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Carolyn Chang | The ChronicleThe Duke Chorale presented its annual Christmas Concert, featuring seasonal music played on the carillon and the organ and traditional Christmas carols and stories, at the Chapel Tuesday evening.

‘Tis the season Uni. continues to update sexual

assualt policyKali Shulklapper

University Editor

As sexual assault on college campuses continues to capture the national spot-light, Duke has tightened its policies in an attempt to increase awareness.

This summer, Duke revised its policies and practices, summarizing the changes in a new website that went live before the start of this semester. The website—which outlines Duke’s commitment to addressing sexual misconduct—features strict definitions of both sexual miscon-duct and consent as well as details about investigation and hearing procedures. There has been a persistent rise in the number of reports brought to the atten-tion of the Gender Violence Prevention and Intervention office since the chang-es were implemented, Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said.

“From the get go we have said the ini-tial evidence of any success is not going

‘This is her school’

After 37 years with the Pratt School of Engineering, Connie

Simmons will retire in Jan. 2015

Grace Wang Health & Science Editor

After more than three decades at the Pratt School of Engineering—and a lega-cy of mentorship and commitment to her students—Connie Simmons, associate dean for undergradu-ate affairs, will retire in January 2015.

Simmons has worked at Duke since 1978. Be-ginning as a secretary under former dean of Pratt Aleksandar Vesic, she soon rose in the ranks—and made an impact on thousands of students in the process, colleagues say.

“She’s a singularity, and there is no way to replace someone like her,” said Thom-as Katsouleas, dean of Pratt, who has worked with Simmons since his appoint-ment seven years ago. “Considering that [Pratt] is 75 years old, she’s been here half of that time. In many ways, really, this is her school.”

Katsouleas noted that one of the most outstanding aspects of Simmons’ career as an an academic dean is her close rela-tionships with students. Years after gradu-ating, many students recall Simmons and return to see her during reunions, he said.

“And these former students are joined by current students who are also waiting in line to see her now,” Katsouleas said. “It’s just really unique, because where else have you seen something like that?”

Simmons’ primary role as the associate dean for undergraduate affairs is to offer one-on-one academic advising and guid-ance to Pratt students. Many students have

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Full-time Title IX coordinator begins work at Duke

With Howie’s guid-ance, I expect us

to come out of this with im-proved processes.

— Benjamin Reese

Rachel Chason University Editor

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Duke has appointed its first full-time director of Title IX compliance.

Howard Kallem, who began work Monday, spent nearly two decades in the Office for Civil Rights in the United States Department of Education, where he focused on civil rights enforcement and Title IX compliance. He comes to Duke from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he has served as the Title IX compliance coor-dinator since January 2014.

“[Kallem] brings a wealth and depth

of experience from his tenure at the Office of Civil Rights and his many unique experiences in working in tandem with colleges and uni-versities to ensure that our institutions are responsive and compliant in creating safe and equitable en-vironments for all,” Stephanie Helms Pickett, director of the Women’s Center, wrote in an email Tuesday.

Title IX has long been associated with promoting gender equity in sports, but a number of recent high-profile

stories of assault on college campuses have drawn attention to other aspects

of the law—which also addresses sexual harassment, gender-based discrimination and sexual violence.

Before Kallem’s arrival, Benjamin Re-ese, vice president for institutional equity,

served as Title IX coordinator as part of his responsibilities as vice president.

With the growing focus on sexual assaults on college campuses, it made

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We don’t want to make the process hard for

anyone. People should be rewarded for being in K-ville, not punished or discouraged.

— Michael Marion

Aleena Karediya Local & National Editor

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Emma Loewe | The ChronicleMichael Marion, a head line monitor, presented the final rules for the upcoming tenting sea-son at Duke Student Government’s last meeting of the semester Tuesday evening.

Krzyzewskiville tenting for the current basketball season will soon be monitored through a new, web-based platform.

Michael Marion and Oren Bukspan, seniors and head line monitors for K-ville, presented the final rules for the upcoming tenting season at Duke Student Government’s last meeting of the se-mester Tuesday. They said that changes were made in response to the feedback received from last year’s basketball season.

“We don’t want to make the process hard for anyone,” Marion said. “People should be rewarded for being in K-ville, not punished or discouraged.”

A tent monitoring system will be in-troduced on kvillenation.com to create tent rosters, view tent position and see any missed checks that have occurred. In response to concern from past tenters who missed line checks because the siren was not heard, line monitors will also im-plement more effective line check sirens.

“People shouldn’t be missing checks so easily,” Bukspan said. “We want people to be rewarded for being in K-Ville.”

Marion also spoke of the revised “dirty tenting” rules, which now allow people to start tenting at any time dur-ing the black tenting or blue tenting pe-riods. In previous years, late tenting was restricted to the first few days of each period, but both Marion and Bukspan

said that people who are willing to tent longer than the next color group should be rewarded.

Several aspects of tenting remain the same from last year to this year, including the cap of black and blue tents at 70, and white tents at 30, for a total of 100 tents. Marion also clarified rules for the walk-

up line for standard games and the game against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and com-mented that over 200 people were admitted off the walk-up line for the 2014 UNC game.

Black tenting for the Feb. 18, 2015 game

against UNC will begin Jan. 8. Blue tent-ing will begin Jan. 18, and white tenting will start Feb. 1. Final personal checks for each tent will take place from Feb. 12 and 13.

In other business:Michael Faber, manager of the Inno-

vation Co-Lab, spoke to DSG about the Co-Lab grant program, which provides resources, money and free consultation to students interested in working on in-novative projects.

Evan Levine, director of the Office of Infomation Technologies Academic and Media Technologies, spoke about changes in ePrint allocations that will be implemented in the Spring. In addition to the financial aid exemptions that are already in place, academic exemptions would be added, allowing students with

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expressed their gratitude to Simmons for arranging their class schedule and provid-ing constructive advice.

“Connie has helped me put together my schedule every single semester I’ve been at Duke,” junior Max Staebler said. “She’s the most dedicated member of the Pratt team and always makes time to help any student that asks. She is also just the most supportive person, always checking in when she sees you to ask how you’re doing.”

Sophomore Joshua Xu added he was especially impressed with Simmons’ can-dor during student advising.

“She is fearless, she says what’s on her mind,” he said. “[She is] absolutely un-afraid to tell you how it is.”

Simmons has served under six deans of Pratt and four University presidents. During her tenure, Pratt has under-gone a series of strategic and structural

reforms—the construction of both the Teer Building and Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medi-cine and Applied Sciences, as well as the creation of many re-search fellowships for students, all happened under Simmons’ watch.

