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Sophomore Daniel Klufas, who in May accused off-campus fraternity Alpha Delta Phi of hazing, filed a complaint Saturday with a magistrate against a member of the fraternity, according to WRAL reports. Stephan Seeger, Klufas's attorney, told WRAL that a civil lawsuit may also be filed.

A Duke biochemist remains at the center of controversy in the scientific community for allegedly misplacing blame on his former student regarding the retraction of two papers from Science and the Journal of Molecular Biology in February. Homme Hellinga, James B.

Jim Cooney, a Charlotte attorney who represented Reade Seligmann during the lacrosse case, announced in a court filing Monday that he would represent the other side of the bench by defending the University in the lawsuit filed by senior Andrew Giuliani, The News and Observer reported Tuesday.

Duke University Health System requested arbitration with Aramark Management Services in a complaint dated June 12, citing damages exceeding $75,000 from a breach of contract stemming from a 2004 hydraulic fluid mix-up.

Andrew Giuliani, a senior and former member of the men's golf team, is suing the University and his former head coach for allegedly illegally terminating his athletic eligibility, his attorney told The Chronicle Wednesday.

The Charlotte-based Duke Endowment has donated nearly $70 million to Duke in the first half of this year. The University was one of four institutions of higher education to benefit from more than $110 million in grants the endowment awarded to educational, health care, childcare and church organizations in North and South Carolina so far this year.

Duke Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Steel, Trinity '73, has been named president and CEO of Wachovia Corp., effective July 9. Steel will continue to serve as chairman of the Trustees, confirmed Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations.

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain has compared rival Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama to former President Jimmy Carter on numerous occasions

Long before the rest of the world discovered Clay Felker's brilliance, Felker honed his talent and devoted his journalistic acumen to The Chronicle as editor of its 44th volume.

New and returning students this Fall may find the Gothic Wonderland's entertainment ratcheted up with new programming, including alternative rock and belly-churning jokes, slated to kick off the semester.

A student special costing more than $6 at the Refectory Cafe and no more fish fillets at The Loop are just two of the changes students could face if campus eateries alter their menus and prices based on recent market inflation.

Bob Ekstrand, Law '98, founded Durham law firm Ekstrand & Ekstrand with his wife Samantha, Law '01, and offers services ranging from merely giving advice to students to filing a lawsuit on their behalf.

An acceptance letter came as a moment of disbelief, a burst of excitement and a sigh of relief. But a few months later, incoming freshman Ubong Akpaninyie was in for a surprise when scanning his brand-new Webmail inbox. There was no word on who his roommate would be or where he would be living, but rather news of a trio of robberies that had occurred just off campus during Summer Session I and tips on how to ward off criminals, courtesy of the University.

The John Hope Franklin Symposium and Gala, held June 26 and 27, revolved around issues concerning higher education reform and academic excellence stimulation.

The Chronicle's Shuchi Parikh spoke to Schroeder about why he believes OLC lawyers overstepped their bounds in recommending the Guantanamo interrogation methods.

The Medical Center was thrown into the national spotlight this summer with Sen. Edward Kennedy's successful brain surgery at the Tisch Tumor Center in June. Although Dr. Allan Friedman, whom Kennedy sought to remove a malignant tumor, was the talk of the nation for weeks after the surgery, it was not the first time such widespread praise was aimed at DUMC.

Several major research initiatives led by Duke are already up and running at the new North Carolina Research Campus, currently under construction in Kannapolis, N.C.

Beginning with the March 2009 SAT, the College Board will allow students to choose which scores the testing agency sends to prospective schools-helping to calm the nerves of some high school students preparing for college.

Harry Partin, a former history of religions professor in the department of religion and the graduate program in religion, died June 10.

Students waking up early for 7 a.m. course registration will soon be greeted by an unfamiliar Web site.

Frank Lombard, associate director of the Health Inequalities Program at Duke's Global Health Institute, discussed the challenges Duke University Medical Center faces in providing care to local and rural North Carolina in an e-mail correspondence with The Chronicle's Shuchi Parikh.