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ONE HUNDRED AND tenth YEAR, Issue 105

FIVE GOLDEN RINGS

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Second-half comeback propels Duke past Wisconsin for fifth national championship Nick Martin Sports Editor INDIANAPOLIS—The drive for five was not without its bumps, but led by the second-half heroics of rookie guards Tyus Jones and Grayson Allen, Duke will hang yet another banner at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Duke won its fifth national championship in an instant classic, besting Wisconsin 68-63 at WISC 63 Lucas Oil Stadium night.

DUKE 68 Monday Jones and Allen combined for 39 points to lead the Blue Devils to their second title in six years in Indianapolis, with Jones and freshman center Jahlil Okafor engineering a late 10-0 run to seal the win. But on a night that featured a freshman duo as the brightest stars, the title and subsequent banner might have meant the most to the team’s lone senior.

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“Something that we’ve all dreamed of—growing up watching Duke, watching Coach K win championships and celebrate with his great players,” senior captain Quinn Cook said. “To be next to Coach, he’s been like a father to me over these last four years, so to have his arm around me and hugging me while we’re watching One Shining Moment, it was probably the best feeling of my life.”

Cook got his championship moment, but the Blue Devils’ freshman guards were the ones who earned Duke’s second title in Indianapolis in the last six years.

Jones torched the Badgers for 22 points in the teams’ first matchup in Madison and showed once again—this time on the world’s brightest stage— that he may have been the most clutch player in college basketball this season.

After scoring just four points in the first half, Jones burst out of the gates in the second period, scoring 19 points in the final 20 minutes, keeping the Bad-

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gers from pulling away and saving the Blue Devils’ hopes of a fifth national championship. “[Playing with Jones] makes the game a lot easier,” rookie swingman Justise Winslow said. “Him being a leader, being able to make plays with the ball in his hand and then also he has range, so it spreads out the court. There’s really no better point guard I would rather play with than him.”

Jones stole the show once again, but entering the game most eyes were on the teams’ two dominant centers— Okafor and National Player of the Year Frank Kaminsky. The battle between the duo lived up to the hype early on, with the two exchanging jabs—Kaminsky knocked down a 3-pointer to get Wisconsin on the board first and took a key charge in the game’s opening minutes.

Okafor countered with a pair of thunderous dunks. But the fight would die

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Duke’s fifth national championship brought bonfires and tears to campus Adam Beyer The Chronicle A five point victory for Duke’s fifth national championship made for one passionate campus celebration.

As the Blue Devils fought their way over the Wisconsin Badgers late in the second half Monday night, students watching the game in Cameron Indoor Stadium abandoned their seats to stand courtside. When the final buzzer sounded, the crowd erupted—storming the court, embracing one another

and crying tears of joy. Students then poured onto the Main Quadrangle on West Campus and surrounded the celebratory bonfire, reveling in the win with screaming, selfies and, in some cases, streams of tears.

“I’m super excited,” said freshman Michelle Zhu while taking pictures of her friends with the bonfire. “It was so intense. The second half was super clutch.”

Even in the excitement of the immediate moment, many students took a step back to appreciate the significance of the evening—with many snapping pictures to preserve the memory.

“I’m glad that I’ll have this forever, and I’ll be able to connect with everySee Reaction on Page 4

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Though well over 1,000 students— undergraduate, graduate and professional alike— packed Cameron, people continued from page 2 viewed the game from all over campus. one in this class about it,” junior Jake Many watched from dormitory common Leaman said before embracing his girl- rooms or from spaces like The Loop Pizza Grill. friend.

“It was crazy,” sophomore Erik GarThe University brought in more than 100 extra security personnel to campus rigo said of the viewing atmosphere at for the game. Beginning at 4:30 p.m. The Loop. “The place was packed and Monday, security was enhanced around people were on the tables.” campus, and students were required The bonfire was put out a little before 1 a.m., and stuto show their DukeCards to access campus dents dispersed to othoach K has proved er parts of campus to buildings and busses.

The extra security did that he can win it a continue their celebranot dampen the excite- million different ways. He tions. Many ventured ment, however. to popular off-campus “It was thrilling,” can win it with freshman tal- destination Shooters freshman Sam Brough- ent and senior talent, and II Saloon, which stayed er said. “It was great to this is an incredible addition open after hosting a be in Cameron. The atwatch party Monday mosphere was incred- to his legacy. evening. ible. It doesn’t quite Several alumni made — Arun Sharma a pilgrimage back to feel real.”

Students from all schools and years— campus to celebrate the outcome as well. as well as faculty, staff and community “We had an incredible season,” said members—mingled at the bonfire, Arun Sharma, Trinity ‘12. “Coach K has watching benches go up in flames as the proved that he can win it a million difteam gave their post-game press confer- ferent ways. He can win it with freshman ence more than 600 miles away. talent and senior talent, and this is an “I couldn’t think of a better way to incredible addition to his legacy.” begin my time at Duke,” freshman John Claire Ballentine, Alex Griffith and Jake Clarke said. “I’m beyond ecstatic.”

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BREATH OF FRESH AIR

Blue Devil freshmen score 60 of 68 points in title game victory Ryan Hoerger Beat Writer

INDIANAPOLIS—Jahlil Okafor, Justise Winslow and Tyus Jones. Those were the three heralded names that garnered Duke’s 2014 recruiting class the unofficial title of “best-ever” in the 40-year career of head coach Mike Krzyzewski.

