Tim Saintsing Student Speaker
(05/10/02 7:00am)
Although his family may wince every time they hear the Duke name, they will clap anyway.
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Although his family may wince every time they hear the Duke name, they will clap anyway.
When I arrived in Durham four years ago, I was already an ardent liberal, a card-carrying Democrat, a feminist, maybe even a socialist--though I barely knew what some of those terms meant. I helped U.S. Rep. David Price and Sen. John Edwards get elected, and at the activities fair on East Campus, I signed up for the Duke Democrats and Amnesty International.
Commonalities.
At least five selective groups--greek and non-greek--are under investigation for judicial violations, many of them for practices relating to member initiation.
Undergraduate tuition, fees, room and board for Trinity College and the Pratt School of Engineering will increase by 3.9 percent next year, following Friday's approval by the Board of Trustees. The Board also adopted plans to enhance the University's investments in financial aid and approved tuition increases for graduate and professional schools.
As a newspaper, The Chronicle always strives to be a forum for all people to express their ideas and opinions and engage in dialogue with others. It has never been the role of an editor to decide which arguments are morally reprehensible and which are ethically laudable, because one statement may be both depending on the audience. It is in that spirit that The Chronicle must decide what material is fit to be published, regardless of the views of its editors.
Triangle employees seeking fairness in the workplace now have another resource following an announcement Tuesday of the creation of the Triangle Workers' Rights Board, one of several national branches dedicated to using moral and political pressure to lobby employers.
Bob Williams, father of Duke basketball recruit Shelden Williams, said Wednesday night that an investigator told him no charges would be brought against his son in an alleged rape. The news came just hours after a Columbus, Ohio, television station reported that the alleged victim had decided not to file charges.
Facing a continued substantial deficit and dwindling financial reserves, officials at the Freeman Center for Jewish Life released plans Thursday to restructure the center's staff, in particular by hiring a full-time fundraiser as a new director. Current director Roger Kaplan will continue in his position until the end of the semester.
As the primary news source for the Duke community, The Chronicle places an extremely high value on maintaining credibility and objectivity in its news coverage. It is in that spirit that I would like to explain to you the paper's news and editorial decisions as they relate to this year's selection of both the undergraduate and graduate and professional student young trustees.
Antony Higgins, an assistant professor of Spanish described as a dedicated teacher and brilliant scholar, died Dec. 21 at Duke Hospital of lung cancer. He was 39.
The Board of Trustees Friday approved $17 million in summer 2002 renovations to three Kilgo Quadrangle dormitories. At their quarterly meeting, trustees also approved changes to Duke retirees' health insurance and held discussions regarding athletics, the Graduate School and the University's financial position.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away, or so the saying goes. One day, that preventative mentality may become the norm--if physicians at the Medical Center have anything to do with it.
The Board of Trustees Friday approved the planning of two major projects: the expansion of Perkins Library and the construction of a parking garage and building behind the Bryan Center.
In an effort to help victims of Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., faculty and student groups have planned fundraising and other events for the upcoming days.
Last July President Nan Keohane, along with 41 other university presidents, penned a letter to President George W. Bush, urging him to reconsider his energy policy, which relies heavily on fossil fuels.
The Board of Trustees has appointed seven new members, choosing several prominent educational and industry leaders among over 100 applicants, the University announced Wednesday. The new members, who began their terms July 1, include noted civil rights attorney Julius Chambers, General Motors CEO Richard Wagoner and two professionals in medical fields. "[They are] very highly qualified," said Board Chair Harold "Spike" Yoh. "It's probably the best and heaviest group we've had... They're really qualified, and they're diverse."
Senior Abdullah Al-Arian did not expect to make national headlines when he took a job with Rep. David Bonior, D-Mich., but that's exactly what happened when Secret Service agents suddenly removed the intern from a White House meeting June 28, spurring about two dozen Muslim leaders to leave in protest.
The University said July 11 that there is no evidence to support a sophomore's allegation this spring that someone had committed a hate crime against him, an incident that prompted outcry among several Asian-American student leaders. David Lin claimed that the weekend of March 30, someone vandalized his room, stole about $100 cash and left a note bearing a racial epithet. He also said the University and the Duke University Police Department mishandled the case.
Duke filed arguments Monday in its appeal of the Title IX case brought by a former female placekicker, arguing that a lower court's decision last October to award Heather Sue Mercer, Trinity '98, $2 million in punitive damages was a "miscarriage of justice."