“The school has evolved, and our edu-cational curriculum is much richer,” Katsou-leas said. “We now have all kinds of over-seas opportunities, research fellowships, and [Simmons] has helped in a rich array of these opportunities. However, some things haven’t changed in that Pratt has always prioritized student-led initiatives. [Simmons] supported and nurtured stu-dents and encouraged them greatly.”

Sophomore Henry Yuen, a member of the executive board for Engineering Student Government, noted Simmons’ crucial role in facilitating academic flex-ibility among Pratt students.

“She is the reason why students who aspire to take part in every facet of Duke

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sense to have one individual “devote their full time to every aspect of this is-sue, including training, overseeing the process of how we handle complaints and reviewing our pol-icies and practices,” Reese said in a Duke News release.

In his new position, Kallem will work with stu-dents, staff and faculty from across the University.

“The national scru-tiny on Title IX has created conversations across campus that are healthy,” Re-ese said in the release. “It encourages everyone to look at the way we think about how universities handle sexual vi-olence complaints. With Howie’s guid-ance, I expect us to come out of this with improved processes.”

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education, from minoring to Bass Con-nections to FOCUS, are graduating in four years and on time,” he said. “She knows all the requirements off the back

of her hand and works to ensure students end up with the plan that they want.”

Over her 37 years of service at the Univer-sity, Simmons has been honored with many

awards, including the school of engi-neering’s distinguished service award in 1996.

“It has been an amazing journey to be able to have had an impact on the lives of students, faculty and staff in Pratt over the years,” Simmons wrote in an email Tuesday. “I have witnessed the great growth of the school though increasing enrollment of students, faculty and staff, new programs...and now look forward to beginning a new chapter in my life.”

A reception will be held on Jan. 27, 2015 to commemorate Simmons’ Duke career.

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to be a decrease in numbers, it’s going to be an increase,” Moneta said—emphasiz-ing the importance of bringing awareness to the issue and ways for students to re-port it and seek help.

Details of Duke’s hearing procedures and the various processes were further clarified and tightened in their language, Moneta said, adding that the sexual mis-conduct policy now applies to all gradu-ate and professional students, as well as undergraduates. The explicit definition of sexual misconduct was adjusted to be pre-cisely in line with Title IX and its obligations, he said.

“Duke has been ag-gressively focusing on gender violence for many years, way longer than the national press is paying attention to it,” Moneta said. “The policy we currently have reflects a lot of work over the summer.”

Duke has remained committed to work towards properly handling inci-dents of sexual assault, specifically amidst increased coverage of such incidents. A University of Virginia rape case portrayed in a recent Rolling Stone article, along with the case of Emma Sulkowicz—a se-nior at Columbia University who has been protesting the school’s handling of her sexual assault case by lugging her mat-tress around campus since September—have brought these cases of misconduct to national attention. In addition, 85 institutions, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, are cur-rently under federal investigation for Title IX violations.

Moneta said continued directives from various federal entities enabled Duke to constantly update and adjust its policies and practices in order to be con-sistent with the latest information.

Duke’s updated policy outlines in de-tail the protocol for reporting cases, the complaint resolution process and hearing procedures. Examples of sexual miscon-duct are also provided, including both heterosexual and same-sex encounters.

Madeleine Lambert, co-professor of a course titled Telling Stories for Social Change: Confronting Sexual and Domes-tic Violence at Duke and in Durham, not-ed that there needs to be a greater push towards the policy being more inclusive in terms or non-heterosexual or cisgen-der identities and sexual orientations.

“A lot of times we think about sexual violence, there is still very much a lens of

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looking at it between a male perpetrator and a female victim, even though we are in open and progressive environments,” Lambert said. “I think that there needs to be more visibility and more language that supports other types of relationships.”

Moneta added that the administra-tion is hoping to create conditions in which students are confident and have the trust of the system to be able to bring cases forward, resulting in an increased number of reports. He added, however, that not nearly enough of the cases re-ported to the women’s center end up be-ing brought to campus or criminal judi-cial processes.

“Staffers have to be highly creating confidence in the pro-cesses so students will not just report cases for support, but will also feel confident to bring the cases forward to ad-judication,” he said.

There will be con-tinued educational ef-forts, Moneta noted, adding that the school will probably be re-quired to institute a

survey assessing students’ experiences on campus, their confidence in various systems and access to information.

“We’re going to have to really redou-ble our education efforts for everyone—students, faculty and staff,” Moneta said.

Moneta noted the potential for in-creased availability of mandatory train-ing options as well as the probability of increasing staff both in the women’s cen-ter and office of student conduct.

“If we’re successful first in getting cas-es brought forward, we have to be able to deal with them expeditiously,” he said.

Lambert said she has noticeded a wish among students for greater transpar-ency between the Women’s Center, the administrative body and the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity. Some also request for the process of reporting and adjudication to be made clearer to both individuals involved in the case.

“Some of the students said they were really unclear of how the process works, so having more clarity [would be benefi-cial],” she said.

Though Duke is currently working to increase awareness and the number of reports filed, the ultimate goal is a de-crease in sexual misconduct. But in order for significant change to happen, campus culture needs to shift, Moneta said.

“My hope is that we will influence enough of a culture change that through a bystander intervention like [Prevent.Act.Challenge.Teach training]…we can begin to see a decline of the numbers,” Moneta said. “But I don’t think thats go-ing to happen in the near future.”

My hope is that we will influ-

ence enough of a culture change that through a by-stander intervention...we can begin to see a decline of the numbers.

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Khloe Kim | The ChronicleSenior guard Quinn Cook has been an offensive threat for the Blue Devils, as he enters Wednesday’s matchup against Wisconsin averaging 15.6 points per game.

Duke has outscored its opponents by 31.3 points per game this season. Wednesday will provide a better indicator of how the Blue Devils stack up against the nation’s elite.

No. 4 Duke will tip off against No. 2 Wisconsin at 9:30 p.m. at the Kohl Center in

Madison, Wis., in the marquee matchup of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The Badgers enter the contest undefeated, looking to prove that they are a serious contender to make a

repeat trip to the Final Four.The Blue Devils’ top-ranked

recruiting class has been nothing short of sensational so far this season, but Wednesday presents a challenge the quartet of Jahlil Okafor, Tyus Jones, Justise Winslow and Grayson Allen has not encountered in college—the hostility of a true road game.

