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The Chronicle 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
MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2016
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ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH YEAR, ISSUE 95
Central Campus overhaul to begin this summer Duke accepts 8.7 percent of RD applicants Likhitha Butchireddygari The Chronicle
of student affairs for Housing, Dining and Residence life, in an email. “It made more sense to invest those dollars in new residence halls instead of investing in very old buildings.” The entirety of the current Central Campus will no longer be in use by Summer 2020 or 2021, Johnson wrote. However, Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, noted that finishing the process of moving students off the current campus could take longer, with renovations of other
Duke’s regular decision acceptance rate was less than 9 percent for the first time ever this year. When admissions decisions were released at 7 p.m. Thursday, 2,501 of the 28,600 regular decision applicants—8.7 percent— learned that they were accepted. The University’s early decision acceptance rate of 23.5 percent for the Class of 2020 was also its lowest ever, with early decision applicants comprising 48 percent of the class. An additional 49 students who applied early and were deferred were admitted, down from 69 students last year. Last year’s regular decision acceptance rate was 9.4 percent. Dean of Admissions Christoph Guttentag said that one reason the admissions rate fell further this year was because of last year’s exceptionally high regular decision yield rate. “Because the number of students we admitted last year resulted in over enrollment, we admitted fewer students this year on the assumption that the yield will be similar,” Guttentag said. “We have admitted 150 students fewer than last year.” Duke’s overall acceptance rate for next year’s class combining early and regular
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Multicultural Greek Council and Ubuntu— are part of a series of construction projects intended to transform residential life at Duke. The work will eventually result in a new location for Central Campus with apartments on Campus Drive near Anderson Street as well as a new West Campus dormitory near Keohane and Edens Quadrangles for 300 students. “The buildings that are being retired have outlived their useful life and would require millions of dollars of investment to keep them going for a number of years,” wrote Rick Johnson, associate vice president
Samantha Neal The Chronicle Seven sections for student living groups on Central Campus will be relocated this summer to temporary housing while their sections are torn down or used to house other groups whose sections are being razed. The relocations—which will affect residents living in the sororities Chi Omega and Zeta Tau Alpha, fraternities Kappa Alpha and Sigma Nu and SLGs The Cube,
Mighty Ducks: Oregon ousts Blue Devils in Sweet 16 junior Matt Jones said. “It’s the gift and the curse of the NCAA tournament—you only have one day, one game to give it all you’ve got and they were the better team today.” The Blue Devils (25-11) struggled to adjust to a versatile and athletic Oregon squad that got up and down the floor in a hurry. Freshman Brandon Ingram finished with a game-high 24 points, but sophomore Grayson Allen was held to three first-half points and never got into a rhythm despite finishing with 15. Center Marshall Plumlee picked up his second foul with 14:37 remaining in the first half, and backup big man Chase Jeter came to the scorer’s table to check in at the next stoppage of play. Plumlee returned in the first half and avoided picking up his third personal, but only secured five rebounds as the Ducks (31-6) controlled the glass.
Sameer Pandhare The Chronicle ANAHEIM, Calif.—From tipping off at 10:10 p.m. Eastern time to a blazer-less Mike Krzyzewski at the first media timeout, not much was normal for Duke at the start of Thursday’s showdown against Oregon. Things did not get much better the rest of the way. The top-seeded Ducks used a balanced offensive attack to put an end to the Blue Devils’ season with an 82-68 victory Thursday in the Sweet 16 at the Honda Center. Coming into the game as one of the best defensive teams in the country, Oregon held Duke to just 7-of-22 shooting from deep and secured a 42-32 rebounding advantage, and five Ducks finished in double-figures, led by sophomore Dillon Brooks’ 22 points. “They were just a better team tonight,”
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Kristen Shortley | The Chronicle Oregon’s length and athleticism frustrated the Blue Devils all night as the top-seeded Ducks knocked the Blue Devils out of the NCAA tournament.
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