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Q&A: Bullock and Kelly on the rivalry

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Cheerleaders: The heart of school spirit

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Is Duke or UNC better at basketball? page 22

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letter from the editor

SPRING 2013

FOR THE LOVE OF HATING

I’m a Tar Heel born, I’m a Tar Heel bred, and when I die I’m a Tar Heel dead. And I want Duke Basketball to be good.

There, I said it (and maybe just died a little inside). It’s an uncomfortable truth for an uncompromising Carolina fan, and most of us would be tortured rather than admit it. But the fact of the matter is: this rivalry is the greatest thing about college basketball, maybe even sports in general. And it’s ours. The Carolina-Duke hatred is unprecedented, allie barnes fundamental and outrageous. is a senior at The University of And it’s not because Duke (actually) sucks.

North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

To be completely honest, the game last year at She can be reached via email Duke was boring. UNC-CH absolutely spanked the at barnesac@live.unc.edu Devils: 18 points is just embarrassing. I was ecstatic we won, but it did nothing to help soothe the sting of Austin Rivers’ three-pointer. The win was just too easy. And then a couple weeks later, Lehigh pulled off a victory over Duke in one of the greatest upsets in NCAA history. After I was done laughing hysterically, I threw out my bracket because I had Duke going to the Sweet Sixteen. (I obviously had UNC-CH winning it all.)

The pleasure we Carolina fans felt following Duke’s defeat was wonderful, but if that’s how the Devils always played, our rivalry would soon be extinct.

Thankfully, Duke’s impressive start to the basketball season has gone steadily downhill. (Hey, I didn’t say anything about wanting the Devils to be great.) Anyone who watched the Tar Heels play the Devils in Cameron this year was impressed. UNC-CH had Duke scrambling, running for their lives. It was an incredible game. It was the proudest I’ve been of the Tar Heels all year. Yes, Duke did win the game, but by a mere five points. That’s not too bad coming from an unranked team playing the #2 ranked team in the nation.

I can’t wait until the game in the Dean Dome-- as a senior who is going to be watching the game in the Dome, it would be a dream come true to defeat Duke on the home court. And hopefully we’ll beat them by a small margin, something in single digits. Because I want our rivalry to thrive.

But I’m a tried and true Tar Heel. The Carolina Way is part of me.

So, in the immortal words of former U.S. Representative Brad Miller, “If Duke was playing against the Taliban, I’d have to pull for the Taliban.”

Best wishes,

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treasurer eric kline Rival is a joint publication between Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that seeks to reinforce and redefine the historic rivalry. Rival is independently recognized at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is also a member of the Duke University Undergraduate Publication Board.

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The series between Duke and UNC-CH is close. So close, in fact, that in the combined scores of the last 77 games, UNC-CH leads by a mere 17 points, 6029-6012. Before the 2012 games, the difference was only one point, with Duke leading 5858- 5857. Although the Tar Heels may have the overall higher cumulative total, Coach Krzyewski has an edge over the Tar Heel in victories, 38-37, thanks to the game on Feb. 13. Coach Williams (as a UNC-CH coach) doesn’t have a winning record; his total is 10-12.

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in this issue The coach, the legend

Q&A: Bullock and Kelly

The scoop on the tickets

It is undeniable that the current coaches of Duke and UNC-CH have helped the schools become basketball dynasties. This highlights the impressive resume of Coach Williams and Coach K.

Get an exclusive look at the basketball rivalry, right from the (proverbial) horse’s mouth. UNC-CH’s Reggie Bullock and Duke’s Ryan Kelly talk about their personal experience with the unique competition.

Duke and UNC-CH students have very different ways of getting basketball tickets.

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The wheels on the bus

Rival- what’s it mean?

The Robertson Bus has undergone major changes since the beginning of the semester: the formerly free bus now is charging students and others a fare.

Students from both campuses spill about the good and the bad and how their experience with the intense rivalry between the two schools has shaped college.

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Switching it up page 22

Two Roberston scholars dish about their experiences during their “semester switch.”

It’s all about the CHEER! page 26

Duke and UNC-CH cheerleaders are essential for support during the games.

in every issue Pregame

Tar Tracks

The Width & Breadth Of It

February is Black History Month, so check out the history of integration on the Duke and UNC-CH basketball teams.

It’s easy to get out of hand during basketball season with the trash talking and intense hatred flares. UNC-CH’s Lilly Knoepp discusses the challenging issue of respect during the basketball crazy of February and March.

Want a global perspective? Read what Lara Funk has to say about South Africa.

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We’re not letting the cat out of the bag with this one. This is basic knowledge all Duke and Carolina students come with.

Athlete’s Corner

Devil’s Advocate

Duke’s Ryan Hoerger and UNC-CH’s Michael Hardison get into a heated debate trying to figure out if Duke or Carolina has the better basketball team this year. Think you know? See if they agree with you.

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Duke’s Laurel Burk reflects on her years of being a Cameron Crazy.

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By The Book page 30

Think you’ve got it bad? Rival compares personal nutrition classes at Duke and UNC-CH.

Out of the Blue page 31

Tired of seeing the same old people? Get to know some cool new faces around campus.

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his February, in accordance with Black History Month, Duke is celebrating 50 Years of Black Students being enrolled in the institution. Since 1963 when the first five black students were enrolled at Duke, the university has had many firsts with regard to the desegregation process, including the desegregation of the basketball team.

During the 1966-1967 season, C.B. Claiborne became the first AfricanAmerican student athlete to play for the varsity basketball team. “I did something that needed to be done at that time,” Claiborne said in an interview with Brian Jacobs. “I was in a position to do it, and it was appropriate, and the experiences at Duke were what you would have expected them to be, given that place, given the time.” Until Claiborne graduated in 1969, only eight African-Americans in all had previously received undergraduate degrees from Duke.

Claiborne joined the team in ’66 under head coach Vic Bubas, who played for N.C. State from 1948-1951 as an undergraduate.

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develop a strong program– between 1961 and 1967, his Blue Devil teams maintained the top winning percentage in the United States. His teams also finished first in the Atlantic Coast Conference from 1963-1966 and managed to make it to the Final Four in ’63, ’64, and ’66. When asked about “the unseen prospect” (Claiborne), Bubas told United Press international that Claiborne was “welcome to come out for the team and compete for a position.”

Three years later, after Claiborne’s debut as a guard in 1970, Don Blackman became the first African-American men’s basketball player to earn an athletic scholarship. In 1971, Jim Lewis became Duke’s first African-American assistant basketball coach, and in 1977, Sigrid Taylor became the first African American female varsity basketball player at Duke.

Since the 1960s, the blue devils have reveled in the success of countless fantastic African-American basketball players.

Some of the most noteworthy include Johnny Dawkins, Grant Hill, Carlos Boozer, Nolan Smith, Kyrie Irving and Andre Dawkins. Johnny Dawkins (19831986), averaging 19.2 points, 4.2 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game over his career-span, was named a First-Team AllAmerican twice and the National Player of the Year in 1986. The infamous Grant Hill (1991-1994), averaged 15.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.0 blocks and 1.7

steals per game over his four years, won the Defensive Player of the Year award in 1993, and was named the ACC Player of the Year and a First-Team All-American in 1994. Boozer (1998-2001), who currently plays for the Chicago Bulls, averaged 14.9 points and 7.2 rebounds per game over his three-year career at Duke and was a key player in leading Duke to its 2001 National Championship. Nolan Smith, who currently plays for the Portland Trail Blazers, had a “whatever-it-takes-to-win” mindset that helped lead the entire team to the 2010 National Championship. During his senior season, he averaged over 20 points per game and five assists per game.

Finally, Irving and Dawkins, although they each only played a year for Duke were the number one recruits in 2010 and 2011, respectively, and were incredible players.

Presently, well over 50% of Duke’s team is made up of African-American students, (all of whom are on full scholarship) and approximately 10% of University’s total population is made up of AfricanAmerican students. In the last halfcentury, many strides have been made toward complete desegregation of the basketball program and Duke University in general, making it a completely different environment than it used to be. Today, we celebrate our African-American players.

Today, we celebrate as one team – the Blue Devils.

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ear the end of 1967, Charles Scott donned the classic Carolina-blueand-white varsity basketball jersey for the first time. The six foot, five inch sophomore guard/forward from New York City was the first black scholarship athlete at UNC-CH and one of the first black men to play ball in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Breaking the color barrier in more ways than one, Scott continued to make history when he helped his team earn two ACC Championship titles and took them to two Final Four appearances in the NCAA tournament.

Legendary coach Dean Smith recruited Scott in 1966 during a time when racial tension was high in the South. But Smith didn’t do it alone; he enlisted the help of Daniel H. Pollitt, now a retired law professor from UNC-CH. “He asked me to go with him... down in the southern part of the state where Charlie was going to prep school,” Pollitt said in an interview for the Southern Orgal History Program’s Collection at UNC-CH. “And to watch a game and have dinner with the headmaster, and talk to Charlie.

Cause I was the NAACP guy. And that’s how we broke the color bar.”

Scott wasn’t the first black basketball Tar Heel. Willie Cooper was part of the 1964- 1965 freshman basketball team, but left after a single season. Although Julius Johnson and C.B. Claiborne were two African-Americans in the conference (at Maryland and Duke, respectively) before him, Scott’s incredible skill level , with an average 22.1 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, resulted him to become the ACC’s first well-known and accomplished African-American player.

Since Dean Smith and Scott desegregated the team, many AfricanAmerican Tar Heels have helped make Carolina one of the most impressive college basketball programs. Phil Ford, point guard for UNC-CH from 19741978, was the first freshman in history to earn the ACC tournament Most Valuable Player award. While Ford was on the team, the Carolina boys went to the NCAA tournament every year and made it to the 1977 Championship game. Ford ended his career with 2,290 points and remained the school’s all-time leading scorer until 2008 when Tyler Hansbrough bested him.

Afterwards, Ford went on to play in the NBA for six years, earning Rookie of the Year in 1979 playing for the Kansas City Kings.

