April 23, 2001

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The Chronicle NCAA products bring big bucks Law professor dies near office

By PRATIK PATEL The Chronicle A herd of alumni packed the campus and Duke University Stores this weekend, likely adding to the University’s already skyrocketing cham-

By JAMES HERRIOTT

pionship merchandise sales. Indeed, three weeks after the final game’s buzzer, Duke Stores’ sales have totaled more than $2 million, $600,000 of which came from online sales. Unavailable during the 1991 and 1992 championships years, the Internet has provided access to a larger number ofDuke fans. Championship items were online an hour after the game was over, and 3,900

orders were received the first day. The physical University Store is pulling in even more money than its virtual counterpart, selling $360,000 worth of merchandise the day after the championship. The upstairs portion of the store has expanded into the Textbook Store to make room for championship paraphernalia. Director of Duke Stores Jim Wilkerson has hired close to 30 temporary employees to provide customer service and keep merchandise available. The University Store, which normally stays open eight and a halfhours a day, has remained open up to 12 hours a day since the championship. “We’ve See DUKE STORES on page 15 �

The Chronicle

THE UNIVERSITY STORE has been flooded with customers interested in buying Duke championship paraphernalia.

Herbert Bernstein, a generous and joyful professor of law who was regarded as one of the faculty’s most inspiring teachers, died Friday morning of an apparent heart attack. He was 71. Bernstein was considered to be in good health but had previously been treated for hypertension and minor heart ailments. A visiting professor found Bernstein dead in a bathroom in the law school Only half an hour before his death was discov- Herbert Bernstein ered, a high-spirited Bernstein had chatted with Professor of Law Neil Vidmar, a trusted friend and colleague. “He had two courses this semester and he had just come back from finishing one of the classes, and he came in smiling, saying he only had one to go,” said Vidmar, who was the last to speak with Bernstein. “It was a blur to me. As one would expect, everybody was in shock—here is one of the dearest men in the law school. Everybody respected him.” Professor of Law Madeline Morris said Bernstein will be remembered for his enthusiasm and See BERNSTEIN on page 15 P-

Duke captures four ACC titles in Orlando this weekend

The Chronicle

You might BUENA VISTA, Fla. 10 LAKE say that Mike Pressler was on the defenMaryland 6 sive. In the span of two weeks, his secondseeded Blue Devils (10-4) have single-handedly defeated every other team in the world ofACC men’s lacrosse, revitalizing a squad left for dead earlier in the season after a number of embarrassing losses, including one at Harvard. Pressler’s team rebounded after a couple of weeks of increased conditioning with a last-minute regular season win over the Cavaliers and rode that momentum all the way to the ACC tournament title yesterday after defeating top-seeded Maryland (10-2) 10-6 at Disney’s Wide World of Sports. “It’s unbelievable, I can’t even explain it,” most valuable player Scott Bross said. “We’ve had some really good teams I’ve been on in the past and they never won an ACC championship. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” But it was defense on which Duke depended in order to win only its second conference title—the first coming under Pressler in 1995. This defense allowed only eight goals in the final half of the semifinal round and the final

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yesterday.

Denver, will THE MEN’S LACROSSE TEAM, seen here in a February game against 10-6. bring home an ACC title after defeating Maryland

“They’ve come a long way since March 3, when Maryland played us last, I can tell you that,” said Pressler ofhis team’s newfound defensive intensity, referring to the team’s worst loss ofthe season, a 13-5 decision in College Park. “One thing we do is we really study personnel. We play a matchup game; we want to match up our guys with the people we study all See MEN’SLACROSSE on page 6 �

Championships Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex

Women's Lacrosse Final #1 Maryland 15 #2 Duke Men's Lacrosse Final #2 Duke 10 6 #t Maryland Women's Tennis Final #1 Duke 4 Wake Forest t #2 Men's Tennis Final #1 Duke #7 Clemson

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Behind solid defense, men’s lacrosse captures second-ever ACC title for Pressler

Women Men

Golf Ist place 7th place

Track and Field Men Bth place Women 9th place

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