Trailing Wisconsin 48-39 with 13:25 left in the national title game, it looked to be an uphill battle for the Blue Devils against the most efficient offense in the country. But then a freshman rose to the occasion to carry Duke up that hill—the one who attracted the least attention coming out of high school, and for most of the season.

Grayson Allen poured in 16 points—10 of them coming in the second half—to fuel a furious rally by Duke, which captured its fifth national championship in program history with a come-from-behind 68-63 win against the Badgers.

“I dreamed about [winning a national title] since I think about eighth grade. I saw them win 2010, that national championship against Butler,” Allen said. “It doesn’t feel real right now, to be honest with you.”

Allen did not play in the Blue Devils’ 80-70 win at Wisconsin Dec. 3, but spent the regular season earning more and more playing time, particularly after the roster shrunk to eight scholarship players. The entire time, he had a chip on his shoulder.

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Allen proved himself on the game’s biggest stage Monday night, attacking the basket relentlessly to earn trips to the free-throw line and put Wisconsin—which had committed just two fouls in the first half—into the bonus with 11:43 left in the game.

“Grayson put us on his back,” Krzyzewski

The dust has settled, bonfires long extinguished.

After months of agonizing, doubting, questioning, screaming and hoping, Duke is coming home to Durham with its fifth national championship in tow. And the Blue Devils’ 68-63 title game victory against Wisconsin was the battle that every college basketball fan dreamed it would be.

The buildup. The excitement. The eyes of the sporting world shift to one stage, where everything is one the line.

But somehow, despite the drama and magnitude of the moments, championship games—even one featuring a thrilling comeback by my own school—have always seemed somewhat anticlimactic.

Days, sometimes weeks, are spent dissecting every angle of the big game. Every possible matchup. Every key injury. Every intriguing backstory over which we can scrutinize and fantasize. We analyze the teams’ last matchup as though they played each other last week, even if they haven’t seen each other for four months. We break down the team’s last game as though it is the way they played the entire season, even if they’re just getting hot at the right time.

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Freshman Grayson Allen provided Duke with a much-needed spark off the bench, scoring eight consecutive points for the Blue Devils during a pivotal stretch of their championship win. len was asked whether he felt overlooked in high school, and as the fourth member of the team’s star-studded freshman class.

“I think that’s something I can only prove with my play this season, whether I’m proving people right or wrong,” he said. “It’s something that I’ve always dealt with, so I think coming in here is just another step for me to keep proving myself.”

The legend of ‘Tyus Stones’ Once again, Jones lives up to his clutch moniker Nick Martin Sports Editor

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Freshman Tyus Jones elevated his game when Duke played on its biggest stages throughout the 2014-15 season.

INDIANAPOLIS—Nobody knows crunch time like the man they call “Tyus Stones.”

Freshman point guard Tyus Jones picked up the nickname after it became apparent that he possessed a knack for turning in his biggest performances on his team’s biggest stages. That rare ability was on display once again in Monday’s 68-63 national championship win against Wisconsin, as the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player scored 19 second-half points—including eight in the final 4:08—to clinch the program’s fifth national title.

“He’s been amazing. The bigger the moment, the bigger Tyus is,” junior forward Amile Jefferson said. “He’s great for our group. He’s become a leader. To

see his maturity since the summer has been amazing. The way he’s able to take over games now, whether it’s making the right pass or just controlling the tempo, he’s hitting big shots at a high rate.”

When asked if he was actually the one to give Jones the nickname, Jefferson was unabashed in admitting he was the originator of the Stones moniker—and was quick to rattle off why the rookie deserves it.

“Of course [it was me],” Jefferson said. “It’s not even shots—it’s moments.

He’s had a bunch....Every time we need him to, he’s there. That’s why he’s Tyus Stones.”

As Jefferson pointed out, Monday’s game was far from the first time that Jones has taken over a game down the stretch. He nailed the game-clinching 3-pointer from the right wing in the closing seconds against then-undefeated Virginia, dropped 22 points on the road at Wisconsin and fueled the Blue Devils’ See Stones on Page 13

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Tyus Jones scored 19 of his 23 points in the second half, including two 3-pointers during a decisive 10-0 Duke run.

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of his inability to stay with Kaminsky off the dribble.

It was neither Okafor nor Kaminsky that commanded the gaze of Lucas Oil Stadium’s crowd of 71,149—rather, Duke’s dynamic duo featured the normally clutch Jones and his unlikely sidekick, Allen, who did not even see the court in the teams’ Dec. 3 matchup. this is an image The Jacksonville, Fla., native attacked the rim with reckless abandon, finishing with 16 points—12 coming in the second half—and a perfect 5-of-5 from the foul line. With the Blue Devils trailing 48-39 with 13:25 remaining, Allen scored eight consecutive points for Duke to keep his team’s bid for a national title alive.

“We got down nine there in the second half and things weren’t going well and then maybe the most unsung of our freshmen came in and gave us a lift and got us back going,” associate head coach Jeff Capel said. “Then Tyus got going, Jah came in, in some foul trouble, made some big baskets.”

Junior Amile Jefferson—who played stifling defense on Kaminsky down the stretch after Okafor went to the bench— added a key block on the Blue Devils’ next defensive possession.

Jones then drove down the court, took on Koenig and drew a foul on the right baseline while flipping up a prayer.

With Koenig, Jones and the capacity crowd looking on, the ball fell, stroking the bottom of the net as the official’s whistle sounded. The Apple Valley, Minn., native converted the free throw to cut Duke’s deficit to 51-50.

