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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Duke are The Blue Devils for a reason. Founded by Northerners. It's a more Northern-feeling school benefiting from some aspects of the South. [/quote]

You could not be more wrong. Have you ever been to Duke? The Dukes are interred in Duke Chapel. There is a lot not to like about Duke and I am not responding to defend it. The Duke story is a Southern story. Wash Duke came home to Durham with a 5 dollar coin given to him by Lincoln because he was a POW. That coin bankrolled a hand rolled tobacco business. Wash Duke - a widower - walked home to save money - with his daughter caring for the family. His son Buck took incredible risk and built a machine rolled tobacco business upon which he became a global monopolist. Buck was acutely aware of the South's challenges and built Duke Power, hospitals including Duke hospital, and endowed not only Duke but Davidson and Johnson C Smith in Charlotte. Duke built West Campus in 1924 and acquired Trinity College established in 1842 ((East Campus). The story of the Dukes is unparalleled in US history and it is a story of the South - a school founded by Southern Methodist.  A book called the Dukes of Durham by Robert Durden explains every detail. I don't think there is a school with more contradictions than Duke - it makes the place hard to describe.  It is true Northerners flock to the school and the school always wants more North Carolina natives. UNC is hard to compete against on price in state.

Again, Duke is a popular place in the North - wearing Duke gear in Long Island grabs attention and Duke is certainly more popular in NY than here. But is a place borne from the South. [/quote]

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