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Distraught, Duke asks questions
2 days later, campus still rattled by tragedy
by Kristen Davis in News
More than a hundred students, faculty and administrators bowed their heads in silence at 2 p.m. Tuesday, as the Duke Chapel bell tolled 33 times-once for each casualty of the Virginia Tech shootings.
The interfaith vigil-which was organized by Craig Kocher, assistant dean of the Chapel and director of religious life-was held at the same time as a memorial service in Blacksburg, Va.
Duke hires new women's basketball coach
by Gregory Beaton
Duke's new women's basketball coach will be former Michigan State head coach Joanne P. McCallie, a source close to the situation confirmed Wednesday.
Athletics officials informed the team at a 2 p.m. meeting that the University had hired McCallie to take over for Gail Goestenkors, who left Duke for Texas earlier this month.
Security, Duke response raise some concerns
by Zak Kazzaz
Two days after the Monday massacre at Virginia Tech, students nationwide remained on edge Tuesday as more details of the tragedy emerged and additional security threats occurred on several other college campuses.
DUU aims to streamline new budget
by Rob Copeland
A series of major changes are in store for the Duke University Union budget in coming months, after the organization came under scrutiny this year for some of its funding allocations.
Report: Alcohol, drugs hurt memory
by Matt Johnson
With final exams just around the corner, work by some Duke researchers on memory and cognition may help students improve their academic performance and understand the science of learning.
Experts say some common student behaviors, like drinking and pulling all-nighters, decrease the ability of some students to learn and recall information.
Charity gives $100M for energy policy
by Maya Salwen
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced the creation of a $100-million Climate Change Initiative last week, which aims to help develop new energy policies and create energy-efficient technology.
The foundation plans to award the $100 million in grants over the next five years to universities and various research and nonprofit institutions around the country.
2 Duke icons given Ellis Island award
Men's basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski and John Mack, a member of Duke's Board of Trustees and CEO of Morgan Stanley, were among the four recipients of the 6th Annual Ellis Island Family Heritage Awards Tuesday. The award honors immigrants or their descendants who have made significant contributions to America.
Power outage can't melt Free Cone Day
by Catherine Butsch
A power outage that occurred 15 minutes before the Broad Street location was set to open didn't stop the staff from going ahead with Free Cone Day-a Ben & Jerry's tradition that provides long lines of customers across the nation with complimentary ice cream cones.
Blog: Reporter Catherine Butsch writes about her experience interacting with customers at Free Cone Day
Blog: Reporter Catherine Butsch writes about her experience interacting with customers at Free Cone Day
'Survivors' talk on need for marrow
by Cameron VanSant
Two different types of survivors discussed their personal experiences with leukemia and Asian American representations in the media at a talk in the Griffith Film Theater Tuesday evening.
Yul Kwon, the winner of "Survivor: Cook Islands," and Cammy Lee, a leukemia survivor, discussed the disease and encouraged students, especially minority students, to register with the National Marrow Donor Program.
GPSC selects committee members for '07-'08
by Casey Dean
The Graduate and Professional Student Council concluded the year Tuesday night with a final round of elections, naming Board of Trustee committee representatives and approving the Basketball Campout Committee co-chairs.
Gavin Rogers, a third-year Divinity School student, and Laura Simmons, a fourth-year graduate student in cellular and molecular biology, were approved by the Council as the 2007-2008 Basketball Campout Committee co-chairs.
