Duke Bikes, a new initiative to promote health and community, is now peddling bicycles below the West Campus Plaza in hopes that students might ride to class instead of drive.
Duke Students for an Ethical Duke, a newly created student organization devoted to eliminating race, gender and class-based prejudices on campus, will be hosting speakers and holding other events in the first few weeks of the academic year.
"Neal Cassady" from California is training a chicken to scratch lottery tickets while "Dave The Intern" has images of fire and other special effects on his show, "Scratching Extraordinaire."
Speaking in the Duke Chapel Sunday evening, world-renowned poet, writer, dancer and actress Maya Angelou appeared once again to greet Duke's newest class of freshmen.