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Khloe Kim | Th e ChronicleAfter their individual introductions, the men’s basketball team celebrated in anticipation of the upcoming season at the annual Countdown to Craziness event Saturday evening. (See story on page 6)

As the review of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences’ Curriculum 2000 kicks into gear, committee members are emphasizing the need for input from the University community.

The current review of Trinity cur-riculum will focus on what it means for students to receive an interdisciplinary education in the 21st century. Work

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Through a fledgling partnership with Duke Student Government, directors of Counseling and Psychological Services hope to better publicize the resources they have available to students.

DSG—in the inaugural semester of its partnership with CAPS—will launch a series of initiatives to increase student awareness of mental health resources on campus and to improve overall student access to those re-sources. In their first official project, members of DSG are working to put together an infor-mation sheet listing mental health resources available to students.

Although many similar informational sheets have been produced by CAPS in the past several years, they were not widely circu-lated, and therefore provided limited benefit to students, said Gary Glass, associate director for outreach and developmental program-ming.

“They’ve been produced and they’ve been available, but I don’t know that I’d go so far as to say that they’ve been out there, to be hon-est,” Glass said. “DSG can play a role in creat-ing an information central around [mental health].”

He added that the prominence of DSG can help to further publicize the options pro-vided by CAPS.

“When you have outreach by a unit at Duke University, there’s only so far that these people can get because they’re not integrat-ed into the student population,” said junior Keizra Mecklai, DSG vice president for equity and outreach.

The new informational sheet will include

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Curriculum revamp begins with call for inputThree-year curriculum review opens with weekly committee meetings, request for feedback

has begun with weekly meetings of the “Imagining the Duke Curriculum” com-mittee, which has started by analyzing models from other universities and gathering feedback from students and faculty across Duke.

The committee is working toward ideas that will make the curriculum not only easier for students to understand, but also more representative of the op-portunities available at Duke—includ-ing nontraditional programs such as Bass Connections and DukeEngage, said committee chair Suzanne Shanahan, as-sociate director of the Kenan Institute of Ethics.

“Simplification and integration are

two key objectives,” Shanahan said. “We want whatever we do to be evidence-based change.”

The review began last month and is scheduled to take three years. This year is known as the “diagnosis” stage of the review, focusing on determining the areas of the curriculum that will be tar-geted for change. The review will seek to ensure that the current Curriculum 2000—which was introduced in 2000 and last modified in 2004—is still work-ing as well as it originally did, explained Thomas Robisheaux, chairman of the Arts and Sciences Council.

CAPS, DSG to increase mental health awareness

Partnership aims to boost knowledge of underused mental

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Students Sound O� on Family WeekendFreshmen recount the good, the bad and the ugly of hosting their parents for their � rst Family Weekend | Page 2

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The Duke University Graduate School is accepting nominations for the Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Mentoring to recognize the considerable efforts

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Carolyn Chang | The ChronicleThe Duke Djembe Ensemble performed with the Duke Jazz Ensemble at their showcase concert Friday evening.

Mike Ma | The ChronicleFreshmen and their family members attended a brunch at the Marketplace Sunday morning.

Carolyn Chang | The ChronicleThe Duke Jazz Ensemble staged a concert, featuring Grammy nominee Arturo O’Farrill, Friday evening.

Victor Ye | The ChronicleThe Duke Chorale performed a showcase as part of Family Weekend’s concert series Saturday evening.

For many freshmen, Family Weekend is the first time since move-in day that their parents have seen them on campus—and for others, it’s a weekend of getting to know friends’ families while their own are at home. The Chron-icle’s Amelia Cheatham, Samantha Neal and Sydney Sar-achek spoke to freshmen about their first family weekend.

“It’s cool to finally meet people’s parents because here you only know people off of themselves, not like in high school when you know someone in the context of their family. It’s funny when you actually meet people’s parents, and they are a lot

like their kid.”— freshman Sarah Rapaport

“I was parentless, so I felt horrible. My parents can’t afford to just come out for a weekend like that because they have to work and it takes a whole day to travel from California. Seeing everyone with their parents made me

sad.”— freshman Amanda Jankowski

“My parents didn’t come. It’s kind of sweet that everyone’s parents are coming and that we see lots of parents and dogs and sometimes little siblings. I’m not quite jealous of you guys, because I can still Facetime. I like this event, it’s

sweet.”— freshman Yiou Wang

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Victor Ye | The ChronicleThe Pitchforks performed its annual Fall Classic at Reynolds Theater Saturday evening.

Victor Ye | The ChronicleThe Pitchforks performed its annual Fall Classic at Reynolds Theater Saturday evening.

Victor Ye | The ChronicleThe Duke Symphony Orchestra and the Duke Wind Sympho-ny performed at the Duke Chapel Saturday evening.

Mike Ma | The ChronicleFreshmen and their family members attended a brunch at the Marketplace Sunday morning.

