Service week fosters awareness
(10/27/03 5:00am)
The Durham community may see a spike in Duke students' volunteering off campus thanks to "community service week," which ended Saturday.
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The Durham community may see a spike in Duke students' volunteering off campus thanks to "community service week," which ended Saturday.
Several community members expressed mixed reactions to the administration's response to a list of demands they submitted Oct. 1 following a controversial Sigma Chi fraternity party.
The Women's Initiative report, released Sept. 23, stressed the lack of respect and comfort on campus for many female professors, employees and the LGBT community. Committee task force members say responses to these concerns will come in a variety of forms, from direct administrative policy reforms to more nebulous changes like altering conceptions of gender on campus.
A forum on slavery reparations generated compelling debate at the White Lecture Hall Monday.
Passionate and candid remarks on issues ranging from the recent Sigma Chi "Viva Mexico" party to general discrimination on campus highlighted a forum on racial issues Tuesday. The discussion, held at the White Lecture Hall, was sponsored by Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
Members of the University's Latino community are furious over Sigma Chi fraternity's "Viva Mexico" party, held last Saturday night.
Two years after the World Trade Center and Pentagon tragedies, Duke continues to remember and reflect--however, there is a slightly different feel on campus this year.
Robert Frost once wrote "Good fences make good neighbors."
Newly-elected student leaders must handle a sharp learning curve during their first days in office.
Chapel Hill is far more than a stone's throw away from Durham, as many Duke students are frustratingly aware. Yet, with the recently expanded weekend service of the Robertson express bus, the two communities will have the opportunity to experience cultural and social events on each other's campuses late into the night.
Camel cheese, a delicacy that commands high prices in European markets, will not help the economies of developing nations.
The menu at the Sanford Deli may be largely the same, but the hands behind the counter have changed.
Duke University Union President Jonathan "Deuce" Bigelow is perhaps above all else a great movie fan. Not a good movie fan, a great one. It is a bit ironic, therefore, that his nickname comes from one of the worst flicks in recent memory--Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigolo--and it is a mixture of this love of fine films and weakness for an occasional irreverent flair that he hopes to use to guide his Union presidency this year.
What will The Great Hall soon have in common with your average Hollywood celebrity? Both will have had facelifts by the time summer rolls around.
Students rushing to class in the middle of the day may soon find their trip a little easier.
Seeking to inspire young female activists with the same passion that fires themselves, seven Durham-area women shared their personal histories in a panel discussion on women's activism Tuesday at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy.
Alan Kors reached into his back pockets and stepped from behind the podium with an air of confidence, unafraid of offending. "I wondered who would possibly hire him," he said. A roll of laughter descended upon him, and Kors stepped back to the podium, grasping it on both sides.
Enduring harassment from the school bully may seem like just another undesirable experience that goes along with growing up, but some experts point to more serious impacts later in life that make it important to stop bullies early.
A pilot state program intends to use holistic approaches and one-on-one guidance to rehabilitate troubled teens.