Fun to sit in class with a hernia
By Christopher Scoville | August 29, 2002Econ 51 is not always the most exciting class. It's especially dry on days of national crisis, as I discovered. I attended the class on Sept. 11.
Econ 51 is not always the most exciting class. It's especially dry on days of national crisis, as I discovered. I attended the class on Sept. 11.
Bill English, in his column "What is a University?," raised concerns we all share. But a few favorable trends at our University ought to be recognized in the face of English's criticism.
In the aftermath of the creation of the International Criminal Court, the United States has backed down from its initial pledge to withdraw all peacekeepers from world conflicts without blanket...
Last year, an introductory economics class had a midterm exam, worth a large part of the final grade, with an extensive take-home portion.
Wednesday. What a day. The hangover from last Saturday night is cooling off, and there's still enough time to get pregame materials for tomorrow night.
ESPN celebrated its 25,000th SportsCenter Sunday night. I of course, watched it. Twice.
As the eyes of the world this summer focused on the Middle East, South Asia and Wall Street, Hong Kong quietly marked the fifth anniversary of its status as a Special Administrative Region of China.
This Friday, Aug. 30, is the date set by the baseball players' union for the first work stoppage since 1994.
I would like to start off by saying it is not surprising that there has been limited discussion of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's book choice for their summer reading here at...
For some unknown cosmic reason, the Class of '50 took a big hit this year.
Tap Tap. Squeeeak. Can you hear me now? GOOD. This column, like those 900 numbers, is for entertainment only. So please feel free to laugh. Here's a little special sauce to brighten your Monday.
A curious thing happened a few days ago.
The last several weeks have seen the search for a new Durham police chief transform from a competition among three seemingly qualified candidates into a rollercoaster of scandal and public...
Last year's conflict between Duke Student Government and Campus Council over which group has authority over residential concerns unfortunately overshadowed one of the issues that spurred this...
The University has decided to repay the federal government nearly $700,000 after two employees embezzled federal grant money from the Center for Demographic Studies and its lead researcher, Kenneth...
As Duke welcomes a new freshman class and new academic year, the first anniversary of a very black day looms ahead.
Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill engaged in discussion earlier this week about their summer reading assignment, a book called Approaching the Quran: The Early Revelations...
If you haven't noticed yet, we have an inferiority complex here at Duke. It's subtle, but you start to see it soon enough.
Welcome freshmen, and thanks for all the publicity. I spent the summer in Austria, and even there I couldn't help but hear about our University's summer reading assignment.