Off the Cuff
This was a tragic error, and we accept responsibility for our part.
Chief Executive Officer of Duke Hospital Dr. William Fulkerson, after Hospital doctors transplanted a heart and lungs of the wrong blood type into 17-year-old patient Jésica Santillán.
The Bryan Center is the best of an airport facility, and the bridge--God knows what the architect was thinking.
Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta, on the need for a new "student village."
If you're drinking heavily enough to black out, you're drinking enough to damage your brain.
Aaron White, assistant research professor of medical psychiatry and lead author of a study that found 51 percent of students who have drunk alcohol have blacked out.
That was pretty funny. We were trying to look away and not laugh, but that was hard.... I've never seen that before.
Carolina freshman David Noel, on the appearance of senior Robert Findly--naked except for a coat of blue paint, scarf and socks--at the Feb. 5 Duke-UNC basketball game.
I was trying to be like the guy on the Nike commercial who was running around naked on the soccer field.
Findly, on his motivation, according to the police incident report.
I think it's inevitable that we will send people into space. We'll probably send them there permanently one day. The shuttle is simply not the launch vehicle we should be using.
Professor of History and space policy expert Alex Roland, after the space shuttle Columbia broke apart.
Stats 101
The most recognizable edifice on campus, the Duke Chapel draws thousands of tourists each year. Here are a few of the numbers that make it so impressive.
239 Number of steps in the Chapel tower
210 Height in feet of the Chapel tower
Over 1 million Number of individual pieces of glass in the Chapel's various windows
1,505 Maximum size of the congregation the Chapel can legally accommodate
1,400 Average size of the congregation on any given Sunday during the school year
90 to 100 Number of weddings that occur each year in the Chapel
98 Number of steps a bride takes to walk down the aisle
11 Number of people buried in the Chapel, including three former University presidents and four Duke family members
3 Number of different organs in the Chapel
6 Approximate combined re-placement value of all three organs, in millions of dollars
Gothic Wonderland (The scoop on what's up)
Anti-war protests
Streakers and Speedo guys
Tipping policy at the Oak Room
The monorail
DSG election changes
The nursing doctoral program
Gothic Rockpile (The scoop on what's down)
Divestment
The population of Krzyzewskiville
Tipping policy at the Washington Duke
The BC walkway
Meaningful DSG accomplishments
The BAA graduate program
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