Visitors are just 21-199 at the Kohl Center since the dawn of the Bo Ryan era

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Blue Devils face road test at Nebraska

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Leslie Chen-Young | Chronicle File PhotoDuke freshman center Jahlil Okafor leads the Blue Devils with 17.7 points per game and will battle Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky in Wednesday’s top-5 matchup.

What we’ve all been waiting for

Wednesday night, the Blue Devils will brave the cold and head to Madison, Wis.,

to face Bo Ryan and the second-ranked Badgers. Wisconsin is coming off a Final Four appearance in last season’s

NCAA tournament, the first such trip in Ryan’s 14-year stay in Madison.

The Badgers returned four starters from last year’s squad, including center Frank Kaminsky. The senior was named to the AP preseason All-America team and is widely considered to either be the best frontcourt player in the country or the second-best, right behind Duke’s Jahlil Okafor. Kaminsky averages 16.6 points per game on 56.3 percent shooting and hauls in 8.7 rebounds per game with 2.4 assists and 2.3 blocks per contest for good measure. Oh, and he also knocks down triples—the 7-footer is 40.7 percent from long distance on the year. You could say he has lived up to the hype so far.

But so has the young man that Kaminsky will go up against Wednesday night. Okafor is averaging 17.7 points per game on 63.6 percent shooting to go along with 7.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.6 blocks per game. Okafor was also a preseason All-American and, like his Badger counterpart, is well on his way to earning first-team All-America honors at season’s end.

And although the battle between Okafor and Kaminsky will be interesting to say the least, there is a lot more at stake in this game for Duke than I believe most people realize. The pundits at ESPN have cast this game as a great matchup between two elite programs with very little hanging in the balance for either team. If Wisconsin wins, it will retain its No. 2 ranking and Duke will most likely slip to either No. 5 or 6—not far from its current position at No. 4. If the Blue Devils walk away victorious, then the most likely scenario is that the two teams will trade spots in the poll.

But this game is about more than a national ranking. It’s about proving that this Duke team is a legitimate contender to reach the Final Four for the first time since Kyle Singler and Co. won it all in 2010. It’s about proving that this team does not have the fatal shortcomings of last season’s squad. It’s about validation.

The Blue Devils have faced a couple

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Lily Coad | Chronicle File PhotoDuke freshman Azura Stevens posted 15 points and seven rebounds in the Blue Devils’ loss to No. 7 Texas A&M Sunday.

of quality opponents so far during this young season. They went to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., and beat an experienced and talented Stanford team fresh off a run to the Sweet Sixteen last year. But despite its talent, the Cardinal is not an A-List celebrity in the world of college basketball. Duke also beat Michigan State convincingly at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, but although teams led by Tom Izzo should always be feared, this Spartan squad is nothing compared to teams of years past in terms of ability.

Wednesday’s contest against Wisconsin is the Blue Devils’ first legitimate dogfight of the year—a game worthy of its 9:30 p.m. time slot so that every man, woman and child in America can sit in front of their television screens and ogle at what should be one of the best regular-season games of the year. It’s Duke’s first chance to show that, no, it is not a good team. It is a great team, and one that can go out and beat the Kentuckys and Wisconsins of the world this season.

A loss is not necessarily a bad thing. A competitive game that goes down to the wire but falls just short of going

the Blue Devils’ way is still a good sign for this team. A game in which Duke is never really in it and Kaminsky is able to shine would show us shades of 2011-12 and 2013-14, when the Blue Devils could not find a way to beat elite programs early in the season and ended up bowing

out in their opening games of the NCAA tournament to Lehigh and Mercer, respectively.

Whether you are going to sit down with a cold one and watch the game closely in its entirely, or you are going to open up a little screen on your computer

and watch while you try and grind out that last bit of work before finals week, you should know how important this game is to your team. And although the game may not define the season, it will serve as a very good indicator of things to come.

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The Blue Devils will look to get back on their feet against Nebraska after having the wind knocked out of them late against Texas A&M last Sunday.

No. 9 Duke will travel to Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Neb., to face

off against the No. 12 Cornhuskers Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. This is the last road game the Blue Devils will have for the next 25 days.

Coming off a tough loss at No. 5 Texas A&M—

where Duke had a commanding 15-point lead only to let it slip away late—Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie made it clear changes have to be made.

“Most disappointing was the lack of our defensive stops,” McCallie said. “We

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in 2001, making it one of the country’s most unfriendly venues for opponents. With such a young roster unaccustomed to executing in an opponent’s gym, Duke’s captains have made sure the squad has some idea of what to expect.

“[Preparing for that atmosphere] started [Monday] in practice, making sure guys know the game plan in and out, because things are going to go wrong,” junior forward Amile Jefferson

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Carolyn Chang | Chronicle File PhotoDuke redshirt freshman Rebecca Greenwell will try and build on Sunday’s career-high 23 point-performance at Nebraska.

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played very soft defense. [Texas A&M] had three players that led their team, and we only had two and that’s going to cost you.”

The Blue Devils (5-1) also missed the inside presence of senior Elizabeth Williams. The captain is dealing with an ankle injury that has left her as a game-time decision going forward and forced other players to fill her role on the court.

“After not doing what we set out to do against A&M, I think it’s everybody’s job to step up,” McCallie said. “It’s not even step up, it’s play your role. We need to play within ourselves, play smart and play consistent throughout the entire 40 minutes.”

One player to watch has to be redshirt freshman Rebecca Greenwell.

The Duke guard had an explosive start to the game against the Aggies, scoring 12 points in the first 11 minutes. The Kentucky native also shot 3-of-6 from beyond the arc, on her way to a career-high 23 points as well as five rebounds.

“I want [Rebecca] attacking,” McCallie said. “She’s always doing great things because she’s staying active.… We have to shore up her defense though, it really needs to pick up. She’s that quality of a player where she’s going to be excellent on both sides of the ball.”

True freshman forward Azura Stevens has also been impressive throughout the season, dominating the paint and stretching the defense with her range. In the loss against Texas A&M, the Cary, N.C., native was able to post 15 points and seven boards.

“It’s just getting started with Azura,”

McCallie said. “She’s got to go for consistency and she’s got to go for versatility. She’s had some good games but there have been ups and downs…consistency is really the key for her.”

Another factor that is bound to play a role is being away from home. Texas A&M had a fairly large turnout against Duke, and the Cornhusker faithful should turn up in large numbers for their game as well. McCallie emphasized that when playing on the road, the team needs to really concentrate on executing, and if it can do that, the crowd can become a non-factor.

Aside from the crowd, the Blue Devils will have to find a way to deal with Nebraska’s players, who are coming off a 63-56 win against Northern Colorado last Sunday.

