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ONE HUNDRED AND TWELFTH YEAR, ISSUE 26

Construction disturbs East Campus students Not concerned: Students grow used to alarms in West Union Rick Mortenson The Chronicle

for her because construction workers are always working right outside her room and can sometimes see inside it. Bell Tower students also noted that the dorm construction has disturbed their studying habits, with distracting noises throughout the day instead of just in the morning. Joe Gonzalez, dean for residential life, explained that the most common complaint received from construction projects centers around the back-up alarms made when construction equipment moves

Imagine you’re about to dig into a nice piece of fried chicken at West Union when all of a sudden you hear sirens resonating throughout the dining hall. For many students, this might be a matter of remembering rather than imagining— if you’ve eaten at West Union, you’ve likely experienced that situation in the past two months. Since opening in August, the fire alarms in West Union have gone off frequently and not as a result of planned drills or actual fire hazards. In the first 60 days of class, the alarms have been set off between 15 and 20 times, said Rick Johnson, associate vice president of student affairs for Housing, Dining and Residence Life. Many of the restaurants in West Union, such as Ginger + Soy and Tandoor dining stations, generate a considerable amount of smoke, Johnson noted. “The design team placed smoke detectors in areas where they were not required and

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Jeremy Chen | The Chronicle The new dorm will be located near Bell Tower and Southgate residence halls and is scheduled to be completed by January 2018.

Lexi Kadis The Chronicle Each morning, some students on East Campus wake up not to the sound of their alarms but the rumble of construction. Construction began in August for a new dorm near the Bell Tower and Southgate residence halls on East Campus, which is expected to house roughly 250 students and will replace the current East, Jarvis and Epworth dorms. According to administrators, the new dorm will be completed by January 2018. However, students shared that the

construction has impacted their daily lives. First-year Daniel Castro, a Bell Tower resident, described the construction as annoying and inconvenient. “I’ve been woken up a few times by some of the construction noise,” he said. “When they’re drilling, you can tell they’re drilling, cause it’s like boom, boom, boom.” Some also noted that they can feel the ground shake from the drilling. “Our room was shaking, like vibrating,” said first-year Allison McHorse, who lives in Bell Tower. “It was annoying. You could feel the vibrations.” She said that the lack of privacy is a concern

Freshman duo dazzles at Countdown to Craziness Brian Pollack The Chronicle The Blue Devils took the court in front of a packed crowd at Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday night at their annual Countdown to Craziness event. The intra-squad scrimmage featured one 20-minute half, broken up by four media timeouts. The White Team, which started Matt Jones, Luke Kennard, Jayson Tatum, Amile Jefferson and Chase Jeter, pulled off a 52-37 win against the the Blue Team, which featured Grayson Allen, Frank Jackson, Javin DeLaurier, Jack White and Marques Bolden. Here are some major takeaways from the action, with Duke’s first exhibition game against Virginia State less than a week away: Point guard rotation The question of who will play point guard for the Blue Devils is one of the most important as the regular season nears.

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Freshman Frank Jackson and junior Matt Jones handled most of those duties Saturday night—with Grayson Allen taking the ball up a bit as well—as each started on opposite teams and guarded each other. “We got a couple [point guards]. All the guys are so versatile and can play many positions. I have confidence in a lot of guys who can handle the ball,” Jackson said. “I [need to work on] still being more of a point guard—distributing, talking more, being vocal all the time. Just kind of embracing that point guard role.” Jackson impressed with a quick first step off the dribble and a nice crossover, but was a bit careless with the ball, losing it to pressure from opposing defenders on multiple occasions. His ability to blow past defenders and create shots for himself and others, however, was one of the most impressive aspects of the scrimmage and a reason he is classified as more of a combo guard than

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Khloe Kim | The Chronicle Freshman Jayson Tatum stole the show at Countdown to Craziness with a game-high 18 points on 6-of-11 shooting.

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