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BALTIMORE What a difference one year can make. In last year’s ACC Championship game, Virginia (13-4, 4-2 in the ACC) handed Duke one of its worst losses in program history; a disheartVIRGINIA ening and disap-

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Students of color are frustrated, By the numbers, Duke is diverse: 10 percent black, 14 percent Asian-American and almost 7 percent Hispanic. But many undergraduates see two different Dukes; a weekday Duke and a weekend Duke. The first, they say, displays the diversity the University’s brochures tout, but the second devolves into a social scene some say is racially segregated. Sophomore Brandon White, a member campus 0f Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity—a historiCult Ufa cally black greek orv S ganization—has se these two Dukes At a barbeque his fraternity held for the residents of Edens Quadrangle earlier this semester, White saw a group of white students and an older woman observing the gathering. “So one guy says, ‘What's happening over there?,’ White recalled. “Aiiother guy answered, ‘Oh, the Alphas are having a barbeque.’ Then the first guy says, T have one guess as to what they're cooking; fried chicken, watermelon and Kool-Aid.’” After confronting the bystanders, White told two ofhis fraternity brothers about the incident, and t hey shared his

indignation. “Every race was there, we were trying to have fun,” White said later. “They say they

try to cater to minorities—it's all bullshit.” Senior Kareem Khoury, one of White's fraternity brothers, said he was shocked that the incident occurred, especially given recent student-driven efforts like programs at the Center for Race Relations. “The event was for everyone—it wasn’t just a ‘black’ event,” he said. “It makes me feel like all the things CRR does—when stufflike this happens —it’s all pointless.” White and his fraternity brothers were vocal in their outrage about the incident they recalled, but other students said instances of racial stereotyping were so common they no longer elicit such reactions. Junior Thomas Stratton said he found a profile picture on thefacebook.com in which a white Duke student put on blackface—dark brown makeup worn over the whole face with a kinked, dark wig. Other students were distressed by the picture, Stratton SEE SEGREGATION ON PAGE 12

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But in a finals rematch Sunday, the Blue Devils (14-3, 5-1) mounted a strong enough offensive performance and clamped down on the Cavaliers’ attackers to win their first ever ACC Championship, 9-6, at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md. “This is something we haven’t had—we haven’t had an ACC Championship,” head coach Kerstin Kimel said. “We agreed together, 40 of us or however many of us there are, that we were going to do everything we had to do today to make it a reality. So I could not be prouder of the effort our kids put out on the field today.” Kristen Waagbo and Rachel Sanford each recorded hat tricks as Duke never trailed in the game. Junior Katie Chrest, who scored two goals and added an assist, earned Tournament MVP honors. But the defense was the key to Sunday’s victory. The Cavalier trio of 2004 Tewaaraton Trophy winner Amy Appelt, Tyler Leachman and Cary Chasney came into the game averaging nearly eight goals per contest between them. The Duke defense honed in on those three, and the trio did not find the back of the net a single time, shooting a combined 0-for-14. Goalie Megan Huether recorded 11 saves. “I think that says an awful lot about our SEE W. LAX ON SW PAGE 3

steal title from Blue Devils 5. Duke (14-2, 4-1) beat the No. 4 seed, North Carolina 15-11 in its semifinal

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As the clock ticked ■5 victory over No. 2 Duke, jd Maryland men’s lacrosse rprisingly rushed the field in celebration. The jubilant players £ 5 did not congregate, however, in typical celebratory spot of midfield, it rather at their own defensive goal in appropriate location considering the nature of the game. Third-seeded Maryland (8-5, 3-2 in the ACC) shut down top-seed Duke’s high-octane offense to claim their secondstraight ACC Championship in Baltimore Sunday. The Terrapins, who beat secondseeded Virginia 8-7 in overtime Friday to advance to the finals, avenged a 10-8 loss —

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Duke was competing in its fourth ACC final in five years, but the team has not won the tournament since 2002. The Blue Devils will now wait until May 8 for NCAA Tournament selections, when they will likely receive a bid to the 12-team tourney. Senior goalie Aaron Fenton kept the Blue Devils afloat throughout the first half with 10 saves in the first two periods. Duke, however, played more than 40 minutes without a goal, and Maryland opened up a 3-2 halftime lead with three goals in the last six minutes of the third quarter, two of which were in man-up situations resulting from Blue Devil penalties. 2004 ACC Player of the Year Joe Walters led the Terrapins with three goals SEE

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The Blue Devil attack was kept in check by Maryland, shooting only 13 percent for the game.


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