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The ChronicleV
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2006
THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST YEAR, ISSUE 95
Dyson slams federal response to Katrina by
Happy Lunar New Year
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The annual event, sponsored by the Asian Students Association, features cultural dancenumbers and other performances to celebrate the lunar new year. 2006 is the year of the dog.
Erwin to enforce subletting policy Mingyang Liu THE CHRONICLE
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juniors hoping to take over Erwin Square apartments from fellow greek community members will have to go through a new process for next school year. A recent notice given to current tenants of the apartments states that the management of the apartment complex will begin to enforce a policy that prohibits tenants from passing
down or subletting their units. Despite rumors circulating among students, the management company has not changed its policies. The notice, which residents said came unexpectedly, was an announcement of stricter enforcement of the existing subletting rules. “A few people were allowed to do it, and it got to a point where all the students were doing it,” said Sandra Masters, the property man-
ager of Erwin Apartments. “The students kind of took it on themselves, and it just got out of hand.” From now on, current residents of Erwin—along with all of their furniture and belongings—will have to move out of their apartments at the end of their leases in order for management officials to perform inspections and to estimate the cost of damages. SEE APARTMENTS ON PAGE 9
Neal SenGupta THE CHRONICLE
Michael Eric Dyson, an acclaimed author of black social literature and professor of religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania, spoke in Page Auditorium Sunday about the plight of the black residents of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Dyson’s speech, titled “Come Hell or High Water: Race Relations After Katrina,” focused on racial stratification in the areas devastated by the hurricane that hit the Gulf Coast in late August 2005. The event was sponsored by the Black Student Alliance as a part its Black History Month program. “New Orleans represents such a unique slice ofAmerica because it is, as its mayor suggests, ‘chocolate,’” Dyson said, referring to New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin’s widely criticized public comment on his wish to rebuild a “chocolate” New Orleans. “New Orleans was 67.9 percent black. I don’t know about you, but I think that is pretty chocolate.” Dyson also discussed the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the Big Easy’s demography. “Now New Orleans is smaller, richer and whiter,”
Dyson said. “The batde over New Orleans is not about geography. It is about the geography of race.” Dyson continued on to discuss how the the “vanilla” suburbs of New Orleans—wealthier, white predominately residential areas —were on elevated ground and not as severely damaged by the hurricane as
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Michael Eric Dyson speaks about race relations after Hurricane Katrina Sunday.
Duke grabs early lead, fends off Terrapins by
Gregory Beaton THE CHRONICLE
COLLEGE PARK, Md. For the second straight game, Duke went into halftime with a dwindling lead to an opponent playing in front of its home crowd. And for the second straight game, the Blue Devils came out of the locker room on a roll, increasing a four-point halftime lead to 11 over DUKE 96 the second half s MARYLAND 38 first three minutes.
Shelden Williams was forced to the bench with foul trouble in the first half, but scored 15 points in the second.
But unlike the Blue Devils’ game against North Carolina Feb. 7, Duke (23-1, 11-0 in the ACC) did not relent and never allowed Maryland (15-8, 5-5) to make a run on its way to a 96-88 victory Saturday afternoon at the Comcast Center. “We beat a team that played winning basketball today,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “We kept them like three possessions away.”
With Shelden Williams and Josh Mcßoberts on the bench with two fouls for the final 4:49 of the first half, Maryland whittledDuke’s 12-point lead down to just four at the break. Both players started the second half, and Duke responded. JJ- Redick picked off a Maryland pass and pulled up for a three-pointer from the wing to start the run, during which Duke outscored the Terrapins 11-4. Freshman Greg Paulus also drove for an easy layup and hit Williams twice down low for open buckets. From there, Duke simply hung on to its lead. The Blue Devils’ biggest lead was 14, and the closest Maryland got was seven—on two occasions with less than a minute left. Duke hit 12-of-14 free throws over the final 2:07 and avoided the turnovers down SEE M. BBALL ON SW PAGE 4