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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016
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ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH YEAR, ISSUE 80
Students protest cop-themed Greek life party Freeman Center to host early voting site Jaime Gordon The Chronicle
wrote in a statement distributed to onlookers and read out during the event. “Their acts normalize a system that enacts brutality and violence against low-income communities and communities of color—right here, down the road, in Durham.” The protestors, who declined to comment, called for the abolishment of the prison system in the United States. They argued that local, state and federal prisons in the U.S. facilitate the mass incarceration of people of color.
Duke’s campus will host an early voting site in the Freeman Center for Jewish Life March 3 through March 12. Early voting was held in the West Union during the 2008 and 2012 elections, but because of construction, it will not be able to host the voting this year. Hours will vary throughout the week. Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, said that administrators and students worked diligently with the Durham County Board of Elections in order to find another suitable place on campus. “We believe that voting is a very important part of citizenship and a student’s education,” Schoenfeld said. “We worked very hard to facilitate voting and make it as easy as possible for students to exercise this right.” More than 9,000 people voted in both the 2008 and 2012 general elections at Duke. Kerry Haynie, associate professor of political science and director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the Social Sciences, wrote in an email that young voters have always played a large role in North Carolina politics— including swinging the state for President Barack Obama in 2008—and pointed out the possibility that legislators are making it
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Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle Friday’s protestors marched from the West Campus bus stop to the Delta Sigma Phi bench before addressing a large crowd of onlookers.
in the U.S. and other topics. Fifty to 75 onlookers gathered on the main West Campus Quadrangle in front of the protest. After chanting slogans and reading a statement, the protestors allowed onlookers to ask questions, resulting in a contentious back-and-forth. Protestors and onlookers eventually began shouting at each other before the event ended. “Our fellow classmates find it appropriate to so callously ‘party’ around a theme that has brought pain, suffering and violence into the lives of so many,” the protestors
Gautam Hathi The Chronicle Students and Durham residents gathered Friday evening in front of Delta Sigma Phi’s section to protest an annual prison-themed party held by the fraternity and Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Approximately 25 protestors marched from the West Campus bus stop to the bench in front of Delta Sigma Phi section and held a “teach in,” in which they discussed the party, mass incarceration
Injury-depleted Blue Devils fall at No. 18 Louisville high 29 points, but fouled out on a charge with 3:55 left to play—forcing Thornton to reenter the game—and received a technical for his reaction to the call. A 54-49 Blue Devil lead at the time of Thornton’s departure quickly turned into a 63-57 Cardinal advantage with five minutes to play—part of a Louisville 30-12 run to close out the game and put away a tired Duke squad playing its fourth game in 13 days against a ranked foe. “I thought the physicality of the game caught up to us more than the physicality of the week,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “That was the most physical second half we’ve ever been in this year, and we weren’t able to respond at the appropriate level to them…. Just the intensity, the physicality of the game did not lend itself to us with
Brian Pollack The Chronicle LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Just when it seemed as if the bench couldn’t get any shorter for Duke, it did. And this time, the Blue Devils could not survive. Point guard Derryck Thornton suffered a right shoulder injury with nine minutes remaining, and short-handed No. 20 Duke fell victim to No. 18 Louisville’s tenacious pressure in a 71-64 loss Saturday at the KFC Yum! Center. Duke held a double-digit lead near the midpoint of the second half, but the Cardinals forced six turnovers in the game’s final 8:52 and converted them into baskets at the other end, scoring 19 points off of 18 Blue Devil giveaways for the afternoon. Sophomore Grayson Allen scored a game-
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Darbi Griffith | The Chronicle Grayson Allen’s 29 points were not enough to lift Duke past Louisville, as Allen fouled out on a charge call late in the game and picked up a technical foul in frustration.
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