“It was a positive experience. My dad came; he really enjoyed it. [We] went to see Pitchforks, DUI. I had fun spending time with my dad because it had been a long time since I’d seen him. Homework kind of sucked afterward, but that’s beside the point.”— freshman Nikhil Jain

“I enjoyed having parents here. I didn’t re-ally participate in any family weekend ac-tivities because we just went off campus and shopped. It was kind of like a mini vaca-

tion.”— freshman Nikita Gawande

“I felt like I was doing things with my dad that I wouldn’t have necessarily done on my own. I got to explore the area more since we had a car.”— freshman Krista Osaphi-Ong


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“Students tend to treat the current learning matrixes as boxes to check off, and not even realize why they’re check-ing them off,” Robisheaux said. “The T-Reqs can create a checklist mentality about one’s education, instead of a ho-listic approach.”

Though the Imagining the Duke Cur-riculum committee includes just profes-sors, it is complemented by an advisory committee that brings together faculty, administrators and students. In an ad-dress to the Arts and Sciences Council earlier this month, Shanahan empha-

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sized that they would like to gather ad-ditional perspectives of individuals from across the University, encouraging all faculty members to attend the committee’s weekly meetings. She noted that the committee’s process is fluid and they are open to input.

“Really, we’re ea-ger to talk to anyone and everyone who will speak to us.... I don’t think we’ve fully envisioned a timeline yet,” Shanahan said in her address to the council.

Gunther Peck, a member of the advi-sory committee, also stressed the impor-

tance of collaboration at the Arts and Sciences council meeting. Changing the

curriculum will involve collaboration between many different groups and will require bal-ancing competing in-terests.

“The challenge of a curriculum review is a political one,” said Peck, Fred W. Shaf-fer associate professor of history and public

policy. “The problem will be moving large bodies of people toward a common goal.”

Robisheaux said the Arts and Sciences Council wants to encourage students to take a variety of courses for the sake of knowledge—not just to fulfill necessary requirements. He also noted that there

is room for improving the way that inter-disciplinary and global programs fit into the Duke experience. The review will fo-cus on how to integrate programs includ-ing DukeImmerse, Bass Connections and Duke’s global education programs into Trinity’s curriculum.

“We’re going to ask what these pro-grams show us about learning in new and interesting ways,” Robisheaux said.

Robisheaux pointed out that despite the rise of online education, Trinity’s fo-cus will remain on traditional classroom-based educational methods. The Univer-sity wants to ensure that its curriculum is both unique to the University and rel-evant in the rapidly changing 21st cen-tury, he said.

“This is what Duke does—not neces-sarily Chicago, or Columbia. This is what Duke does in a liberal arts education,” Robisheaux said.

Rita Lo | Th e Chronicle

The challenge of a curriculum review is

a political one. Th e prob-lem will be moving large bodies of people toward a common goal.

— Gunther Peck


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Many people scoffed when CBS Sports announced that its preseason National Player of the Year was Jahlil Okafor, citing his youth as a true freshman and returning talent across the country.

They might want to rethink their critique of the decision.

The 6-foot-11, 270-pound center took over Duke’s annual showcase Countdown to Craziness Saturday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium, leading his white squad to victory in both 12-minute scrimmage periods. Okafor dominated early and often, finishing with 27 points on 12-of-16 shooting and eight rebounds.

His array of lightning-quick post moves, face-up jumpers and authoritative finishes in the paint left fans, coaches and fellow players alike counting the days until the first exhibition Nov. 4, when they can see Okafor go to work again.

But more importantly, they showed how much easier the game is going to be for the rest of his teammates because of the attention he draws.

“Upperclassmen can see and feel the difference in this team, that we’re going to have a lot of fun and be really good,” junior forward Amile Jefferson said. “We have a legit big and his presence is

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Emma Loewe | � e ChronicleFreshman center Jahlil Okafor poured in 27 points and added eight rebounds in his � rst per-formance at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Okafor shines at Countdown

You always have to take a grain of salt when it comes to a scrimmage, but it appears as if head coach Mike Krzyzewski has found a starting unit he’s comfortable with—Tyus Jones, Matt Jones, Justise Winslow, Amile Jefferson and Jahlil Okafor.

That unit is noticeably missing the lone senior on the team, captain Quinn Cook, and perhaps the team’s most dynamic perimeter offensive player, Rasheed Sulaimon. But Coach K has a reason for starting three freshman and a sophomore who logged just 7.3 minutes per game last season: they work best with Okafor.

The crown jewel of the freshman class put on a special kind of show. Okafor effortlessly scored 27 points on 12-of-14 shooting, grabbed eight rebounds and blocked a shot. He stretched his range outside of the paint, crashed the boards, and just generally made it seem as if there is no player in the nation that will be capable of slowing him down. When there is a player capable of that level of dominance against a true 7-footer who knows his every single move like Marshall Plumlee, you pretty much have to mold the rest of your lineup around him.