Michael Jordan, arguably the Tar Heels’ and NBA’s greatest basketball star, played for UNC-CH from 1981- 1984. Among his accomplishments during his three seasons in Chapel Hill, Jordan hit the game winning shot of the 1982 NCAA National Championship game against Georgetown.

Jordan averaged almost 18 points and five rebounds per game and was named to the NCAA All-American First Team in 1983 and 1984, and in 1984 was awarded both the Naismith and the Wooden College

Player of the Year. Instead of returning to Chapel Hill for his senior year, Jordan was the third overall pick in the NBA draft and went on to create a professional dynasty with the Chicago Bulls.

Countless other talented basketball players have had successful careers because Coach Smith and players like Scott blazed the trail of possibility, most notably the starters from the 2005 and 2009 NCAA Championship team like Raymond Felton, Sean May, Marvin Williams, Ty Lawson and Danny Green. Last year, the greats Kendal Marshall and Harrison Barnes were drafted to the NBA, and now Reggie Bullock, PJ Hairston, Leslie McDonald, Dexter Strickland and Marcus Paige are taking center stage.

Carolina and college basketball in general has come a long way from the earlier segregated days. Now, all the players on a team strive towards excellence with the common ground of basketball, disregarding each other’s skin tone. The only problem with color now is if it’s about a certain shade of blue on Tobacco Road.

1. CHARLIE SCOTT, THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP BASKETBALL ATHLETE AT UNC-CH, PUTS UP A JUMP SHOT IN A GAME IN CARMICHAEL GYMNASIUM AGAINST WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY. 2. CHARLIE SCOTT, 33, TRIES TO SCORE A BASKET WHILE PLAYING AGAINST NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY. 3. C.B. CLAIBORNE, THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN BASKETBALL PLAYER AT DUKE, BLOCKS A SHOT BY THE OPPONENT. CLAIBORNE WAS PART OF THE 1969 TEAM WHO BEAT UNC-CH IN TRIPLE OVERTIME. 4. CHARLIE SCOTT AGAIN SCORES FOR HIS TEAM ON THE UNC-CH HOME COURT. SPRING 2013 • RIVAL MAGAZINE

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BY ERIC KLINE, UNC-CH AND LAURA DAMIANI, DUKE DESIGN BY ALLIE BARNES, UNC-CH

Cameron Crazies and their iconic body paint is a well known symbol of their fandom.

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Symbols of Rivalry

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Rushing Franklin Street

Beat Duke Memorabilia

The Genesis

Love for Schools that Beat Duke

Whether it’s the ashen look on Coach K’s face or a Plumlee, nothing gets a UNC-CH student to Franklin Street faster than a hoops win against Dook. So manage your breathing – in through the nose and out through the mouth – because you’ll need everything you’ve got to stoke the illegal fires once you arrive. This is a Carolina tradition.

1961. Art Heyman of Duke gave a hard foul against Larry Brown, sparking a brawl that stopped play for 15 minutes as order was restored. Duke won the game and Heyman was suspended.What took place in this game started the greatest sports rivalry in the known universe.

There’s a champion somewhere on the UNC-CH campus who struts around proudly showing off a “%*!$ DUKE” shirt. Except, of course, they aren’t symbols from your Corporate Finance class. So stop

by Johnny T-Shirt and get some Beat Dook gear, it’s a sentiment that defines the UNC-CH experience after all.

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Jeff Capel’s Stupid Buzzer Beater

In 1995 Duke’s Capel hit a running three to send this game into double overtime. Why is this a symbol? Because UNCCH students have to put up with watching ESPN replay this shot before every rivalry game even though we eventually won the game. Hopefully for Duke students’ sake, they don’t play this shot in Cameron because that would be both laughable and desperate.

Photo by Rodrigo Martinez, UNC-CH

Coach K

Bonfire

Cameron Crazies

K-Ville

There’s a reason Cameron Crazies physically hail the king when Coach K walks on court. Mike Krzyzewski has coached the Blue Devils since 1980 and led them to four NCAA Championships. In addition to coaching two Olympic teams, he has won a record of 927 games during his career. In case the numbers don’t speak for themselves, this guy has the court named after him.

Always covered in blue and white paint, Crazies are the most dedicated, die-hard fans on the planet. Who else has enough school spirit to live in tents for more than a month? Known for their chants, pranks, and cheers, these Blue Devils will do almost anything to stand out in Cameron Stadium.

Blue Devil

After a victory against UNC-CH, Duke students celebrate by setting large wooden benches aflame in the middle of West Campus’s Main Residential Quad.

The bonfire is Duke tradition and represents the pure joy and excitement from winning the game – administrators just hope students contain their excitement to the pre-designated fire circumference.

A tradition that traces back to 1986, K-Ville is renowned for the dozens of tents dotting the lawn in front of Wilson Gym. Students begin tenting weeks before the Duke-UNC men’s basketball game, and risk their health and grades for a spot inside the stadium on game day.

Duke’s mascot originated from a nickname given to a group of French soldiers known as “les Diables Bleus,” during World War I. The eye-catching uniforms of blue berets and flowing capes prompted Duke students to pick Blue Devils in choice of other considerations such as the Blue Warrior or Polar Bear. The Crazies have taken the fiercer choice in stride.

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Three Shades of Blue, Two Coaches, One Goal

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hey have collectively amassed more than 1600 career wins, been to 18 Final Fours, including 12 National Championship Games, and won 6 National Titles. They have sent more than 50 players to the NBA, fostered more than a dozen college and NBA head coaches, and written legacies that transcend the game of basketball. Coaches Roy Williams and Mike Krzyzewski have become synonymous with success both on and off the court. They are enshrined in the National Basketball Hall of Fame and will be remembered as two of the greatest coaches in NCAA history. Amid all of the turmoil and realignment in college athletics, this pair is a symbol of everything right in college basketball. A hundred Plumlees wouldn’t have enough fingers to count all the important victories and milestones in their respective careers, but here’s a look at some of the most memorable Roy Williams and Mike Krzyzewski moments.

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Coach Roy Williams College Years

1968

Coach Roy’s Tar Heel career began in 1968 as a member of UNC-CH’s freshman team. Coach Roy never played for the varsity team, but he was given special permission by then Coach Dean Smith to sit in on team practices, igniting his love for coaching.

1973 First Coaching Job

Return to Chapel Hill

1988 A Different Blue

1978

From 1978-1988, Coach Roy served as an assistant under Dean Smith at UNC-CH. Williams’ tenure included a 1982 National Championship over Georgetown on a game winning shot by Michael Jordan. Coach Roy played a big role in the recruitment of “His Airness.”

A Second Return?

2000

Rumors spread before the 2000-01 season that Coach Roy would return to UNC-CH to fill the coaching vacancy left by Bill Guthridge. Instead, Williams led Kansas to the Sweet 16 before losing to Illinois.

Success

2005

After 15 years at Kansas without a title, Coach Roy won his first National Championship as a head coach at UNC in only his second year with the Tar Heels. The talented trio teamed up with freshman Marvin Williams and made good on their vows by beating Illinois 75-70 in St. Louis.

Another Ring, Another Milestone

Coach Roy’s first coaching gig was as the head basketball coach at Charles D. Owen High School in Black Mountain, N.C. when he was only 23 years old. Interestingly, he was also the school’s golf coach.

Coach Roy’s first collegiate head coaching job was at Kansas, replacing an NBAbound Larry Brown, who also played for the Tar Heels.

The Jayhawks, however, were ineligible for the postseason that year, the only of Williams’ teams to not reach postseason play.

2003 The Prodigal Coach Returns

Coach Roy finally came home for the 2003-2004 season, taking sophomores Sean May, Raymond Felton and Rashad McCants to Second Round of the NCAA Tournament. Despite their status as likely first round picks in the 2004 NBA Draft, all three decided to return for one more shot at a title.

2006-Fastest to 500

On December 9th, 2006, the Tar Heels beat High Point 94-69, making Coach Roy the fastest Division I head coach ever to reach 500 wins. Members of the 2006 recruiting class Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington, and Deon Thompson would team up with Danny Green and Tyler Hansbrough to form the core of Carolina Basketball for the next 3 years.

2009

After losing to Bill Self and Kansas the previous season in the Final Four, Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson, and the rest of the core returned for another title shot, just like the 2005 squad. The move paid off when they beat Tom Izzo’s Michigan State Spartans 89-72 in Detroit. During that season, Hansbrough became the ACC’s all-time leading scorer and the NCAA’s career leader in free throws. Later that November, Coach Roy became the 3rd fastest coach to reach 600 wins.

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Coach Mike Krzyzewski Return to West Point

1975

The Legend Begins

1980

After five years in the army and a year as an assistant under Coach Knight at Indiana, Coach K returned to West Point as the academy’s head basketball coach. His tenure with the Black Knights included a 1978 trip to the NIT tournament.

Coach K spent five years coaching his Alma Matter before arriving at Duke. His first Blue Devils team went to the NIT tournament, starting the long list of achievements for which he is now known.

J. Dawkins & Co. Arrive on Campus 1982 They may not have been Coach K’s best recruiting class, but Johnny Dawkins, the first McDonald’s All American in Duke history, Jay Bilas, Mark Alarie, and David Henderson were arguably his most important. With these four, Coach K reached his first NCAA Tournament in 1984 and Final Four in 1986, losing in the Championship Game.

Back-to-Back Champions

1992

The 1992 Blue Devils become the first team since UCLA in 1972-73 to win back-to-back championships when they beat the Fab Five of Michigan, 71-51 in Minneapolis, MN. Christian Laettner’s buzzer-beating jumper against Kentucky in the Elite-Eight remains one of the most unforgettable moments in NCAA Tournament history.

4th Nat.Championship and Gold

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903 and Kounting

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Another Gold

2012

2010 was a big year for Coach K. The standout trio of Jon Scheyer, Kyle Singler, and Nolan Smith led Duke to a National Championship, Coach K’s fourth and his second in Indianapolis, IN, when they beat Butler 61-59. That summer, he won gold as Team USA’s coach at the FIBA World Championships in Turkey.

On November 15th, the Blue Devils defeated Michigan State 74-69 in the Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden. “The World’s Most Famous Arena” was the site of Coach K’s record-setting 903rd win, surpassing his mentor, Bob Knight, as the winningest coach in Division I history.

