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What's a boy to do when his mom is dead, his dad's a basketcase and he's taken one too many arse whoopings in boxing class? As A Taste of Honey so aptly noted in their immortal disco anthem, "You've got to boogie oogie oogie til you just can't boogie no more."
The pilgrims. The Mayflower. That story about peace with the Native Americans and pilgrims' pride. "Family" gatherings replete with drunken uncles and unresolved angst. Tepid conversations. Hidden anxieties. Agonizing stretches of time you'd just as soon forget.
Life's dealt a bad hand to Jack, and he's prepared to deal a few back. So goes the less-than-enthralling premise of Croupier, Mike Hodges' dark, uneven character study of a man who hates gambling and cheaters yet takes a job as a casino dealer and then conspires to rob the place. Jack may be an interesting bloke, but in the end the movie is as plodding and flawed as its protagonist. GRADE: C
I tripped over a chair once as I walked off stage in a high school production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit. Blithe? Perhaps, but coordinated? Sadly no. My repertoire of human emotions and life skills has never included that all-important Graceful Exit.
And from the bully podium, he spent 10 years teaching and pressing Duke toward more integration.
In a letter to the editor last week, the men's basketball team declared its strident support for Duke Student Government presidential candidate Jordan Bazinsky, but a series of denials and denunciations has cast doubt on the endorsement.
Vernon Pratt, a gifted professor and renowned artist whose works earned statewide acclaim, died Sunday at the Treyburn Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He was 59.
President Nan Keohane stood at a podium before the Board of Trustees Friday and offered a heartfelt confession.
When Evan Holod began sifting through college catalogs during his senior year of high school, Duke stood out as the only clear choice. Unfortunately, he says, the book was outdated.
Although discussion of drinking at Duke dominated most of this weekend's meeting, the Board of Trustees passed several measures at its quarterly gathering.
The exceptionally detailed agreement reached Wednesday by Duke and the U.S. Department of Justice wrapped up years of negotiations about campus accessibility, but much of the University's work lies ahead.
There can be no cover-up unless someone is struggling to expose the truth.
The anti-sweatshop rally outside the Allen Building drew more reporters than protesters Tuesday afternoon.
About one year ago, a group of student protesters filed into the Allen Building, appropriated the phone lines, unfurled their sleeping bags and began a 31-hour sit-in that would set the standard for anti-sweatshop activism on college campuses. Now that 12 months and two deadlines have passed, most of the companies that make University apparel have honored their Duke contracts and provided lists of factory addresses.
After nearly two years of frequent, sometimes drastic revisions, the upperclass residential review is right on track and chugging full speed ahead. For the first time in months, administrators seem comfortable with their current plans and are busy refining, not revising, them.
In the wake of last week's fatal dormitory fire at Seton Hall University, administrators from across the nation have begun reassessing the safety of on-campus residence halls, many of which lack sprinkler systems and experience frequent false alarms. Officials at Duke are using the tragedy as an opportunity to raise awareness among students and resident advisers.
Williams College named Morton Schapiro as its new president last week, but William Chafe, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences at Duke, was among four finalists for the position before removing his name from consideration.
"Gone til November," but coming in March?
After sustaining massive injuries in a late December bicycling accident, a University art professor remains unconscious at Duke Hospital.
Each decade has its persona, an over-simplified caricature representing the era's overarching philosophy.