So how do Tyus Jones and Winslow fit with Okafor?

“They came in together and they’ve been playing really well,” Jefferson said. [The freshmen] are ahead of the curve.”

That was fairly obvious to everyone in attendance Saturday night. Throughout the 24-minute scrimmage, Jones logged seven points with six assists and Winslow had 12 points with six boards. The three freshmen have experience playing with one another, and it shows on the court. Jones and Okafor seem to always know where one another are on the floor, and Winslow’s physicality and timely cuts make him a natural fit next to a savvy passer and imposing interior presence.

Now for Jefferson and Matt Jones.“I think there’s good chemistry on our

team,” Krzyzewski said. “Amile really helps in that regard because he kind of connects dots a little bit. And Matt Jones does a good job of that because he doesn’t need the ball long. When somebody doesn’t need the ball long and they’re efficient and they play hard, that helps, because Jah needs to get the ball and Tyus is dribbling the ball so there’s not that much time to have the ball.”

Jefferson, the veteran of the presumed starting lineup, is the glue that keeps this group together. He was relatively quiet in the scrimmage—he scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds—but was loud in his leadership. Jefferson was the most vocal player on the court at all times, keeping that young, inexperienced lineup firing on all cylinders as they dismantled the second unit 34-17 in the 12-minute game. Jefferson isn’t a guy who needs touches to be effective on offense, but rather makes the most of the opportunities he’s afforded—crashing the glass and creating turnovers to find his offense.

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noticeable from the tip. Our guys are learning to play with him and play off of him because he’s going to demand so much attention.”

In the first 12-minute half, Okafor was on a team with Jefferson, freshman point guard Tyus Jones, sophomore Matt Jones and freshman wing Justise Winslow. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski said that the group was “playing a little bit better together” after the event, indicating that the five players would likely be starting if Duke had played an opponent.

The unit showed why, dominating the

blue squad led by veteran guards Quinn Cook and Rasheed Sulaimon 34-17. Okafor scored the first six points for the white team, made his first five field goals and led the white team to an opening 17-6 run.

Although he said he felt nervous leading up to the game, his early success definitely didn’t show it.

“I was very nervous,” Okafor said. “I was talking to [Jefferson] and he said once the ball tipped, I would be fine. He was right.

With the Blue Devils’ postseason hopes in jeopardy, the squad overcame past struggles and fatigue from a tough eight-day stretch to capture its first overtime victory.

Duke rallied from a one-goal deficit to defeat Boston College 2-1 on senior day at

Koskinen Stadium.The match was

the Blue Devils’ third contest in the last

eight days. After two straight losses to North Carolina and Virginia, Duke needed the victory against the Eagles Sunday afternoon to remain alive for an NCAA tournament bid.

“It just shows the kind of resilience that we have as players, ” senior Kelly Cobb said. “That we’re down one nothing in a must-win do-or-die type game and we’re able to come back and put it away.”

The win was also important for the mindsets of Duke’s starting freshmen, as they have been playing with a heightened sense of urgency with the season in the balance.

“With our four players that play so many minutes as freshmen, they want to do well for the seniors,” head coach Robbie Church said. “They know they play a big part…and there’s

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Jesús Hidalgo | � e ChronicleSophomore Toni Payne netted the game- winning goal in overtime against Boston Col-lege Sunday.

so much pressure on them.”Church elected to start his seniors for their

final home game in favor of many of the Blue Devils’ usual starters. Despite the emotional drive of senior day, the squad struggled in the early going.

Duke (8-8-1, 4-4-1 in the ACC) initially had few opportunities to threaten, as the Eagles controlled the pace of play. After the entrance of the routine starters including Ashton Miller, Imani Dorsey and Lizzy Raben, the Blue Devils’ backs were against the wall.

In the 21st minute, a defensive miscue allowed for a Boston College (10-8, 3-6 in the ACC) breakaway and two consecutive shots on goal. Duke goalkeeper Ali Kershner stopped Hayley Dowd’s first shot and Dowd’s attempt off the ensuing rebound was blocked. But when Raben tried to clear the ball away from the goal line her attempt ricocheted off of the goalpost into the net to give the Eagles a 1-0 advantage.

Throughout the rest of the first half, Duke’s inability to finish scoring opportunities—which had been an issue in previous matchups against Virginia and North Carolina—continued. None of the Blue Devils’ 11 shots were on goal.

The first look at this season’s Blue Devils gave fans a lot to look forward to and a few new names to learn.

The Blue Devils kicked off their 2014-2015 campaign Sunday at Cameron Indoor Stadium with their annual Blue-White scrimmage. Unsurprisingly, Duke had a drastically different look after losing four of five starters from last season.

