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Down to the wire Wrestler Mike Darlington won the ACC cham pionship at the last second. To see how he accomplished it, turn to SPORTSWRAP. MONDAY. MARCH 9. 1992 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA Disband ASDU and start over, new proposal suggests By MICHAEL SAUL with a small, elite group that executive board of ASDU Sun mitory presidents, four Central consists of representatives—not ASDU may be abolished and a works solely for the cause of stu day night and the response was Campus representatives and four presidents—from each living new, restructured student gov dents, according to a memoran generally positive, Berry said. at-large representatives. group on campus. By having a ernment established next year, if dum written by ASDU President The same presentation is sched government comprised mainly of a proposal supported by its presi Tonya Robinson, Trinity senior uled to be given to the ASDU "We are creating a whole differ living group presidents, the pro dent is passed. John Berry and Trinity sopho committees tonight. ent role on campus and it is our posal calls for a new body that The proposal seeks to elimi more Mark Grazman. The proposal states that the hope that it will draw a different will represent an elite group of nate a massive and highly bu Robinson, Berry and Grazman core of the new student govern type of leader," Berry said. students on campus. reaucratic body and replace it presented their proposal to the ment be composed ofthe 63 dor- The ASDU legislature currently See PROPOSAL on page 5 • Basketball Monstrous Tar Heels fan suffers mashed in classic clash By MOORARI SHAH nament has often been overrated," heart attack Just another game? Are you said UNC head coach Dean Smith. From staff reports kidding?! If you missed Sunday's "How many times has the loser of A 61-year-old Blue Devil fan classic clash between the men's this game gone on to win the suffered a heart attack in the basketball team and North Caro tournament? I'd rather play a parking lot outside Cameron In lina, you might as well crawl back team that's on a five-game win door Stadium soon after the men's into that cave you have been liv ning streak in the first round of basketball game Sunday. ing in and stay there. the tournament than a team that Durham resident Patrick Den The top-ranked Blue Devils has lost a couple." nis, a volunteer in the concession thrilled a capacity crowd with an Deadlocked at 71-71 with just stand, is in critical but stable con MTm 89-77 conquest of the 16th-ranked over six minutes to go in the con dition in the coronary care unit of Tar Heels on Senior Day at test, both teams tightened their Duke Hospital. Cameron Indoor Stadium. The defenses, but it was Duke that Dennis and his family were fierce battle took the traditional jelled on offense and outscored walking toward Towerview Drive rivalry to its highest echelon on UNC 18-6 to close out the game. when he collapsed. Brian Moody, Sunday in 40 intense minutes of All five Blue Devil starters fac Dennis' grandson and a ball boy roller-coaster basketball that will tored into the decisive run as during the game, flagged down go down in Atlantic Coast Confer sophomore forward Tony Lang an ambulance that was leaving ence folklore. and senior forward Brian Davis the parking lot. "It was just an unbelievable both had a basket while senior The emergency team used game,"said Duke head coach Mike center Christian Laettner and shock treatments to resuscitate Krzyzewski. "I'm sure for those junior point guard Bobby Hurley him. "Had the team not been people who have watched ACC each drilled a three-pointer. there, doctors say he might not •;JHL.-^.-^33" basketball for a number of years, Laettner added two free throws, have made it to the hospital," it had to strike them as one ofthe and junior guard Thomas Hill said Peggy Dennis, his wife. great games in the history ofthe scored six of his 18 points in the Despite concerns he might conference." final2:10. have injured his head as he fell, Duke finishes the regular sea After the triumph, Laettner (26 Dennis should be fine, said Debbie son with a 25-2 record, 14-2 in the points) and Davis (eight points) McPherson, registered nurse. y- ^O ACC, and heads into next week's thanked the Cameron Crazies, As doctors wheeled Patrick ACC Tournament in Charlotte as many of whom had camped out Dennis to intensive care, he was the No. 1 seed. UNC, loser of five for two weeks to get into the game, saying "We beat them big," ac of its last six games, takes a 19-8 for four years of unwavering sup cording to his wife. record, 9-7 in conference play, and port. "He is definitely a big, big fan," MARK