Lace up fellows!
(06/21/12 7:06am)
“Hold still,” my physician said.
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“Hold still,” my physician said.
Duke housekeepers are no longer allowed to accept gifts from students.
The University has once again blamed a seemingly innocuous communication gap for its recent conflict with Local 77 union workers. Recently, there have been discussions between Housing, Dining and Residence Life, Local 77 union workers and Marketplace employees about summer work hours between finals week and the start of the first summer session. Although only a month away, it has been decided that Marketplace workers will not work during this interim period. If Rick Johnson, assistant vice president of housing and dining, is correct in saying that there is no legitimate work during this period and that this is not the best use of student money, we agree that changes must be made to work schedules in the long term. However, given the lack of communication to University employees, proper considerations must be made for the short term, including employment in the upcoming interim period.
Ongoing discussions between Housing, Dining and Residence Life, workers union Local 77 and Marketplace employees about summer work hours have left dining staff confused and frustrated due to a lack of communication.
The Heroes and Villains Library Party on Friday, Feb. 24, was a truly superhuman undertaking—a good time for the entire Duke community, weaving the Libraries’ rich comic book collection into an evening of fun and sophisticated entertainment for all.
In the coming weeks, Duke Student Government will be exploring a strategy to stretch student dollars a little further and make better use of surplus funding.
Approximately 10 percent of the student population at Duke is misunderstood.
According to house keepers, Linda Schlabach has been put on leave. According to union representatives, both Duke Human Resources and the Office of Institutional Equity are formally investigating the allegations that Schlabach humiliated and abused the Hispanic housekeepers she managed in the Edens Quadrangle. We applaud Duke’s clear commitment to justice in the workplace.
It is unfortunate that the grievances brought against Linda Schlabach to Duke University have taken so long to come to light, since Ms. Schlabach’s gross unprofessionalism and lack of respect extend far beyond her staff. As members of Delta Tau Delta, and residents of Edens Quad, we were treated with the same disrespect and malice that serves as the basis of the formal complaint by her staff. Ms. Schlabach’s use of verbal threats, habit of calling the police on students, excessive use of fines and penchant for removing personal property from section spaces were common place. Highlighting the outrageousness of her demands was a threat to fine us for a birthday cake left in a common room, which she had deemed a “fire hazard.” While these experiences may seem petty in light of the gross misconduct alleged by the Edens staff, we believe it further supports and adds to the picture of Ms. Schlabach painted by the housekeepers as staff member who fails to represent even the most elementary standards Duke University has established for its employees.
In Fall 2011 seven members of the Duke housekeeping staff complained of mistreatment by their supervisor. Months later, their concerns remain unaddressed.
We’d like to thank The Chronicle for their attention to Linda Schlabach’s alleged abuse of her Hispanic employees. However, the article underemphasized the urgency of the situation. According to seven housekeepers who have worked for her, Schlabach has harassed, intimidated, and coerced those she supervised into committing criminal acts for more than seven years. They tell us how Schlabach has created a culture of fear founded on humiliation and punishment.
Several Duke housekeepers who are claiming poor work conditions and mistreatment by their supervisor are urging administrators to take action.
In the wake of sexual abuse scandals at Pennsylvania State University and Syracuse University, administrators are reminding Duke employees about existing policies governing various types of sexual misconduct.
In August, when thousands of Duke students moved into their residence halls, they brought with them a mountain of cardboard. Holding a few items of value between six flat sides and twelve straight edges, the individual boxes were soon emptied of their contents, flattened into various states of disarray and collected into a pile next to the warehouse at 117 South Buchanan Boulevard.
Duke is a very strange place for me. There is a tension here that I could not deconstruct for many years. My background led me, for four years, to work maintenance at a community college in Arkansas. Most of my coworkers were professional Labor, a few specializing in a trade. Many students at this school were either from, or studying to join, the professional Labor ranks. Due to this connection, we workers were respected and could easily connect with the student body.
Durham local Bernard Brandon is on the verge of homelessness and needs the city of Durham’s help to avoid living on the streets.
Editor’s note: The following story is the third in a four-part series examining how Duke stays compliant within increasingly complex NCAA guidelines. The previous article can be found here. The next final part will run Friday. The full story will also be available on The Chronicle’s website at the end of the week.
As the house model takes a more tangible shape, so does the model’s physical counterpart—Keohane 4E.
For senior and Duke Student Government President Mike Lefevre, “Beer Trucks”—the traditional commencement week event that was canceled this year—is worth fighting for.
Justin Robinette, former chair of Duke College Republicans who alleged he was impeached last April because he is gay, has filed three new complaints with two different federal agencies alleging that Duke failed to adequately prevent harassment and discrimination.