One Cornhusker standout to watch for is Emily Cady. The Nebraska (6-0) forward is averaging 14.8 points per game along with eight rebounds. In her last game, she posted a double-double, co-leading the team in points with 16 and also pulling down 11 boards.

“[Nebraska is] very outstanding, very impressive,” McCallie said. “We need to slow them down and make them work very hard for their points. I’m very impressed with…the versatility of [Cady], the way she slips screens, the way she moves on the floor, the way she screens, the way she gets the ball where she wants it in the high post.”

Rachel Theriot will be another dangerous threat for the Cornhuskers. The All-American guard leads the team in points with 19.5 and is an effective floor general, leading the team in assists with 4.8 while also averaging 4.8 rebounds a game.

The Blue Devils will also need to

find a way to mature quickly. Without Williams, the Duke starting lineup only combines for 31 career starts— with two freshmen, two sophomores and one senior who did not start until the final five games of last season.

“We are excited to get better,” McCallie said. “We are not very happy.

You know you’re not very happy when you don’t put forth your best effort. I would call us motivated.”

The Blue Devils must stay motivated if they want to come away with a win. After Nebraska, Duke will return home to face No. 1 South Carolina.

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Khloe Kim | The ChronicleSenior guard Quinn Cook has been an offensive threat for the Blue Devils, as he enters Wednesday’s matchup against Wisconsin averaging 15.6 points per game.

Duke has outscored its opponents by 31.3 points per game this season. Wednesday will provide a better indicator of how the Blue Devils stack up against the nation’s elite.

No. 4 Duke will tip off against No. 2 Wisconsin at 9:30 p.m. at the Kohl Center in

Madison, Wis., in the marquee matchup of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The Badgers enter the contest undefeated, looking to prove that they are a serious contender to make a

repeat trip to the Final Four.The Blue Devils’ top-ranked

recruiting class has been nothing short of sensational so far this season, but Wednesday presents a challenge the quartet of Jahlil Okafor, Tyus Jones, Justise Winslow and Grayson Allen has not encountered in college—the hostility of a true road game.

Visitors are just 21-199 at the Kohl Center since the dawn of the Bo Ryan era

Ryan HoergerBeat Writer

Men’s Basketball

Blue Devils face road test at Nebraska

KOHL CENTER CLASH

Women’s Basketball

Leslie Chen-Young | Chronicle File PhotoDuke freshman center Jahlil Okafor leads the Blue Devils with 17.7 points per game and will battle Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky in Wednesday’s top-5 matchup.

What we’ve all been waiting for

Wednesday night, the Blue Devils will brave the cold and head to Madison, Wis.,

to face Bo Ryan and the second-ranked Badgers. Wisconsin is coming off a Final Four appearance in last season’s

NCAA tournament, the first such trip in Ryan’s 14-year stay in Madison.

The Badgers returned four starters from last year’s squad, including center Frank Kaminsky. The senior was named to the AP preseason All-America team and is widely considered to either be the best frontcourt player in the country or the second-best, right behind Duke’s Jahlil Okafor. Kaminsky averages 16.6 points per game on 56.3 percent shooting and hauls in 8.7 rebounds per game with 2.4 assists and 2.3 blocks per contest for good measure. Oh, and he also knocks down triples—the 7-footer is 40.7 percent from long distance on the year. You could say he has lived up to the hype so far.

But so has the young man that Kaminsky will go up against Wednesday night. Okafor is averaging 17.7 points per game on 63.6 percent shooting to go along with 7.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.6 blocks per game. Okafor was also a preseason All-American and, like his Badger counterpart, is well on his way to earning first-team All-America honors at season’s end.

And although the battle between Okafor and Kaminsky will be interesting to say the least, there is a lot more at stake in this game for Duke than I believe most people realize. The pundits at ESPN have cast this game as a great matchup between two elite programs with very little hanging in the balance for either team. If Wisconsin wins, it will retain its No. 2 ranking and Duke will most likely slip to either No. 5 or 6—not far from its current position at No. 4. If the Blue Devils walk away victorious, then the most likely scenario is that the two teams will trade spots in the poll.

But this game is about more than a national ranking. It’s about proving that this Duke team is a legitimate contender to reach the Final Four for the first time since Kyle Singler and Co. won it all in 2010. It’s about proving that this team does not have the fatal shortcomings of last season’s squad. It’s about validation.

The Blue Devils have faced a couple

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Lily Coad | Chronicle File PhotoDuke freshman Azura Stevens posted 15 points and seven rebounds in the Blue Devils’ loss to No. 7 Texas A&M Sunday.

of quality opponents so far during this young season. They went to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., and beat an experienced and talented Stanford team fresh off a run to the Sweet Sixteen last year. But despite its talent, the Cardinal is not an A-List celebrity in the world of college basketball. Duke also beat Michigan State convincingly at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, but although teams led by Tom Izzo should always be feared, this Spartan squad is nothing compared to teams of years past in terms of ability.

Wednesday’s contest against Wisconsin is the Blue Devils’ first legitimate dogfight of the year—a game worthy of its 9:30 p.m. time slot so that every man, woman and child in America can sit in front of their television screens and ogle at what should be one of the best regular-season games of the year. It’s Duke’s first chance to show that, no, it is not a good team. It is a great team, and one that can go out and beat the Kentuckys and Wisconsins of the world this season.

A loss is not necessarily a bad thing. A competitive game that goes down to the wire but falls just short of going

the Blue Devils’ way is still a good sign for this team. A game in which Duke is never really in it and Kaminsky is able to shine would show us shades of 2011-12 and 2013-14, when the Blue Devils could not find a way to beat elite programs early in the season and ended up bowing

out in their opening games of the NCAA tournament to Lehigh and Mercer, respectively.

Whether you are going to sit down with a cold one and watch the game closely in its entirely, or you are going to open up a little screen on your computer

and watch while you try and grind out that last bit of work before finals week, you should know how important this game is to your team. And although the game may not define the season, it will serve as a very good indicator of things to come.

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The Blue Devils will look to get back on their feet against Nebraska after having the wind knocked out of them late against Texas A&M last Sunday.

No. 9 Duke will travel to Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Neb., to face

off against the No. 12 Cornhuskers Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. This is the last road game the Blue Devils will have for the next 25 days.

Coming off a tough loss at No. 5 Texas A&M—

where Duke had a commanding 15-point lead only to let it slip away late—Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie made it clear changes have to be made.