“Tyus has been money all year,” sophomore guard Matt Jones said. “When he makes shots like those, you sort of ex-

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pect it. And when he misses, you’re kind of mad at him because he’s teased you so long that you just expect him to make it.

And he hasn’t failed us yet.”

Six minutes later, Allen put in a tough layup over the outstretched fingers of Wisconsin guard Josh Gasser to give Duke its first lead of the second half.

Then Jones and Okafor sealed the deal.

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— Jeff Capel The Badgers took a 58-56 lead with 4:25 left in the game, but Jones kick-started the Blue Devils’ game-clinching 10-0 run 17 seconds by canning a 3-pointer following a high ball screen—the play Duke used throughout the second half to free up its closer.

Okafor—who had been held scoreless in the second half—then showed why he was the ACC Player of the Year, putting in back-to-back buckets to extend the Blue Devil lead to five.

Another dagger Jones 3-pointer with 1:24 left from the top of the key capped the run and sealed the win—the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player would later ice the game from the free-throw line.

“I haven’t loved a team any more than I’ve loved this team,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “We have eight guys, and four of them are freshmen.

For them to win 35 games, and win the national title is incredible…. How good is that? They’ve been a joy, they’ve been an incredible joy. When you’re already happy and you get even happier? That’s pretty damn good.”

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Duke’s four freshmen scored 60 of the team’s 68 points in the Blue Devils’ victory against Wisconsin in the national championship game.

said. “We went to him kind of exclusively because of his ability to drive and penetrate. And he did—he finished.”

The Badgers had scored on nine of their first 11 possessions in the second half, but a single-handed 42-second spurt

by Allen helped grab back a little bit of the momentum for Duke. After a pair of Frank Kaminsky free throws, the Jacksonville, Fla., native drained a triple to trim the deficit to six. On the next defensive possession, Allen went after a loose ball, dove to the ground and managed to knock the ball off Wisconsin point guard Traevon Jackson to give his team an extra possession.

Senior guard Quinn Cook missed a layup on that possession, but junior forward Amile Jefferson corralled the offensive rebound and the ball swung to Allen, who drove down the lane and muscled a shot up and in while drawing contact from Wisconsin swingman Sam Dekker. The free throw would fall for Allen—he was a perfect 5-of-5 on the night—and suddenly the Badger lead was down to three.

“He’s been that way for forever with our group. The world just hasn’t seen it yet, and tonight they did,” Jefferson said.

“We all knew that his moment was going to come—we didn’t know when it was, but we knew that he was going to have it. He

was huge for us tonight.”

There had been flashes of er in the year, like his 27-point March 5. But Monday night, fa sive, attacking player that his te all year in practice. ”Guys just hate guarding him basket, attacking hard, throwing e said. “I think just the dog in him ed him most. It was great to see h To say Duke has been fresh be an understatement. Allen, W prise half of the Duke rotation of the team’s scoring. The quar of the season, combining with t Cook to make the Blue Devils a But Monday night, the Blu freshmen reached hyperbolic p Jones dropped a game-high second half—and Okafor and despite both being bogged dow with Allen’s 16, the freshmen t and all 37 points that the Blue “They’ve been making plays paid off in the biggest game of who accounted for six of the

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After sitting out many of the game’s key moments due to foul trouble, freshman center Jahlil Okafor scored timely baskets down the stretch on his way to cutting down the nets.

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“For them to perform like that on the stage like this says a lot about those guys’ confidence. I’m just thankful that they came to Duke.”

After Allen got the Blue Devils back within striking distance, Jones brought his team home down the stretch, as he has so many times this season. The Apple Valley, Minn., native scored eight of the final 12 Blue Devil points, including a 3-pointer while falling down with 4:08 remaining that gave Duke the lead for good and another trey with 1:24 left that put the Blue Devils ahead by eight and effectively locked up the national title.

The other four points in that run were scored by Okafor, who committed to Duke to play alongside Jones and shook off the cobwebs from six minutes on the bench with four fouls to register two huge baskets in crunch -time.

As freshmen playing in front of a crowd of more than 71,000, a nine-point deficit could have been overwhelming. But a group that came to Durham already mature and became battle-tested with big road wins throughout the season was not fazed.

“We never got down [on ourselves] and I think that was big.

We knew we had been down earlier in the season and made comebacks, so we knew we were still in the game,” Allen said.

“Coach was preaching one stop at a time. We knew it wasn’t going to be a big play, it was going to be one possession at a time and we kept getting stops. Tyus made huge huge plays for us...and we came out on top.”

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Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski won his fifth national championship, moving into sole possession of second place in men’s college basketball history.

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Complementary forces in the paint

Jefferson’s defense, Okafor’s offense make the difference for Duke Ryan Hoerger Beat Writer

INDIANAPOLIS—About halfway through this season, Amile Jefferson got into a bit of a funk, one that cost him his starting spot in the rotation as head coach Mike Krzyzewski opted to go small with Justise Winslow shifting to the power forward position to give Jahlil Okafor more room to operate in the post.

Duke won 12 of its next 13 games with the reconfigured lineup to reach Monday’s national championship game. But with 9:18 remaining, a Frank Kaminsky spin move and an official’s whistle dramatically altered that rotation, thrusting Jefferson back into the throng at a pivotal moment in the Blue Devils’ quest for a fifth national title.

The fourth foul on Okafor put Duke behind 54-50 after the ensuing free throw by Kaminsky, relegating the freshman to the bench for the next 5:56. The Chicago native had struggled to defend the AP Player of the Year all night, but Jefferson was more than up to the task, providing the gritty defensive effort that the Blue Devils needed as their freshmen took care of the rest on the offensive end.

