President Keohane addresses class of 2003 during convocation
(08/27/99 4:00am)
The following is an edited text of President Nan Keohane's prepared convocation speech.
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The following is an edited text of President Nan Keohane's prepared convocation speech.
I was in the Charlotte Coliseum for the first two rounds of the NCAA men's basketball tournament this year. I was privileged to meet John Feinstein, a noted sports novelist and writer for the Washington Post. He is also a Duke graduate.
Everyone has heard the horror stories about Ivy League Schools-how students there won't study together, tear out pages from precious library books and mess up each other's lab results-all in the name of academic competition. And what about Duke students?
Fierce competition for the coveted tent one slot reached new heights Wednesday when several pre-adolescents set up tarps for the 2008 Carolina game.
Although Duke Student Government and most students agree that this year's tenting policy was much improved compared to previous years, DSG is forming an unofficial advisory board to explore additional modifications.
Four 18-wheel trucks-overflowing with scaffolding, set pieces and cables-packed into the lot separating Cameron Indoor Stadium from Card Gym Monday.
I'm what you might call a closet Dave Matthews fan. I openly ridicule his giddy fanbase while secretly listening to "Satellite" in the privacy of my apartment. I even slide my bootleg collection under the couch whenever someone comes over to visit.
All is not right in the land of Krzyzewski.
As the campout at Krzyzewskiville entered its 10th week, the groups of students in two special tents had grown closer and closer. They were closer than the family in Little House on the Prairie, closer than the lifeguards on Baywatch, closer, in fact, than any other group except for the troubled twentysomethings who were lucky enough to call Melrose Place their home. And thus it was that, in the midst of that mad and muddy time, these four students were able to script a Melrose Place of their own. A Melrose Place unlike any other, built on love and betrayal, tried by treachery and deceit, cemented in a foundation of tents and mud.
I am writing to make sure that everyone is clear that the Florida State game tomorrow is a walk-up game and not a tenting game. Do not be frightened by the campers you may see near Cameron; they are there for today's registration for the UNC game and not for FSU.
Classes have begun, the Crazies are in K-ville and the basketball team is riding an 11-game winning streak; the first potential bonfire is less than two weeks away, and you can almost smell the smoke.
All is not rotten in the state of K-ville, but perhaps the experience could be a bit sweeter for everyone.
Dormitories may have opened just two days ago, but a group of students has been living on campus for more than two weeks. Several freshmen from Blackwell Dormitory arrived Dec. 29 to stake their claim to the spot that, when official registration begins this Friday, will be Krzyzewskiville's Tent 1. The next group arrived New Year's Day.
The attendance at Saturday's men's basketball game against N.C. State was alarming. For each of the previous three home games against non-conference opponents the attendance exceeded 1,200 undergraduate students. This past Saturday, only about 900 students were in attendance for the ACC home opener.
The Chronicle usually makes a reasonable effort to report news accurately, with an eye for giving a balanced and coherent account of events. The "Reckless In-tent-city" editorial in the Dec. 1 edition of The Chronicle was not one of those times. The Chronicle, searching for a controversy where none existed, picked the wrong non-issue to bring up. Proclaiming "something is rotten in the state of K-ville," the editorial proceeded to lambaste both the line monitors and the freshmen who "flouted" policy days before Thanksgiving break, accusing the line monitors of failing miserably in their attempts to enforce tenting regulations and allowing the "reckless freshmen" to use a loophole to circumvent the 10 day tenting limit.
I am a student and I heartily agree with what you have to say about this year's line monitor policy. It's so full of loopholes, and graft and corruption, that it's like our own political micro-wannabe-Washington here at the University.
Something is rotten in the state of K-ville.
While the men's basketball team plays in the Great Alaskan Shootout this weekend, some of its most enthusiastic fans will not be watching.
For tonight's Duke vs. Team Fokus game, bracelets will be given out from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 12:30 p.m to 2:30 p.m. Lines will form on the Cameron Parking lot sidewalk along the Terry Sanford Institute side of the parking lot, beginning at the end of the sidewalk nearest to Cameron Indoor Stadium. Doors will open to begin seating at 6:00 p.m., which is 90 minutes before tip-off.
I have always been a firm supporter of camping out, bonfires and all other things at Duke that revolve around the holy game. During my four years at the University, I never missed an opportunity to camp out.