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After police found $400 of damage to Phi Kappa Psi fraternity's section, administrators have placed the group under interim dissolution while they investigate the incident. There will be an administrative hearing to determine the consequences of the vandalism.
The group that oversees the most clinical trials investigating surgical cancer treatment-the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group-has decided to move its headquarters from Chicago to Duke's Medical Center, something administrators say will greatly benefit research at the University.
In one of the most all-encompassing positions, the vice president for community interaction has traditionally faced the difficult task of taking a broad vision and translating it into concrete results. Both of this year's two candidates-DSG co-coordinator for student leadership Carrie Johnson and current community interaction committee member Bunia Parker-have entirely distinct visions and strategies to achieve them.
Beginning March 9, Duke will no longer recognize Phi Kappa Psi fraternity as such. Instead, the fraternity brothers will simply be residents of House BB Dormitory. Despite a lengthy appeal filed by the Phi Psis, a three-member committee decided yesterday that the group should be dissolved. Phi Psi can apply for reinstatement for the 2003-2004 academic year.
A recent statement by the University of California system president that UC schools should no longer require their undergraduate applicants to take the SATs has sparked a nationwide debate. Duke administrators say they do not plan a formal response to the idea but that potential changes in admissions criteria may already address it.
As the University continues to struggle with issues of diversity and multiculturalism, it will hear a new voice this evening-that of nationally known affirmative action opponent Ward Connerly.
It's the end of West Campus as we know it. In only two years, fraternity and selective houses will be absent from West Campus' central quads, replaced by an independent community. At the same time, construction workers will move in to gut and renovate all Main West Campus dormitories, and the West-Edens Link will open to independents.
As Vice President for Institutional Equity Sally Dickson walks around campus, she might notice the abundance of students of different ethnic backgrounds. And she might notice a diversity among employees. At the same time, she would find a prevalence of Latino and black employees at low-level positions and the relative dearth of such employees who work at the senior level. Developing a plan to eliminate this disparity will be one of Dickson's top priorities in the coming months.
For months, the status of Oakleigh Substance Abuse Treatment Center has hung in the balance as Durham Regional Hospital officials assess whether they can continue its funding. But even if the hospital decides to close the facility, the impact may well be minimal.
Men who did not get a bid at the fraternity of their choice should not despair. A new Interfraternity Council initiative designed to keep rushees in the system will encourage fraternities to give out bids to men who were not selected during the formal rush process.
According to a ranking released last month in Black Enterprise Magazine, the University has moved up from being the 20th-best college for black students to the 16th, but some local observers who wonder what Duke has done to deserve this boost expressed skepticism about the study's methodology.
This spring, President Nan Keohane will visit Latin America as part of the University's efforts to make a name for itself abroad. But in spite of her and other administrators' regular visits to other countries and Duke's international recruiting efforts, international students say they barely even heard the name "Duke" before they came to school.
As students prepare for Valentine's Day, Duke computers are having love trouble of their own: the Romeo and Juliet virus.
This is the first in a series of three stories profiling the Young Trustee finalists.
Months after Duke University Health System officials warned they might cut unprofitable programs of Durham Regional Hospital, they have taken action. Effective March 1, the Senior Health Center located in Northgate Mall will be closed.
Sophomores living on West Campus who thought they had sidestepped living in Trent Dormitory may need to think again.
With tears rolling down her face, sophomore Jainey Bavishi told a solemn crowd about the devastation her family experienced as a result of last Friday's earthquake in India.
Phi Kappa Psi fraternity filed an appeal Wednesday of an Annual Review Committee decision to revoke its housing privileges beginning next fall. Members of the group say they should have passed at least two out of the three categories in which the ARC failed them.
Forty-three students have been sent to the emergency room for overconsumption of alcohol this academic year. But the task force set up to address the issue of dangerous drinking has not met in over two months, and a recommendation to change the alcohol policy is not due until mid-February, leaving some members of the community questioning whether the University has done anything to combat alcohol abuse effectively.
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