“Most disappointing was the lack of our defensive stops,” McCallie said. “We

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in 2001, making it one of the country’s most unfriendly venues for opponents. With such a young roster unaccustomed to executing in an opponent’s gym, Duke’s captains have made sure the squad has some idea of what to expect.

“[Preparing for that atmosphere] started [Monday] in practice, making sure guys know the game plan in and out, because things are going to go wrong,” junior forward Amile Jefferson

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played very soft defense. [Texas A&M] had three players that led their team, and we only had two and that’s going to cost you.”

The Blue Devils (5-1) also missed the inside presence of senior Elizabeth Williams. The captain is dealing with an ankle injury that has left her as a game-time decision going forward and forced other players to fill her role on the court.

“After not doing what we set out to do against A&M, I think it’s everybody’s job to step up,” McCallie said. “It’s not even step up, it’s play your role. We need to play within ourselves, play smart and play consistent throughout the entire 40 minutes.”

One player to watch has to be redshirt freshman Rebecca Greenwell.

The Duke guard had an explosive start to the game against the Aggies, scoring 12 points in the first 11 minutes. The Kentucky native also shot 3-of-6 from beyond the arc, on her way to a career-high 23 points as well as five rebounds.

“I want [Rebecca] attacking,” McCallie said. “She’s always doing great things because she’s staying active.… We have to shore up her defense though, it really needs to pick up. She’s that quality of a player where she’s going to be excellent on both sides of the ball.”

True freshman forward Azura Stevens has also been impressive throughout the season, dominating the paint and stretching the defense with her range. In the loss against Texas A&M, the Cary, N.C., native was able to post 15 points and seven boards.

“It’s just getting started with Azura,”

McCallie said. “She’s got to go for consistency and she’s got to go for versatility. She’s had some good games but there have been ups and downs…consistency is really the key for her.”

Another factor that is bound to play a role is being away from home. Texas A&M had a fairly large turnout against Duke, and the Cornhusker faithful should turn up in large numbers for their game as well. McCallie emphasized that when playing on the road, the team needs to really concentrate on executing, and if it can do that, the crowd can become a non-factor.

Aside from the crowd, the Blue Devils will have to find a way to deal with Nebraska’s players, who are coming off a 63-56 win against Northern Colorado last Sunday.

One Cornhusker standout to watch for is Emily Cady. The Nebraska (6-0) forward is averaging 14.8 points per game along with eight rebounds. In her last game, she posted a double-double, co-leading the team in points with 16 and also pulling down 11 boards.

“[Nebraska is] very outstanding, very impressive,” McCallie said. “We need to slow them down and make them work very hard for their points. I’m very impressed with…the versatility of [Cady], the way she slips screens, the way she moves on the floor, the way she screens, the way she gets the ball where she wants it in the high post.”

Rachel Theriot will be another dangerous threat for the Cornhuskers. The All-American guard leads the team in points with 19.5 and is an effective floor general, leading the team in assists with 4.8 while also averaging 4.8 rebounds a game.

The Blue Devils will also need to

find a way to mature quickly. Without Williams, the Duke starting lineup only combines for 31 career starts— with two freshmen, two sophomores and one senior who did not start until the final five games of last season.

“We are excited to get better,” McCallie said. “We are not very happy.

You know you’re not very happy when you don’t put forth your best effort. I would call us motivated.”

The Blue Devils must stay motivated if they want to come away with a win. After Nebraska, Duke will return home to face No. 1 South Carolina.

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FRANK KAMINSKY 16.6 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 2.3 bpg NIGEL HAYES 13.6 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 58.2 FG%SAM DEKKER 12.7 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 53.2

JOSH GASSER 5.9 ppg, 1.6 apg, 47.1 3FG%TRAEVON JACKSON 8.4 ppg, 3.1 apg, 45.8

JAHLIL OKAFOR 17.7 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 63.6 FG%AMILE JEFFERSON 9.3 ppg, 8.9 rpg, 68.4JUSTISE WINSLOW 13.0 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 46.8QUINN COOK 15.6 ppg, 4.0 apg, 1.6 spgTYUS JONES 8.9 ppg, 6.0 apg 1.7 spg

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The breakdownThe marquee matchup will be in the paint be-tween two of the best big men in the league, as Okafor and Kaminsky will lead their teams in this top-5 matchup. If the Badgers’ crafty veteran can spread Okafor with his jump shot and manage to get him into foul trouble, Amile Jefferson and the Blue Devil bench will need to be ready to step up when Okafor comes off the court. The Wisconsin frontcourt greatly outsizes Duke’s, so Rasheed Sulaimon and Matt Jones may be relied on to slow down the larger Badger guards.

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said. “If guys aren’t ready, they’re going to get lost in the noise.... Those can be back-breaking plays if you’re not paying attention.”

Jefferson and fellow captain Quinn Cook have played their fair share of big games, and stressed communication in practice to make sure the Blue Devils stay on the same page when they take the floor in the middle of what Jefferson called “a sea of red.”

A full 50 percent of Duke’s scoring comes from its freshmen, so the Blue Devils will need the rookies to adapt well to the road setting. Cook said he expects the quartet to be just fine.

“This is why they came to Duke, big-time games like this,” Cook said. “It’s been advertised on ESPN all week. They’ve seen it, and this is what they all signed up for.”

To have a chance against the fundamentally-sound Badgers (7-0) in a hostile road environment, Duke must continue to be efficient on the offensive end. The Blue Devils (7-0) score 90.4 points per game—fourth-best in the country—but Wisconsin only allows 50.6 points per contest, meaning something will have to give Wednesday.

As it has all season, that offensive productivity starts with Okafor. Averaging 17.7 points per game, the freshman will get a chance to prove himself against 7-footer Frank Kaminsky in a matchup of the top two centers in college basketball. The Okafor-Kaminsky hype has dominated the build-up to Wednesday’s game in the same way that last year’s Duke-Kansas clash in Chicago revolved around the Jabari Parker-Andrew Wiggins dynamic.

For his part, Okafor has sought to diffuse the attention centered on his matchup in the post with Kaminsky. But the battle between the big men will likely be a deciding factor in which team wins the war.

“It’s really just about us playing the No. 2-ranked team in the nation,” Okafor said. “We’re excited to go down to Wisconsin.... I’ve never really played in any game like the one I’m going to Wednesday night.”

If Kaminsky is able to slow down Okafor inside—something no opponent so far has been able to do for a full 40 minutes—it will fall to the freshman’s teammates to knock down open shots from the outside to relieve some of the congestion in the paint. After not

Khloe Kim | The ChronicleFreshman swingman Justise Winslow will be counted on for his game at both ends of the court against Wisconsin, as he averages 13.0 points per game and is one of the Blue Devils’ top defenders.

making a field goal in Duke’s previous two games, Jones broke out in a big way Sunday against Army, notching his first double-double with 16 points and 10 assists.

