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honorary BLUE DEVILS GET SHOT AT REVENGE degrees Duke, Johns Hopkins 6 p.m. ESPNU •
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It would have been a comeback for the ages, the perfect ending to a storybook season. But the Blue Devils couldn’t capitalize on an extra-man opportunity in the final two minutes, a Brad Ross shot with eight seconds left rebounded all the way to midfield, and Max Quinzani’s attempt at the buzzer sailed wide. And so Johns Hopkins walked off the field at M&T Bank Stadium last May with a 12-11 national-championship victory, the second time in threeyears that the Blue Jays trumped Duke for the title. Down 104 at halftime, the Blue Devils nearly stormed all the way back to cap off an already magical season with the program’s first national title. Almost a year later, No. 2 Duke (10-1) gets a chance for revenge in a highly-anticipated rematch with No. 11 Johns Hopkins (34) Saturday at 6 p.m. “Losing to them in the national championship game two out of the last three years gets you hungrier every time we play them,” senior goalie Dan Loftus said. “Every time we play them, no matter what the outcome was the time before, it’s always a really good game.” The Blue Jays have won five ofthe last six matchups dating back to 2003, with the last five games decided by a total of six goals. SEE M. LAX ON PAGE 16
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Duke will award five honorary degrees commencement ceremony, President Richard Brodhead announced Thursday. The recipients will be writers Barbara Kingsolver and Wendell Berry, public health leader Dr. Helene Gayle, broadcast executive James Goodmon and Court of Appeals Judge Patricia Wald. “Honorary degrees serve the dual purpose of recognizing extraordinary individuals and inspiring graduating students,” Brodhead said in a statement. “Students about to embark on their own careers, full of hope and promise, see at commencement these wonderful examples of how they might put their own learning to use in the future.” Kingsolver, who was recently billed as the University’s commencement speaker, is the author of “The Poisonwood Bible” released in 1998 and “Animal Dreams” in 1990. “Duke University is an exciting community of scholars with an outstanding history and tradition,” she wrote in an e-mail. “I am honored that they have invited me through those gates.” She wrote her most recent book, “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life,” with her husband Steven Hopp and
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Johns Hopkins beat Duke in the 2007 National Championship,but theBlue Devils can get vengeance Saturday.
CAMPUS COUNCIL
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Ally Helmers THE CHRONICLE
In response to the Room Pix housing shortage for 58 female rising sophomores, Campus Council approved a set of recommendations to Residence Life and Housing Services based on the notion that all members of the Class of 2011 should remain on West Campus in the Fall semester if possible. At its general body meeting Thursday night, the council proposed five incentives for RLHS to offer relocating female rising juniors and seniors who selected a single on West during Room Pix. Members said they hoped RLHS would be flexible but break as few precedents as possible. “We set the tradition of putting sophomores on West SEE COUNCIL ON PAGE 5
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Drought continues despite rain Restrictions lowered, silverware to return by
Hon Lung Chu THE CHRONICLE
After yet another day of rain, some students continue to ask, “Are we still in a drought?” Unfortunately, the gloomy answer seems to be yes The city of Durham lowered water use restrictions from State IV severe mandatory conservation to State 111 moderate mandatory conservation April 1, after above-normal rainfalls last month, said James Lim, conservation coordinator for Durham’s Department ofWater Management. As a result, china and silverware will be returning to many dining locations on campus, including the Marketplace, the Great Hall and The Loop, Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst said. SEE DROUGHT ON PAGE
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Recent rainy days have not ended the drought Durham currently faces.