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Student injured in revelry after football victory
Patel released from hospital, doing well
by Nate Freeman and Sean Moroney in News
A falling goalpost injured a student outside the Duke Chapel just before midnight Saturday in the midst of celebration following Duke's 20-14 victory over Northwestern in Evanston, Ill.
Wild night leads to first Duke win in two years
Blue Devils end 22-game losing streak with last-minute stand
by Ben Cohen
EVANSTON, Ill.-Duke has waited nearly two years to celebrate a victory on the gridiron, but those 728 endless nights came down to 17 gripping seconds.
With the game on the line, Northwestern drove down to Duke's 7-yard line with 17 seconds remaining in Saturday night's game at Ryan Field, ready to steal a lead that the visitors had held since the first quarter.
Chemerinsky back in running for UC-Irvine deanship
by staff reports
After rescinding an offer to serve as dean of the University of California-Irvine's new law school, UCI Chancellor Michael Drake is once again soliciting Duke law professor Erwin Chemerinsky for the job, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
Lax suit outcome still murky
news analysis
by Yousef AbuGharbieh
If David Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann's proposed civil suit goes to trial, the three former Duke lacrosse players may be sitting in an unfamiliar spot in the courtroom-at the plaintiff's table.
Delay keeps senior off Minn. bridge
by Marisa Siegel
Senior Matthew Campbell never expected that three minutes of tardiness would be the difference between being a rescuer and a victim.
Pratt to 'Xcite' future engineers
by Christine Hall
Starting next spring, middle school students across the state will be able to design a solar car, assemble a solar oven, or even create an infrared wireless circuit in an after-school program designed by Duke engineers in collaboration with several federal agencies.
Tutors instill 'HOPE' in DPS kids
by Sam Choe
What does it take to make children hopeful? If you ask Barbara Jentleson, it takes many Duke students and a program called Project HOPE.
2 chosen to head up LDOC '08
by Chelsea Allison
Although undergraduates have 222 days of longing, for juniors Chamindra Goonewardene and Vincent Ling the approach of the end of classes is more immediate.
Council and OIT to work on cable television program
campus council
by Catherine Butsch
Campus Council discussed a proposed bundle of cable television and telephone services and an increase in the number of signs on West Campus in its first general body meeting Thursday night.
Exhibit provides peek at tech dorm
by Anne Llewellyn
It may not look like something from "The Jetsons," but it does have air-conditioning, which is already more than what some Duke students have.
Dukie tries to cash in on Facebook applications
by Rachel Stern
What does Barack Obama have in common with zombies, Dwight Schrute of NBC's "The Office," Scrabble and your favorite soccer team? All can be found in unlikely juxtaposition on Facebook Web pages everywhere.