As the team’s leading scorer and rebounder, Kaminsky receives the bulk of the attention for Wisconsin, but the Badgers have a deep lineup of veteran talent more than capable of picking up the slack if the senior has an off night against Okafor. Deep threat Ben Brust was the only key contributor to depart from last year’s Final Four team after Kaminsky spurned the NBA for one more season in Madison.

Head coach Bo Ryan runs a methodical half-court offense, utilizing lots of screen action and backdoor cuts. But with all the athletes on this year’s team and the ability of Wisconsin’s posts to stretch the floor, Ryan has allowed the Badgers to push the pace more than in years past, defying the traditional Big Ten mold.

“They can all shoot the ball from outside, so we’ll have to be ready for that adjustment,” Jones said. “They’re a really fundamental team and play really well together.”

Junior Sam Dekker and sophomore Nigel Hayes combine for 26.3 points per contest, both of them versatile forwards with some range.

At 6-foot-9, 220 pounds, Dekker attacks the rim well off the dribble and has a flare for the big-time play. The 6-foot-7 Hayes provides another physical presence inside, pulling down 8.3 rebounds per game playing opposite Kaminsky.

“They move a lot. They pull a lot of guys—especially their bigs—out of the post,” Jefferson said. “[It’s important] for all our bigs to move with their guy and always be in a stance and always being aware. They catch a lot of guys sleeping for threes and backdoors.”

Redshirt senior Josh Gasser has never averaged more than nine points per game, but the guard is the quintessential glue guy for the Badgers, bringing the grit and intangibles that made Tyler Thornton a valuable asset for the Blue Devils during his time in Durham. Operating behind the curtain of the show in which Kaminsky and Dekker are the stars, Gasser’s consistency and toughness make him the leader of Ryan’s club—he was also the first true freshman in the Big Ten to record a triple-double since Magic Johnson did it in 1977.

“They’re not just run through Kaminsky,” Cook said. “They were in the Final Four last year for a reason. They’re a great, great all-around team, a well-coached team.... They know how to win.”

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Brianna Siracuse | Chronicle File PhotoJunior forward Amile Jefferson has led the Blue Devils as a captain and as a rebounder, grab-bing a team-best 8.9 rebounds per game.


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MaryZiemba EASTERN EXPOSURE

The movement of the beginning of the holiday shopping season from Black Friday to Thanks-giving Day has driven a vicious wedge between

enthusiastic consumers, retailers, staunch holiday tra-ditionalists and workers. The wishes of each of these groups have been at odds with each other, resulting in protests, strikes, stampedes, fighting and other atrocities that come with shopping on Thanksgiving. Rather than attempting to stop the madness by prohibiting Thanks-giving shopping altogether or taking the problematic, purely capitalist solution, workers, bargain-hunters and those who wish to hold Thanksgiving sacred should at-tempt a solution that rests on middle ground. Retailers who wish to open on Thanksgiving should be allowed to do so, make Thanksgiving shifts volunteer-based rather

than compulsory and incentivize workers to work spe-cial holiday hours with increased wages.

With stores offering increasingly attractive Black Friday specials, consumers have shopped on Black Friday in larger and larger numbers over the years. In 2013, 38 percent of American consumers aged 18 and older said they planned on holiday shopping on Thanksgiving. This figure climbed to 45 percent in 2014. Although these numbers represent a minority of American consumers, they represent a fervent minority—in order to score low prices on big-ticket items, shoppers will wait outside for hours before an opening or camp outside stores in order to be first in line. Two women even plan to camp out for 22 days in front of a California Best Buy in order to purchase a deeply-discounted television on this Thanksgiving night.

And, unfortunately, some shoppers even resort to violence—in 2011, one woman injured other shoppers with pepper spray in a brawl for discounted video games, and in 2008, a Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death by a stampede of eager shoppers.

Considering that there exists a contingent of consumers who will go to such extreme measures to shop on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, any legal or corporate effort to close stores on Thanksgiving would be futile. In short, shoppers don’t camp out all night because stores open on Thanksgiving, stores open on Thanksgiving because shoppers are willing to camp out. As Sandy Kennedy, president of the Retail Industry Leaders Association, puts it, “Consumers, not retailers, determine when the holiday shopping season begins.” As the two women in California demonstrate, shoppers will do what they must to score holiday shopping deals.

Evidence instead shows that stores opening on

Thanksgiving would prevent violence on Black Friday itself. Moving store opening times to Thanksgiving night essentially “out-prices” some shoppers from going shopping—in other words, shoppers find family time more valuable than discounted goods and therefore celebrate at home instead of shopping. This leaves only the most devoted of shoppers to go out on Thanksgiving night, thus thinning crowds on Black Friday and lessening the likelihood of violence occurring from competitive shoppers. Illustratively, in the 2008 incident that resulted in the Wal-Mart worker’s death, Wal-Mart scheduled to open at 5 AM on Black Friday—essentially priming itself for a disaster.

Opening on Thanksgiving would make work over the holiday weekend safer not only for shoppers but also for the store’s workers. Understandably so, many workers are upset about being compelled to work on Thanksgiving, a day so long reserved for time to rest and celebrate with family and friends. Many workers have gone on strike in recent years to protest working on Thanksgiving—in 2012, workers at Walmart went on strike, and in 2013, New Jersey Walmart worker Anthony Rivera was one of many retail workers to make a petition against Thanksgiving shifts.

However loud the voices of those against Thanksgiving shifts are, enough workers have reported to work on Thanksgiving and Black Friday to keep businesses open and serving their customers. The motivation of those who work on Thanksgiving mirrors the sentiments of Thanksgiving shoppers who are brave enough to take all means necessary to get the best deals—although they represent a small fraction of the greater population of workers or shoppers, their desire to work or consume is felt and met. Retailers should adopt a system of incentivized shift volunteering in order to ensure that workers who are willing to work on Thanksgiving get to do so, and those who wish to stay home will be able to spend time with their loved ones. Macy’s has adopted one such system—the company pays workers overtime for any shift beginning on Thanksgiving. The system has been effective—over 90 percent of Thanksgiving shifts have been filled by regular workers who volunteered to do so. All retailers should adopt this strategy so that willing workers can earn money, workers who wish to stay home can celebrate Thanksgiving with their family and shoppers who wish to deal hunt can do so.