Kevin Durant joined LeBron James and co. to repeat as Olympic basketball champions when they beat Spain once again 107-100.

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1966 Playing for “The General” Coach Krzyzewski played college basketball under Hall of Fame Coach Bob Knight at West Point from 1966 until 1969. During his senior season, Krzyzewski led the Black Knights to the NIT Tournament at Madison Square Garden.

1991 First National Championship

Christian Laettner, Bobby Hurley, and Grant Hill led the Blue Devils to the first NCAA Tournament championship in both Coach K’s career and Duke history by beating Kansas 72-65 in Indianapolis, IN. That Kansas team happened to be coached by Roy Williams.

2001 Third National Title

This Blue Devils team led by Shane Battier and Jay Williams secured Duke’s third title by beating Arizona 82-72 in Coach K’s return to the Twin Cities. Also featured on this team were now NBA players Carlos Boozer, Mike Dunleavy Jr. and Chris Duhon, as well as current assistant coach Nate James.

2008 The Redeem team Coach K was named the head coach of the USA Senior National Team in 2005.

After winning the bronze medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Coach K completed Team USA’s return to international prominence by beating Spain 118-107 in the gold medal game of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Robertson Bus Changes

The Robertson bus, dedicated solely to connecting Duke University and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has begun to charge it’s riders $2.50 per one-way trip. Ownership has shifted from the Robertson Scholars Program and Duke Transit to Triangle Transit. The physical style of the bus has changed as well, now not including the two school’s shades of blue.

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mong budget cuts and other fee increases this semester, Carolina students traveling to Duke University on the Robertson bus have seen more money leave their wallets.

The Robertson bus service, formerly operated by Duke Transit, will now be run by Triangle Transit. Originally funded by the Robertson Scholars program and intended to transport Robertson scholars between the two universities, the bus was open to any riders and was free of charge. But recent studies conducted by the respective transportation departments at each university that many of the riders were not affiliated with either university or the Robertson program, and the bus will now be charging a fee.

“From the best information we had available to us, only four percent of riders were Robertson scholar participants,” says Christopher Payne, vice chair for advisory committee for transportation at UNC-CH, “In an attempt to recuperate some of the costs associated with the Robertson bus service, Carolina students, who are not Robertson scholars or do not possess a

pass administered by either university, will be charged a $2.50 fare each way.

While Duke is subsidizing the costs for their students, UNC-CH students are not happy about the cash they will be shelling out.

“Just because non-Robertson scholar students used the bus to visit friends or take classes, it does not mean that there was a ‘free rider problem,’” says UNC-CH graduate Julia Still, whom during her time at UNC-CH spent time working with the Latin American Studies departments at both universities. “This flow of students still fits within the original purpose of the Robertson [Scholars] program to facilitate collaboration between the two institutions.”

“I used to go a bit last semester but, I have not been once this semester since it is now five dollars round trip,” says UNC-CH junior Megan Carroll. “I think it would have been smarter to allow a free bus for students than to create a portal in the union between the two schools.”

Two oval high-definition monitors with microphones, webcams and speakers are located at the UNC-CH and Duke student unions were created under the KenanBiddle grant to act as portals and foster

collaboration amongst Duke and UNCCH students.

While Carolina students are able to apply for a “Go Pass” to continue to commute between Duke and UNC-CH at no charge, only 260 Go Passes were applied for this semester. Not every student is eligible to receive a Go Pass, students must apply and meet several requirements to get them.

“The Go Pass is a short term solution,” says Payne. “There has to be some determination of how we are going to be able to pay for these services in the future.”

The new $2.50 charge to unregistered Go Pass riders and general riders are facing goes towards paying for the bus service.

“The fees collected for the riders that are not Robertson scholar participants will offset the costs to the Robertson scholar program to operate the route,” says Cheryl Stout, Assistant Director of Parking Services at UNC-CH. “The Robertson scholar program will pay all the route costs that are not offset by cash fares and rides that UNC and Duke are paying for.”

Revenues from fares are approximated to only cover a quarter of the total cost and the Robertson Scholars program will continue to finance the rest of the bus service cost.

“Anytime there is a charge for something, sometimes the service is perceived as even more valuable than when it is free,” says Payne. “In terms of continued access, the service has proven as something desired and needed.”

The bus will make stops at the UNCCH Morehead Planetarium and at the Duke Chapel and continue with its regular schedule, but passengers remain upset.

“I think that the charge is ridiculous,” says Carroll. “If any UNC-CH student can enroll in a class at Duke, and vice versa, I think there should be a fee, easy way for that student to get to their class.”

Amid changes in rider sentiment, some students are worried about the flow of information between the two universities.

“If UNC-CH is trying to promote collaboration between the two schools, why should students have to pay to do so?” says Still. “I certainly think that it will halt the flow and deter collaboration. While we are rivals, it is important to reinforce that we are also academic partners.”

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wish I could say I’m sad to leave the student section. That you’ll have to pry me from the bleachers on senior night. That when I graduate I’ll be nostalgic for the best standing room in Cameron Indoor Stadium. But the sad truth is, Cameron, like many things at Duke, manages to combine some of my most and least favorite aspects of the world. I have bled Duke blue since birth, I’ve known all the cheers since kindergarten and I grew up going to these games, but a collection of moments in the last four years has tainted that pristine Blue Devil experience.

When I say the student section combines my most and least favorite things, I’m not talking about the combination of a fierce rivalry game and unnecessary oncampus camping. I’m no fan of tents, but I’m writing from inside one. No, I’m talk-

ing about the people. Let’s stop pretending we’re different, Duke. Or, if you’re going to boast that we’re ‘classy’ and ‘creative’ and in any way better than Maryland fans, start acting like it. Start drowning out the filth that leaves a stain on the student section.

For every rainbow flag in K-ville, there’s a homophobic slur shouted at an opposing coach or player. Fans may stand in line for hours with an international friend, only to shout “No speak English” at a Ukrainian player at the recent Maryland game.

(Turns out xenophobia doesn’t make for a good free throw distraction—he made both.) On several occasions, students have insisted on doing the exact opposite of what Coach K has explicitly asked us to do.

The longevity of “you suck” after player introductions comes to mind. Anybody else remember when our fearless leader told us how disgusted he was with Maryland fans

yelling Cee Lo’s “F*** You” at our team on the road, and how we would never do that?

Well, the Crazies did exactly that at the next time an opposing team stepped onto our home court.

I wish I could say I’m purely excited for the Duke-UNC game, and not apprehensive about what my fellow students will say and do, not only to the opposing team, but also to other Crazies. Let me paint a picture of last year’s rivalry game for you: It’s my second year tenting. I’ve met a great bunch of new people who will remain my friends up to and beyond graduation. I’m psyched for the game after a wild comeback home victory the year before. As I jump up and down, squished between two friends, it becomes clear that we’re on the way to losing this one. I’m not mad at our team for playing poorly or at UNC for beating us. I’m not even mad that I lived in

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is a junior political science and religious studies double major at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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asketball Season. The time when we hate Duke the most. That fact isn’t news.

But what about the people who support Duke? I’m not going to lie-- I have friends that are Duke fans (GASP!). I wish they could understand that they are rooting for the wrong side, but it doesn’t seem like its my place to tell them. They are cheering for a private school that willingly calls itself the “devils” when they could be cheering for a public university that represents the beautiful color of the sky. But this is not something we talk about. That’s right- my Dukie friends and I have a strict policy in which we do not talk about basketball. If Duke loses to the Tar Heels, or the other way around, we don’t discuss it or make fun of each other.

This might seem extreme, but do you really want to be friends with someone who makes fun of everything you believe in? Right now, I’m a junior at UNC-CH so it’s pretty safe to say that school is one of the biggest parts of my life. I live in Chapel Hill with other students and my friends are almost exclusively other UNC-CH students. So when someone starts smack talking UNC-CH, they are not only talking about the basketball

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tries to scold the bros in question from above the golden season-ticket-holders’ rail. This, of course, proves useless, and the confrontation escalates. It ends with Bro #1 hitting a girl in the face. I won’t go as far as

It ends with Bro #1 hitting a girl in the face. I won’t go as far as to call it a punch-- he may have been too drunk to properly ball his fist.”

from a handful of guys two rows back.

The target of these slurs gradually shifts from UNC to the row of Crazies in front of them, who have apparently mumbled their displeasure at the content of the guys’ shouts. We are standing directly under President Brodhead, who takes notice and

to call it a punch—he may be too drunk to properly ball his fist. But there is no question he intentionally strikes another Duke student, and on the continuum from slap to punch, it is definitely more punch.

Bro #1 and his entourage are physically dragged from the student section and

team I support but about my home and my education. You wouldn’t be friends with someone who was constantly mocking your religious or political opinions, so why mock your friend’s belief in college basketball?

Maybe my approach to Duke is overly understanding. I’ll admit that I’m not always the best sports fan, but you just can’t change people’s beliefs.

Basketball offers all sorts of life lessons - many of which have been covered in semi-cheesy movies And the Tar Heels season this year has definitely taught me a

lot It is obvious that at the end of last year many of our star players left us to join the NBA, which left UNC-CH with a much younger team than we are used to having. One of my dreams is that we might win a National Championship while I’m still a student here so I can participate in a rush of Franklin Street. It wasn’t that long ago that we won the championship in 2009, and I have heard many triumphant stories from seniors and alumni about how they swung from signs and jumped over bonfires in celebration. I want to do that.

And this season I continue to hold on to

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a tent for over a month to see a defeat. I’m mad at the students behind me.

About midway through the first half, I hear the usual chorus of indiscriminate sexist and homophobic vitriol coming

is a Duke senior majoring in psychocolgy and English. She is a Durham native and serves as President of the Duke’s Women Club Basketball team.

rightfully ejected from Cameron. Apparently security misses one, because at the final buzzer a soda cup reeking of rum splashes onto the court from behind us.

This is blasphemy to a local kid who regards Coach K Court as sacred ground and has a piece of the old floor hanging on the wall at home. I’m reminded of Maryland fans throwing bottles at Carlos Boozer’s mom. Is that what we’re heading for? Is that what you want, Duke?

that dream regardless of our young team.

