• Abstract and Figures
• Public Full-text

Sunday, Bloody Sunday For more details on yesterday's losses by the Duke basketball teams, see : THE CHRONICLE sftinsmw. MONDAY. MARCH 4. 1996 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL. 91, NO. 108 Women Tar Heels continue fall in dominance of Duke By DAVID HEINEN basket and his jump shots. He ACC final Strange things usually hap­ finished with 25 points, By JOHN SEELKE pen when the Duke and North matching his career high, be­ ROCK HILL, S.C—When Carolina men's basketball fore being ejected for commit­ the No. 12 women's basketball teams face off at Cameron In­ ting his second technical foul team took the court for the At­ door Stadium, and there were with 26 seconds remaining. lantic Coast Conference tour­ certainly many strange occur­ Williams scored a career- nament finals Sunday, it had rences when the rivals high 26 points on 8-for-14 everything going its way. With matched up Sunday afternoon. shooting. He scored 10 top-seeded Virginia ousted by But one thing which was straight points for the Tar Clemson in the semifinals, the not unusual about the game Heels late in the second half, second-seeded Blue Devils was the outcome, an 84-78 Tar including a jump shot over were favored over the Tigers Heel win. It was the seventh Duke junior co-captain Jeff to win their first ACC title. consecutive time that UNC Capel just before the 35-sec- ond clock expired. But after 40 minutes of (20-9, 10-6 in the Atlantic basketball, Duke didn't cut Coast Conference) has defeat­ "I thought Williams was down the nets. Instead, it was ed the Blue Devils, and it as­ sensational for them," Duke the Tigers who captured their sured the Tar Heels a 20-win head coach Mike Krzyzewski first ACC title with a 71-54 season for the 26th consecu­ said. "He hit big shots, a few of win. The loss marked the sec­ tive year. them at the end of the clock. ond time in two years the Blue UNC won the game because Sometimes points are deceiv­ Devils had reached the tour­ Duke (18-11, 8-8 in the-ACC), ing—some points are bigger ney finals before falling short which usually plays stifling than others. I thought his of their ultimate goal of a perimeter defense, was unable points today were huge for championship. to stop junior Jeff Mclnnis and North Carolina." From the outset, the cham­ sophomore Shammond The final eight of Williams' Williams. Mclnnis harassed 10 straight points started a pionship game was controlled DAVID PINCUS/THE CHRONICLE by Clemson. The Tigers went the Blue Devils all game with 12-0 scoring run which seemed on a 21-6 run early in the first Jeff Capel drives to the basket in Duke's 84-78 loss to UNC. his penetrating moves to the See SPORTSWRAP, page 1 • half to take an early 25-8 lead. Duke never recovered from that huge deficit. "I thought [Clemson] just Lee spikes plans to visit University—again dominated us, from the tip-off to the final buzzer," Duke By BRIAN HARRIS ing to find out why Lee will not to schedule the March 6 visit. Union for money already spent head coach Gail Goestenkors For the second time in two be able to come to campus. "Apparently, he has wiped his on advertising for the event. said. "We wanted to control weeks, filmmaker Spike Lee has "The Union was not at fault," calendar clean for the next two Kelly added that it would be the tempo, and I never felt canceled his visit to the Univer­ she said. The agent signed a months," she said. unlikely that her committee like we did. Every facet of the sity, this time indefinitely. contract and has now broken it." Greg Sneed, president of 40 would work to reschedule Lee's game we were dominated, Trinity sophomore Nicole Lee, who was scheduled to Acres, apologized in February visit at this point. "A lot of work whether it was rebounds, of­ Kelly, chair of the Interaction give a talk on multiculturalism for the scheduling mishap and has already been put in by the fensively attacking the basket Committee of the University in Page Auditorium, was forced said that Lee's assistant was no committee," she said. "I don't or getting to the free throw Union, said that she received a to cancel his original visit on longer with the company. want to waste any more time line—they controlled the message from Lee's agent late Feb. 17, due to the fact that his Kelly said the cancellation and money. Well try to find game." Friday afternoon. The message personal assistant double- will cause some major problems some other events to sponsor." The Blue Devils cut the stated that Lee would not be booked him. Lee