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From date spots to study tips, Chronicle staff answer frequently un-asked questions for first-years

(09/05/18 4:00am)

Editor’s note: As advice for the Class of 2022 has piled up in recent weeks, The Chronicle staff took it upon ourselves to answer all the most important questions first-years could have. Here’s some advice that has been battle-tested in the most last-minute exam cram sessions and tallest Pitchforks haystacks.


Dear President Price

(12/05/16 5:10am)

The Board of Trustees has bestowed a great responsibility and honor upon you. Hundreds of thousands of Duke students, faculty, staff and alumni are now looking to see what direction you will set for this institution. We hope you will use the trust you have been given to support, enrich and broaden the community that you now join.








Endorsement clarification

(04/11/12 8:38pm)

Early this morning, two endorsement letters for Duke Student Government president were published this morning on our website that should not have been published. The two letters were received after our 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 10 deadline, stated in our endorsement policy. Although they were not published in print, the Chronicle editor who posts content onto the website Tuesday nights published those two endorsements in addition to the others that were received by deadline. The letters were removed from the site by 11:00 a.m. this morning. To give full disclosure, the Chronicle editor in question is also the DSG attorney general for the 2011-2012 academic year.


DSG endorsement policy

(04/09/12 7:20pm)

The Chronicle will be running endorsement letters for the 2012 Duke Student Government elections. From April 9 to April 11 we will publish endorsement letters for the positions of president, executive vice president and the five vice presidents. No endorsements will be published Thursday, April 12, the day of the election. The final deadline for endorsements will be 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 10.



Vandalism reported in Duke Gardens

(03/18/12 1:31am)

Duke Police reported several acts of vandalism in the Sarah P. Duke Gardens Saturday morning. At some time between Friday night and early Saturday morning, vandals damaged property in the lower terrace and rose garden of the gardens, according to a news release Saturday. More than 40 terra cotta flower pots were destroyed, and a piece of sculpture on a fountain was damaged. A sign for the Asiantic Arboretum was also damaged. A jogger reported the damage to the Duke University Police Department Saturday morning. The damage has since been cleared. An official damage estimate is not yet available, and University officials are still investigating the situation.