In a literal sense, this year’s team is significantly taller—nine of the 12 players are six feet or taller. The team is also significantly younger and less experienced than past teams. But it was the same younger, inexperienced players that were the standouts in Sunday’s scrimmage.

“I just liked the things I saw. Because of our diversity, we have more options. There is a tremendous value to that,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “The team is forcing me to continue to cultivate ideas and work in new ways.”

The game featured four 10-minute periods involving different combinations of Duke players for each side in each period. The scrimmage started off relatively slow, with just four points scored in the first three and a half minutes. Redshirt freshman and Kentucky native Rebecca Greenwell—playing for the blue team—drained three 3-pointers in a five minute period to spark some life into both sides. Freshman Azura Stevens responded with 10 points of her own, and the first period ended in a 14-14 draw.

The second period was highlighted by senior Ka’lia Johnson’s nine points and three offensive rebounds for the blue team. The first half closed relatively uneventfully with a score of 29-21 blue team.

“The first half was terrible relative to ball pressure. It was like we were out there just having fun or something,” McCallie said. “The second half was much more gritty, and [more like] what you would see for 40 minutes from us.”

The drive from both teams picked up significantly going into the third period. Senior and three-time All-American

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Sanjeev Dasgupta | � e ChronicleFreshman Azura Stevens was one of several new faces to impress Blue Devil fans during Sunday’s Blue-White Scrimmage, posting 10 points in the � rst period alone.

Elizabeth Williams, who was surprisingly quiet for the first half of the scrimmage, finally began to make an impact for the blue team with four points, two rebounds and, as is her signature, two blocked shots. Utah native and junior transfer Mercedes Riggs, provided energy and opportunities from the point guard position to keep the white team in the game.

The fourth quarter featured an exchange of 3-pointers from Greenwell, Johnson, Riggs and freshman guard Sierra Calhoun. The scrimmage culminated in a 55-43 win for the blue team.

The level of play from the incoming players was much more significant than the score itself when it came to this event. Of the six Blue Devils who saw their first action on Coach K Court with this Blue-White scrimmage, three of them—Greenwell, Riggs, and Stevens—scored in the double digits.

Greenwell’s first appearance in Cameron Indoor Stadium was especially significant in that she was forced to redshirt due to a season-ending knee injury she sustained before the season began last year. Greenwell did not disappoint, going 6-of-10 from long range. Her ball handling skills and her

Blue Devils kick off year with Blue-White scrimmageA first look at the first five

Duke stays alive with senior day victory

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Duke’s top-ranked recruiting class was on full display at

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court vision were both remarkably fine-tuned for a player who is not known to play the point guard position.

“It’s an amazing feeling to finally get out there, even though it wasn’t a real game,” Greenwell said. “It’s been a long time coming so I’m just excited to finally get off the bench, put my jersey on, and get out there for the first time.”

New appearance or otherwise, the

Blue Devils have shown that they are ready to compete this season at a high level, as was evidenced by the standout play of many of the new players. The combination of young talent and veteran expertise should prove Duke’s success as the regular season approaches. The Blue Devils will play their first exhibition game Thursday at home against Limestone at 6:30 p.m.


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Once the ball tipped, I was all right.”Okafor’s team did not let up after its torrid start, going

on to make 13-of-18 field goals in the period while holding the blue team to 6-of-17 from the field. Tyus Jones had five assists, Matt Jones had 10 points—including two 3-pointers after making just three all of last year—and Winslow and Jefferson combined for 10 points and five rebounds.

And as easy as the game seemed for Okafor and his teammates, Krzyzewski was quick to point out that his latest Chicago freshman star will only continue to improve and make the game easier for others. That’s a scary thought for Duke’s opponents.

“When he learns even more to get some easy stuff, then he’ll continue to grow and he’ll share the ball [more] too,” Krzyzewski said.

Although the lineups were mixed in the second period, the results when the half ended were the same.

Led by Sulaimon, the blue squad with Tyus and Matt Jones, Jefferson and Marshall Plumlee—who battled Okafor down low all night—put up a fight, but the white squad prevailed 30-26 after Okafor’s tip-in with 18.4 seconds left gave the unit a three-point lead.

After leading the blue team with six points and three rebounds in the first period, Sulaimon was on fire throughout the period. The Houston native scored 16 points on 5-of-8 shooting—including three 3-pointers—to help the lineup build a 21-15 lead with less than four minutes left.

But Okafor put in six points and Cook—who switched to the white team for the second half—knocked down a timely 3-pointer to produce a timely 9-2 run that gave the white team the lead back.

Sophomore forward Semi Ojeleye extended the lead with a 3-pointer, but Sulaimon countered with one of his own to give the blue team a chance late. After Cook missed a jumper on the ensuing possession, though, Okafor was in the right place at the right time to tip the miss back in.

Sulaimon’s next 3-pointer to try to tie the game in the final seconds was off the mark, and Winslow added a late free throw to close the scrimmage out.

