T H E I N D E P E N D E N T D A I LY AT D U K E U N I V E R S I T Y
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Students elect Chris Brown to Young Trustee by Carleigh Stiehm THE CHRONICLE
Chris Brown
Chris Brown was elected undergraduate Young Trustee after a race against fellow seniors Ashley Alman and Gurdane Bhutani. A total of 2,286 votes
were cast in the Young Trustee election. Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the total vote, an instant runoff vote between Brown and Bhutani determined the winner. Brown received a total of 1,519 votes, and Bhutani received 1,337 votes after the instant runoff. “Technical difficulties” prompted an extension of the voting deadline by two
hours, and a complaint brought to trial by the Duke Student Government Judiciary delayed the results announcement. The polls closed at midnight on Thursday, two hours after the projected closing time. The results were announced around 4:30 a.m. Friday. Alman and Brown were each docked 30 votes from their totals—reflected in the reported
numbers—for violations in DSG campaigning policy based on the complaint filed by Bhutani. “This opportunity truly means more than words can describe to be able to serve Duke actively for the next three years,” Brown said. SEE BROWN ON PAGE 3
DKU construction Too late for State near-dormant in 2012 Duke wins 95-85 Communication, funding poses problems for progress by Lauren Carroll THE CHRONICLE
Poor management and insufficient funding contributed to major construction problems that have caused the fifth significant delay of Duke Kunshan University’s opening in three years. The campus’ opening has been delayed another semester to Fall 2014. Construction slowed to almost a full stop in 2012 despite promises of development from the Kunshan government, which manages and funds the campus’ construction. Currently, none of the campus’ six buildings are near completion. Duke ad-
ministrators now expect that Kunshan developers will finish two of the campus’ six buildings by Spring 2014. Yet as of September 2012, Kunshan maintained that five of the six buildings would be ready by July 2013. More significant than the delay is the difficulty Duke had working with the city of Kunshan in 2012 to get problems fixed and move construction along. Limited by its lack of leverage on the project and frustrated by the city’s lapses in communication, Duke approached the city in late SEE DKU ON PAGE 4
GRADUATE YOUNG TRUSTEE
Marsicano hopes to bring grad voice to the Board by Ryan Zhang THE CHRONICLE
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Public policy master’s student Chris Marsicano emphasizes his love for Duke in Young Trustee campaign .
If elected, Graduate Young Trustee candidate Chris Marsicano says he would give back to Duke by serving as a voice for his peers. Marsicano, a second-year master’s candidate in public policy said he would focus on increasing graduate students’ representation in University matters, which he feels has been lacking in the past. He noted that although the graduate student population outnumbers the undergraduate population, graduate students are not well represented on the Board of Trustees. “While a Trustee’s job is not to be representative of any one constituency, I think it’s very important that the Young Trustee SEE MARSICANO ON PAGE 3
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Mason Plumlee made 9-of-11 field goals en route to a 30-point performance to lead Duke to a 98-85 win against N.C. State by Bobby Colton THE CHRONICLE
From even before the opening tip, the whole building could tell No. 4 Duke showed up ready to avenge last month’s loss as the team played host to N.C. State at Cameron Indoor Stadium Thursday night. Leading by more than 20 points for much of the game, Duke pulled out a 98-85 victory as the Wolfpack narrowed the lead to single digits in the final minutes, but the comeback attempt was ultimately too late and the deficit too large. “That was ACC basketball tonight,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “I don’t know if we can play any harder or better in the
first half.” The Blue Devils (20-2, 7-2) came out fired up thanks in part to a Mason Plumlee pregame speech out by center court just prior to the jump ball, while the Wolfpack (16-7, 5-5) started the game sluggish. “We wanted to avenge that loss in Raleigh, but more so we just wanted to keep playing well,” senior guard Seth Curry said. “Nobody really had to say much to get us up for this game. Everybody was motivated and everybody came out with a lot of energy from the jump.” N.C. State’s start was so slow that Tyler SEE M. BASKETBALL ON PAGE 8
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