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Junior forward Amile Jefferson played lockdown defense on National Player of the Year Frank Kaminsky during the second half of Monday’s title game. there, I’m just trying to do whatever I can to help our guys. Today it was being strong on the defensive end, trying to make a play at all times.”

Jefferson finished with two points, but his seven rebounds, three blocks and defense on Kaminsky while Okafor sat on the bench in foul trouble helped Duke surge back against the Badgers after being down nine with 13:25 left in the game.

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break firing on all cylinders, scoring on eight of its first 10 possessions. As a nimble 7-footer able to handle the ball and step outside the arc, Kaminsky got Okafor in bad situations, getting the freshman to fall for pump fakes and driving the lane, then spinning to create separation and absorb the contact as Okafor went to block his shot. The AP Player of the Year finished with 21 points and hit two triples.

Jefferson’s two points will not make a

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blip on the radar next to Tyus Jones’ 23, but the captain helped kickstart the freshman’s second-half spurt with a block on what appeared to be an open layup for Wisconsin’s Nigel Hayes. Duke pushed downcourt, and Jones wound up with an old-fashioned three-point play to cut the deficit to one.

“He was just nonstop working hard on defense, giving us emotion, energy,” Okafor said. “He was doing things the entire game, blocking shots. He was everywhere tonight.”

At 6-foot-9 with more agility and a long wingspan, Jefferson was able to stay with Kaminsky, altering his shots and then preventing him from crashing the glass. Wisconsin had eight offensive rebounds in the first half that led to 11 second-chance points—after intermission, it got just three for two points.

Kaminsky missed four of his last six shots.

“Amile is a better defender against Kaminsky than Jah is. Kaminsky’s more like [former Duke star Christian] Laettner— they’re not centers, they’re players,” Krzyzewski said. “So that’s difficult for a guy like Jah to defend. Amile defended him well.”

With their best player on the bench, the Blue Devils got plenty of scoring from Jones and Grayson Allen to ward off a knockout punch from the Badgers. When Okafor came back in with 3:22 left, he delivered one of his own.

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continued from page 9 home comeback against North Carolina with another 22-point effort.

Tyus Stones is not the only name the soft-spoken Jones goes by, center Jahlil Okafor said. When you hit as many clutch shots as Jones does, the nicknames keep coming.

“I call him ‘T-Raw,’” Okafor said. “It’s kind of a name he forced on me, but I call him it anyways. He’s always composed—up 30, down 30. He’s always the same. That’s how he is off the floor.”

So when Jones—who had only scored four points in the first half—rattled off six straight in 1:07 to pull the Blue Devils within three with 16:14 remaining, the capacity crowd at Lucas Oil Stadium was hardly surprised.

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oach just went to those ball screens and Tyus just did what he did. He’s done it over and over again. It’s nothing new.

— Amile Jefferson But the spurt would not quell all of Duke’s problems. Following the under-16 media timeout, Wisconsin poured in six straight points of its own to go up nine and forced Blue Devil head coach Mike Krzyzewski to burn a timeout. Fellow freshman Grayson Allen, the biggest surprise of the night, scored eight straight Duke points to bring the Blue Devils within four.

Back to the Tyus Stones Show.

With 11:16 remaining in the game, Jefferson came up with a come-from-behind block on Nigel Hayes at the rim and pushed the ball ahead. Jones bore down, drove from the right wing toward the basket and drew the foul on Bronson Koenig. The shot—a prayer of a right-handed flick toward the basket—dropped and Jones sunk the free throw to pull Duke within one.

The Apple Valley, Minn., native was just getting started.

Trailing by two with 4:08 remaining, Jones and Okafor went on a 10-0 run by themselves, which started and ended with a pair of triples from the 6-foot-1 guard. On the first, Jones made use of a ball screen set

by Jefferson and rose up to nail a 3-pointer from the left-center of the arc, giving Duke a lead it would never relinquish.

“He’s been that way all year,” Jefferson said. “Coach went to those ball screens and Tyus just did what he did. He’s done it over and over again, it’s not something new.”

The final trey was a dagger—drilled from the top of the key with 1:24 remaining—that pushed the Blue Devil lead to eight and elicited a reaction from the normally-reserved rookie that sent his team’s bench into a frenzy and had the Blue Devil crowd on its feet.

“You dream of hitting a shot like that late in the game,” Jones said.

And when Wisconsin decided to make things interesting and close the gap to three with 34 seconds left, it was Tyus Stones who stepped to the charity stripe and brought a fifth banner back to Durham.

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continued from page 9 And by the time we’re done with all this, we blink a couple times and the beginning of the second half is ticking down. For a fleeting second, we wish that the entire season did not have to be decided by one, arbitrary game and that the moment wasn’t passing us by so quickly.

This is why I couldn’t wait until after Duke and Wisconsin went to war to put pen to paper and reflect on the Blue Devils’ magical season. Instead, I wrote the majority these words the morning of the national championship game, hours before tipoff in Indianapolis. Because one game does not do an entire season justice, and neither does a column written at the apex of an emotional roller coaster—the hour directly following the game when I was guaranteed to be either brimming with joy or angrily sulking in the depths of 301 Flowers.

That isn’t to say that 40 minutes in Indianapolis doesn’t

change anything. Last night’s game determined whether or not the West Campus benches would go up in flames or sit idly on the quad in hopes of next year. Whether they would have to make room in the rafters of Cameron Indoor Stadium for a fifth national championship banner. Whether this year’s Duke national championship T-shirts would be adorned by smiling Blue Devil fans across this nation or smiling children in a third-world country, joining the immortal wardrobe of almost-champs alongside the 2007 New England Patriots and about a dozen different teams Kentucky fans thought would go undefeated.