By operating on a system of incentivized volunteering for shifts on Thanksgiving Day, retailers can avoid the potentially dangerous frenzy of shoppers and ensure that workers who wish to stay home with their families can do so. USA Today reports that 87 percent of shoppers say that they will not participate in Thanksgiving shopping. By operating of this proposed system, retailers can satisfy the 13 percent that will, as well as give workers an opportunity for increased pay.

Mary Ziemba is a Trinity freshman. This is her final column of the semester.

The wake of Black Friday

Happy Holidays?Merry Christmas! No? Happy Hanukkah!

Kwanza?…Happy Holidays! Year in and year out, wintertime sparks debate on political correctness in well-wishing during the holiday season as well as the shift from a religious to a commercial and secular cultural phenomenon. A spiritually sacred

conception of the holiday season competes and shares space with narratives of the season as a capitalist shopping spree and as a secular or alternatively pan-religious cultural event.

Perhaps the most salient manifestation of political correctness for the holidays is how we greet one another and how businesses advertise and brand themselves in the winter. A vocal minority persists in asserting that religion should be kept within the community and not foisted on others. Whether this comes from a secular humanist or politically correct ideology, there is the question of whether it is appropriate to espouse your particular holiday celebration in public or stick to non-specific sayings. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, department stores and

businesses pushed to secularize marketing in response to what they perceived as a preference for political correctness by consumers. In more recent years, however, Forbes magazine reports the pendulum swung in the other direction with consumer preferences revealed to be more in favor of phrases like “Merry Christmas” than phrases like “Happy Holidays.” We agree with the polled majority and believe that there is more significance to be found in the holidays. While we applaud the social conscientiousness and acceptance of cultural and religious diversity, political correctness often represses rather than fosters dialogue and engagement.

The capitalist commercialization and exciting “cultural phenomenon” view of the holiday season run the risk of eclipsing an important opportunity for people, religious or non-religious, to reflect on the importance of community, consider questions of religion and cosmological origins and minimally embrace the idea that something deeper drives the holiday sales and family gatherings. For those who are not particularly religious and those who are not religious at all, there is still great value in exploring the holiday season, materially in the sales and family gatherings but also intangibly in

the prominence of religion and spirituality.The positive externality that comes from the

blissful commercialization and secular moral and religious good feelings of the season makes this time of year special. We can see these narratives are not mutually exclusive because we should enjoy holiday shopping and gift-giving and a broader societal spirit of generosity and kindness alongside religious ceremonies or stories to bring about the occasion. While the capitalist and cultural “holidays” tend to overshadow the underlying religious reasons for the season, we recommend everybody take time for reflection, religious or personal, because sometimes deeper meaning brings value just in the act of considering its foundational relation to the season.

Whether non-religious, practicing, or not practicing but associated with a religion, there is much to gain from reflection and conscientiousness of the religious and spiritual significance of the holidays. You can enjoy the holiday sales, rampant gift-giving and caroling and time with the family while also being sure to appreciate the deeper human spirit and spirituality we all share in the togetherness of the holidays.

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Flash back to 4 am central European time this past Monday. I’m at El Prat airport in Barcelona waiting to get checked-into my Ryanair flight when I realize that I forgot my passport at the hostel. Oops.

Sprinting to the first taxi my friends call over, I verify the hostel’s address and the driver can tell from the urgency in my voice that he needs to be quick. The tires spin against the pavement and we fly off down the road to recover my only way out of the country and back to my study abroad program in England. On our way, I told him I forgot my passport, but he looked at me with a blank expression. That’s when I realized he didn’t speak any English.

Distant from my friends for roughly the next hour and stuck in the car with this 27-or-28-year-old Catalan local, I mustered what Spanish I could remember from school and proceeded to speak hesitantly:

“Olvidé mi pasaporte en el hostel.”After a chuckle, we got to talking. I told him about my trip in Barcelona, speaking slowly,

staring at the dashboard and writing sentences in my head to make sure words were in the correct place—indirect objects and if-then statements are hard! As we kept talking, I started looking at him more and became so engrossed in the back-and-forth that conversation became fluid.

Following a mutual agreement that the rain that weekend was rough, and recognition that it is absolutely impossible to experience a city in one weekend, conversation turned to the Catalonians’ favorite subject. Like my tour guide said earlier: “On the way to work we don’t talk about weather anymore, we talk about independence.”

Concurrent to the rise of Nazism and World War II, Francisco Franco rose to power with Hitler’s support by horrendously dominating the loose resistance of syndicalists, anarchists and republicans during the Spanish Civil War. To centralize the state, he outlawed the Catalan language, forbid their traditional customs and annulled its autonomous statute. With his

death and the restoration of democracy and Catalonian culture, calls for independence have grown louder. Within the last five years during the economic crisis, Catalonian cries for sovereignty have reached a fever pitch with a massive protest in 2010 and the Catalan Parliament overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for Catalonia to be an independent state in the European Union in 2013.

This past September 11—the National Day of Catalonia commemorating its ultimate defeat at the hands of Spain in 1714—there was a million people strong demonstration in the main streets of Barca calling for independence. On November 9, an unofficial Catalan self-determination referendum was administered by the government. Results showed a resounding 80 percent of self-selected Catalonians who went to the polls were in favor of the Yes-Yes option, representing desired interest for Catalonia to become a state and be independent.

The Basque government did something similar, except they made the referendum official. The politicians in the Basque country were promptly arrested by the Spanish government and incarcerated. Because of this, the most recent referendum was completely unofficial and held off governmental grounds. Regardless, it sends a powerful message.

With this in mind my question to Francisco, my taxi driver, was open:“¿Que piensas de la independencia de Catalunya?”He told me that Catalonia has a culture unique from the rest of Spain. He told me how the

Catalonian identity is tied with the independent language that unites the people, but more comes from the region’s distinctive architectural style, distinctive dances, public festivals and other cultural traditions.

But at the same time, he told me that he is Catalonian and he is Spanish. Much of the drive in the struggle for independence comes from emotion tied up with the region’s history and dissatisfaction with having to pay to provide welfare for the rest of Spain. After all, Catalonia is one of Spain’s most affluent regions and the country’s taxing policies effectively redistribute wealth from the region to others in more desperate need of it. But with Spain’s unemployment pushing 25 percent, frustration with the government’s inability to mitigate the fluctuating world economy’s impact on Spain has left proud Catalonians asking why.

