LIVE BLOG: Duke 76, Virginia 60
(01/15/11 11:48pm)
Possible Starters: Virginia (10-6, 1-1 in the ACC): Jontel Evans, Mustapha Farrakhan, Assane Sene, Will Sherrill, KT Harrell
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Possible Starters: Virginia (10-6, 1-1 in the ACC): Jontel Evans, Mustapha Farrakhan, Assane Sene, Will Sherrill, KT Harrell
FINAL SCORE: Duke 67, Virginia, 49
CLEMSON, S.C. -- Stellar games by Nolan Smith and Lance Thomas allowed No. 6 Duke to defeat Clemson 60-47 Saturday night in Littlejohn Coliseum, making last season’s 74-47 crushing defeat nothing but a distant memory. With their first road win of the season, the Blue Devils answered the question if they can win away from Cameron Indoor Stadium with a thundering ‘yes’.
Since September 11, 2011, the United States has increased its security dramatically. But even with the extra security, the question remains: Are we actually safer than we were 10 years ago? The Chronicle's Caroline Fairchild asked professors, experts and former students this question.
President Barack Obama urged Congress to keep college affordable for the seven million students currently burdened by student loans in an address Tuesday at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
About two weeks ago, I needed to get the heck out of Dodge, or Durham rather. The pressure of graduation was too great. The thought of my time at Duke slipping away was too overpowering. Rather than committing myself to the stereotypical string of Saturday night events that have inundated my college career—moving from an apartment pregame to Main Street to Shooters—I got in the car with two of my best friends and we hit the road. Our destination? Didn’t really matter. Our goal? Hold on to the moment for as long as we could.
It’s 1965 on the North Side of Chicago. Living in a poor neighborhood about a mile from the United Center, a high school senior dreams of playing college basketball. With his mother busy scrubbing the floors late at night at the Chicago Athletic Club and his father working as an elevator operator, he looks to a local community center to help him reach his goals. Learning lessons of hard work and determination at the center, the young man springboards into a basketball career at the United States Military Academy. And on to become the winningest coach in the history of Division 1 basketball.
Lee Royster is no longer enrolled as a student at Duke, administrators said.
The hope for change that mobilized young voters in support of President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign is waning.
“Top ranked school: quarter of students looking at memes”—so says the profile picture for Duke’s newest online craze. With more than 3,300 “likes” on Facebook as of Tuesday night, the Duke Memes Facebook page has become the preferred study distraction on campus. More than 100 memes—comical images and phrases that comment on social culture and often become viral. The Duke-focused memes poke fun at campus trademarks like Shooters II and the Marketplace and are multiplying by the minute. The Chronicle’s Caroline Fairchild spoke to students on campus about their reactions to the new Facebook phenomenon.
Newt Gingrich’s Saturday win in South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary continues to fracture the Republican party as it selects a candidate to run against President Barack Obama in November.
In a nation struggling to provide more affordable housing, the Department of Housing and Urban Development continues to acknowledge Durham’s fight to end homelessness.
Senior Daphne Ezer was awarded the esteemed Marshall Scholarship this year for her significant laboratory research and undergraduate achievements.
Editor's note: This is the second of a three-part series exploring homelessness in Durham. Today’s article focuses on how resources available to homeless families in Durham do not meet the demonstrated need. Tuesday, The Chronicle will analyze how the city of Durham is trying to improve its system to combat homelessness more effectively.
Editor's note: This is the third of a three-part series exploring homelessness in Durham. Today’s article analyzes the challenges the city of Durham is facing in its efforts to combat homelessness as well as how it is trying to improve its system to rectify the issue more effectively.
Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series exploring homelessness in Durham. Today’s article focuses on how the economy is changing composition of Durham’s homeless population. Monday, The Chronicle will discuss the unique struggle of homeless families in Durham. Tuesday, The Chronicle will analyze how the city of Durham is trying to improve its system to combat homelessness more effectively.
President Barack Obama’s new student loan repayment plan is set to reduce payments and interest rates, but University experts and student loan officials are skeptical of the proposal’s long-term risks.
In the wake of Moammar Gadhafi’s death, the people of Libya are celebrating and reflecting on the end of a 42-year-old dictatorship. Jen’nan Read, associate professor of sociology and global health, escaped the country in 1987 and has a half-brother who stayed to fight on the front lines in Tripoli against Gadhafi’s dictatorship. Read was also recently reunited with her father, who remained behind in Libya when she escaped, for the first time in 24 years. The Chronicle’s Caroline Fairchild spoke with Read about what Gadhafi’s death signifies for Libya’s, as well as her own, future.
After his jobs plan hit a roadblock in Congress, the president hit the road.
Durham local Bernard Brandon is on the verge of homelessness and needs the city of Durham’s help to avoid living on the streets.