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23 percent of students vote in DSG election
ONE HUNDRED AND tenth YEAR, Issue 110
one last climb
Alex Griffith The Chronicle In an election marred by technical difficulties and few candidates, undergraduates selected next year’s Duke Student Government committee vice presidents and senators, along with class council members. A total of 1,518 students—23 percent of the student body—voted in the vice presidential portion of the election. In the only contested vice presidential race, sophomore Tara Bansal defeated sophomore Annie Adair for vice president for academic affairs, winning 60 percent of the vote. The election ran from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. after being delayed three hours because of a University Center Activities and Events listserv malfunction, said DSG Attorney General Max Fischer-Zernin, a senior. “The listserv is updated regularly to ensure that everybody is on it,” Fischer-Zernin said. “Last night, it was supposed to do an automatic update, but the update failed so this morning a manual update started.” The manual update, which started at 7 a.m., coincided with the release of the DSG ballot and prevented the ballot from being sent to the vast majority of the student body. By 10 a.m., however, the ballot had been See DSG on Page 6
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he Duke Annual Fund hosted a Chapel Climb for the Class of 2015 Tuesday afternoon. The Chapel Climb is part of a series of campaign events by the Duke Annual Fund to secure donations and allow seniors to celebrate their final semester together as a class.
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Durham celebrates national championship “This is a truly magical season with an incredible group of guys, and I hope you enjoyed the journey with us” Will Walker The Chronicle
Carolyn Chang | The Chronicle Members of the Duke men’s basketball team attended a celebration of their accomplishments at the American Tobacco District Tuesday.
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The city of Durham celebrated the men’s basketball team’s accomplishments at the American Tobacco Campus Tuesday. The event featured speeches from head coach Mike Krzyzewski, President Richard Brodhead and senior captain Quinn Cook. The speakers discussed special moments in the basketball team’s journey to its fifth national title and thanked the Durham community for its continued support of Duke. “This is a truly magical season with an incredible group of guys and I hope you enjoyed the journey with us,” Krzyzewski said. Krzyzewski then shifted his focus to acknowledging his championship team’s success despite the challenges they encountered this past season.
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“When I say the word amazing, I can’t help but think of our guys. To go through our schedule and win 35 games was absolutely incredible,” Krzyzewski said. “I thought as the [NCAA] tournament went along we were the best team in the country.” Although he lauded each of his players’ unique strengths, Krzyzewski noted that the influences of senior leadership and freshman determination were key to the Blue Devils’ success this season. In particular, he acknowledged Cook and freshman Grayson Allen, whose 16 points in the national title game were crucial to Duke’s comeback victory. “I said [to Cook], ‘I want you to take on a role that you don’t think you should have, but will be the most important role on the team— to be a leader to the freshmen and help them feel comfortable on the court,’” Krzyzewski said. “You, my son, were the guy.” Krzyzewski gave similar praise to Allen, who seemingly saved his best game of the year for last. See Basketball on Page 12
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