This life lesson of believing in your team no matter what is something that the sport teaches. So, no matter how much I still need to learn about the stats of each player or how many people I simply refuse to talk about sports with, I do know one thing. I believe in the Tar Heels.

So no matter what sports team you root for, I hope that this season you learn what it feels like to believe in your team and not fight your friends about their own beliefs.

Go Heels and Go to hell Duke!

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Q &A

BY EMILY MCGINTY, DUKE DESIGN BY TASHIANA WESLEY, UNC-CH PHOTO BY NICOLE SAVAGE, THE CHRONICLE

In your experience, describe the UNC-Duke basketball rivalry.

How is it different from other games?

The level of intensity is higher than any game, especially from the fans. It is amazing how important it is to the fans to win the Tobacco Road Rivalry.

What is your favorite memory from a UNC-Duke game?

It has to be last year at UNC, when Austin hit that shot at the buzzer. That will go down as one of the best finishes in the rivalry’s history.

What do you think about K-ville? What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen there?

STATISTICS

RYAN KELLY

a forward Ryan, #34, is N.C. The 6’ from Raleigh, 30 pounds.

11” senior is 2

e: 13.4 Points per gam game: 5.4 Rebounds per e: 1.6 Assists per gam ntage: .471 e rc e p l a o g ld Fie e: 1.7 Blocks per gam out of play *He is currently injury. e to a right foot indefinitely du

There is nothing like it in college sports. It is amazing to see other places trying to do things similar, only to discover that nothing is like

What has been your most painful moment of the rivalry?

Losing is painful, regardless of who it’s against and how it happens.

Off the court, are you or other teammates friends with any UNC players? If so, how did you come to know them?

I actually have a high school teammate who plays for UNC named Luke Davis. We always joke about the rivalry whenever we are together.

How does the team prep for a UNC game? Anything special?

We prepare for every game with the same level of intensity.

What is it like playing in the Dean Dome when you’re away?

It is just so different than Cameron…so much larger. But the crowd there is great as well and it is always fun to receive all the heckles on the road, as long as we can win and quiet them.

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Describe the UNC-Duke basketball rivalry. How is it different from other games?

I would say it’s a big rivalry. Being an in-state recruit, everyone in the state of North Carolina knows the rivalry and actually playing in it just means a lot to me. It’s two teams just facing off on that one night to be able to battle it out and see who has rivalry rights for the year between Carolina and Duke. It’s different because it’s hostile- It gets hot in Cameron, it gets hot in the Dean Smith Center. I just feel like players come and play harder in those games. Every player from the bench to the players on the court because how you prepare to play in those games are different.

What is your favorite memory from a UNC-Duke game?

What is the most painful moment of the rivalry?

My most painful memory was last year when Austin Rivers hit the game-winning shot against us here in the Smith Center. I was guarding him at first and then [Tyler Zeller] switched off and he just hit that game-winning shot over one of my players on my team. I didn’t cry but I was very, very upset.

Off the court, are you or other teammates friends with the Duke players?

I’m associates with them off the court. I wouldn’t call them my friends because I don’t know them well enough to call them my friends, but I’m cool with Quinn Cook and Amile Jefferson- I see them out sometimes. Me and Quinn have the same barber so I see him at the barber shop, but other than that I would probably just say Quinn Cook.

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REG G I E B U L L O C K

My favorite memory from a UNC-Duke game was when we beat Duke at their place last year. I just feel like we came out to compete hard and we did things well and practiced the day before to help us prepare and lead us to a victory at Cameron Indoor. Every time that we play Duke and won I feel like it was always a great game- Just beating them.

Reggie, #35, forward from Kis a guard/ The 6’ 7” junio inston, N.C. r is 205 pounds.

Points per gam e: 14.1 Rebounds per game: 5.7 Assists per gam e: 2.8 Field goal perc entage: .477 Blocks per gam e: .3

What do you hope will happen with the UNC-Duke game this year?

Hopefully we win, both times. But it’s all about how we prepare and get ready to play in the game.

With their personnel, they like shooting the three-ball so we have to guard the ball. We can’t over help them and let them kick out to a three point shooter so we have to stay attached to the three point shooter and be there off the catch and be mentally tough in both those games.

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Different Shades of the Same Color: A Look into the Duke-Carolina Rivalry

BY CHRISTINE DELP, DUKE PHOTOS BY ALEISE PRESLAR, UNC-CH DESIGN

BY TRACI CARVER, UNC-CH

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wo chilly winter nights a year, a familiar scene takes place in one of two Triangle towns. Thousands of students surge to the streets to partake in what to outside anthropologists might identify as religious ritual, burning bonfires and chanting to basketball demigods Mike Krzyzewski or Roy Williams.

Perhaps the fumes of their war paint have gotten to their heads, because intelligent and hardworking students cast aside their heavy textbooks and forget—or rather, ignore—the fact they have class in only a few hours and midterms later in the week.

But these nights are special, so none of that matters to these students. All that matters is the electric, pulsing, and sweaty crowd of a few thousand close friends, expressing a raging pride in their identity as a student at a school with a superior basketball team.

The victory’s validation of this conviction is reason enough to celebrate. But a Tar Heel or Blue Devil’s victory is much sweeter knowing that a just few miles down the road another few thousand students are sadly returning to their books or submitting to sleep, trying to forget the pangs of defeat and the fun night that could have been.

“Everyone around the country wants to know what its like to go to a Duke-Carolina game,” said Art Chansky, UNC-CH alumnus, Chapel Hill resident and author of Blue Blood: Duke-Carolina: Inside the Most Storied Rivalry in College Hoops. “We are lucky to be here in the middle of this rivalry. There is nothing else like quite like it.”

For some, growing up in Triangle area has allowed the rivalry to be an important part of their own personal narratives.

Mairse Mazzocchi and Jordan Thomas both grew up in Chapel Hill in Tar Heel families.

“Both of my parents were professors at Carolina so I spent a lot of time hanging around campus when I was little,” said Mazzocchi, an American Studies major.

She also grew up going to basketball games, and was very exposed to the DukeUNC rivalry. “ (The rivalry) is intense and something people have grown up with, something they know they have to choose.”

Mazzocchi, now a sophomore, chose to attend UNC-CH. Thomas’s ultimate college decision was unexpected: he is currently a sophomore at Duke. “Growing up in Chapel Hill, everything was biased towards UNC. Little kid Dukies were somewhat ostracized in elementary school,” said Thomas, an environmental science and policy major.

“When I was first considering Duke, I felt guilty. It took some work to change my mind about Duke because of the stereotypes I grew up with.”

Thomas surprised his family and even himself upon choosing Duke.

Above Left: The Old Well is the symbol of UNC- Chapel Hill.

Far Left: Being the country’s oldest public university, there are extensive archives and a rare book collection in Wilson Library, which also regularly has exhibitions.

Above Middle: Cameron Indoor Stadium is the home of the Duke Blue Devils and the Cameron Crazies, where they have played since 1940.

Left:The chapel, finished in 1932, is Duke’s most recognized structure because the school was established by Methodists and Quakers.

Above right: Both schools have won many NCAA championships.

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In the words of Duke sophomore biology major Mansoor Safi, “We don’t hate UNC or wish them the worst. We just want to beat them at everything.”

“I used to watch the Cameron Crazies on TV and think they were ridiculous” he admitted, “And at first it was strange knowing that I was now one of them.”

Transformation from Duke student to Duke fan didn’t happen overnight.

“I couldn’t fully accept Duke as my team until the night before the Duke-Carolina game last year,” Jordan said. “Coach K gave a speech, and I felt a connection to the school that I hadn’t yet felt before.”

For other students, exposure to the rivalry is fresh, and comprehending what it is really all about is an ongoing and exciting process. Katherine Congleton, a Duke sophomore and Cameron Crazie from Carmel, California, had little previous exposure to the rivalry beyond knowing it was iconic. “I didn’t really understand what the rivalry meant until I started tenting last year,” said Congleton, a public policy major, “But I still don’t think I fully understand it, because I don’t have an understanding of the history like locals have.”

The Duke-UNC bond is as perplexing as it is prominent. The rivalry is defined by basketball, but the relationship of the two schools is not as black and white as a game on television suggests. Duke and Carolina are really two different shades of the same color, both alike and different. One recruits more than 80 percent of its students from outside of North Carolina while the other has more than 80% North Carolinian students; one is public, one is private. But both universities boast highly competitive admission rates and strong graduate schools in medicine, law, and business.

“Whereas Carolina and Duke enjoy perhaps the greatest rivalry in sports, we also enjoy one of the strongest interinstitutional alliances in academics and

Sean Crisco is a UNC senior Peace, War, and Defense major who says, “The best season can be tarnished by a rival loss or a lack luster season can end with pride if you win.”

research,” says Dr. Steven Buzinski, a professor of psychology at UNC-CH. “It is perhaps that duality that makes our situation so unique and so enjoyable.”

Programs like the Duke-UNC China Leadership Summit, the Kenan-Biddle Partnership Grant, and the Robertson Scholars Program, where Duke and Carolina students spend a semester in the spring of their sophomore year at the opposite school, are noted for working to promote strong academic and service ties between the two schools. However, for some Robertson Scholars, exposure to the other school has significantly diverted their understanding of the traditional sports rivalry.

“There are varying degrees of allegiance amongst the Robertsons to their primary school,” says Oren Bukspan, a sophomore Duke Robertson Scholar from New York, New York who is spending this semester at UNC-CH. “My primary allegiance is my home school, but I can appreciate the other as well.”

Bukspan comes back to Duke some nights to serve as a Line Monitor, the student organization that monitors tenting in Krzyzewskiville. But when he is at UNCCH, he doesn’t mind cheering for the Tar Heels. “I’m sure I will get a lot of crap for saying this, but this semester, I have actually put on Carolina blue and I will outwardly cheer for Carolina,” said Bukspan, a computer science major. “The people have been really welcoming at UNC-CH, and you understand better how you would want your school to be treated.”

