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Modi remembered Wake Forest shocks Duke for'eternal cheer' by
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Following the death of junior Aalok Modi last week, the Duke community is coming together to remember the 21-year-old chemistry major from Pickerington, Ohio. A candlelight vigil was held in front of the Chapel Friday by Diya, Duke’s South Asian student association. Approximately 250 to 300 people attended the ceremony, said Ravi junior Kankotia. A bus with about 25 to 30 of Modi’s dose Aalok Modi friends left Sunday for Modi’sfuneral today in Powell, Ohio, a suburb ofColumbus. Modi died Thursday night after collapsing during an intramural basketball game in Wilson Recreation Center. He was pronounced dead in the Duke University Hospital emergency room about an hour after he collapsed. Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, said he did notknow the cause of death and that information is released only to the family. Friends described Modi as hard-working, thoughtful and an overall “great guy.” “The best two words to de-
scribe him were ‘eternal cheer,’” junior Hari Shankar said. “He was always cheerful and he was humble down to the last minute.” Kankotia said Modi often planned events for their group of friends and was always trying to be a better friend to others. “He was always upbeat, always happy, always smiling and ready to give a helping hand whenever anyone needed one,” Kankotia said. “He would always send out weekly e-mails, he would plan the events for our group and... in away he was the center of our group.” Modi was actively involved in the Global Health Forum and wanted to be a doctor, Kankotia said. He added that Modi had wanted to go to India this summer to do service work. Junior Jason Pate said Modi was passionate about global health and had hoped to see Duke’s global health groups unified underthe Global Health Forum. “He was always either working on global health stulf, studying or playing basketball,” said Pate, a co-director with Modi on the Global Health Student Action Committee. “There was a love and a passion that he shared with people at this 5ch001.... Duke is a better place becauseAalok was here—he definitely left it a little better than he found it” SEE MODI ON PAGE 5
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Freshman Jeff Teague goes up for the dunk over theBlue Devils' Kyle Singler in the Demon Deacons' 86-73 upset victory Sunday night in Winston-Salem.
WINSTON-SALEM Duke had ended ACC games this season with all five starters on the bench before Sunday night. The difference against Wake Forest at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum was that the No. 2 Blue Devils didn’t have a choice. All five Duke starters fouled out as the Blue Devils (22-2, 101 in the ACC) saw their 12-game winning streak come to an unexpected halt at the hands of the Demon Deacons, 86-73. Duke’s starting quintet witnessed Wake Forest (16-8, 6-5) celebrate the victory on the Coliseum’s parquet floor with its fans, several players and coaches pointed to the banner honoring late head coach Skip Prosser with tears in their eyes after the landmark win. “All last year, Coach Prosser always told us to keep fighting and play hard,” sophomore guard L.D. Williams said. “He told us that you can’t be soft and play at Wake Forest, and tonight we played really hard.” It was the Demon Deacons’ 14th win in 15 games at Joel Coliseum this season, and the fourth time in the last five meetings that Wake Forest has beaten the Blue Devils at home. The Demon Deacons made SEE M. BBALL ON SW 5
Allison elected editor of Chronicle’s 104thvolume
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from Staff Reports The staff of The Chronicle has elected sophomore Chelsea Allison to serve as the newspaper’s editor in its 104thyear of publication. At a meeting Friday, Allison—currently University editor—was named editor ofThe Chronicle and president of Duke Student Publishing Company, Inc., the independent corporation responsible for publishing the campus’ student-run daily newspaper. Allison will succeed junior David Graham for a one-year term beginning May 9. As editor, Allison will determine the newspaper’s content and lead a staff of more than 125 student volunteer reporters, editors, photographers and layout designers. Her responsibilities as DSPC president will include
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Sophomore Chelsea Allison was elected editorof The Chronicle Friday night.