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A few weeks ago, the Associated Press reported that 66 percent of Palestinians supported suicide-bombing attacks against Israel. This figure likely outraged most Americans and furthered their view of Palestinians as terrorists out to rid the earth of Jews. Many of these same Americans probably blame Palestinian National Authority leader Yasser Arafat for the impossibly drawn-out peace process.
The U.S. Army created its School of the Americas in 1946 to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights. Many people, however, believe that the practices of the school run directly counter to the theory behind it.
The Chronicle asked the candidates for Duke Student Government president the following question:
The Chronicle asked the Duke Student Government presidential candidates the following question:
The Chronicle asked the candidates for Duke Student Government President the following question:
Professor of English Victor Strandberg will step down from his position as editor of the Faculty Forum at the end of this year. But the monthly academic newspaper will not disappear: at least one professor is likely to apply for the job.
At a well-attended forum yesterday in the Mary Lou Williams Center, four speakers and about 30 audience members discussed the effects of HIV and AIDS in minority communities.
Auxiliary Services will distribute a new and improved version of its CD-ROM for incoming freshmen next year.
The Office of Information Technology has added six new channels to its DTV cable lineup: the Cartoon Network, the History Channel, CNN-SI, E! Entertainment Television, The Nashville Network and the Lawyers Communication Network.
When Erica Peppers started looking at colleges during her junior year of high school in New York, Duke University was not at the top of her list. The junior, whose sister Amy graduated from Duke in 2001, was drawn to Stanford, excited that she would have a chance to forge her own identity 3,000 miles away from her sister. But when the time came to choose where she'd be for the next four years, she accepted a spot at Duke.
In the movie A Beautiful Mind, the faculty of Princeton University honor economist John Nash by laying their pens before him. And though the scene is one of the film's more memorable, it never happened, says Marilyn Marks, the school's media relations director.
When former Midway flight attendant Gwen Savoy went to Target to pick up some air conditioning filters, she wasn't prepared for what she'd see. Seeking help from a store employee, she was greeted by a former Midway pilot.
In the aftermath of the tragic attacks that occurred in September, the nation's largest newspapers have devoted countless articles to answering the questions that are on the minds of Americans: Who perpetrated this terrible act? Where and when was it planned? Why would anyone be driven to commit such a cruel deed?The latter question's answer remains one of the more elusive, and one of the most worrisome as well. It is the question on the minds of many Duke students, says Bruce Lawrence, chair of the Department of Religion. "All of my students have been asking why this happened, and why they might be drafted," he says.
A year ago, Kal Vepuri was riding the roller coaster we call the stock market. But with the economy reaching an apparent turning point, Vepuri decided in late January that he'd had enough of a bumpy ride. He pulled all of his investments from tech stocks and decided to let the professionals handle it.
When Whitney Griffin graduated from Duke last spring, she thought she had it made. The economy had not slowed too much, and she was able to secure a job with Pricewaterhouse Coopers, the largest professional service firm in the world.