was also sched­ for the Union. She said that tick­ The event, primarily spon­ lead to 35-28 at halftime, on able to make his scheduled visit uled for a three-day commercial ets were supposed to be given sored by the Interaction Com­ three-pointers by senior cen­ on March 6 and that he would shoot in Orlando that weekend. out today and that the catering mittee and the Union, was also ter Alison Day and junior for­ probably not be able to resched­ Melinda Bolger, adviser to for both the dinner before Lee's sponsored by the Black Student ward Windsor Coggeshall. In ule, Kelly said. the Interaction Committee and speech and for the reception af­ Alliance, Duke Student Govern­ the second half, Duke "He's canceled on us again... program coordinator in the Of­ terward had already been ment, the Mary Lou Williams trimmed the deficit to five with no explanation," Kelly fice of University Life, worked arranged. She said that the Center, the Bassett Fund, the with 14:59 left in the game on added. She plans to call Lee's with Lee's production company, Union will most likely ask Lee's Office of Student Affairs and the See SPORTSWRAP, page 1 • production company this morn­ 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, company to reimburse the President's Office. Israel decries second bus explosion, declares war on Hamas By HILARY APPELMAN ple, including the bomber, "There are no negotiations Arafat condemned the ping district at 6:25 a.m., al­ Associated Press and threw the future of with the Palestinians," a bombing as a "serious and most exactly a week after an­ JERUSALEM—Israel de­ Mideast peacemaking into grim Peres told a news con­ dangerous terrorist act" and other No. 18 bus exploded in clared all-out war Sunday on question. ference. "There are only our outlawed all armed Palestin­ the city, killing the bomber the militant Islamic group Prime Minister Shimon demands to the Palestini­ ian groups. The Hamas off­ and 26 others. Hamas Hamas after a suicide Peres demanded that Pales­ ans." shoot that claimed responsi­ claimed that attack and a bomber blew apart a second tinian leader Yasser Arafat Israel is "engaged in total bility announced a bombing in Ashkelon the bus in Jerusalem in just one do more to combat terrorism. war against Hamas and three-month moratorium on same day that killed two peo­ week. He said if Arafat did not com­ other terrorist organiza­ attacks so long as Israel does ple, including the bomber. The blast, which scattered ply, negotiations with the tions," said Peres, a dove who not crack down on Hamas. The force of Sunday's ex­ body parts and pieces of Palestinians on a final peace will be hard-pressed to pre­ The blast tore through a plosion hurled bodies onto twisted metal yards from the agreement would not start in vail over a right-wing rival in No. 18 city bus as it drove the street and left the bus a explosion site, killed 19 peo­ May as scheduled. May 29 elections. through Jerusalem's shop­ See BOMBING on page 4 •- THE CHRONICLE MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1996 World and National Newsfile Associated Press Gingrich asks Dole's opponents to quit Sanctions tightened: A new By RICHARD BERKE cism of Dole, arguing that the majori­ New York and housing secretary. bill aimed at toppling Fidel Castro N.Y. Times News Service ty leader was no match for President While he has stayed neutral because by tightening U.S. sanctions ATLANTA—In the wake of Sen. Bob Clinton in November. of his close ties to Forbes and Dole, against Cuba could end up causing Dole's decisive victory in the South Minutes before that debate got Kemp urged Alexander and Lugar to pain to U.S. business by creating Carolina primary, House Speaker under way, the police detained Alan bow out of the race—just as he did "economic chaos" with American Newt Gingrichjed other prominent Re­ Keyes, another candidate, who had after placing fourth in the South Car­ trading partners. publicans on Sunday in pressuring the been barred from taking part and was olina primary in 1988. senator's rivals to quit the race. trying to force his way in. Hundreds "It's a three-man race: Forbes, Astronauts test: Space shuttle Gingrich is expected to go further of his supporters chanted, "Let him Buchanan and Bob Dole, with Bob Columbia's crew took a break from on Monday when he plans to an­ speak, let him speak." Dole having the momentum," Kemp its orbital chores Sunday to enjoy nounce here that he is casting his vote Echoing Gingrich on Sunday was said in an interview.

Load more

  20

Copy Link