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I want to commend those Duke students, faculty and staff who plan to participate in the 2003 Durham CROP Walk on April 6, and I encourage others to consider joining.
Date rape is more common at Duke than we would like to think. Most weekends, the Women's Center receives reports of at least one sexual assault of one student by another. These charges can't be shrugged off or explained away by debating what constitutes consent.
I know that the sentiments of the students and the parents are somewhat divergent at this point. As students, you are eager to get on with your life at Duke. You are somewhat bewildered by all the things that are new, picking up the first cues that have come your way about what you're expected to do here and what everybody else is doing; and you are just as glad that the 'rents are about to take off and let you concentrate on the business at hand. As parents, many of you are experiencing some separation anxiety, it's hard to leave your child in a new place and turn the car around and face towards home without them; and you may be inclined to linger for awhile to make sure they have absolutely the right bed sheets and laundry hamper and that everything is in place in the new room they will call home....
Like most members of the Duke community, I was truly disappointed to learn about the "Crocker Sack" fliers posted on East Campus a few weeks ago. This puerile attempt at humor was not just an offensive, racist and obscene joke: It also broke faith with our community by maliciously attacking black employees in a way that is inimical to a civil society. First-year female students were also targeted with silly sexist comments, but not by name, as some of our employees were.
Recently, the Organization of American Historians--the leading scholarly association in the nation focusing on American history--honored John Hope Franklin for his extraordinary career. Franklin, together with Duke's Anne Firor Scott and historian Gerda Lerner, who is currently a visiting professor at Duke, received the organization's distinguished service award for having reshaped the agenda of American history with their work on black and women's history.
Last week, I met with students and faculty who had circulated a statement of concern about the tone of public discourse following the events of Sept. 11. They received many signatures in support and encouraged others to write letters explaining why they agreed with the views expressed in the statement. They asked me, as president of the university, to speak against the militaristic tone of what they see as the dominant national rhetoric. I was impressed by the thoughtfulness of the statement and the many supporting letters, which I have read carefully--but I found myself unable to sign the statement. Let me explain.
Gun violence is a significant feature of American society today. We want to believe that educational communities are exempt. But in 1966 a student at the University of Texas at Austin massacred 17 people from a bell tower; in 1999 there was Columbine High School with 15 deaths; and last year a freshman in Southern California killed two and wounded 13. Along the way were many other less dramatic but still fatal incidents, including one in Chapel Hill in 1995.
If you are holding an event outdoors on a hot, sunny Sunday in May, make every minute of it worthwhile.
"Bound together by honor, let us go ever onward-with happy hearts and smiling faces," exhorted the 1926-1927 Handbook of Duke University. The University had been founded only a year earlier, West Campus was under construction, the stock market soared and the future must have looked blissful to our 1,428 undergraduates. We can resonate to such spirited optimism, even knowing, as we do, that it would be sorely tested in the years to come.
The holidays give us wonderful opportunities for spending time with family and friends. The problem for students is that exams and papers have to be taken and written before you can enjoy the festivities, which is often a source of real stress. That's why I recent wrote a "heads up" letter to parents of the University's undergraduates. I wanted them, and especially parents of first-year students, to be aware of that pressure.
As many of you may be aware, the undergraduate classes of Duke University are engaged in a wonderful campus-wide community service project entitled "Rejecting Hunger." Their goal is to raise money to support the work of the Food Bank of North Carolina and its local Durham agencies. I join with the other sponsors of "Rejecting Hunger" to encourage your involvement in this very worthwhile initiative.
I don't know anyone who doubts that Dukies know how to party, but any skepticism surely would have been demolished when the University threw a party in Cameron Indoor Stadium the night of Oct. 3.
Although we have much to celebrate at the University these days, there have also been a number of distressing incidents over the past few weeks. These incidents remind us of the challenges both our society and our campus face in providing a welcoming community.
I write, with thanks to The Chronicle staff for this space, to welcome all new and returning students-undergraduate, graduate and professional students alike. It's great to have everyone back after the mid-August lull; the campus seems mighty empty without you.
"I am delighted to welcome all of you to this first gathering of the Duke community for the new academic year. It's a pleasure to greet returning students, transfer students, and those on exchange from other universities around the world, as well as parents and family members who are joining us electronically from other places on campus. But most of all, my welcome is for the members of the Class of 2002. We're really glad you are here, and I promise not to make any jokes about how this class has "taken the campus by storm." But you are a palindrome class, one of the rarest there is. Your banners are decorating the lampposts on Campus Drive for the first time in history, as you take your place in the succession of Duke students across the decades, and it's wonderful for all of us finally to see you face to face....
As your readers know, the upperclass residential life task force, chaired by Dean of Student Development Barbara Baker and Dean of Undergraduate Affairs Robert Thompson, has submitted its report. The senior officers and I have reviewed this report with Vice President of Student Affairs Janet Dickerson, and we have had preliminary discussions with the Board of Trustees' Executive Committee. I want you to know of our current thinking about this important issue and the steps we plan to take this summer in preparation for wider community discussion next fall.
John Hope Franklin, James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of History and Chairman of President Bill Clinton's Advisory Board on Race, along with U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley have asked America's colleges and universities to devote the week of April sixth through the ninth to a Campus Week of Dialogue on Race.
Tomorrow, Nov. 4, people in our community once again have the opportunity to go the ballot box and elect those who will represent us in city government.
Editor's Note: The following are excerpts from President Nan Keohane's convocation speech.
There is understandable curiosity on campus about the upcoming capital campaign, which has been mentioned for the past couple of years. The University has had a number of campaigns across the years that have significantly strengthened this university. It is especially important, if we are to avoid unrealistic expectations, to understand what our next campaign can and cannot accomplish.
