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(05/02/05 4:00am)
In a few days, I’m going to start packing up. Into sturdy suitcases with wheels will go the clothes that have kept me relatively dry in the winter and decently unexposed in the summer. Into cardboard boxes will go the almost read books and useless baubles I’ve collected over the last four years. Into large, plastic bags will go the miscellany that can serve a better use through Goodwill than it can through me. And in the end, it will just be me and a nest of dust bunnies hopping across the familiar tiled floor. (Actually, I’ll probably leave the hopping to the dust bunnies; it’s just awkward when I join in.)
(04/19/04 4:00am)
When Mary Champagne became dean of the School of Nursing in 1991, she had her work cut out for her.
(04/19/04 4:00am)
This past weekend, alumni flocked back to campus for their fifth to sixtieth reunions, kicking back and enjoying the perfect Southern spring weather in record numbers.
(04/16/04 4:00am)
Graduating seniors may be scrambling to figure out where they will be a month from now, but outgoing Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences William Chafe already has a game plan that is good for at least the next few years.
(04/13/04 4:00am)
A new task force comprised of top campus services administrators will conduct an in-depth assessment of security on East Campus, taking into account recent campus-wide security concerns as well as recent or upcoming plant changes to East Campus.
(04/12/04 4:00am)
A student was robbed at knifepoint early Sunday morning at the corner of Erwin Road and Anderson Street. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta notified the student body of the incident in an e-mail later Sunday morning.
(04/09/04 4:00am)
In a move intended to protest college rankings that are often seen as misleading and unfair, Harvard Business School and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School announced they would no longer fully cooperate with news media creating such rankings. Duke officials, though similarly scornful of media-generated college rankings, said they had no plans to follow in Harvard and Wharton's footsteps.
(04/07/04 4:00am)
The University announced Tuesday that it renewed its trademark license contract with Lands' End, just one month after the contract was suspended due to complaints about labor practices at a supplier factory in El Salvador.
(04/07/04 4:00am)
The University is re-examining its residential damage policy in hopes of compelling students to take a more active interest in the well-being of their living environments, said Eddie Hull, director of Residence Life and Housing Services. Potential changes include financial accountability for independents for damage in their residence spaces and restricted access to dormitories.
(04/06/04 4:00am)
Duke police have responded to several reported sexual assaults against students over the past couple years. Recently, however, they addressed another issue at the University concerning sexual violence: graffiti in two bathrooms referencing rape.
(04/05/04 4:00am)
Members of the Duke and Durham communities came together Friday afternoon to discuss the comforts and costs of security on local, national and international levels. Panelists paid particular attention to the harm in adopting an "us versus them" mindset that isolates those who fear from those who are feared.
(04/02/04 5:00am)
After a student was robbed at gunpoint in the Bryan Center last semester, the University's decision to restrict evening access to its parking lots had some members of the Durham community worried that the school was rescinding its welcome to non-Duke visitors.
(04/01/04 5:00am)
For many of the University's neighbors, planning for the makeover of Central Campus has aroused much excitement, but also much frustration as the University tries to decide the type and extent of retail operations that will be allowed on the redeveloped campus.
(03/31/04 5:00am)
In one of the tightest races in Duke Student Government history, Pasha Majdi barely edged out Anthony Vitarelli for the organization's presidency, claiming the post by just 46 votes.
(03/30/04 5:00am)
After conducting a nationwide search, the University has chosen one of its own to take the reins of its Talent Identification Program.
(03/23/04 5:00am)
The Graduate and Professional Student Council heard a presentation about the Women's Initiative and confirmed the selection of its basketball co-chairs at its meeting Monday evening.
(03/22/04 5:00am)
Although the availability of emergency contraceptives like Plan B has made some people more likely to engage in high-risk sexual behaviors, student health officials and Duke Educational Leaders in Sexual Health say most students who use Plan B do so responsibly.
(03/19/04 5:00am)
For many members of the Duke community, last week's terrorist attacks in Spain were nothing more than a blip on the radar. But for a handful of students and faculty, the shattered trains and cries of grief struck much closer to home.
(03/18/04 5:00am)
When David Bornstein graduated from McGill University 19 years ago, he knew exactly what he wanted to be: a millionaire with a Jaguar.
(03/16/04 5:00am)
For all those Duke students whose summer "vacations" are defined by the few precious weeks between final exams and high-powered summer internships, the chance will soon come to witness the fruits of an alternate lifestyle.
