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Three vie
Hr
for DSG
president
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Emily Almas
by
THE CHRONICLE
Three Pasha
seniors—Aaron
rising and
Majdi
thrown their hats into the for
Duke
the
Dinin,
Vitarelli—have
Anthony
upcoming
Student Government
race
presi-
dent. While the official ballot for the DSG election
executive until
o
be
not
all
certified
three
candi-
dates confirmed their candidacies for the March 30
3
I
will
Tuesday afternoon,
DSG
contest.
General
Attorney
would neither confirm candidates.
However
Vitarelli said the
they
contest, which
that
none
has any
is
any of the and
Majdi
Dinin,
forward
looking
are
Kahne
Dave
deny
nor
the
by
marked
to
fact
affiliation with
current
the student group.
Dinin, a
cartoonist for The Chronicle, is
a
and hails from Atlanta. He
English major
said he felt compelled in
light
of DSG’s
tendance and
has
A
Liana
Story by
Wyler
Duke’s
back
are
•
on
had closer
cruises. But
tequila
and
nights
campus,
venturing
you
McDonald and
by Betsy
equivalent
study
of
eight
undergraduate
on
of
ception
than
ly larger
probably
a
Duke
stan-
shot is
or
Miller
The Chronicle
used
sumption
surveys,
in
dents
per-
alcohol
con-
found
asked
was
a
to
that pour
12-ounce beer
when
stu-
what
they
and
1.25-
would
losophy and
also
provide
is
a
currendy
Dinin, who
than
Council.
president
needs
and
be
to
needs
aware
to
ing
to
be able
legislation
things
to
of the
be
to
do
and
things
stu-
stu-
represent
dents,” he said. “I think the DSC needs
phi-
the leader of a student gov-
just
body
studies and
communications
as
Campus
ernment, but needs dent
view-
unique
from Vienna, Va.,
major
serves
coordinator for
more
a
public policy
double
“I think the DSC
standard-sized alcoholic
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and
up
for the group
point
significantSEE ENOUGH ON PAGE 8
step
he said.
at-
with the student gov-
experience
Majdi
were
thought
typical
no
with
legislation.
ernment, said that his “outsider” perspective
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Researchers
single
a
John
beverage
drinking
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constitutes
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beer, mixed drink,
had before
you
that karaoke stage
on
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beware: those six
said
the
habits found that
beer-for-breakfast
storytellers
shots
to
Illustrations
dard-sized shots.
loaded with wild tales of drunken
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Photo
The Chronicle
spring
freshly-tanned
breakers
underestimate the amount of alcohol in their drinks
that Duke students
study shows
new
should
about it,”
president
problems reform
achieving
“Someone
something
for
to run
recent
president
besides pass-
resolutions,
to
do
like coordinate students.”
While
lacking
any
involvement
with
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West by
headline Last
to
Cindy Yee
features
THE CHRONICLE
For whose
all
those
by
students
“vacations”
summer
defined
justify
Duke
the
few
weeks between
final
high-powered
summer
ships, to
the chance will
witness the
nate
exams
fruits
come
alter-
an
West—hip-hop
and
up-and-coming
producrapper
who will headline the annual Last
Day is
a
of Classes
college
album, “The
even
concert
dropout. College
April His
21
—
debut
Dropout,”
that
lyrics life
glorify
And
yet
fame and
only
he has
sans
(H.0.V.A.) Who’s
”
hits
as
was
Back.”
In
addition, has
won
to
have
a
the
will
also
partner, Dilated
who succeeded
‘The
since
last
day
of
well
more
of
dropout
playing
classes,”
LDOC
include West’s
Peoples,
which
touring and
think
we’ll
get
a
pos-
much
diverse audience than
the
past
shown,”
rock
Pike
West’s selection
veys.
with
pleased
line-up,
another opener.
‘We
“Izzo
funny juxtaposi-
so
sibly
part
college
was
can
critical
platinum
said he
year’s
released Feb. 10.
“It’s kind of a
our
Jay-Z’s
Pike this
and Scarface’s “Guess
acclaim and gone
tion
most
LDOC co-chair Mark Pike
a
dream about. West has pro-
duced such
it
achieved
fortune that
College Dropout”
lifestyle.
Kanye er
intern-
soon
of
and
number of
university degree.
are
precious
a
and
Day
on
concerts
said, was
some
have
noting
that
based in
large
the results of student
“We
got
a
sur-
lot of feedback
that indicated the campus has
enSPECIALTO THE CHRONICLE
on
said
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Kanye
West will
play the Last Day
of Classes concert in late
April.