I’m not getting something here.
The Duke Chronicle, like most college papers, is independent. It has no official connection with the school, so it can print articles that might be deemed offensive, critical or in poor taste.
That independence and the edgy tone that many college rags seek doesn’t begin to explain this article. It’s part of a series in the Chronicle named Monday, Monday, which is supposed to be a satirical editorial penned by an anonymous scribe.
Read that piece and see if you can find the satire. While it has some humor, it’s really a scathing attack on the Duke basketball program – something you’d expect to see at a UNC or Maryland website.
Why the school newspaper would decide to run that about their own team completely baffles me. Maybe that Tar Heel mole that planted the trick Maryland cheers also writes for the Chronicle.
If so, it may be the greatest UNC-Duke prank ever. If not, well … I really have no other explanations.