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...right to bask in the limelight of Indianapolis, Indiana. Saturday night features the two semifinals, culminating in the final battle on Monday. But there's one problem--what cute moniker can be attached to that final championship game? "The Tenacious Two"? "The Titillating Two"? "The Pre-Ordained Michigan State-Duke Final"? If you have a better idea, mail your suggestion to: The NCAA Commission on Nicknames, Fines & Suspensions, 14 Plympton St., Cambridge...
...Duke University: This southern school's team is nicknamed the "Blue Devils" because it represents the evil of all college basketball. This deceitful institution consolidates its power by recruiting most of the best high-school players with promises of "an education and a free ticket to the worst NBA team." Duke is coached by Beelzebub himself, a.k.a. Mike Krzyzewski (strangely pronounced "Shu-shef-skee"). The Duke fans--dubbed Cameron Crazies--are nothing more than deluded Satanists that religiously worship Krzyzewski...
...just uniquely American, but uniquely democratic as well. In the ancien regime, one guesses, men cheered for the favorites--a noble lord with a time machine would be a Duke fan. We moderns, however, are different. Even the old money types among us--our closest approximation of the landed gentry--root for the probable loser. These days, even the least democratic have democratic souls...
Sadly, Buchanan has not been relegated to the oblivion of the fringe, as demonstrated by the IOP's recent invitation, an honor it would not have extended to a David Duke. Harvard students therefore had a responsibility to demonstrate that they do not consider Buchanan an acceptable part of the political spectrum. Although Buchanan has usually been more circumspect in his incitement than the likes of Duke, his history as a demagogue is just as long and unambiguous. Buchanan has repeatedly used the rhetoric of patriotism and conservatism to spread the cause of bigotry. For example, Buchanan's opposition...
...scholarship aid from a church group to help offset his $23,500 prep-school tuition. "We feel that a lot of these players are getting a bad reputation and are being vilified in the eyes of the public when, in fact, nothing morally wrong has occurred," says Duke's Shane Battier, the SBC's inaugural chairman and an academic all-American...