For many Duke and UNC-CH fans, hatred for the other can only be surface deep because of the relationships they have with fans from the opposite school.

“My father was a college basketball player so my older sister and I grew up playing, and watching, basketball,” says Dr. Buzinski. “ My sisters and my fan loyalty diverged as children, though, as she came to love Duke, and I loved Carolina.”

Dr. Buzinski, although a Carolina fan, has a softened view of Duke because of close family ties. “When I think of Duke, my sister Amy comes to mind because of her ardent support of Duke basketball.”

However, even without knowing anyone at the other school, the Duke-Carolina rivalry seems to create an inverse bond between fans.

“If you go to Duke and meet someone from Carolina, you already feel like there is something between the two of you, a mutual understanding,” said Thomas. “It can create a kind of unexpected friendship.”

To Chansky, who has studied and written about the rivalry for decades since he was a sports editor at the Daily Tar Heel, even the athletic rivalry primarily unites rather than divides the two schools.

“As a UNC fan, when I think of Duke, I think of how much I like Duke and how much I like the rivalry,” said Chanksy. “The two games that they play per year are really the only two games that really matter, validated by their much higher national television ratings.”

It really does take two to tango on Tobacco Road, and this sense of mutuality is a positive perspective amid more heated basketball debates. As Chanksy notes, “the Duke-Carolina hyphenated brand is really a bigger brand than either of the two schools themselves.”

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or many Duke students, the process of obtaining a ticket at the annual rivalry game between UNC-CH and Duke is not just about being at the game; it’s more so about the weeks- or months-long tent city in front of the Wilson Gym, commonly known as “Krzyzewskiville” or “K-Ville”.

“K-Ville is the hub of Duke’s spirits”, says Michelle Hassan, a senior from Orlando, Fla. To gain entrance to the student section of the Duke-UNC game, students start to tent more than a month before the game tip off, often in early January. Each tent is composed of 12 people; 10 out of the 12 are required to be present during the tent checks in the night and two of them are required to be at the tent all time during the day until the weekend before the game.

Black and Blue Tenting

For black tenting, the members of the tents start to build K-Ville one-week prior to the official start date of tenting. Actual tents are prohibited for that one-week period, so students have to rely on blue tarps, PVC piping and wooden crates for shelter.

After the official season begins, when Blue tents join their fellow campers. Blue tents can register to tent anytime until approximately two weeks before the game. These are the tents that make up the majority of tents in K-Ville.

White Tenting

White tents rounds up K-ville to its maximum capacity of 100 tents. Line Monitors, the student group that oversee the ticketing process, assign tent numbers at a pre-determined location, often times elusive or remote part of the campus that requires a campus-wide dash to win the coveted spot. Once a tent registers as a White tent, it joins Krzyzewskiville two

weeks before the game. Being the shortest amount of time spent in tents, these are relatively less demanding than the other two types of registration.

During the weekend nights right before the game, the checks are conducted on an individual basis. Personal checks (Pchecks) require each tenter to be present at three out of five checks conducted during these two nights to finally earn the wristband with the game date and tent number engraved on them.

Non Tenters at Duke

Lastly, non-tenters can choose the walk-up line, which often start more than two days before the game. Walk-up line does not guarantee a spot and some people may not be able to join the game once the student section is full.

“[K-Ville] is a community in itself. It is amazing to see how excited Duke students can be,” says Victoria Li, a junior from Virginia Beach, Va. The Biomedical Engineering major says that her favorite part of K-Ville is when the players or other related persons visit the students. She was in Krzyzewskiville when Quinn Cook’s mom visited.

Li agrees with Hassan on their love of tenting, saying the experience of K-Ville is much more than the game.

“You see all kinds of students band together under one cause,” Li says.

K-ville communities provide students the opportunity to meet people from various backgrounds that all share the memory of enduring the unforgiving weather while having fun at various activities in the tenting area.

“P-checks were one of the best part of

the students

K-Ville,” Hassan says.

Because tenters are required to be present at the tents, P-checks often turn into night-long gatherings that attract both tenters and non-tenters with basketballrelated festivities.

It’s the lottery for UNC-CH

UNC-CH students must go through an entirely different process to get the coveted Duke vs. UNC tickets. While this process does not include braving the elements in a tent, it does include a similar sense of commitment. Usually tickets are distributed through the lottery process where seniors reign superior and have the best chance at getting tickets to the best games.

There are others options for those fully dedicated to seeing their Heels play in the Dean Dome. One of way of getting a better chance at prime tickets is through joining a club on campus called Carolina Fever.

Students aim to raise their standing in the club by attending athletic events all the way from lacrosse to volleyball. The higher the student’s standing, the better chance of getting those tickets! This not only helps attract a crowd to the less-attended sporting events, but also reminds students that basketball isn’t the only award-winning sport at UNC-CH that students can get excited about.

Another option of getting into the game includes the “turn it back” line that starts at 7 p.m. by the flagpole in Polk Place the day prior to the game. While there will most likely not be stand-by tickets available when Duke heads to the Dean Dome for a their second meeting this season, it is a good alternative for other games where students forgot to sign up for the lottery or didn’t receive a ticket.

There is also a stand-by line the night of the game at Gate C of the Smith Center for students who wish to get last minute tickets. Johnathan Flynn, president of the Carolina Athletic Association, says that so far, no students have been turned away from the stand-by line.

Justin Reid, a junior from UNC-CH, believes the lottery system is fair. “The

lottery process ensures an easy way for all students to have access to tickets for the basketball games,” he said. “The only downfall I see is the for the seniority rule about the Duke game. People who go to the most games should be the ones to receive those tickets based on seniority in that group alone, not the whole student population.

“If you don’t care enough to go to the regular games, then let the people who are diehards receive tickets first,” Reid says.

Some students are more critical of the current student ticket policy and hope to improve some of the policies so more students can get involved at athletic events.

Candidates for president of the Carolina Athletic Association, juniors Stefan Walters and Allison Hill, are both setting out to improve the CAA with improvements to the lottery – like the ability for friends to sign up in groups and sit together – and to the CAA’s communication with students.

One of the biggest complaints heard

about the lottery is the fact that many students just plain-out forget to sign up for the lottery. I know I’ve had that problem before. Students have the ability to sign up for the lottery usually a week before the game and in a window of several days. In the past, students were able to sign up for all the lotteries in one sitting, but the results were many empty seats at the events, said Tim Sabo, assistant director of ticket operations.

Taylor Robinette, a first-year business and computer science major, had the idea to implement a system that automatically signs students up for the lottery when the window opens. They call this solution the “Auto Lotto.” The program would cost a one-time fee of $3.95.

“I always just program [the dates] into my phone so I don’t forget,” Reid says. “I think that the program is a good idea, but if you really want to go to the games, you will remember.”

Student riser section in the Dean Dome watch as PJ Hairston scores a free throw against Wake Forest.

The students who are selected for phase one tickets most often get riser spots. Photo by: Allie Barnes.

S E T E L H AT R E N COR Michael:

What does the word “Lehigh” mean to you?

Ryan: I thought this was supposed to

be about the 2012-2013 season. The real question is, what does the word NIT mean to you?

Michael: Woah woah, Bracketology has

us at a 10 seed or better. But are you guys trying to set the record for most opponents to rush the court against you? Miami by 27 wipes out our FSU by 33 for sure. 28th loss as a number one seed for Coach K—that’s the record.

Ryan: You know, that actually made the

Wall Street Journal in mid-January. To summarize: since 2005 Duke has lost 31 road games, and there was court-storming after 25 of those games. I guess that means we’re usually pretty good. Oh, and in March 2005, you guys stormed the court after you beat us. We were ranked #6 and you were #2. I’m no math major, but really, UNC? Really? Also, be careful on that Coach K stat- he’s coached more games as the top-ranked team than he has an unranked team… which brings me back to the current UNC squad.

Michael:

The UNC squad that’s depleted after two Elite Eight runs? I wouldn’t necessarily equate a lot of court stormings with being consistently good— probably more so overrated than anything.

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us to win. But I digress. Is it that you guys would be drastically better with Ryan Kelley? Because when Ryan Kelley is the center point of your team…

Ryan: Ah, yes, too bad Zeller and

company couldn’t stick around for another year. Imagine how many more points he could’ve scored for Duke if he’d stayed!

UNC’s been playing better of late, I will give you that, and Duke isn’t #1-caliber without Kelly. But looking at this season’s body of work? UNC has one quality nonconference win, against then #24 UNLV. Duke played and beat then-#3 Kentucky, then-#2 Louisville, then-#4 Ohio State, and also defeated Minnesota and VCU teams now comfortably in the Top 25. At least Duke fans haven’t publicly called for Coach K to be fired.

Michael: Oh, you mean ACC Player

of the Year Tyler Zeller? The same senior big man that was drafted way before Plumlee 1 (It’s just much easier to number them at this point right? As opposed to distinguishing between Mason, Miles, Marshall, Mufasa, and Millicent?). And let’s not brag about beating UK-- they’re struggling to make the tournament at this point. Louisville and Ohio State are quality wins, but in a year without a “dominant” team, the grasp of #1 was firmly in your hands… until you got blown out by Miami. I don’t agree with the calls to fire Roy whatsoever, but at least there is healthy discussion as opposed to the cult-like aura that surrounds K. But back

to the discussion. UNC was favored to win the ACC last year (and the title) and we followed through on the first task and were a broken wrist away from completing the title run. Duke is favored to win the ACC this year (largely due to Carolina rebuilding) and they currently sit in the middle of the pack Your team is going to be remembered as the team that broke the UNC-Duke hold on the ACC Regular Season by letting Miami (or God forbid, State) take the crown.

Ryan:

As for being firmly in our grasp, we lost to State, beat a lowly GaTech team by just 16 before the Miami game, our first game back at #1, so I’m not sure how we had a stranglehold on the top spot.

And with regard to the ACC - who got picked to win it, preseason? Not us. Not you. State. Michael: And no, actually, many experts picked Duke to win, guessing (somewhat correctly) that State would choke under all the weight of those expectations. I guess they weren’t the only ones. By the way, is it true that Coach K made Duke practice till 4:45 AM after the Miami game? Cause that’s definitely WAY past Plumlee’s bedtime.