Throughout this year’s NCAA tournament, Duke players young and old have reiterated that from the first day of practice, the team’s goal was to win a national championship.

But the day before the biggest game of his basketball career, senior captain Quinn Cook slightly changed his tune.

“It’s motivation for us to be special,” he said.

Long before the Blue Devils took scissors to the nets at Lucas Oil Stadium, this season was already special.

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And, of course, Cook’s four years of growth from a loudmouthed boy into a calm and confident man, during which he raised his game every step of the way and led a Blue Devil team that started the year with 10 scholarship players and ended it with eight to the pinnacle of the college basketball world.

This team has just as strong of a connection with its peers as it does with its legendary head coach. Every student at this University knows that from the opening game of this season, the Blue Devils have been playing for each of them. There’s an undeniable joy in the way they play, a pervading happiness that you can see in their eyes on the court—that, along with the team’s toughness, has helped forge this connection.

The fact that I misspelled originally the word “justice” a few paragraphs ago and instead wrote Justise, as in Winslow, serves as a living testament.

Prior to this year, Duke seniors like myself had yet to see the Blue Devils earn an ACC regular season or tournament title or Final Four appearance, including two gut-wrenching opening-round exits in the NCAA tournament. This team has paid us back by taking us on the ride of our lives.

Throughout this season, head coach Mike Krzyzewski has taken time during his postgame press conferences to remind the media that he loves his team. In recent years, Krzyzewski has undoubtedly had deep love for certain players on his teams. This is different. Top to bottom, he loves every player on this team like a son. He loves how unselfish they are and how quick they are to seize the moment. He loves them when they lose, and he loves them win they win.

You could see that from start to finish Monday night— from Allen’s ferocious second-half drives to Tyus Jones’ dagger 3-pointer to the tear-jerking sight of Cook hoisting the championship trophy. This is what made this team truly special, and this is why they will be remembered—the banner is simply a reminder.

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“I remember seeing 3:22 on the clock before I got in,” Okafor said. “My teammates kept me composed on the bench when I was on the bench and the way they were playing, it made it easy for me to sit over there and cheer them on.”

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Krzyzewski said after the game that he did not have a message for Okafor before sending him back onto the court after the extended rest, though he noted that his trio of assistant coaches probably did. Things had not come as easily for the freshman offensively against the length of Kaminsky on the inside, but he made the plays when he needed to.

“I think the foul trouble got to him and Justise, and we didn’t play well at the start of the second half,” Krzyzewski said. “They’re young guys—they’re pro prospects and all that but they’re young guys—and learning how to play hard, strong and tough when you have that foul trouble is something you learn. Thank goodness he came in and got it.”

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Duke students can be simultaneously disgusted by acts of racism on campus and elated about the performance of the basketball team. In fact, watching those guys (of various races) play with trust, joy and skill has been a source of hope in the midst of this painful time.

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As Oprah Winfrey said in “The Color Purple”, “all my life I had to fight.” Which, honestly, sounds theatrical and over the top—however, I can’t think of a better way to say it. Each day is a constant struggle against micro-aggressions and blatant ignorance. Each day is a systematic backlash against minorities. Each day, I am fed another spoonful of oppression and told that it taste good. Each day is a battle against racism and there is no amount of sugar that can make me feel better about being treated as a secondclass citizen. Waking up to pictures of a noose in the Bryan Center Plaza was beyond shocking… but it wasn’t surprising.

When Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown were pumped full of bullets, community outrage about the loss of a young life was cheapened by questions about the victims’ guilt. When Levar

fair and nice. According to President Brodhead, we “dream of a colorblind and inclusive nation,” which sounds really nice. Who wouldn’t love to live in a nation where the color of your skin doesn’t lead to biases and prejudices—however, colorblind almost always equates to white. I don’t want to live in a white nation. I want to live in a nation where my differences are celebrated.

Where the normal is the abnormal and we all are free to live our lives the way we want.

Where do we go from here? How do we acknowledge the issues of the past and look towards a brighter future? How do I tell someone that I am sick and tired of being sick and tired of the racists thoughts and feelings from people who are suppose to be my peers. We all read Yik Yak and we all see the negative comments that my peers and colleagues post.

Fedner Lauture 50 SHADES OF GROOT Jones, an unarmed black man, cries out to the cop, who shot him, “Why did you shoot me?”

When cops beat a black UVA student for having a fake ID and it is my face that I see bloodied and beaten. No, a noose in the plaza is not that surprising to me. These hate crimes are not new and they are not unexpected. In fact, the hanging of the noose is highly symbolic because these hate crimes feel like a noose around my neck.

The slow and gradual chokehold on my life, like the arm of the police officer around Eric Garner’s neck.

Hanging a noose in the plaza as an April Fool’s Day joke is not funny. It’s hurtful, rude, upsetting, destructive and ignorant—however, it will never be funny. In fact, if we are going to truthfully acknowledge what that noose represents, we need to call it for what it is: a racist act. It wasn’t a joke or a misguided attempt of symbolizing suicide. It was a racist symbol. Racism is here. It’s all around us. In the cover of magazines, the news we read, the lectures we are taught, you will find racism. In the land of the free, I truly question whether all men and women are free.

Are we even created equal?