Late in the half, Cook, Ojeleye, Winslow and freshman Grayson Allen stepped up in support of Okafor’s monstrous effort, just as Jefferson, Matt and Tyus Jones and Winslow excelled in their respective roles in the first half.

It was just the opening scrimmage, but by the end of the night it seemed like that could be the narrative for the Blue Devils going forward—nine athletic players coming together to compliment a dominant big man that will almost certainly always force the hand of the opposition.

“He has a great feel for the game because he has such gigantic hands and great feet,” Krzyzewski said. “[So] he needs to have the ability to improvise. He’ll pass it too. There are going to be double teams, but we feel we can surround him with [the right] guys who can shoot the ball.”

unit. Always a solid defender thanks to his elite high school coaching, Jones struggled mightily at times last year—especially shooting the basketball. But at Countdown to Craziness Jones showed a newfound confidence that has propelled him into the starting unit.

“He’s a sophomore,” Krzyzewski said when asked to explain Jones’ confidence boost. “I think maybe knowing himself better.... A lot of guys in college they have to find out who they are and be comfortable with who they are. And I think he’s real comfortable with who he is.”

Who he is now may be the perfect compliment to Okafor’s dominant interior presence. If Jones can find the 3-point shot that made him a top recruit out of high school—and there’s reason to believe he can after hitting 2-of-3 triples Saturday—he’ll be able to capitalize on the frequent open looks he’ll be getting with Okafor and Tyus Jones demanding so much attention.

There is no doubt that the second unit will play a vital role for this team, and the chemistry that makes the first unit so potent is pervasive throughout this club, but the starters are in place for a reason. They act as perfect compliments to one another, and when they gel, they’ll make Duke a potentially lethal team.

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Emma Loewe | � e ChronicleFreshman Jahlil Okafor and junior Amile Je� erson will lead the Blue Devils in the paint throughout the upcoming season.

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“We had some opportunities early to really get a couple goals,” Church said. “We didn’t get it. We knocked it off some crossbars, some posts.”

A kick by sophomore midfielder Toni Payne hit the crossbar in the 25th minute, and freshman Morgan Reid’s strike on a give-and-go also sailed over the net.

Come the end of the first half, Duke was in a one-goal hole and went into halftime focused on tightening up on offense and taking advantage of its opportunities.

The Blue Devils’ halftime adjustments were evident within the first 15 minutes of the second half.

Freshman midfielder Ashton Miller sent a pass to Cobb who quickly dribbled around the left corner of the goal and freed herself from two defenders with a sudden jab step, maintaining ball control the entire time. She then blasted a strike into the top right corner of the net to tie the game at 1-1.

The goal was Cobb’s 24th of her Duke career and fifth of the season.

“For her to get that tying goal, that was the tying-goal we needed,” Church said “Obviously, it tied it up. But that was that energy goal that we really needed at that point.”

The rest of the second half involved back and forth action with little danger for both teams. At the end of regulation, the game remained tied at 1-1.

The play in overtime was immediately contrary to the ineffectual attacks late in the second half. Duke acquired possession and moved into the Eagles’ territory and then were awarded a corner kick just 1:20 into extra play.

Miller delivered an ideal corner to Payne who found separation in the box. Payne sent a one-timer while in midair past Boston College goalkeeper Alex Johnson to claim the 2-1 victory for the Blue Devils.

“Ashton saw the space and I got a little bit of separation,” Payne said. “I just went for the volley and it ended up in the back of the net…we went out with the mentality that you have to go in [overtime] hard, you have to go in fast.”

The corner kick to Payne was a highlight of Miller’s pivotal role in the overtime victory. The Okemos, Mich., native had a career-high six shots and was a ball hawk everywhere on the field.

“I really challenged her and Imani [Dorsey] some at the end of the first half,” Church said. “They responded like champs. That showed me a lot of toughness in her. I thought she was big-time.”

The Blue Devils will now rest and prepare for a critical matchup in Tallahassee against No. 2 Florida State. A win or tie against the Seminoles will be favorable for Duke’s chances to play in the NCAA tournament.


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55 Animal foot

56 German’s “Oh my!”

58 Loud noise

59 Sault ___ Marie, Ont.

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“It’s going to be an information sheet that has two different sides,” Mecklai said. “One will be mental health and the other will be mental illness. We would want to explain to students what each of these things are and what the resources available to them are.”

This information sheet will be distributed by DSG through a number of channels in order to supplement the outreach work currently done by CAPS. Although CAPS currently has out-reach efforts to raise awareness of mental health issues, Mecklai said that student-led outreach could be more effective.

In addition, DSG will be working to make popular CAPS programs, including mindfulness yoga, more widely available to students interested in participating. The initiatives will focus on a broader theme of reducing mental health stigma, and encourage all students—even those with less severe short-term issues—to take advantage of resources on campus.

