editor-in-chiefcontent allie barnes duke managing editor kathie sun letter from the editor unc managing editor carson blackwelder SPRING 2012 photography editor julia wall art director shannon coffey OLD HABITS DIE HARD. There are two absolute basketball truths. 1. Duke editorial director trent tsun-kang chiang is the scum of the earth and 2. The Carolina boys are unc contributing writers kasey el-chayeb tried and true. caroline land At least these are the facts that were instilled in caroline leland me when I was about 5 years old. Thanks to my miranda murray stefanie schwemlein Dad, I was raised a die-hard Tar Heel fan, and more passionately (and importantly), an Anyone-But-Duke duke contributing writers alex bodel fan. akshatha kommalapati lauren paylor As an admirer of the sport itself, I’d like to enjoy allie barnes paula rambarat conversations with my boyfriend, cousin, good friends emily mcginty is a junior at The University of (all Duke students), and my hometown idol (a Duke North Carolina at Chapel Hilll. columnists alyssa bailey graduate) about, for example, how Mason Plumlee She can be reached via email lilly knoepp is a much better player now than during his past two at
[email protected] becca ward seasons. Yet every time I attempt to shine a positive sports columnist laurel burk light on the Dukies, I involuntarily cringe and subconscious trash talk runs through matt pittman my brain. That sounds illogical. I am, after all, an independent-minded thinker who staff designers shannon coffey ga ming gao believes anything can happen.