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As seniors embark on their job hunting endeavors, many aspiring investment bankers and management consultants have encountered obstacles while using the Career Development Center's new online recruiting system. Although designed to alleviate the tension inherent in this traditionally nerve-wracking rite of passage, the system's inefficiency and complexity has been roundly lambasted by student users.
Henry Rollins broke down punk-rocker stereotypes last night, sharing his personal philosophies and eclectic experiences as a musician, poet and modern-day philosopher with a swelled audience in Page Auditorium.
While many students are busy congratulating themselves on their fading bronze tans and the pennies earned from long hours working at the local ice cream store, three University students can recount far different stories. Instead of donning swimsuits and heading for the beach, they undertook the formidable challenge of working in refugee camps in the former Yugoslavia as part of the Summer Opportunities in Leadership1s Refugee Action Project.
For many students, the music labeled 'ska' maintains an enigmatic aura. Advertised on increasing numbers of fliers for local clubs, many wonder at its content and the culture that inspired such a genre. But Viskasity, a local band made up of students from Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is helping to take the mystery out of ska.
This year, the University sent two men's basketball teams to the NCAA Tournament. As the champions of the University's three-on-three intramural men's basketball tournament, a team of four students traveled to Indianapolis to participate in a championship game of their own.
In recognition of their outstanding leadership potential and exemplary academic records, Trinity juniors Maria Sanders and Bill Schloss have both been awarded Truman Scholarships, and Trinity junior Kristen Finlon was recognized as a Truman Scholarship Finalist.
Trinity junior Tackus Nesbit was victorious in his bid for the Duke Student Government presidency Thursday, in an election with an overall voter turnout of approximately 43 percent.
At a Tuesday night dinner sponsored by Spectrum Organization, student leaders, faculty and administrators challenged freshmen to take an active role in the University community and to take full advantage of their opportunities to shape the future of the University.
Thirty years ago, President John F. Kennedy proposed a foster grandparent program that never came to fruition. In 1996, Trinity senior Eric Solovy is heading up a group that is trying to make that type of program a reality.
In a panel discussion with Medical Center researchers Wednesday, Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt blasted the Republican Congress for its disregard of environmental issues and lauded the University and panelist members for their commitment to preserving biodiversity.
James Tomberg was trapped inside his house on Friday, January 12, five days after the Blizzard of '96 hit the Triangle. An instructor in Duke's math department, Tomberg was forced to cancel two of his classes scheduled for the day, a direct result of the incompetency of area officials, who tried, in vain, to deal with one of the toughest storms to hit the region in recent memory.
Jane Alexander, who has served as chair of the National Endowment for the Arts since 1993, will deliver this year's commencement address on May 12. This marks the first time in three years that the commencement speaker will not be someone affiliated with the University.
Sandra Ogburn, an eight-year veteran of the Durham City Council, and William Bell, chair of the Durham County Board of Commissioners for the past 12 years, will soon begin work with University leaders to develop a stronger relationship with the Durham community.
House CC has made history as the first living group to be punished for a violation of the University's new alcohol policy.
Recent changes in the University's harassment policy are affecting the way grievances filed against faculty are dealt with on campus.
Swarms of freshman gathered with faculty, staff and administrators in front of the East Campus Union on Sunday afternoon for the debut of the All East Campus Festival.
Last night in Page Auditorium, James Redfield told people of nine insights that he said would lead them to enlightenment.
Although administrators have received no complaints, students say that they have had trouble with overcrowded parking lots on West Campus.
A student-led initiative to enhance interaction next semester seeks to go beyond traditional Friday afternoon drinking games on the quad.
This summer's dry spell will pass a little more enjoyably for inner-city Durham youths, thanks to a camp which stresses positive and growth-oriented experiences for participants.
