Duke athletics announced a lottery system to determine the entry order for Countdown to Craziness in a Wednesday email to the Duke community.
In a change to the typical Krzyzewskiville tenting system, undergraduate students who wish to register between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. will be placed in the lottery because of the graduate student campout this weekend. Those who want to register after 9 a.m. will have a chance to enter through the traditional walk-up line rules.
The line monitors sent a Thursday email notifying the Cameron Crazies that they did not advocate for the lottery system, as it is "against the spirit" of K-Ville. However, they ensured that this would only be a one-time occurrence and that the regular walk-up line rules would continue for the rest of the season.
K-Ville's boundaries include Crowell Quad and will extend to include Card lot at 3 p.m.
"A lottery system does not mean we will be excluding anyone from K-Ville or Section 17," wrote Co-head Line Monitors Kelvin Bueno Gonzalez and Oliver Hess.
Students cannot line up before Friday at 7 a.m., and the line monitors will table at Crowell Quad to record group numbers for the lottery. At least a third of the group needs to be within the K-Ville boundaries to register and until line-up at 5 p.m.
The email from Duke athletics comes after the head line monitors sent an email Monday with the plan to relocate K-Ville to Crowell Quad. That email did not mention the lottery but included typical wristbanding and registration rules.
Countdown to Craziness begins Friday at 7 p.m.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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Ranjan Jindal is a Trinity junior and sports editor of The Chronicle's 120th volume.