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In addition to raising awareness, Glass said that CAPS will also be working with the DSG student services committee to in-crease mental health resources and make them more available to students. These efforts could involve everything from creat-ing a Student Health Advisory Panel to making the location of CAPS more prominent.

Glass also expressed an interest in having DSG play a coor-dinating role for student groups currently working on mental health issues. CAPS currently partners with Peer for You, To Write Love on Her Arms and several other student organiza-tions on campus. A partnership with DSG could allow for a more permanent and durable effort to focus on mental health, Glass said.

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Shopping for classesFor many Duke Students, the prospect of

choosing classes and building schedules for the upcoming semester is a highlight of the academ-ic year. Having access to a huge array of courses, bookbagging provides students the ability to explore and investigate the diversity of knowl-

edge the Duke curriculum has to offer. Finding a way to construct a course bank that accounts for graduation requirements, post-graduation requirements, personal interest and work load is both thrilling and daunting.

Yet this sense of excitement that comes with bookbagging is often combined with feelings of frustration and anxiety. Currently, the registra-tion process operates under a rotation system that takes into account seniority and cycles stu-dents through different registration windows. Oftentimes, those with inopportune registration windows are left scrambling at the last minute to build a new schedule because the classes are al-ready full—an occurrence that may be problem-atic if the course will not be offered again or if it is

a prerequisite for moving ahead in a major.The rotation system is especially burdensome

for fi rst year students, who are automatically barred from taking many courses because they go last in the process. Yet despite these limita-tions, the current process balances fairness and practicality—students can rest assured that at some point they will move up in the cycle to be fi rst on the registration window.

Beyond registration windows, an important factor in the issues that students face when book-bagging and registering for classes is seat avail-ability. Yet a problem students face each year are the extensive waitlists for courses during enroll-ment. From courses like Organic Chemistry and Introduction to Public Policy—courses that are prerequisites for moving forward in the major—there is a perennial anxiety from students in lat-er registration windows that are barred from the class because it is already full. Not only does this change their schedule, but also more important-ly they can be forced into a limbo state, unable to move forward in their major. We are concerned by this perennial problem of more student inter-est than there are seats available for these impor-tant prerequisite classes.

To mediate this issue, we propose a solution that will help departments and professors more accurately gauge student interest in these large courses and add sections as necessary. Under this recommended system, students would have to gain a permission number from the professor of a course to book bag these larger scale class-es—for example, Introduction to Public Policy. The extra step would more accurately gauge stu-dent interest for professors, and would encour-age students to be more deliberate and inten-tional in their course selection.

Whether you are a fi rst year bookbagging for the second time or a senior for the last, here are some im-portant factors to think about as you shape the next eighth of your Duke career. Think of bookbagging as a of self-exploration rather than a process of choosing courses solely for their reputation as an “easy-A” or to check boxes on graduation or major requirements. Read carefully the course synopses on ACES, but go even further—reach out to the professor and ask for a syllabus. The subject of a course is important, but the right professor whose style resonates with you can make all the difference. As you move through this bookbagging season, be intentional and thoughtful as you shop for classes.

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To anyone who’s anyone—which is, to me, no one—this week is basically everything about your social life compounded in a few short days. It’s almost Halloween betches. Your guardian

devil couldn’t tell you the origins of Halloween mostly because I really don’t care. I think some ancient New Englanders invented it to terrify their townsfolk of witches and other demonic beings that they would later hang for treason or being able to swim. And because correlation is always causation (thanks statistics 101!), I’m also pretty sure that in order for them to commit heinous crimes like hanging the town witches—they were too pure to use the b-word that The Chronicle also won’t let me use—they dressed like offensive harlots. Or strumpets. Or hussies. Or floozies. Regardless, as good and upright human beings, your guardian devil knows that Duke students continue this proud tradition to this day-- although the “hanging” of someone has moved on to entirely virtual realms in social media.

In an effort to provide better outreach for you lost souls, your guardian devil feels the need to remind you all of proper Halloween decorum that not only stays true to its intended cultural roots, but also to the hearts of every other Duke student. In fairness though, I must preface this advice by letting you know that because I’m better

than you all, I won’t be here for Halloweek. My allergies to basic things like the color orange are acting up and I’ll be taking a week off from school, again, by staying at my family’s house in the Australian outback.

First things first, don’t trick or treat. I get that it’s like a cute peasant activity some people do because they don’t want to buy their own candy, but if you think about it, it’s essentially prostitution, which is gross. Someone is paying you, albeit in candy which is perfectly acceptable because you can’t eat dollars, for you showing up dressed in a certain way. I really can’t support this base activity since I’m all about equal rights, because gay marriage is trending up and feminism is cool now.