No. Much of the language used by administrators to discuss the “noose incident” reeks of pungent racism. Racism so ingrained that it almost seems

“BSA needs to take a chill pill the size of a BBC.” “Would you rather have a gay son or a slutty daughter?”

“You’re life is not significantly affected by a joke yak. Our school’s reputation is and that matters more.”

When something as hurtful and blatantly racist as a noose can be consigned to an April Fool’s Day joke, when you’re walking on the sidewalk and a mother pulls her child away from you, when you’re murdered and your family has to first prove your innocence before the police will even consider going after the perpetrator, that’s when you realize that the time for change is not now. We have long passed the time for change.

Change needs to be happening now. It’s a process that needs to currently be in effect. It’ll be messy and it’ll be uncomfortable. But there has to be middle ground. There has to be a space on campus and in the “real world” for these conversations to occur. I can only speak for my beliefs and my dreams but I refuse to see these hate crimes as everyday occurrences. I refuse to accept yet another spoonful of oppression.

I choose to believe in acceptance and hope. I choose to believe in a better Duke, a better America and a better world.

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e have over a year and a half until the next presidential election, yet prospective candidates are already busy estimating their chances of victory and plotting their campaigns. Team Clinton just leased a campaign headquarters in Brooklyn, indicating as per FEC regulations an official announcement of candidacy within the next few weeks. Senator Cruz officially announced his run just last month at Liberty University—in the front row, a group of students ironically cheered while proudly wearing their “Rand Paul 2016” shirts. Granted, the likely Republican candidates spend so much of their time criticizing President Obama’s policies without providing their own alter-

aging their time—after the first season he would fire them for mistakes like including too little light in an advertisement for a new brand of Colgate toothpaste. On the surface, he still offered the contestants their shot at the American Dream, but in reality corporate greed dominated his involvement with the show.

I would imagine that Trump’s political life would echo his business life, that he would start out promising economic miracles for the middle class and everesteemed small-business owners, but then would quickly cozy up to special interest groups. Of course, this is pure speculation, in part because every time he offers a political opinion—whether

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eople are often surprised when they see I have a tattoo. The follow up question after being told it’s real is almost always, “What is it?” I usually just say that it’s “aum” (ॐ), the sound from yoga—a symbol of Hinduism. But every time I say that, I’m doing a disservice to myself. Yes, it is the sound often made in yoga. But that’s not the reason I got it—my experience with yoga is limited to the gym class I took last semester, where I took full advantage of the six classes I could miss. Yes, it is a symbol of Hinduism, and while that is my religion, that’s not why I got it. Today, in honor of Genocide Awareness Month, I want to share with you the story of why I got my tattoo.

My parents are from Kashmir, in the north of India. Some of you may have heard of Kashmir—three wars between India and Pakistan have been fought over it, and it’s still a dangerous area to venture. In 2000, former president Bill Clinton called Kashmir “the most dangerous place in the world”. Most of my family fled from there in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when Islamic insurgents began to engage in a sort of ethnic cleansing in the area by killing Kashmiri Pundits, or Hindus. The stories that I’ve heard from my family make it hard to breathe sometimes. Neighbors turning on each other. Friends shot in their own homes. Escapes in the middle of the night. The realization that they could never go home.

Because of the history and the way they were kicked out, my parents understandably

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natives—in recent weeks, regarding the nuclear deal with Iran—that it can at times be a little hard to tell the difference between them.

One man, however, stands apart— if not in politics, then in personality.

Could Donald Trump be the savior of the Republican Party? At the very least, he would make the election infinitely more interesting. Worth $4 billion, lead personality of an incredibly popular reality competition, and backed by one of the most well-known real estate brands in the world, Trump would prove an interesting and powerful candidate.

When he spoke at the Iowa Freedom Summit earlier this year, he bashed both Romney and Jeb Bush, later taking credit for the former’s premature drop from the 2016 race. His tweets are a never-ending source of entertainment. The day before the 2012 election, he tweeted: “It’s extremely cold in NY & NJ—not good for flood victims.

Where is global warming?” During a weird “Twilight” obsession, he tweeted: “Robert I’m getting a lot of heat for saying you should dump Kristen—but I’m right. If you saw the Miss Universe girls you would reconsider.” Just this Easter, he tweeted: “I wish everyone, including the haters and losers, a very happy Easter!” But before you get too excited about a potential Trump run for the presidency, you might be wise to hedge your bets.

I used to be The Donald’s biggest fan. As an atypical fourth grader, I remember running to the TV every week to join my parents in watching the newest episode of “The Apprentice.”

I valued Trump’s wisdom and idolized his achievements. Though he was born into wealth, his comeback from corporate bankruptcy in 1991 proved his success to be the result of hard work and business acumen. To me, he typified the fulfillment of the American Dream and through his show offered the same chance to those lucky and willing enough to take it.

Unfortunately, as the seasons progressed, Trump’s involvement with the show shifted. What started in the first season as a genuinely meritocratic business competition quickly developed into a marketing ploy for any companies large enough to be deemed worth an appearance on the show. During the first season Trump would fire candidates for offering excuses for poor performances, failing to communicate with their teams or inadequately man-

in an interview, a televised debate or a Tweet—he does so with his entire focus on providing an appealing narrative instead of on offering substantive policy alternatives.

On immigration: “People are pouring across our borders, which is horrible, and we have to be build a wall.

Look, I built some of the greatest buildings in the world. Building a wall for me is easy, and it would be a wall.”

On foreign policy: “We are a laughing stock. We have been for a long time.

[Our foreign policy] is the worst ever . . . The world has crumbled around us. A lot of it has been caused by us.”

