Letter to the Editor: Policies for NC State, Wake games

This weekend, the Duke men's basketball team plays two big ACC games in Cameron Indoor Stadium against N.C. State and Wake Forest. The NC State game is at 9 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 15, and it is designated as a wristband game. Beginning at 12:01 a.m., the line monitors will distribute wristbands in K-Ville to undergraduate students, and we will do this until 2am. We will then continue wristband distribution from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Beginning three hours before the N.C. State game, those without wristbands may form a secondary line on the sidewalk heading towards Towerview. Those with wristbands must line up with their color block on the sidewalk next to Card Gym and Wilson.

People may not save spots in line at any time for their friends nor may they get wristbands for anyone else. One person, one wristband, no exceptions. You may not remove your wristband at any time once it is put on by a line monitor. We will be checking your DukeCards as well as the wristbands to make sure that they are indeed on (They are made to last in the showers). Students with wristbands must be in line two hours before tipoff to ensure that they will get in with their color block. If you miss your color block, you must go to the end of the wristband line. If you miss the wristband line completely, you must go to the end of the secondary line.

The Wake Forest game is at 1 p.m., Jan. 17 at, and it is being designated as a walkup game. All regular walkup policies will be in effect for this game. Students may form the line once the N.C. State game concludes. Fifty percent of your group must be in line at registration, and this percentage must continue at all times. We will be out to register the line beginning at 8am, and the registration for the line closes down at 10am. After that, students may form the secondary line. All students should be in line two hours prior to tipoff to make entry as smooth as possible. I encourage students to get to both games early, as we want Cameron to be as full as possible for these big matchups.

Finally, everyone please keep in mind that the Duke-University of North Carolina home game this year falls on Saturday, March 6th, which is the first Saturday of Spring Break. This will undoubtedly be one of the most anticipated matchups of the year.

If you have any questions, please contact me either via email at dgw2@duke.edu or via IM at wizzleduke04.

Thanks everyone, and I will see you all on Thursday night and Saturday afternoon. Let's go Duke!

Donald Wine
2003-2004 Head Line Monitor