He told me about the complex relationship between Catalonia and Spain’s government in Madrid. Spain needs Catalonia and Catalonia needs Spain. Spain needs Catalonia’s culture, influence and people to support its fragile economic system and add flavor to Spain’s already eclectic mix of cultures. Similarly, Catalonia needs Spain because of its access to the European Union, the dynamic interplay of the region’s customs and the structural relief funds the eurozone provides. Moreover, he told me that Europe needs Catalonia to need Spain. Without the Iberian culture nodes’ interactions, both would plunge into economic crisis. The EU would be forced to choose a bailout of Spain’s 47 million people, inarguably more severe than the recent bailout for Greece’s 11 million, possibly disintegrating the monetary union. Furthermore, if Catalonia joined the EU independently it would set a dangerous precedent for regions in Spain like the Basque country, Galicia and Andalucía. It would threaten the fabric of Europe with precedents set for places like Scotland, Bavaria, Flanders, Padania and every mix and match of European nationals that are demographic minorities.

What this means is that Kosovo’s experience could become widespread, and the rise of nationalism could lead to the balkanization of Europe just as it was on the precipice of becoming more united and cooperative than it had been in millennia. It’s one small step backwards for Spain and one giant leap backwards for the European Union.

Following my dramatic realization about the existential fragility of the EU that Francisco told me about and after a discussion of aggressive workers in Las Ramblas, his fascination with the Spanish language’s success in my home-state of Florida and a description of Cadbury chocolate bars in Inglaterra, he finally dropped me off outside the airport. The taxi price was steep, but the conversation was priceless.

I shook his hand and said “Mucho gusto y gracias para la conversación” to which he re-sponded “Vuelve a Barcelona”.

I hope to.

Tyler Fredricks is a Trinity junior. This is his final column of the semester.

What’s on my wish list for 2015? I want us to have a happier world. A healthier world. A less hungry world. A less

violent world. A less apathetic world. A less quiet world to speak against the loudly unjust. I want us to have a better world. I want us to build a better forever. As trite as that may sound.

December 2014 has finally arrived, bringing our roller coaster of emotions to a transition point.

From the tragic losses of Robin Williams and Maya Angelou to the deployment of 1500 additional troops to Iraq. From ISIS beheadings to the record high number of homeless American children.

From Michael Brown and John Crawford to Tamir Rice and Eric Greene.

From the tears shed in Ferguson, Cleveland and New York to the tears we continue to shed in every city, large and small, in the US.

America has suffered many losses in 2014, mobilizing people all over the country to stand behind movements and protests. Chanting in unison, the movements jolt people awake to the nuanced yet harmful

practices institutionalized and delivered by American actors. But are our chants really in unity? These movements, alone, cannot rid us of the injustice we witness. We need another parallel revolution in 2015 to actualize our goals of justice, freedom and equality. We need a revolution of values.

Consider Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1967 Riverside speech about Vietnam:

“Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism. With this powerful commitment we shall boldly challenge the status quo and unjust mores and thereby speed the day when every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight and the rough places plain …”

Arguably one of his most important speeches, King addresses the unjust atrocities in Vietnam. He calls for an “eternal hostility to poverty, racism and militarism” and the unity for a “revolution of values” among Americans. He argues America cannot stand for justice in America without standing for justice in Vietnam.

Almost five decades later, King’s speech still rings loudly.

The atrocities occurring in America remain as relevant and pressing as the atrocities all over the world, especially when America is involved, and this is evidenced through global poverty, militarism and racism. America has been on the wrong side of history, but through what Dr. King describes as “revolution of values,” Americans don’t have to be.

Let’s look at poverty. More than 46 million Americans live in poverty, making it one of the most pervasive issues politicians, philanthropists and religious organizations are tackling. However, according to The Economist and State of Working America, America’s bottom 10 percent still live better than most of humanity. This, of course, doesn’t diminish the inadequate living conditions of the 46 million poor in the US, but it says a lot about the poor all over the world—they are doing really, really badly.

And some of this is at the direct benefit to America’s wealthy. Consider the American rubber corporation Firestone, which operates in Liberia. In the midst of an international loan problem, Liberia signed a contract with Firestone in 1926 to develop rubber

plantations at only six cents an acre. Firestone gave Liberia a “loan” to pay off their debt and to build a harbor, which put them in more debt because of accumulated interest. As the American company evolved and thrived, Liberians continued to sink deeper and deeper into the poverty’s black hole.

Military issues aren’t much better. America spends about 20 percent of the federal budget, about $700 billion, on defense and international security assistance compared to 12 percent on welfare programs. In his Riverside speech, Dr. King said, “a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.” With more spending on defense, death becomes simple. Fast. Faceless. We see this with Michael Brown, Eric Greene and Tamir Rice. But there are Fergusons all over the world. Who will speak up for the several 11-year old boys killed by American drones in Pakistan? Who will protest for the Palestinian lives lost because of American-funded Israeli tanks and bombs? Who will mourn

the massacre of 16 civilians—9 children—by a United States Army Staff Sergeant in Kandahar, Afghanistan? If we can’t even engage in conversation about deaths by American hands, how can we criticize the unstable process of finding human rights violations in other countries across the world?

Like poverty and militarism, discrimination of perceived race is forefront of our worldly injustices. When one group in power marginalizes the minority out of power, individuals are degraded and dehumanized. European countries, such as France and Greece, have seen a rise in attacks against ethnic minorities, such as Arabs and Albanians, respectively. Countries in the Middle East experience heightened tensions among ethnic and religious groups. The Rohingya in Burma have seen displacement and violence and many have even been killed. A tribal clash between the Murle and the Nuer resulted in hundreds of deaths.

So here’s the thing—there is no life more valuable than the next. This seemingly simple fact has proven to be hard to understand by individuals all over the world.

Humanity doesn’t have borders. Collectively, we need to need to stand firmly against racism and persecution, whether it’s in our own communities or in other communities. Just as loudly as I’ve heard criticisms, on both sides, regarding Ferguson, I wish people would speak up about the little-publicized Fergusons happening everyday across towns and across the world.

My biggest wish for 2015? I want us to lay bricks and decrease the apathy to build a population ready for a better forever. In 2015, I hope we value all lives and issues overseas, and not just the ones that relate to the U.S. or the ones that the U.S. media decide to propagate. If we ever want to truly address the ills present in our own society, injustices all over the world, especially those benefitting the U.S., need to enter our discussions. The biggest challenge in addressing poverty, racism and militarism is acknowledging the parallel global struggles our brothers and sisters are having.

To echo Martin Luther King, Jr’s powerful message: Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter—but beautiful—struggle for a new world.

Leena El-Sadek is a Trinity senior. This is her final column of the semester.

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