On the economy: “Can we say that the economy is booming? No. Can we say unemployment—I mean, unemployment is a totally phony number.

Massive unemployment all over the place . . . We don’t make our products anymore . . . And you say to yourself: isn’t that sad?”

Trump excels at persuasively saying nothing. These are not isolated examples of his ideological “platform”— each is representative of his lackluster—or perhaps, depending on your perspective, skillful—political prowess.

Check out any interview he has ever participated in, and you will see quite plainly that he never offers specificities to back up the broad, alluring claims he makes. He can do this in part because of his ballooning ego. Who among the anchors of Fox and Friends would dare challenge his assertion that he can make great walls by virtue of his experience as a real estate mogul?

Maybe closer to the election Trump will begin developing policy alternatives rather than inflating his own ego through enticing references. Indeed, to show any form of competence during a presidential debate, he would need to. But even still, if you are still banking on his run, keep your political fantasies in check, for Trump has played the “I’m considering a run” card before. And by the way, he’s also played the “Well last time I wasn’t strongly considering it, but this time I really am” card. While an entertaining political figure, if he announces himself as an actual candidate he should raise eyebrows from both parties. Over and over, he has proven to place a greater value on his own ego than on his alleged ideologies.

didn’t want me to visit Kashmir. They were afraid I’d come back in a body bag. Their birthplace was and still is a war zone. But finally, the summer after my sophomore year of high school, my parents decided to plan a short trip to Kashmir during our visit to India.

My grandmother always referred to Kashmir as “janath”—paradise. It’s the most beautiful place in the world. The trees are so tall that it’ll strain your neck to look at their tops—so wide that it would take two or three people to hug them. Snow caped mountains encircle the valley like peaceful guardians. The air is fresh—pure. It was breathtaking. You’d never guess how bloodstained that dirt is.

But I’d never been so terrified in my life. Every 15 feet, there was a soldier with a gun bigger than I was strapped to their back. Everywhere I went, I was stared at with so much suspicion. One day, we had an armed escort while visiting a temple complex on the outskirts of the city, and I made a comment that someone would try to kill us just because they’d think we were more important than we were. I was only half joking.

On one of our last days, I stopped at a small cart selling trinkets and bought a simple little bracelet—plastic blocks with aum inscribed onto them, held together with stretchy string. That bracelet became my most prized possession.

Fast forward to the last month of senior year when, like the idiot that I am, I lost it.

A stupid misplacement while on a school trip, and it was gone. I hated myself for losing something that meant so much, and that day, I decided that I would get a tattoo to represent it—something that I could never lose. I willed myself to wait till my 20th birthday to make sure it wasn’t a passing fancy.

I caved two months before that birthday, but I haven’t looked back since. It represents so much to me—it’s hard to articulate it in words. It stands for my parents leaving behind their entire lives—family, friends, community, history, comfort—and coming to America in their 30s to build a better life for me and my sister. It stands for the values they ingrained in me—integrity, humility, pride for the thousands of years of history that flow through my veins. It’s a constant reminder that nothing is worth compromising my ideals or who I am. And it’s also a constant reminder of the dangers of hate.

Every day there’s a report about a new, hate-driven incident, whether it’s as far away as the Kenyan massacre or as close as the noose of the Bryan Center plaza. I don’t understand how people can treat each other like animals. And I really can’t understand how they can justify it with religion or sense of superiority.

I’m terrified that the next time I visit Kashmir, the tattoo on my wrist will make me a target. But we cannot let hate dim our pride for who we are. Without knowing me or what I do and what I can do, they hate me? That’s okay. My tattoo is a symbol not just of yoga or Hinduism, but of my choice to not be limited by someone else’s malevolence.

The world is a scary place right now, but those people that are driving the hate want us to be frightened. They want us to hide who we are because it’s not like them, so they don’t understand it or are scared of it.

I genuinely believe that hate is a product of ignorance and fear of the unknown or different. By holding our heads high, we refuse to give them the satisfaction of diminishing ourselves to make them feel better. And by propping each other up, I trust that one day those who hate will come to understand that differences should not be threatening.

In a world where ignorance still runs rampant, every day is a battle. But the fight for ourselves and each other—the fight to be able to hold our heads high and proud and equal- it sure as hell is one worth fighting.

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Brendan McCartney is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Tuesday.

Ananya Zutshi is a Pratt senior. Her column runs every other Tuesday.

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April 7-14 EXHIBITIONS

Area 919: Artists in the Triangle. A survey of noteworthy work by artists who live in the Triangle and contribute to a vibrant and innovative local artist community. Thru Apr 12. Nasher Museum of Art. $12 General Public; discounts for Duke faculty and staff; Duke students Free.

From the World to Lynn: Stories of Immigration. Andrea Patiño Contreras’s multimedia exhibit explores Lynn, Massachusetts, a hub of refugee resettlement. Thru April 13. Center for Documentary Studies. Free.

Autogeography. Tracy Fish, MFA|EDA Class of 2015 Thesis Exhibition. Thru April 17.

Fredric Jameson Gallery (Friedl Building).

Free.

The Evolution of Wonder. Matthew Cicanese, MFA|EDA ‘15 Thesis Exhibition.

Thru April 18. Power Plant Gallery - ATC. Free.

Docu{rithm}. Aaron Kutnick, MFA|EDA ‘15 Thesis Exhibition. Thru April 18. Power Plant Gallery - ATC. Free.

