The Times Higher Education Supplement and Quacquarelli Symonds, an education research firm, ranked Duke the 13th overall best university in the world in an annual report released last week.
In an effort to diversify the offerings of Duke night life, Duke Student Government and the Office of Student Activities and Facilities have enacted a policy that allows students to become trained as party monitors online, simplifying the process and drastically reducing the trainee's time commitment.
With gang violence a consistent concern for Durham residents, city officials are considering resurrecting old laws used to prosecute mafia members in an effort to tame Durham's gangs.
Students and faculty crowded into a packed lecture hall in the School of Law Monday to hear the insider perspective of former presidential adviser Jack Goldsmith on the complex legal issues surrounding President George W. Bush's administration and the War on Terror.