The Chronicle

Congress may have an answer for college students tired of paying high prices for their textbooks each semester.

Pursue the Passion is a group of four recent University of Arizona graduates, an RV and a vision to inspire students to find careers they will love.

Duke Student Government representatives vigorously debated Wednesday night the proposed line policy for entering men's basketball games in preparation for a vote on the change in the next couple weeks. The validation process-presented by Head Line Monitor Roberto Bazzani, a senior, and junior Sunny Kantha, vice president for athletics and campus services-would require undergraduates to register online starting three days prior to each game and show up a least one hour ahead of tipoff to claim their spots.

Students now have a new mechanism for approaching their professors outside of the classroom-other than sending them the awkward late-night e-mails.

Organic chemistry students complaining they cannot cram any more information into their beleaguered brains may have to think up a different excuse.

When a team of Duke researchers unveiled a study that showed the smell of sweaty men can actually range from stinky urine to sweet vanilla, they didn't anticipate the media attention that followed. "I think it is a very relatable phenomenon that we studied," Andreas Keller-a postgraduate fellow at The Rockefeller University in New York City who contributed to the study-wrote in an e-mail.

At Duke University Union's first general body meeting, members introduced the organization to the approximately 20 students-mostly freshmen-present and held discussions regarding programing ideas.

University officials have made repeated efforts in recent years to ensure that Duke facilities are environmentally sustainable, but on at least one front, progress has not only stalled but slid backward.