vice President Abhi Sank, a junior, addressed the attendance problem at the organization’s inaugural meeting two weeks ago, announcing that the attendance policy would be more strictly enforced this year. Ensuring that all senators are present and engaged in meetings is the first step towards establishing an effective DSG. We commend this move to increase accountability, and call upon elected senators to fulfill the duties of their positions.

If the first step is to get senators to meetings, the second is to reevaluate the internal DSG

structure. What on paper purports a three-branch system is in reality dominated by a strong executive branch that exercises a top-down approach. Members of the executive branch have the potential to sway the legislature by driving the agenda and influencing votes. With VPs sitting at the front of meetings, senators could feel pressured to conform to the votes of their committee leader. The executive branch also potentially encroaches upon the jurisdiction of the judiciary. Establishing a system of checks and balances grounded in three distinct, independent branches will be instrumental in ensuring an effective DSG.

It is too soon to tell what role DSG will play in campus life this year, but there is reason for optimism in the pulse of campus political life. Voter turnout at last year’s spring elections drew 1,500 more votes than the previous year, for a total of 3,742 students. Last year’s 40 Percent Plan instigated a tide of student engagement, which we hope DSG will carry forth that momentum into this year.

The DSG Chronicle column tagline last year read, “we’re relevant, we promise.” We urge DSG to stay relevant.

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“They have made strides every year and game to game,” Cutcliffe said. “This team looks more like a Charlie Weis football team for obvious reasons. I know they can recruit their region and get into Texas. They’ll continue to get good football players, and they have added a lot of junior college players.... Their personnel is starting to show up.”

Kansas has plenty of reasons for opti-mism this season, but in the team’s 34-28 win against FCS opponent Southeast Missouri State last weekend, there were some areas of concern.

After jumping out to a 24-0 lead against the Redhawks in the first quar-ter, the Jayhawks managed just 10 points the rest of the way and gave up three touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Weis, however, seemed happier about the win and used the scare as a teaching mo-ment.

“Before you get into the details, obvi-ously when you get off to a good start, our guys were caught off guard to start off with,” Weis said. “The biggest motto you come out with something like that is that we cannot be complacent. We have to finish. The whole message has to be, before you get into the analytical parts of each play, just about finishing the game.”

Quarterback Montell Cozart, who struggled in three starts last season as a true freshman, threw for 196 yards and three touchdowns in the win. He is ex-pected to take on a bigger role this year as he deals with a depleted backfield that lost starters Brandon Bourbon and Tay-lor Cox during fall camp.

In their stead, junior college transfer Deandre Mann—who was expected to be a bench player a month ago—rushed for 121 yards on 15 carries, and true fresh-man Corey Avery added 91 yards and a touchdown. The duo is hoping to find some soft spots in a Blue Devil defense that is giving up 148 yards per game on the ground.

Weis believes his players can rise to the occasion Saturday and capture what would be a monumental road victory against Duke, one that could once again change the course of the Kansas pro-gram, this time in a winning direction.

“This is a good game for us to go on the road,” Weis said. “We have not won a road game around here in an eterni-ty. We are playing a nice solid team in Duke. They are very well-coached. We also think this is a good matchup for us. A lot of times football games are about matchups. Sometimes you go into a game and the matchup is not good. But I think this week their strengths play into our strengths and their weaknesses play into our weaknesses. That gives us a good chance.”

Kevin Shamieh | Th e ChronicleJunior wide receiver Max McCaff rey has reeled in nine passes for 99 yards through two games, and is an integral weapon in head coach David Cutcliff e’s off ensive arsenal.

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