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Amid a torrent of campus-wide unrest triggered by the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War, Terry Sanford took the reins of Duke University into his capable hands during the winter of 1969 and, for the next 15 years, guided the South's premier educational institution to unparalleled heights.
A reporter who came of age during the Vietnam and Cold War eras shared his own war stories Tuesday afternoon with a generation of budding journalists who have yet to face the national security assignments that will define their careers.
Two themes eclipsed all others during last night's 90-minute debate among the four Duke Student Government presidential contenders held in the Sociology-Psychology Building: This year's DSG administration has been burdened and hindered by a lack of communication, and, in light of recent actions taken by the University administration, students are concerned with the direction on-campus social life is taking.
Engineering sophomore Jess Schuette received nine stitches for a busted lip Saturday afternoon as a result of an alleged incident with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill forward Ademola Okulaja following the men's basketball team's stunning 77-75 victory in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
He's not a native, he said, but sometimes he feels like one.
As the Cameron Crazies gear up for the regular-season Atlantic Coast Conference schedule, many of them are taking issue with the tenting policy in general and with the way student leaders handled last week's registration process in particular.
Aiming to quell the confusion that has cropped up in recent days among students who have been camping out for the remaining home men's basketball games, Duke Student Government updated its home page Wednesday night in order to delineate more clearly the guidelines of its spring semester tenting policy.
As pellets of rain tapped against the windows of the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy Saturday afternoon, four renowned print and broadcast journalists gathered to discuss the biggest news story of the past year: campaign finance reform.
Students draped over the railings of open-air balconies and sat on trash containers while faculty members filtered out of their offices in the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy Thursday night to see Bob Woodward, poised behind a bulky wooden podium, convert the Fleishman Commons into the Washington Post's newsroom during one memorable day of the Reagan administration:
The Undergraduate Judicial Board unanimously found the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity guilty March 7 of openly distributing alcohol late last month. The group had pled not guilty to the charge.
Trinity freshman Ben Kennedy and Trinity sophomore Bianca Motley ascended Wednesday night into the Duke Student Government vice presidential offices of academic affairs and student affairs, respectively. Twenty-nine percent of the student body voted in the run-off contests.
After considering the removal of the organization from its current locale last week, the Office of Student Development announced Tuesday that it will permit members of the Student Housing for Academic and Residential Experimentation group to continue to live in East Campus' Epworth Dormitory.
The Academic Affairs Committee of the Arts and Sciences Council passed the amended Achievement Index proposal by a 7-2 margin Tuesday.
This is the second installment in a four-part series examining the Achievement Index proposal. Tomorrow's story will focus on faculty response to the proposal.
Officials from Duke Student Government submitted a report Feb. 21 to a University committee detailing possible alterations to the University's financial aid-car policy.
In an election with an overall voter turnout of 50.5 percent-the highest in recent memory-Trinity junior Lino Marrero swept into the Duke Student Government presidency Thursday night after capturing 31 percent of the ballots cast.
This is the fourth installment in a seven-part series profiling the candidates for DSG president. Monday's profile will feature Trinity junior Lino Marerro.
The Office of Student Development announced Tuesday that it plans to change several aspects of the housing selection process for next year's independents-measures governed by seniority and designed to instill more structure to the process and grant students more freedom in choosing where they live. The alterations came after a four-month investigation conducted by the Housing Assignment Process Committee, which comprises both students and administrators.
CHAPEL HILL - The No. 22 women's basketball team entered Carmichael Auditorium Friday night hoping to avenge the 87-73 loss archrival UNC handed it at home Jan. 18.
This is the final installment of a three-part series profiling each of the three finalists for the position of young trustee.