WASMER/THE CHRONICLE a No. 3 seed into the tournament. "Hopefully, this season well she said. Brian Davis puts up the shot as Tar Heels fall by the wayside. "Momentum going into the tour See UNC on p. 1, SPORTSWRAP • Celebration after game is placid Despite thrill of victory, party 'lamer than usual' By MICHAEL SAUL them to return the bench. music emanated from speakers The Blue Devils' vengeful vic "We don't want a fire, but resting on window ledges. tory over the Tar Heels Sunday we're outnumbered and if we Although the revelry on the afternoon elicited a lackluster have to have one, we will," quad was less than customary, post-game celebration, many stu said Paul Dumas, director of students said the atmosphere dents said. Public Safety. inside Cameron was electrify The men's basketball team Hundreds of students en ing. trampled North Carolina 89-77, circled the blazing fire on "It was everything and but the thrill of victory waned as Clocktower Quad, but many more," said Trinity sophomore students shuffled out of Cameron upperclassmen complained Colby Walton, who had the Indoor Stadium on West Cam that the students were less distinction of membership in pus. boisterous than usual. Tent Number One. "I lost my "This is lamer than usual," said Only once during the festivi voice for it." Trinity senior Jack Moore. "I ties did the crowd chant "Go to The temporary village of wish someone would donate a hell, Carolina. Go to hell!" tents outside Cameron called bench." Several University men spent Krzyzewskiville grew faster Despite strong opposition 20 minutes trying to to coax each than ever this season. Al from Duke Public Safety, a other to streak, but none were though some students were group of students carried the convinced. Four University told earlier this week that Stonehenge bench from Kilgo women, however, circled the fire they might not be admitted, Quad to Clocktower Quad in while waving their brassieres every person who camped out, an effort to build a bonfire. and then cast their under gar as well as some people who The students successfuly ments into the flames. lined up the morning of the thwarted a number of Public Students threw tennis balls game, were permitted to en- MARK WASMER/THE CHRONICLE Safety officers who urged and rolls of toilet paper while See PARTY on page 5^ Public Safety tried to prevent yesterday's bonfire, but to no avail. THECHRONICLE MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1992 World and National Newsfile Candidates scramble ELECTIONS Associated Press Delegates won in each state by each candidate Ship wreck kills 87: Offshore for Harkin supporters in Saturday's presidential near Si Racha, Thailand, an oil primary and caucuses: tanker sliced into a ferry crowded By ROBIN TONER placing a distant second S. Carolina primary with religious pilgrims before dawn N.Y. Times News Service in South Carolina with Sunday, and at least 87 people MIAMI — The Democratic field will 19 percent ofthe vote. Democrats | Primary 99% reporting drowned when the passenger ship narrow to three on Monday with the with "I think Tuesday will %0f I Caucus sank, authorities said. Delegates won vote drawal of Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, signal be his day, I acknowl Clinton 36 63% Arizona caucus 1 Wyoming caucus ing a new intensity ofthe race as it moves edge that," Tsongas said Tsongas 7 19% Republics fight: Armenians and through the battlegrounds of the South of Clinton at a news con Harkin 0 6% Democrats Democrats Azerbaijanis battled Sunday for a and on to the industrial Midwest. ference earlier Sunday Brown 0 6% 98% reporting %0f 100% reporting %0f third day over Askeran, a town in Harkin, who campaigned as a "real in Nashville. "I think Uncommitted 0 3% Delegates won vote Delegates won vote the disputed enclave of Nagorno- Democrat" and a tough voice for tradi he'll do well in his terri Other 0 2% Tsongas 14 34% Clinton 4 28% Karabakh. Dozens of people were tional liberalism, told supporters Sunday Clinton 15 29% Brown 3 23% tory." Republicans Brown 12 28% Uncommitted 2 22% reported killed in fighting in the re that he intended to withdraw, according to The former senator, gion. 99% reporting Harkin 0 8% Harkin 0 14% senior Democrats who spoke on condition who has fought bitterly Bush 36 67% Uncommitted 0 1% Tsongas 0 12% that they not be identified. with Clinton in recent Buchanan 0 26% Others 0 0% Cuomo 0 California gets Water: In Sac 0% The decision will trigger a scramble for days, added, "After Tues Duke 0 7% Kerrey 0 0% ramento, the drought-stressed agri Harkin's backing among the ranks of orga day, we go into neutral Daugherty 0 0% Undetermined 4 cultural heart of California, farmers nized labor.