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ROCKED BY THE HURRICANES
by Alex Krinsky THE CHRONICLE
CORAL GABLES, Fla.—Once Miami went on its run, it was never even close. The No. 25 Hurricanes capitalized on No. 1 Duke’s extreme shooting woes and pummeled the Blue Devils 90-63 Wednesday night at the BankUnited Center.
Duke (16-2, 3-2 in the ACC) shot an abysmal 29.7 percent from the field, well below its season average of 47.3 percent entering play. The Blue Devils missed a handful of open looks and lay-ups that were ultimately too detrimental to overcome. “Not much to say after that. They were
men, we were boys,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “The score and the performance reflected that disparity. They were terrific. We did not hold up our end of the bargain tonight.” The loss was the third-worst ever by a No. 1 team, and while No. 1 Duke fell to 3-2 in ACC play, the Hurricanes (14-3, 5-0)
solidified themselves at the top of the conference with an undefeated record. Duke was leading 14-13 with 10:19 left in the first half, but after that it was domination. The Hurricanes proceeded to go on a 25-1 run that lasted more than eight SEE M. BASKETBALL ON PAGE 8 CHELSEA CHEL SEA PIER PIERONI/ PIERONI/THE ONI/THE ONI/ THE CHRO CHRONICL CHRONICLE NICLEE NICL
No. 1 Duke was stunned by No. 25 Miami, which went on a 25-1 run in the first half and never looked back.
Study finds persistent Harpham to candidates: NC school inequity you have to be prepared YOUNG TRUSTEE
by Emma Baccellieri
Campaigning for Young Trustee begins Thursday and will continue for 10 days until the election on Feb. 7. During this time, the three candidates will make the case to the student body that they are best suited to take up the three-year position on the Board of Trustees. If elected, they will be charged with managing the affairs of the entire University. Given the circumstances, The Chronicle’s Julian Spector sat down with John Harpham, Trinity ’10, the most senior of the current Young Trustees on the Board. Harpham is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in political philosophy at Harvard’s department of government and serving the last few months of his three-year term as Young Trustee. As the first-ever Trustee to be elected by the student body, Harpham weighed in on the meaning of the role, the usefulness of holding elections for the position and what
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John Harpham, Trinity ’10, was the first Young Trustee to be elected by the student body.
Recent Duke research shows grim consequences could accompany intensifying economic disparity in North Carolina’s public schools. According to a study conducted by the Sanford School of Public Policy, the economic imbalance in North Carolina’s schools is rising, even as racial inequity and de facto segregation have begun to level off after years of growth. Both types of disparity, however, prove detrimental to the educational experience, negatively affecting quality and creating disparate curriculums in the state. “The biggest concern that you have is that schools serving disadvantaged kids have difficulty recruiting and retaining great teachers,” said study co-author Jacob Vigdor, professor of public policy and economics.
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The study found that schools with high proportions of non-white or low-income students are more likely to have teachers with fewer years of experience and lower scores on teaching exams, and less likely to employ teachers who are National Board certified or graduates of competitive colleges. An additional weakness of economically and racially unequal schools stems from the social environment, said co-author Charles Clotfelter, Z. Smith Reynolds professor of public policy. “Someone who is in a school that is drastically different from the norm will have an experience that is separate from that of most people their age.... They’ll be isolated from the mainstream,” Clotfelter said. To quantify disparity, the study’s authors used a figure called the imbalance SEE SCHOOLS ON PAGE 6
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