CRAVING A CULTURE
(04/23/08 4:00am)
Joan Didion is sitting across from me. One of the greatest living American writers is sitting across from me, and I have her full attention.
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Joan Didion is sitting across from me. One of the greatest living American writers is sitting across from me, and I have her full attention.
Everyday last year as 5 p.m. approached, you could probably find me in the same place. Slumped over my editor's desk in 301 Flowers, tapping at the keyboard and punching in comments to an edited story or quickly barraging a source with questions on the phone before the workday ended. But no matter what was happening, I always took a moment to stop as the carillonneur began his slow song and it drifted down through the short space between the Chapel and the windows of the Chronicle office.
The Recording Industry Association of America has sent 16 more illegal file-sharing pre-litigation letters to Duke students, the organization announced Thursday.
A first trip to Africa has a major pre-requisite: a million injections. You name it, I've been inoculated for it. Mostly, though, these shots are for the diseases that can kill you, and what's left is a whole host of other nasty bugs that can make you wish you were dead.
Truth be told, the past year hasn't been the greatest for the Union.
At the April 11 press conference held after all charges against the indicted Duke lacrosse players were dropped, defense attorney Jim Cooney didn't mince words about The Durham Herald-Sun.
RALEIGH - Flanked by the men's and women's lacrosse teams, a horde of local and national media gathered to hear David Evans, Trinity '06, Collin Finnerty, Reade Seligmann and their attorneys respond to North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper's announcement Wednesday that all charges against the three former men's lacrosse players would be dropped.
Two weeks after administrators announced the creation of a dean of undergraduate education, they are working with faculty members to fill the new position-and to define what that role will mean in practice.
Junior Chris Sanders was found dead in his Kilgo Quadrangle dormitory room early Tuesday morning, University administrators said Tuesday afternoon. He was 20 years old.
Junior Chris Sanders was found dead in his Kilgo Quadrangle dormitory early Tuesday morning, University administrators confirmed Tuesday afternoon. He was 20 years old.
The wait is now over for the 19,170 applicants hoping to be members of Duke's Class of 2011.
As the campus community evaluates the recommendations in the recently released Campus Culture Initiative report, the University has also begun a rigorous evaluation of the West Union Building and other social spaces on West Campus, administrators confirmed Wednesday.
Raymond Nasher, Duke '43 and founder of the Nasher Museum of Art, died suddenly in a Dallas hospital Friday, University officials confirmed this weekend.
After nearly 10 months of research and discussion, the Campus Culture Initiative Steering Committee released its report to the Duke community Tuesday afternoon, presenting a number of recommendations about major aspects of campus life.
Administrators are preparing to make public next week the report of the Campus Culture Initiative, which officially concluded this week, University officials confirmed Thursday.
In a move unprecedented in U.S. higher education, Duke will create a program that will allow every undergraduate to partake in one in-depth service opportunity over the course of a summer or an academic semester, the University announced Monday.
The Durham Police Department is currently investigating an allegation that a female Duke student was raped early Sunday morning at a party attended by other Duke students, University officials said in a statement Sunday night.
In a move unprecedented in U.S. higher education, Duke will create a program to allow every undergraduate to partake in an in-depth service opportunity throughout the summer or over an academic semester, the University announced Monday afternoon.
In a rare departure from the traditional selection process, four-not three-candidates were chosen as finalists for the undergraduate Young Trustee, the nominating committee announced Tuesday night.
More than a year after the demise of the now-infamous server created by current Duke Student Government President Elliott Wolf-which provided a space for the sharing of music and movies-Duke students can once again find free music in cyberspace.