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Just before the turn of the century, a 76-year-old Washington Duke was offered-and graciously declined-the vice-presidency of the National Suffrage Association. The invitation came in response to what was then considered a visionary action: on his $100,000 endowment to Trinity College that year he placed the stipulation that women be admitted to the college "on an equal footing with men."
A whopping 25 percent of the student body turned out to cast their votes in last Thursday's Duke Student Government legislator election-but I still can't figure out how exactly they did it. I was certainly planning to vote; just like avoiding platform shoes, it's the right thing to do. But as I headed toward the West Union building last week, one fatal glance at the posters on the wall caused me to make an abrupt U-turn.
In a meeting cut short by the impending Founder's Day convocation, members of the Academic Council were updated on the University Library system's expenditures Thursday afternoon.
The Board of Trustees celebrated trustee Peter Nicholas' $20 million gift to the School of the Environment in an otherwise uneventful meeting Dec. 8.
After a brief absence caused by administrative miscommunication, The Pack has returned to snack vending machines.
Faculty and staff members voiced their concerns about the legality and propriety of the University's recently implemented health-care plan Tuesday night.
Officials from Student Health and Stores Operations will be meeting next week to determine the fate of condom sales in snack vending machines.
Students on a late-night quest for condoms may now find themselves headed all the way to the student infirmary in Duke Hospital South rather than the nearest vending machine.
Law professor Paul Haagen spent two days trying to make a doctor's appointment for his child as a new member of the Duke Managed Care plan. But, Haagen said, "When I got a doctor, he was lovely," and the problem was solved.
Not all vampires grow fangs and sleep in coffins.
Administrators are moving forward with plans to use external consultants as monitors for the University's new health-care program.
Fall girl
Take three fraternity brothers, a carpet warehouse and a few University degrees. Add a desire for a late-night hang-out, a penchant for healthy burritos, a summer of hard manual labor and a smattering of the Great American Dream.
Containers filled with free condoms may soon become a fixture in dormitory bathrooms.
Human rights activist Harry Wu fielded both thunderous applause and vehement criticism as he spoke to 1,200 people in Page Auditorium Friday afternoon, only 15 days after returning from imprisonment in China.
Last weekend's assault of two University students has left many students shocked and concerned about the safety of life off campus.
Despite enthusiasm for the new faculty associates program, some students and faculty are asking whether diversity within the program should be of greater concern.
Nutritional labels may be taking a back seat to dining facility renovations, but administrators say they're on the way.
The African and Afro-American studies program has found an interim leader: a woman termed the "enthusiastic choice" of faculty associated with the program.
The African and Afro-American studies program has found an interim leader: a woman termed the "enthusiastic choice" of faculty associated with the program.
