Thoughts on the AP Poll: Week 11
Another week of upsets and tight conference games caused an overhaul in this week's AP Poll, with three top-five teams and five in the top 10 losing—including the previously-No. 9 Blue Devils.
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Another week of upsets and tight conference games caused an overhaul in this week's AP Poll, with three top-five teams and five in the top 10 losing—including the previously-No. 9 Blue Devils.
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Following Friday’s community forum in Page Auditorium, The Chronicle’s Amrith Ramkumar spoke with President Richard Brodhead about the event and his response to recent incidents on campus.
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Approximately 100 students gathered on the steps of the Duke Chapel Friday afternoon in response to a Black Lives Matter flyer in White Lecture Hall that was vandalized with racial slurs.
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