I’ve heard lots of rumors about tunnels at Duke University. What is the purpose of these tunnels? Who built them? Are there tunnels underneath both East and West Campuses? How do you get into them?
ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: You have heard of how there is a whole world underneath Disney World, from which the staff magically emerge as the magical characters? Perhaps this is where star basketball players, distinguished faculty and the Dancing Devils reside in their off hours? Actually, they are merely the campus “basements,” where a lot of mechanical equipment and pipes and conduits (that in a way do help to keep Duke a magical place) reside.
As to how to get there, heed the warning cited in the Perkins Lobby edition (3010C) of the Suggestion Book:
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS/ENTRY
Access to roofs, ledges, attic space, tunnels, or other unauthorized areas is forbidden. [http://deanofstudents.studentaffairs.duke.edu/policies.html]