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"Years ago, my mother used to say to me... 'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant." - Elwood P. Dowd, Harvey
One of the many new faces on the football sidelines this year belongs to Rich McGeorge, who was appointed by head coach Carl Franks to take charge of the offensive line.
This interview with Kristina Johnson, dean of the Pratt School of Engineering, is the fifth in a series of Oak Room Interviews, designed to shed light on the personalities of campus figures in an informal setting. The interview was conducted by John Bush, editorial page editor of The Chronicle.
Waiting to Exhale might have made for a good baseball movie title after an off-season in which Major League Baseball owners tried to trim two teams from their elite--leaving fans in Minnesota anxious to find out what might happen to their beloved Twins.
This interview with James B. Duke Professor Reynolds Price is the fourth in a series of Oak Room Interviews, designed to shed light on the personalities of campus figures in an informal setting. The interview was conducted by John Bush, editorial page editor of The Chronicle.
This interview, with Graduate and Professional Student Council President Elayne Heisler, is the third in a series of Oak Room Interviews, designed to shed light on the personalities of campus figures in an informal setting. The interview was conducted by John Bush, editorial page editor of The Chronicle.
This interview, with Duke Student Government President C.J. Walsh, is the second in a series of Oak Room Interviews, designed to shed light on the personalities of campus figures in an informal setting. The interview was conducted by John Bush, editorial page editor of The Chronicle.
JB: So, how's your day going?
Each day, people form opinions on what matters, from local to national issues. Such thoughts often reach the editorial pages of newspapers, including those of The Chronicle.
After a summer of tournaments, sophomore tennis sensation Phillip King is back on campus for the start of another school year; but if he won just one more match at last weekend's U.S. Open qualifier, he might not have come back.
University Archivist Bill King was researching past University presidents when he came across one overlooked by time. Marquis Lafayette Wood had led the University for a year and a half in the late 1800s, had started the school's first endowment while it struggled with debt and had been all but forgotten in history until King "discovered" him in the 1970s. The find was all in a day's work for King, who has served as Duke's only archivist since the post's 1972 inception.
While one tennis rookie of the year has already decided to leave Duke and test the professional waters, the Blue Devils await the decision of the other.
Sen. Jim Jeffords apparently awoke one day last month with the epiphany that the Republican Party was a home for conservatives. The liberal Republican senator realized that in the political world of liberals and conservatives, those on the right flocked to the GOP. Just last week, Sen. Lincoln Chafee, also a Republican, came upon the same startling discovery.
These are the voyages of the Star Trek convention on its continuing mission to explore sci-fi, to seek out new fans and product lines and to boldly go where no television show's revenue stream has gone before.
If the football officials of the Atlantic Coast Conference had traded places with Pop Warner league organizers during last season, Duke football would have represented a model program and coach Bobby Bowden of the Florida State Seminoles would have been fired. In real life, the Blue Devils lost to the Seminoles 63-14.
Although Sunday's commencement ceremony was just another stepping stone for the graduates, for rural hospitals across the state it may make the difference between life and death.
Duke blue may stand out a little more strikingly on the next wave of high-definition televisions if a company co-founded by Pratt School of Engineering Dean Kristina Johnson has its way.
Lines billowing beyond the entry to The Loop demonstrated many students' willingness to sample the new eatery's menu since its Dec. 9 opening.
The Duke University Police Department's Minority Relations Committee kicked off its year yesterday over pizza, cookies and soft drinks. The three-year-old committee, which is the only DUPD group aimed specifically at students, spent much of the afternoon learning about the police department and minority related issues.
A midday parking forum Tuesday offered students and employees a chance to air their lingering grievances about West Campus' parking situation.
