The fact that UNC Robertson Scholars may not be allowed to tent this year is incredibly unfair. For the semester they live at Duke, they are, as I understand it, considered to be Duke students in every sense. Certainly they are allowed to go to all the other basketball games; why should they not be allowed into the Carolina game? Sure, the students wearing UNC apparel last year were not exactly acting in good taste and were a bit annoying, but their actions should in no way precipitate a ban on them tenting. Would you ban the grad students who, when we play their undergrad schools, wear a T-shirt for their undergrad schools? I don't think so. Even if the Robertsons were fully enrolled at UNC for the fall semester, they are Duke students in the spring, and should be allowed to attend EVERY game if they choose, even the Carolina game. Whether or not they cheer for Carolina is their choice, but it is a choice they should be allowed to make.
Kate Zimmerman
Trinity '07
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