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Following several years of near inaction, Spectrum Organization is now trying to resurrect itself into a force for developing student leaders and making the voices of cultural groups heard.
Protests catalyzed by The Chronicle's publication of an advertisement opposing reparations for slavery continued with a vigil last night, followed by a rally. The students-who call themselves the Duke Student Movement-outlined five objectives for the administration and one for The Chronicle.
Debate was heated at the Duke Student Government meeting last night, as legislators passed a resolution endorsing ARAMARK's management of four campus eateries and overwhelmingly rejected a resolution supporting The Chronicle's decision to run a March 19 advertisement opposing reparations for slavery.
The Alcohol Task Force held its first meeting in several months yesterday to discuss the 21 recommendations the Alcohol Policy Review Committee released last week. The group discussed the merits of the suggestions-which centered around the short-term requirement of security at commons room parties and the eventual elimination of these parties-but did not come to any concrete conclusions.
The Daily Tar Heel at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has decided not to run an anti-slavery reparations advertisement that has cause a furor across the country and here at Duke.
A panel of four professors, Chronicle Editor Greg Pessin, protesters and students Carliss Chatman and Kelly Black and hundreds of students gathered last night to continue debate over The Chronicle's decision to run a March 19 advertisement opposing reparations for slavery. The two-and-a-half-hour discussion, at first broad, eventually turned into a back-and-forth debate between Pessin and members of the audience.
Protests over The Chronicle's decision to run an advertisement opposing slavery reparations continued over the weekend with a rally and plans for further action today. The University will host a panel discussion tonight addressing the issue.
As controversy continues surrounding The Chronicle's decision to run an anti-reparations advertisement, the University this weekend held its annual Black Student Alliance Invitational recruitment weekend. Organizers and prospective students alike say that recent debate has not affected the weekend and if anything, has made the school more attractive.
Protests continued yesterday morning over an anti-reparations ad printed in the March 19 edition of The Chronicle. More than 100 students held a silent and passionate demonstration outside President Nan Keohane's office.
About 15 students entered the editorial office of The Chronicle early this morning to protest the paper's decision to run an anti-reparations advertisement in its March 20 edition. After being forced to leave the office by Campus Police at about 12:45 a.m., these students and about 35 others remained in the stairwell of Flowers Building and eventually moved to the Bryan Center.
As debate rages at Duke over an anti-reparations advertisement run in the March 19 edition of The Chronicle, reaction at other universities has varied. Of the 47 college newspapers approached by the ad's author-conservative writer David Horowitz-19 have rejected the ad, seven have printed it without apology, three have printed it and later apologized and the rest have not responded.
After months of speculation and deliberation, two reports addressing changes to the alcohol policy and distribution of social space were released yesterday. Many of the recommendations were expected, but two will likely face stiff opposition: the eventual elimination of parties in commons rooms and the new requirement for security at such parties.
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Last Monday, Duke lost another legal battle against Heather Sue Mercer, Trinity '98, when a federal judge denied the University's motion to reverse an Oct. 12 decision that ordered Duke to give Mercer $2,000,001 as compensation and punishment for sexual discrimination. The University has 23 days left to file an appeal in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, but officials declined to comment on the matter until Duke's counsel returns from out of town later this week.
The Academic Integrity Assessment Committee spoke about the state of academic dishonesty yesterday at the first-ever joint meeting of the Arts and Sciences Council and the Engineering Faculty Council. The committee concluded that faculty must play a larger role in addressing the issue, which is a growing problem nationwide.
When the Asian Students Association received one-fifth of the money it needed to put on Lunar New Year-one of the largest cultural events on campus-from the Student Organization Finance Committee, its leaders went from one quad council to the next looking for the remaining $16,000. And when that did not work, they went knocking on administrators' doors. In all, the organization solicited money from nearly 20 sources.
When a 1999 study revealed gross incidents of academic dishonesty at Duke, the University called for a renewed focus on academic integrity. But the number of charges of academic misconduct continues to rise as administrators and students await the release of a report analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the academic environment.
Four selective living groups-Beta Theta Pi fraternity, Kappa Sigma fraternity, Mirecourt and Wayne Manor-have been put on probation by the Annual Review Committee, as a result of failure to complete at least four out of the review's seven requirements. All four groups have negotiated contracts with the ARC and will be taken off probation next year if they honor their commitments.
Although few Duke students may have heard her name before, this year's commencement speaker, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, has been in the news all her life-in the news business, that is.
The classic Duke experience for all students will change if administrators implement initiatives outlined in the newest portion of the long-range academic plan. The new Goal Seven initiative, which focuses on student life, targets creating a more welcoming community for all students, bridging the divide between curricular and extracurricular activities and attracting the best students to Duke.
