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Campus Council was forced to concede Friday in its campaign to allow students to construct their own lofts. The University’s concern for student safety “outweighs any of the arguments [Campus Council] offers for sustaining personally constmcted lofts,” Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta wrote in an e-mail to Campus CouncilPresident Molly Bierman and Vice President Kevin Thompson, both seniors. “It’s a sad state for students,” Thompson said. “This [issue] is now a closed chapter.” Last May, Campus Council members urged Residence Life and Housing Services not to ban student-made lofts on campus in a formal recommendation. When RLHS approved a policy in June that would require students to purchase lofts from specified vendors, Campus Council leaders drafted a memorandum to reach a compromise that considered safety and students’ rights to customize their rooms. The RLHS policy is already in effect on East Campus and in Keohane Quadrangle. It will take effect on all of West Campus in Fall 2009. In his letter, Moneta said the University’s Fire Marshall Fred Knipper “refuted the statement that thereis no law against bringing a pile ofwood into your room.” Monetasaid Rnipper confirmed that “wood adds significantly to the SEE LOFT ON PAGE 8
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Forgive Jabari Marshall for his fourthquarter excessive celebration penalty. The end zone must have looked so close, near enough for him to finally grasp and literally dive into, and his interception return for a touchdown was about to seal Duke’s first ACC Win since 2004 and the first of the senior’s career. Maybe he just wanted to get there quicker. After all, it had been a long three years on the other side. And after the day Duke’s newly stalwart defensive unit enjoyed, Marshall had plenty of reason to celebrate —even
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excessively. The Blue Devil defense forced six turnovers—including four interceptions in the second half—and did not allow a touchdown, and a shaky offense suddenly became efficient after halftime as Duke routed Virginia 31-3 Saturday in Wallace'Wade. Stadium, snapping a 25game ACC losing streak and exceeding its total amount of wins from the past three seasons combined. Marshall wasn’t the only one celebrating, although he was the only one to earn a flag for Duke on the play.
Tailback Jay Hollingsworth reaches out for a touchdown to give Duke a 10-3 lead in its 31-3 win Saturday.
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More than 200 students, faculty and stafffilled Love Auditorium Friday to participate in a forum on the first presidential debate between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama —with commentary from some of the University’s most distinguished political science professors. “The goal of this event is to provide for non-partisan, academic discussion on the election and to enhance faculty-student interaction,” said senior Josh Parker, executive director of Duke Political Students Science Association, which organized the event. SEE DEBATE ON PAGE 4