The only thing you should be giving away during this hallowed time of Halloweek is your own personal self-respect. Our forefathers wouldn’t want it any other way. Your guardian devil highly suggests you show as much skin as possible in your costume without violating any laws or codes of decency. It’s kind of like a fun competition to see who can be the most nasty without totally shattering our delicate cultural norms. “Mean Girls,” besides being the Bible of this generation, was on point in discussing Halloween attire. Ladies, I know that peer pressure is a real thing, but you should probably just get over it. Shake your pumpkin bumpkin.

After all, “Halloween is the one day (or week, if you’re popular) of the year a girl can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.” This means that during every other time of year, others have the right to criticize your dress, your clothes, your body or whatever else they want. So, like, be appreciative and do what’s necessary by letting loose this Halloween—while keeping it tight— since your guardian devil can’t change the law. Might I suggest slutty Ebola nurse? Guys, this rule should in fairness apply to you as well, but let’s be real—it just feels weird. No one wants to see you dress like a sexy fireman or a sexy ladybug or a sexy version of something your perverted mind thought of. Unless you’re on either the Ryan Gosling or the Zach Galifianakis end of the male handsomeness spectrum, no one’s going to be paying any attention to you—girls won’t even be paying attention because they’ll be too busy silently judging each other.

The social aspect of Halloween is almost as important as you look. Keep in mind that because this is America, we overinflate everything and cannot keep a relatively useless holiday like Halloween to one day, hence its cultural importance. It’s a Wednesday-to-Saturday thing so I expect that you all will be doing the trifecta— Shooters, Franklin Street and an invite-only party where you will wear the ugliest costume you have. This essentially necessitates you being able to drink copious amounts of alcohol for four days straight. Don’t question; your guardian devil knows this is physically possible—I mean, remember O-week? No? Anyway, if there’s one thing I believe that Duke students can do, it’s this. Thus, you will need to have upwards of five Halloween costumes to wear.

It’s basically kindergarten to know that you can’t be caught in the same costume twice. For girls and guys this is social suicide, and you might as well just stay and increase your body mass index by eating candy corn and watching “Halloweentown.” After all, if you can’t prove via your Facebook photos that you had more fun and looked better than anyone else on your newsfeed, what’s the point of Halloween? It’s essentially the same logic the people of Salem, Massachusetts used when they burned those witches, also known as the people they didn’t like, at the stake. If you actually try or think to dress frightful or scary on Halloween, your guardian devil is out of advice for you because you obviously need more help than I’m paid to provide.

Your guardian devil is in the process of contacting President Obama to rename the month of October, and, like most Duke students, is only really terrified of failure.

If I didn’t say that I was on financial aid, you wouldn’t know it.

Most people assume that you are either on or not on need-based financial aid to attend Duke based on where you are from, what kind of clothes you wear or what social groups you associate with. In my case, most people hear I am from Connecticut and automatically assume that I am either a legacy or live in a mansion, neither of which are true. I certainly carry extensive privilege as a white male student, but the reality is that my family is expected to pay around $11,000 per year to keep me at Duke, and even that amount is still difficult to pay for.

There are rare opportunities where the wealth gap at this university is under the microscope and perhaps now we can begin to

speak about it openly. Money influences and determines many parts of life at Duke. Money makes a difference socially (will you fit in?) and it limits your opportunities to participate in campus activities (can I afford to do that?).

Social stratification along the lines of wealth exists, even when Greek and selective organizations offer financial aid for dues. If you do not live a wealthier lifestyle, it is very difficult to feel comfortable in a setting in which there is so much money. Social groups and money are closely intertwined because it is not just about paying the requisite cost to join an organization, it is being able to fully partake in all the expected social events that such membership entails.

There are plenty of other issues related to socioeconomic status and the wealth gap at Duke, but they are worthy of a multitude of columns from voices whose individual experiences can speak far greater truth than I can in this space. Simply put, we speak openly to a certain extent about race, ethnicity and sexual and gender identity on this campus, but we often ignore socioeconomic status. Recent news about our peer institutions moving to a no-loan fi nancial aid system provides us with a chance not only to talk about these issues, but also to make changes to our fi nancial aid system. In both of these areas, we can do better.

Last week, the Chronicle published an article detailing how Duke’s peer institutions, most recently the University of Chicago, have opted to replace student loans with grants in need-based financial aid packages. While certainly these systems are not perfect and incur higher costs on the university, Duke should seriously consider moving in this direction, if for no other reason than to remain competitive with our peer-institutions.

When I was making my college decision, Duke’s financial aid package was one of the lowest of all the schools I was deciding between. I am very blessed that my parents were willing to take on the extra cost because Duke was the place I wanted to go to school. Most prospective students frankly do not have that luxury. But, it has never been easy. I have had a hold on my registration for almost every semester I have been enrolled here because we struggle to pay the expected family contribution by the deadline each semester.

Often times, I accept additional loans outside of my original package just so I can register for classes. Our financial aid system must be something we take seriously. I know this because my experience is not uncommon at this university.

