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DSG candidates announce campaigns
Tucker Albert
ONE HUNDRED AND TENTH YEAR, ISSUE 81
Flurries in February
Keizra Mecklai
Alex Griffith The Chronicle Two candidates have announced their campaigns for the presidency of Duke Student Government—juniors Keizra Mecklai and Tucker Albert. The election will be held March 3, and the elected candidate will replace current DSG President Lavanya Sunder, a junior. In addition to the presidential race, the election will decide the positions of Executive Vice President and the Student Organization Funding Committee Chair. Sophomores Shaker Samman and John Guarco are running for Executive Vice President. Juniors Nikhil Gavai and Sanford Morton and sophomore Apara Sivaraman are running for SOFC Chair. Gavai is currently the DSG Treasurer. Currently, no constitutional or by-law amendments are on the ballot, but this could See DSG on Page 8
Alex Deckey and Jesùs Hidalgo | The Chronicle Flurries began around 5 p.m. Monday, after which Duke announced that its severe weather policy would be extended through 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Emma Baccellieri News Editor As winter weather closed in on the Triangle, Duke announced the Severe Weather and Emergency Conditions policy would go into effect as of 7 p.m. Monday—with all classes beginning after 5 p.m. canceled. The announcement came at 12:40 p.m. Monday. Four hours later, Duke announced that the policy would remain in effect until
10 a.m. Tuesday, with all classes beginning before 11 a.m. canceled as well. Flurries began coming down around 5 p.m. Monday. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for Durham County that began 4 p.m. Monday and remains in effect until 9 a.m. Tuesday. Forecasters called for a 100 percent chance of precipitation, with approximately one inch of snow predicted to fall before 3 a.m. Tuesday. The call to inact the weather policy came after days of discussion among Duke’s severe
weather operations team, Vice President of Administration Kyle Cavanaugh said. “With any kind of weather event, we’re monitoring this literally days in advance,” Cavanaugh said. Duke’s bus routes adopted several changes to accommodate the weather. The Robertson Scholars bus stopped running at 6 p.m. and all other Triangle Transit routes at 7 p.m. Around the same time, the C2 See Snow on Page 3
K-ville concert cancelled due to weather Claire Ballentine The Chronicle For the second year in a row, the concert in Krzyzewskiville has been canceled due to inclement weather. Duke University Union announced the cancellation around noon Monday, per instruction from several University administrators. The hip-hop group Atmosphere was originally scheduled to perform, and another appearance cannot be rescheduled at this time. “We had to cancel the concert because of the weather,” said senior Harli Grant, the DUU committee chair for
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campus concerts. “The buses won’t be running, so there would be no way for students to get there, plus we didn’t want them standing out in the cold.” She emphasized that the administration, not DUU, made the final decision. Last year’s concert, which was set to feature Chance the Rapper, was also canceled due to snow. The concert usually takes place at the same time as personal checks—a period of time when tenters must be in K-ville in order to pass three out of five checks conducted by line monitors. In previous years, the concert happened during personal checks, to entertain students who were tenting. This year,
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however, the concert was scheduled after personal checks, during the walk-up line period. Grant said the goal is always to have the concert a few days before the game, which this year placed it during the walk-up line period rather than during p-checks. At the moment, the concert is entirely cancelled. “In a perfect world, we would reschedule, but historically, this just hasn’t worked out,” Grant said. Grant said that rescheduling would not be possible because moving the See K-Ville on Page 3
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Chronicle File Photo A-Trak, pictured above, Tim Gunter and the Knocks performed at the Duke University Union’s concert in K-Ville Feb. 8, 2013.
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