Ryan: I’ll go ahead and mention that

Duke has 4 wins against teams that have been in the Top 10 at some point this year. We have the number one RPI in the country; you guys rank behind teams like La Salle and Belmont, and just above Middle Tennessee State.

Why is a program as storied as Carolina basketball allowed to use the excuse of a “rebuilding” year? They should be expected to contend every year. Besides, rebuilding years shouldn’t come every 3 years. As Ray Lewis would say, “If you’re not pissed off for greatness, that means you’re okay with being mediocre.” Which seems pretty accurate for McAdoo so far this season.

Michael: Yes, Duke had very good

wins at the beginning of the season--but can they keep it up?

Duke cannot consistently play on the road well--the Miami game is a clear example of that. I’m not saying UNC is much better playing on the road, but as the season continues, I feel like it’ll be a major problem for them. You’d be surprised how fast rebuilding year cycles shorten when your players actually get drafted.

And I think you’re misinterpreting my definition of rebuilding-- Carolina rebuilding years (with the exception

of 2010 clearly) typically still goes into the Sweet 16. When we make the tournament, we typically don’t leave the first weekend.

Ryan: Good luck getting to the Sweet

Sixteen with this team...

The UNC-State game was pretty much perfect: Carolina got ran out of the gym for 30 out of 40 minutes, and still managed to make it interesting enough at the end to where State has to doubt itself even when it has a 28 point lead with about 10 minutes to go...

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Michael: This game was highly

indicative of the type of team we are: we have real talent but because the play style and inexperience of the team isn’t conducive to road environments, we end up playing poorly for 35 of 40 minutes. We’ll get them at home though.

Interestingly enough, State beat us by the same number of points they beat Duke.

Which is funny because Duke was top-5 and we were unranked.

This team is one of our weaker teams in the past years. I can’t, with a straight face, try and argue that this is the same level of play as the past two years. But they aren’t a bad team either. And given Duke’s inconsistent play over the past few weeks, it’ll be interesting in March.

Ryan:

Okay so we both lost by 6.

That’s great, but we took entirely different paths to get to that point. Our game was that close throughout, and yours should have been over by halftime. For a while I started to wonder if UNC’s “point guards” had vision problems, because they kept passing to the guys wearing red, not light blue.

michael hardison

Michael Hardison is a junior studying political science and public relations at UNC-CH and founder of UNC Memes. Since coming to Chapel Hill, he’s sacrificed his time, health, and dignity to attend as many basketball games as possible.

Michael: I would agree with you, but

we were able to completely shift the game in the last few minutes and almost pulled it out (we both lost by 8). It really doesn’t matter how the game went if the result is exactly the same--we both lost to State by 8 on the road. Literally the same exact result.

And you mean our freshman PG? Yeah, he had a rough night, but Paige is improving remarkably. One bad game for a young PG is hardly something to criticize about.

Ryan: Remember the Miracle Minute Duke had against Maryland? I think 2001? That’s what an improbable road comeback actually looks like. Congrats on only losing by eight instead of 30.

ryan hoerger

Ryan Hoerger is a Duke freshman.

He plays trombone in the Duke University Marching Band. When not playing with the band, he wears his Seth Curry jersey during all games (home or away), not washing it if the Blue Devils are on a winning streak.

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The PHOTOS BY ALEISE PRESLAR, UNC-CH DESIGN BY MORIA GILL, UNC-CH

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ed fish. Blue fish. Tall fish. Short fish. Ten fish in a row wearing identical UNC-CH blue t-shirts.

Walking across UNC-CH’s campus to a 10:00 a.m. class in Peabody Hall feels like high school, when all three thousand-some students were rushing through the halls to class. Here, the crowd flows across the quad, through the pit, and spreads out to Alpine, to dorms, to Sitterson Hall, Dey Hall and countless other academic buildings whose names I’ll probably never remember. UNC-CH is a huge pond, and I’m the little fish who has Blue Devil insignia on every single coffee cup she owns. (You have to look carefully to pick me out; I’m pretty conscientious about covering it with my hand.)

My biggest fear in coming to Carolina was that I would be “that Duke kid.” I grew up in Raleigh, a born and bred Wolfpack fan. My family had season tickets to the women’s basketball games each year and if there’s one thing I learned from countless ACC games it’s this: Duke fans are despicable human beings. The middleaged men and women sitting in the “Away Team” section with their rally towels and flashing devil horns were the worst fans we ever hosted.

After coming to Duke I developed an

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affinity for this section; they’re nothing more than some aged Cameron Crazies!

But that’s the thing - Cameron Crazies (from any other perspective than within Cameron’s student section) are pretty easy to hate. They are the poster children for all that is Duke. If you tell someone you’re a Duke student, nine times out of ten they’re picturing you in face paint, throwing shoes or pizza boxes at some poor opponent.

Don’t get me wrong, Cameron Crazie-ness is exciting and fun, but we don’t necessarily disprove the elitist stereotypes. More often than not, we even revel in our own sense of superiority with chants of, “Ho ho, hey hey, you’re going to work for us someday!”

So, my Carolina classmates should hate me. They should be able to spot my tent hair and “unbearable” ego from a mile away. But beyond literally saying, “I am a Duke student,” nobody has called me out. I’m sure I must stand out like sore thumb, but nobody has asked me why I don’t own a single piece of Carolina gear.

Sometimes I’ll forget and log onto Duke’s Sakai at UNC-CH before checking over my shoulder, but there haven’t been militant stares. Everybody else is part of such a different student body, so why don’t I make a bigger splash when I’m thrown into these new classes? It’s weird for me to walk to the library and see people tabling for social justice projects, not Greek philanthropy.

It’s bizarre that I haven’t met an econ major yet. But not meeting the stereotypical Duke students at Carolina doesn’t mean that they wouldn’t fit right in.

UNC-CH and its undergraduates are incredibly diverse. Duke students are no robots, but there’s a certain degree of homogeneity among the undergraduates that is simply not present at Carolina because of its 20,000 undergraduates and state school status. The range of circumstances, aspirations and aptitudes feels broader at UNC-CH. There are students living at home and older students returning to school. The campus spills over onto Franklin Street and after walking down it a ways you’re suddenly in Carrboro and there are real, live people, not just college students.

So many more students live off-campus at UNC-CH that it feels distinctly less bubble-ish than the Gothic wonderland cordoned off on one side by Towerview, and on the other side by Erwin Road.

Coming to UNC-CH, I have a unique set of circumstances from everybody else.

I’m unique in my almost daily Robertson bus commutes, and I’m pretty sure the only Duke shirts in my dorm are in my top drawer. But the thing I’m not different in is my uniqueness. Perceptions of what a college experience is are anything but concrete, and it’s not as hard as you might think to sneak another, different, fish into this huge pond.

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BY CAROLINE LELAND PHOTOS BY ALLIE BARNES, UNC-CH DESIGN BY MORIA GILL, UNC-CH

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very time I’m on the Robertson bus, I lose cell phone service as soon as we pull away from the bus stop. Without fail, my signal bars drop to one or two and my 3G turns into that annoying little empty circle that means my Pandora and Facebook apps won’t load. So I sit in silence, thinking about how strange and yet somehow appropriate it is that the eight miles of no-man’s land between Duke and UNCCH is, for me, a weird twilight zone where connection is lost.

The bus is the most tangible connection between the two universities. It ferries people back and forth constantly, making 57 trips on a regular weekday. It enables students to take courses at their sister school, facilitates clubs formed between the two and stands as a symbol that Duke and UNC-CH wish to share resources.

How ironic that I feel so isolated when I’m riding it.

For me, the bus is an uncomfortable place of transition. The 25-minute trip seems too short a time to make any real progress on a homework assignment. Eating on the bus is prohibited. And since I lose cell service, I can’t even mess around on my phone to kill time. But more than that — it’s a physical shift that I’m still not used to. The bus carries me between two rival schools. This would be okay, if I had allegiance to one of them. It would feel like coming home or visiting somewhere

different, depending on which direction I was headed. But now, after a month living in Durham as a fully integrated Duke student, my loyalties are divided.

It’s easy to hate something you don’t understand, to distrust someone you don’t know. I was shocked to hear several of my friends tell me this semester that they had never visited Duke’s campus. Even seniors admitted to never stepping foot on this free bus that departs every half hour for our gorgeous neighboring university.

Maybe that only surprises me because I’m a Robertson Scholar, required to spend time on both campuses. Before I even enrolled at UNC-CH, I was sent materials emblazoned with both the Old Well and the Duke Chapel. I was raised a Tar Heel (both my parents are alumni), but it’s different when it’s not your school yet. Before I left for college, I was mentally prepared to have a dual identity between the two schools.

But then I got to college, and I fell head over heels in love with Carolina. So many other, more eloquent students and graduates have waxed poetic about the school that I don’t feel a need to explain this love. Carolina was all I had ever hoped for, to put it simply. Sure, I liked Duke: Through the Robertson Program I had several friends there, and I took a very nice class there in the spring. But it was always “there,” as opposed to “here.” Carolina was home, and Duke was a cool place to visit.

But now I live there. There has become here. And, to the surprise of many fellow Tar Heels, I love Duke. I relish the intellec-

tual conversations that occur so commonly and naturally in the dorms and at the dining hall. I’m energized by the palpable sense of drive and ambition that characterizes every student. I’m impressed by the dedication I’ve seen from the classroom to Krzyzewskiville (and yes I did spell that without looking it up — the mark of a true Duke student, right?). Joining a tent group and a selective living group definitely contributed to my sense of belonging here.

After only four weeks, Duke already feels like home.

I wish I didn’t feel so alone on that bus.

This goes far beyond whether or not I can connect to Facebook or take a phone call.

Having given each university a chance, I am completely won over by the places at both ends of Tobacco Road. I feel deeply connected to each. I dread the feeling of limbo, feeling torn as the bus carries me between the two.