Moving to a no-loan policy like University of Chicago, whose endowment of $6.7 billion is akin to our $7 billion endowment, and other highly touted universities is not just necessary but quite feasible. We have measures in place like loan caps and no-loan policies for low-income students, yet they simply do not go far enough to attracting the best students to Duke regardless of their financial need. Of course, students might still need to take out loans, but replacing what would currently be covered in student loans with grant money relieves stress

on family and on individual students who feel pressured to go into a high-paying job after graduation rather than pursue their academic and professional passions.

The current aid formula might say, for example, that a student needs $25,000 in aid to meet the full demonstrated need. Right now, the student receives $20,000 in grants and $5,000 in loans. By graduation, the student has around $20,000, which is around the average amount of debt a student at Duke leaves with in loans, that she will now have to pay off. Moving to a loan-free system for need-based aid would potentially remove this added debt to students or lower the overall amount of debt a student might leave with more generally. Even when a student takes out additional loans to cover the expected family contribution, she would not be adding to a growing pile of debt, but rather taking on loans that can be more manageable after graduation and help to lessen the financial burden on her family.

Not only does a loan-free policy reflect well on the University’s image, such policies when enacted properly reduce the stress on current students, make Duke more financially feasible for prospective students and as a result contribute to maintaining and growing the diversity on this campus.

No system is perfect and converting to a no-loan financial aid system would not solve the problems this community faces when it comes to wealth on campus. However, taking this step can be a simple one toward improving the system we have and making Duke more affordable and appealing to prospective and current students. Financial aid is an equity issue we should all care about. When we have a diverse range of students on this campus, it contributes to a lively intellectual community. Duke must be a place where students can feel comfortable attending financially even as tuition continues to rise. Our administration needs to wake up and take a risk to make Duke a better university for all of it students. Improving financial aid with a no-loan policy would be a great place to start.

Jay Sullivan is a Trinity junior and the Editori-al Page Managing Editor for Online. His columns run every other Monday.

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In case you didn’t know, today marks one of the happiest times of the academic year. I was informed earlier via Yik Yak that

bookbagging is upon us and, to be honest, this is probably the most excited I’ve been this entire weekend. I should probably reflect on this fact more in depth at a later time. As I’m writing this, it’s not yet midnight but the anticipation has been building for hours.

I am a hardcore bookbagger. I wait for it. I live for it. There’s nothing I love more than the opportunity to scour through a seemingly endless number of classes, regardless of whether they’re even available to me, part of

my major or have anything at all to do with what I’m studying. I just find it interesting to look at all the different trajectories my academic life could have taken, and then eventually return to what I actually might be taking next semester. It’s all part of the excitement that comes with crafting the perfect schedule with ideal time slots and an acceptable balance of courses that I’ll likely deplore but am required to enroll in and those I am genuinely interested in taking. And while as a freshman I was often blocked from certain courses that were filled immediately by upperclassmen, as a junior I am more likely to get into whatever course I want. It makes me feel powerful.

Whether my schedule works out exactly as I want it to or not, I feel that every year I go into the semester excited and hopeful about the coming school year. I’m always enthusiastic about my classes and eager to learn from professors who are experts in their fi elds. And that lasts for about the fi rst few weeks, and then dips down a bit, and then plummets into despair. Somewhere along the way that inner fi re dies. I lose my eager anticipation for classes and start to dwell on my inadequacies and bemoan my course load. The amount of time I spend silently complaining to

myself is actually kind of absurd.I think that’s why I enjoy bookbagging so

much—because in many ways, it’s not real. It’s a cultivation of a vision that’s fi lled with possibility and success without being weighed down by actual reality. Classes in concept are always great in my mind, but once real life starts, my love is invariably interrupted by impossible exams, time draining extracurriculars, extraneous commitments and a host of other obstacles that I know are petty but nevertheless have a very real impact on my performance and perception of school. School is always great, but sometimes it’s also terrible and stressful and

discouraging. I see that every day when I go to Perkins, talk to my friends or listen to other people’s conversations on the plaza. And then there’s that undeniable distinction between the energy and optimism of the freshmen and the pessimism and fear of the future that fl oods us juniors. It’s hard to keep up stamina the entire school year, let alone the entire duration of college. And maybe it’s not even possible to always be fully engaged in our academics, but I do think it’s an admirable feat to aspire to.

I made a promise to myself at the beginning of this year to not follow the same trajectory that I do every semester—to keep my spirits up, maintain a positive outlook and constantly appreciate the amazing privilege it is be able to have such a stressful course load. Because it is a privilege, despite how much we complain about the struggle of our daily lives. And so I don’t want to just be happy at the beginning and ending of the semester, but everything in between. And while that’s a continuous effort, it all starts with bookbagging.

So happy Monday.

Michelle Menchaca is a Trinity junior and the Editorial Page Editor. Her column runs every other Monday.

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