Shades of blue and only 10 miles separate the campuses of Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

According to a draft of the 2006-2007 Krzyzewskiville policy, however, this difference will be enough to ban UNC Robertson Scholars from participating in the time-honored Duke tenting tradition this spring when the two schools' basketball teams go to blows in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

The new policy will be submitted to the Duke Student Government today for approval, said Head Line Monitor Mara Schultz, a senior.

The policy explicitly bans any students who were full-time students at UNC during the Fall 2006 semester from tenting for this year's Duke-UNC men's basketball game.

Schultz said that though the rule is stated in this year's policy, it is not necessarily new.

"A lot are rules that we wanted to bring people's attention to," she said, referring to the regulations listed in the draft.

Schultz said that because the UNC Robertson Scholars-who live and take classes at Duke for one semester-are not full-time students, they are not eligible for the privileges enjoyed by other Duke students.

Some UNC Robertson Scholars, however, said the ban is a violation of the spirit of the Robertson Scholars program.

"I was a little frustrated and angered by it," said Alex Snider, a junior UNC Robertson Scholar, noting that he tented last year. "[Scholars] should be treated like members of the community, like normal Duke students and not outcasts."

Snider added that the policy may have been drafted in response to problems created last year when some UNC Robertson Scholars tented and attended the game wearing UNC apparel and cheering against Duke-in the middle of the Duke students' section.

"I know a lot of Duke tenters weren't a big fan [of the UNC Robertson Scholar tenters] last year," Schultz said. "If there are people who are concerned, I need to look more at depth at the purpose of the Robertson program and the rights of the students."

The website for the Robertson Scholars Program states that, "although all Robertson Scholars do matriculate at one of the two universities, they have full student privileges at both Duke and UNC," including "access to courses; faculty and research opportunities; and arts, cultural and sporting events."

Schultz said she has not received any complaints regarding the policy.

Still, for some scholars, the game is about more than a rivalry. Snider said tenting formed an integral part of his overall Duke experience.

"It's hard to experience Duke without the basketball," he said. "I want future Robertsons to have this experience.... It's not too much to ask."

David Suitts, a sophomore UNC Robertson Scholar, said that though he thinks the rule is unfair and has e-mailed Schultz about it, he can understand why Duke students might agree with the policy.

"I can see why it would make lots of Duke students mad," he said. "There is something to be said about having a unified atmosphere where everyone is cheering for one team."

Nonetheless, Suitts said he hopes line monitors and scholars can reach a happy medium-even if that means banning his Carolina blue T-shirt for the game.

"Banning the Robertsons is against the spirit of the program, but I also think to a degree what we did last year was against the spirit of the program," he said.