Duke and UNC-CH love to hate each other. The rivalry is intense, historic and I would say eternal. And I am eternally caught between the two. No matter what I wear when we face up in basketball, I’ll be disappointing someone. But my hope is that, while intense, the animosity is shallow. Call me an idealist, but I hope that we can scream insults at each other during the game and then step off the court to calmly shake hands.

And, later, maybe we will even be brave enough to step into that foreign neutral ground that connects us, and catch one of those bus rides to visit the friendly neighbor down the road.

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the width and breadth of it

Johannesburg, South Africa

Multiculturalism and Human Rights in the Cape

BY LARA FUNK, DUKE PHOTOS BY LARA FUNK, DUKE DESIGN BY TRACI CARVER, UNC-CH

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very single muscle of my body is tense. My head is heavy. With every hit, my stomach knots. I watch as the white policemen run and club a crowd of peaceful black protestors. Most of them manage to get away, but one man tries to jump over a 10-foot wire fence and falls flat on his back. The policemen club him mercilessly. Cheers from the original broadcast of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison 1990 play in the background. The cheer is moving and harrowing, 27 long years in the making.

The brutal scenes are on a screen before me and the sound plays from speakers overhead, but I feel sick to my stomach. It’s as if I’m back in middle school watching the Civil Rights Movement footage, and it’s just as painstakingly difficult to watch.

I’ve only just arrived in South Africa, but it has already been an emotional journey. I am studying with the “Multiculturalism and Human Rights” program based in Cape Town. I split my first orientation week between Johannesburg and Cape Town and will travel more through the country in coming months. My courses will involve studying social change, research methods, human rights, and a lan-

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guage course in Xhosa, a local dialect. On day one, our program director reminded us learning here is not confined to course curriculum. He explained that experiential learning, the method implemented in the program, forces students to learn through emotions. When he first explained it, I

was skeptical. Doesn’t all learning occur through experiences anyway? But after only a few visits to sites like the Apartheid museum, Nelson Mandela’s old home, the South African Constitutional Court and the ANC hideaway called Liliesleaf, I’m beginning to see just what he means.

Lara posing outside of Nelson Mandela’s house during her first few days in South Africa.

Something different happens inside when you actually feel something, when you feel another human’s pain, when your whole body experiences something in a way that your mind alone simply cannot.

Between packing for and anticipating my first trip to Africa, I’m not sure if I thought much about learning here in South Africa. I don’t think I was ready for the feelings of pain and of disgust that come with understanding the cruelty and dehumanization present in South Africa’s recent history. When I think back to what I expected from this journey, I channeled visions from previous adventures in Central America and imagined some sort of dusty, hot Guatemala of the East. Car horns and music blaring from restaurants. Places filled with cement compounds, and the

The slums in Johannesburg, South Africa.

smell of hot concrete and exhaust fumes saturating the air. In reality, some parts of Johannesburg and Cape Town do look like this. What has really struck me, however, is what I can’t see. We’ve learned that while Apartheid is over, it’s not necessarily over in people’s minds. Racial divide still controls much of South African culture and manifests itself in the socioeconomic divide between whites and blacks today.

Walking along the tourist streets of Cape Town, it’s easy to note the predominance of white foreigners and the shops that cater to them. Meanwhile, impoverished townships are still populated by blacks and are far removed from city centers.

As I lay here in my last night at the hotel before moving in with my first host family in a township, my mind keeps going

back to the Apartheid museum and those black and white fuzzy films. I think of Nelson Mandela and the 27 years he spent confined to a cell for acting against racial oppression. I think about his forgiveness.

How he came out after those years ready to forgive the very people that put him there. How can anyone forgive such atrocities? How can we here in South Africa, in our home communities, and within the world community, come to understand the role of forgiveness and perseverance in a growing multicultural context? But I guess that’s what we are all here for: to start really ‘learning’ about multiculturalism.

To understand just what it means to move past institutionalized racism. We are here to learn, but most of all we are here to feel.

Lara’s first sighting of the Cape as she flies over Africa.

“The closest we will ever get to Mandela,” Lara says.

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Varsity Cheerleading at Duke and UNC-CH STORY BY LAUREN PAYLOR, DUKE PHOTOS BY RODRIGO MARTINEZ, UNC-CH AND DUKE CHEERLEADING DESIGN BY TASHIANA WESLEY, UNC-CH

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he cheerleaders at Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are the backbone of their teams’ support system.

Representing teamwork, athleticism and school pride, they are instrumental in motivating the Blue Devils and Tar Heels to their positions as top collegiate sports teams. Moreover, the cheer programs at both Duke and UNC-CH are longstanding traditions of excellence. When the cheerleaders are not at games, they are appearing at university functions, charity events and instructional clinics to help bring school spirit and a positive image to their respective university.

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UNC-CH are versatile students with a passion for supporting university athletics.

Debbie Xie, cocaptain of Duke’s varsity cheerleading squad, is a pre-med junior majoring in biomedical engineering with a minor in chemistry. A gymnast throughout high school, she was inspired to try out for cheerleading during her freshman year of college.

“I really wanted to try something new,” says Xie. “Cheerleading was a great way to get out of my comfort zone and try something I had never imagined myself doing.”

Duke varsity cheerleader Devin Jones, a junior double majoring in biology and psychology, trained as a gymnast for ten years before college. By specializing in acrobatic gymnastics for three of those years, she unknowingly primed herself for cheerleading through acro’s blend of the technical precision of gymnastics with the musicality and grace of dance.

“I knew there was no acrobatic gymnastics program in North Carolina, but I couldn’t give it up completely,” says Jones,

who lived all over the United States before moving to Durham. “I initially decided to cheer to keep up my skills, but it’s been so much more rewarding than I ever expected. I can’t imagine my life without it.”

Duke varsity cheerleader Katya Kabotyanski, a pre-med junior majoring in neuroscience with minors in French and chemistry, also did not anticipate switching from gymnastics to cheerleading.

“I spent ten years before college as a Junior Olympic gymnast, believing that cheerleading could never compare to gymnastics in terms of athleticism,” says Kabotyanski. “When I came to Duke, however, I looked for a way to practice gymnastics as well as become involved in the university’s amazing school spirit. After my first practice with the squad, I knew that cheerleading was where I wanted to invest myself for the next four years.”

Hayley Mikkelson and Caroline Crews are cocaptains of UNC-CH’s varsity cheerleading squad. Mikkelson, a senior studying public relations and communications, has wanted to follow in her mother’s footsteps as a Carolina cheerleader since she began cheerleading in middle school.

“I developed a passion for cheerleading because it’s the perfect mix of gymnastics, dance, stunting and teamwork,” says Mikkelson. “This passion has only grown stronger during my four years at Carolina.”

Crews, a senior majoring in health policy management, developed a love for tumbling after beginning gymnastics when she was three years old.

“My gymnastics background influenced me to try out for cheerleading in fourth grade,” says Crews. “Before coming to UNC-CH, I had always been a big sports fan who looked up to college cheerleaders.”

Varsity cheerleader Jenny Roche, a senior majoring in exercise and sport science, began competing in gymnastics at a young age, but always knew she wanted to pursue cheerleading in college.

“After I graduated high school I set out on a mission to become a college cheerleader,” says Roche. “Luckily, I was able to

accomplish my goal.”

Making the Squad At Duke, tryouts for the blue (varsity) squad are held in April, while tryouts for the white (junior varsity) squad occur at the beginning of the school year. During these tryouts, the cheerleaders are expected to perform in the areas of dance, cheer, tumbling, and jumping.

“The general rule for tryouts is that everyone is welcome and no cheer experience is required,” says Kabotyanski.

“However, a strong background in dance, gymnastics, and either high school or competitive cheerleading is preferred.”

Another factor taken into account is JV experience, as those trying out are not considered for the varsity squad until they have been cheering on the JV squad for at least a year.

“In general, once you have cheered on varsity for a year, you are almost guaranteed a spot on the squad the following year,” says Jones.

Although welcoming, tryouts are still very competitive, as Duke has anywhere from between 20-50 girls try out for a 13

person squad. The UNC-CH varsity squad is slightly larger, with 15-20 cheerleaders comprising the varsity squad. Tar Heel tryouts are also every spring and fall and provide similar opportunities for new, well-rounded members to offer more than just their technical skills.

“The competition varies from year to year among incoming talent and with the number of available spots on each team,” says UNC-CH’s Mikkelson. “I always encourage interested people to try out because our coaches truly recognize potential and hard work, even if your skills are not fully developed yet.”

However, this does not imply that landing a spot on the squad is an easy feat.

“The competition is fairly tough,” says Crews. “We are judged on standing and running tumbling, two cheers and general presentation, including facial expressions and energy.”

The majority of Carolina cheerleaders who make the cut have a background in high school or competitive cheerleading, gymnastics or dance.

“Our cheerleaders come from a variety of backgrounds, creating a wonderful dynamic,” says Mikkelson.

This diversity is especially emphasized

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R E E H C in the most visible difference between the Duke and UNC-CH cheer squads: Carolina’s squad is coed. Although the male Tar Heels don’t usually share the same cheer training as their female counterparts, the guys’ athletic backgrounds serve them well.

“Most of our boys have participated in other sports, such as football and track,” says Mikkelson. “They connect with the athletic aspects of cheerleading such as running, jumping and the power and strength needed to stunt and tumble.”

However, this doesn’t mean that Duke’s all-female squad doesn’t also showcase variety.

“Everyone contributes something slightly different,” says Duke’s Jones. “We have a few gymnasts and some dancers.

The squad also has girls with either high school or all-star cheer experience, and occasionally a combination of the two.”

The Blue Devil cheerleaders take advantage of their varied strengths by headlining their acrobatic precision and detailed choreography to make the most of Duke’s long-established prohibition on stunting.

“Since we are a grounded team, we use our gymnastics experience to work a lot of tumbling into our routines,” says Xie. “Our routines are coordinated with choreography and tumbling that goes with pep band songs. It’s a little different than other collegiate squads, but it’s really fun to perform dances that the entire student section knows and performs with us during time outs.”

Football or Basketball?

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and proudly acknowledge the “special experience” of cheering at Duke basketball games.

“The energy and enthusiasm of the crowd in Cameron Indoor Stadium is unparalleled,” says Kabotyanski. “I am consistently in awe by the athleticism, sportsmanship and camaraderie of the team, as well as the wisdom and talent that Coach K brings to the game.”

Xie refers to cheering for Duke basketball as “a privilege,” while Jones agrees that cheering in Cameron is truly a unique experience.

“Cheering in Cameron is always amazing, especially for Countdown to Craziness and big games like Duke vs. UNC-CH,” says Jones. “The feeling of leading all of Cameron in chanting ‘Let’s go Duke!’ is indescribable.”

However, Jones, who grew up in a footballwatching family, displays a soft side for Duke football.

“I’m probably the only Duke cheerleader who enjoys cheering for football a little bit more than basketball, even though football games tend to be more physically exhausting,” she says.

Kabotyanski recognizes the growth of

Duke’s football program since she began cheering for Duke, but her heart still belongs in Cameron rather than Wallace Wade.

“Coach Cutliffe has proved that the team is both willing and able to tackle some strong teams and play some very exciting games,” says Kabotyanski. “Regardless, I personally enjoy the faster pace of basketball games and the painted faces of the Cameron Crazies.”

On the UNC-CH squad, Crews prefers the crowd interaction facilitated by the intimacy of basketball games, while Mikkelson is torn between the “completely different atmospheres” of UNC-CH football and basketball games.

“My favorite parts of cheering at football games are when we walk with the team to the stadium and when we play the Alma Mater, especially when the team joins arms and sings with us,” says Mikkelson.

“Meanwhile, UNC-CH basketball games are extraordinary experiences because of its history and fans. Nothing gives you chills like when the entire Dean Dome is chanting ‘Tar Heels!’ or anytime you see Coach Williams.”

Roche justifies her love for cheering at football games by their accompanying excitement and the unpredictable.

“Being right next to the action while representing my school is a dream come true,” says Roche.

Traveling with the Teams One of the many advantages of being a cheerleader at a major university is the endless amount of opportunities to travel with the football and basketball teams.

“Traveling allows us to bond and become much closer as a team,” says Kabotyanski. “It also allows us to explore new places and take a short break from our hectic schedules on campus. We keep a journal of the most memorable moments from every trip and love to capture special memories in pictures.”

Jones agrees that traveling for football and basketball games are experiences she will never take for granted, while UNC-CH’s Mikkelson similarly states that traveling with her teammates has produced many of the best moments of her collegiate career.

“Some of my favorite trips include traveling to tournaments in Seattle, Albuquerque and St. Louis to cheer on the basketball team,” says Mikkelson.

While there are always several opportunities to travel with the teams throughout the regular seasons, the success of the football and basketball teams often leads to additional trips for the squads. In a twist of football fate, Duke’s travel itinerary this year also included a trip to Atlanta, Georgia, where the cheerleaders accompanied the Blue Devils to their first bowl game in eighteen seasons.

“Our football team has made great strides in the past few years,” says Xie. “The Belk Bowl was a fantastic game to watch, and I am unbelievably proud of how our team performed.”

In addition, Duke and UNC-CH cheerleaders accompany their basketball teams during the NCAA basketball tournament, otherwise known as March Madness.

“Cheering for the Tar Heels in the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight games at the NCAA Tournament in St. Louis last year was

by far the best moment of my cheerleading career,” recalls Crews.

Although Duke cheerleaders also joined the men’s basketball team on an exhibition tour to games in China and Dubai, they insist that many of their best memories have taken place within the Triangle.

“The best experience in my collegiate cheer career was witnessing Duke beat UNC-CH in football at Wallace Wade Stadium and then rushing the field with the Victory Bell,” says Jones. “I will never forget that night.”

The Duke cheerleaders, along with hundreds of Duke students who tent for weeks in Krzyzewskiville, look forward to the legendary Duke and UNC-CH rivalry in Cameron Indoor Stadium all year. The feeling is identical for the Carolina cheerleaders when Duke heads to the other end of Tobacco Road.

“Even though we lost to Duke in last year’s men’s basketball game at Carolina, the atmosphere in the Dean Dome was still incredible the entire time,” recalls Mikkelson. “I could feel the excitement from the fans even before the first basket was scored.”

UNC-CH’s Roche is also a fan of home games, highlighting the best moment of her collegiate cheer career as this past season’s football game versus N.C. State in Chapel Hill. With 13 seconds left to play, UNC-CH’s Gio Bernard returned a punt for a touchdown and won the game.

“Everyone in the stadium, including the cheerleaders, went completely insane,” recalls Roche. “SportsCenter showed me desperately avoiding being trampled as all the football players ran to congratulate Gio on his touchdown. It was an amazing game!”

“As a cheerleader, I am so grateful to have been given opportunities to travel, network, volunteer and represent such a prestigious university,” says Mikkelson. “Our program isn’t about pompoms and ‘rah rah.’ It helps each cheerleader grow as a person and a teammate, and allows us to truly live the Carolina Way.” Although cheerleaders at Duke and UNC-CH are inherently divided by a rivalry, their athleticism and dedication is consistently revealed in the common bond that unites them: a love for cheerleading.

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photo courtesy of unc cheerleading

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by the book: vintage edition

POOLS OF SORROW, WAVES OF JOY

In our By the Book section, we compare the syllabi of two similar courses—one from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and one from Duke University. This issue we take a quick look at the oceanography classes at each univeristy.

DUKE

UNC-CH

course name:

Introduction into Physical Oceanography

Oceanography

course number:

ENV 170/298.89, EOS 170

MASC 401

professors:

Jim Hench

Cisco Werner

offered in fall 2013?

n/a, from 2008

required books:

Introduction into Physical Oceanograhy by: J.A. Knauss

n/a, from 2008

number of quizzes: number of exams:

0 1

0

course grade:

homework: 50% lab write-ups: 10% paper presentations: 15% final exam: 30%

research paper: 20% exams: 80%

attendance policy:

none

none

beyond the classroom: office hours

The blues of the ocean

Intoduction into Ocean Sciences by: Douglas Segar

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office hours

Besides one of the 40+ Duke/UNC-CH organizations, probably the only place that Tar Heel blue and Duke blue in the same place, so oceanography seems to be a decent fit for this by-thebook. A few current students at each university have sworn up-and-down that even though some of the classes of today are comparable, they haven’t always been. So, these syllabi are from five years ago. Perhaps not ancient vintage, but enough five years is enough time to see that the trend of similar classes has been around for a while. Courtesy of the inter-institutional form, students can take classes at the sister school for free.

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OUT OF THE BLUE Ro Yadama

Ro Yadama will never wait in line to attend a Duke/UNC-CH basketball game. Yadama, a sophomore, scores his all-access pass by interning for GoDuke.com, the university’s information and media hub for all things Duke athletics.

Yadama played soccer throughout high school and knew he wanted to maintain a connection to sports in college. The economics major and Pullman, W.A. native contacted Duke Athletics before his first semester and asked about job opportunities. Yadama now gets the best seats in the house (or on the field) as a photographer at many Duke sporting events. Yadama says he enjoys working on the operations side of Duke Athletics because his co-workers are so passionate about the Duke sports family. “[The rivalry] encompasses the entire school,” says Yadama, “and even if you didn’t go here, if you work for athletics you’re still part of everything.” Yadama has gained more than great seats and photo credit in his time working for Duke Athletics. “I get to interact with players both professionally and socially,” he says.

By Emily McGinty, Duke (photo self-submitted)

Jack Howard Few people have the ears or the ability to spot virtually every helicopter that flies over Chapel Hill quite like Jack Howard. Peace, War, & Defense senior Howard, from Lenoir, N.C., has focused his studies on international and national security at UNCCH the past four years. In addition, Howard has served as a volunteer for UNC Carolina Air Care and as the alumni coordinator for the Peace, War, & Defense Alumni Association these past two years. This past summer, Howard experienced his dream study abroad adventure.

Not only did Howard have the ability to study at one of the top universities in the world, the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, but he was also chosen to participate in its American and British Intelligence program. “Not only did the course of study stand to further confirm that I wanted to go into intelligence analysis, but just living in another country and becoming immersed in a culture made me grow as a person,” says Howard of his study abroad experience. “If I could, I would go back to Cambridge in a heartbeat.”

By Caroline Land, UNC-CH (photo self-submitted)

Savannah King

One thing you’ll never hear out of Savannah King’s mouth is “fat talk.”

As a junior women’s and gender studies major and history minor from North Myrtle Beach, S.C., King is a strong advocate for peer-topeer education training structured to teach students about eating disorders at Carolina. Statistically, college campuses have a higher prevalence of eating disorders than general society and King hopes to see an end to it. Last year, King and three other Carolina students founded Embody Carolina, which seeks to “[prepare] students to serve as compassionate and effective allies for those struggling with eating disorders.” In addition, the group has partnered with the UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders and has seen growing interest just within their first year. “We are getting off of the ground,” says King. “We are about to embark on our first training.

We have accepted 14 people to be trained to become Embody leaders and run our [future] training sessions and we still have a long waiting list of people that want to be Embody trained.”

By Caroline Land, UNC-CH (photo self-submitted)

Jeff Zhang Duke undergraduate Jeff Zhang is a junior Economics major from Atlanta, G.A. When Zhang isn’t busy studying, he is President of the Duke Quidditch Team. The Harry Potter-inspired game has been transformed into a land-bound version of the J.K. Rowling’s flying sport. The “muggle” version is complete with broomsticks, bludgers and a “snitch runner,” according to Zhang. Although Harry Potter knowledge is not required to join, Zhang says many players are experts.

“People made fun of me for not knowing every single detail of the Harry Potter books,” he says. Duke’s team has joined the International Quidditch Association (IQA) and also frequently plays teams from other colleges in the Carolinas as a part of the Carolina Quidditch Conference. Last year, Jeff and other members of the Duke’s Quidditch team traveled to New York City to participate in the Quidditch World Cup, held by the IQA. When he is not organizing team practices, Jeff focuses on planning social events and fundraisers for the team. He describes this full-contact sport as “exhilarating and dangerously exciting,” and a fantastic way to meet new people.

By Laura Damiani, Duke (photo self-submitted)

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