Legislature approves new tenting policy

Krzyzewskiville now has its constitution.

Duke Student Government legislators voted unanimously Wednesday night to approve the 2001-02 tenting policy.

The resulting plan, however, is significantly different from the policy Head Line Monitor Greg Skidmore proposed at last Wednesday's DSG meeting.

Responding to student input received in the past week, Skidmore changed his initial walk-up line policy to make it more demanding on students.

Although those in the line can still provide the name of a friend at the time of registration, line monitors will make random and unannounced checks throughout the days before the two tenting games to ensure that at least one member of the pair is in line at all times.

Skidmore stood by his earlier position that allowing students to be in line only 50 percent of the time was a fair policy.

"I think this remains in the spirit of the walk-up line because students can still go to class, get food or go to the bathroom," said Skidmore, a senior. "One of them will have to remain in line up until the start of the game."

Skidmore urged students not to pair with people with similar schedules because no allowances for absences will be made during the checks, expect for two 10-minute bathroom breaks during weekdays.

Citing demand for more hard-core tenting spots, Skidmore also altered his proposed reduction of tents during the earlier Blue period from 50 to 30. Although the Blue tenting for the game against the University of Maryland Jan. 17 will be limited to 30 tents, last year's cap of 50 Blue tents will continue for the March 3 game against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

IN OTHER BUSINESS: The Legislature unanimously passed a resolution denouncing recent harassment against Muslim, Arab and Middle-Eastern members of the Duke community. West Campus legislator Peri Kadaster, a co-sponsor of the resolution, said the move was in response to isolated harassment incidents on campus since the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.

Seven students were also elected to DSG's Judiciary Board: Jessica Clark, Matt Ivester, Kai Lin, Dev Motwani, Sripriya Narasimhan, Rene Stokes and Sara Zielske.

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