As a Matter of Things. Haodong Li, MFA|EDA ‘15 Thesis Exhibition. Thru April 18. Power Plant Gallery - ATC. Free.

Veiled Rebellion: Women in Afghanistan.

Photojournalist Lynsey Addario’s images capture women’s lives in all areas of Afghan society. Thru Apr 18. Center for Documentary Studies. Free.

Quiet Title. Alina Taalman MFA|EDA ‘15 Thesis Exhibition. Thru April 18. SPECTRE Arts. Free.

Open This End: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Blake Byrne. An exhibition of both iconic and lesser-known works from some of the most significant and compelling artists of the last 50 years. Thru Jul 12. Nasher Museum of Art. $12 General Public; discounts for Duke faculty and staff; Duke students Free.

EVENTS

April 7 AAHVS Intermezzo: Camille Serchuk (Southern CT State University). “Making the Case: Painterly Rhetoric and Legal Cartography in Sixteenth-Century France.”

Light lunch will be served. 12pm. East Duke 204A. Free.

April 8 Ann Compton, Reporting The American Presidency. Former ABC News White House Correspondent will share her experiences covering the White House during seven presidencies for the Ewing Lecture on Ethics in Journalism. 1:30pm. Rhodes Conference Room 223 - Sanford School of Public Policy.

Free.

Discussion. “The Contemporary Black Atlantic: Interchanges between Brazil and Africa,” Louise Meintjes (moderator), Rosana Paulino (artist ), Emi Koide (scholar), and Cabriela Salgado (curator). 5pm. FHI Garage, Bay 4, Smith Warehouse. Free.

Audiovisualities Lab Screenings. 5pm.

Smith Warehouse - Emergence Lab, Bay 10, 2nd Floor. Free.

Audiovisualities Lab Reception and Project Showcase. 6pm. Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, C104. Free.

Ruth Behar, Visiting Artist Public Talk & Reception. The Vulnerable Observer: After Twenty Years, What’s Next? 7pm.

Center for Documentary Studies Auditorium.

Free.

Film Screening. Mothers and Daughters (dir. Ava Lowrey MFA|EDA ‘15). 7pm. The Carrack Modern Art, Free.

Duke Symphony Orchestra — Harry Davidson, music dir. Program: Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, Op. 48; W.A. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat Major, K. 449 with Cicilia Yudha, pianist; Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43. 8pm.

Baldwin Auditorium. Free.

April 9 Media Arts + Sciences Rendezvous.

“METABODY-Embodied mass as response to global surveillance culture,” Jaime de Val (Reverso Institute, Madrid). Refreshments will be served. 4:15pm. Room 266, Bay 10, Smith Warehouse. Free.

Gallery Tour & Discussion. “Collecting, Philanthropy and Ethics,” Blake Byrne (L.A. collector, class of ’57), Mike Levine (N.Y. collector, class of ’84), Peter Boris (Pace Gallery, NY), and Brian Boucher (Artnet News). Reception with cash bar. 6pm.

Nasher Museum. Free.

Duke University Wind Symphony — Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant, dir. Movie Night in Baldwin: Favorite movie soundtracks from Frozen, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, The Incredibles, The Dark Knight Rises, and more. 8pm. Baldwin Auditorium. Free.

Enron. By Lucy Prebble. A blend of documentary-style realism, savage comedy, magical absurdism and epic spectacle worthy of a Greek Tragedy, Enron is a narrative of greed and loss that casts a new light on the financial turmoil in which the world finds itself today. 8 pm. Sheafer Theater, Bryan Center. $10 General Public; $5 Students/Sr. Citizens.

April 10 Lecture Series in Musicology: Candace Bailey (NC Central Univ.). “The Transmission of Cultural Codes in the Antebellum South: Binder’s Volumes as Musical Commonplace Books” 4pm. Library Seminar Room, Biddle Music Bldg. Free.

Enron. (See April 9) 8pm April 11 Mezcla. Annual multicultural showcase featuring a cappella, dance, and more. 2pm.

Craven Quad. Free.

MFA|EDA Class of 2015 Closing Reception / Exhibition / Screening for Ava Lowrey.

7pm. The Carrack Modern Art. Free.

Ciompi Concert No. 4 featuring Anthony Roth Costanzo, Countertenor. 8pm.

Baldwin Auditorium. $25 gen. adm.; $10 students.

Enron. (See April 9) 8pm.

April 12 Enron. (See April 9) 2pm.

Audiovisualities Lab Visiting Artist Yan Jun Performance and Reception. 6pm. The Carrack Modern Art. Free.

MFA|EDA MicroCInema. Short Film Screenings and Party. 9pm. Satellite Studio, 105 Hood Street, #4. Free.

April 13 Audiovisualities Lab Visiting Artist Yan Jun Performance and Reception. 6pm. FHI Garage. Free.

SCREEN/SOCIETY

All events are free and open to the general public. Unless otherwise noted, screenings are at 7pm in the Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. (W) = Richard White Auditorium.

(ED) = East Duke 204B. All events subject to change.

4/7

26 Years (W) Cine-East: East Asian Cinema

4/8

The Good Lie Refugee Film Series

4/13

The Wind Rises (W) Cine-East: East Asian Cinema

4/14

The Punk Singer: A Film About Kathleen Hanna 2015 Ethics Film Series

ami.duke.edu/screensociety/schedule

This message is brought to you by the Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, Center for Documentary Studies, Chapel Music, Duke Dance Program, Duke Music Department, Master of Fine Arts in Experimental & Documentary Arts, Nasher Museum of Art, Screen/Society, Department of Theater Studies with support from the Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts.