Trustees approve two new master's programs
At their final meeting of 2014 this weekend, the Board of Trustees approved two new master’s degree programs.
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At their final meeting of 2014 this weekend, the Board of Trustees approved two new master’s degree programs.
Welcome to the library of the future—you can write on the walls.
In an effort to increase the representation of graduate student interests within the University, the Graduate and Professional Student Council passed a resolution urging the Board of Trustees to increase their graduate Young Trustees from two to three.
Reports of glitches in the registration process began rolling in from students shortly after midnight Thursday morning.
Although the event will otherwise go on as planned, Friday’s Shabbat dinner at the Freeman Center for Jewish Life will no longer reference the Bedouin people following vocal pushback from some students.
As we broke the line of thin, wispy clouds, I was certain it was time to jump. A quick glance at the altitude barometer on my wrist, however, proved me wrong—we were at 3,000 feet, less than halfway to our 11,000-foot summit. The plane was tiny, with no seats and only room for one paying customer at a time, and, to be honest, as we ascended toward 4,000 feet, I felt like jumping had become the less scary alternative to the shaking of the old metal contraption.
Record numbers of viewers tuned in to watch the season premiere of the fourth season of American Horror Story. With the largest audience in FX’s history, the first episode of “Freak Show” did not disappoint. From the initial onset of the murderous clown with a torn-away face, the horror of the show was truly brought to life, and yet—in true Ryan Murphy form—nothing could be a simple, surface-level plot, as the clown goes on to try and please his captives, potentially foreshadowing the torrid history that has led him down the road to torture.
Au Bon Pain is facing a lack of business during nights and weekends that could potentially lead to a cut back on hours.
Au Bon Pain is facing a lack of business during nights and weekends that could potentially lead to a cut back on hours.
The Duke community suffered two devastating losses this weekend, as two students passed away. Kaila Brown—a fifth-year graduate student in English—and Alexander Rickabaugh—a sophomore in the Pratt School of Engineering—both passed away Sunday. The thoughts of The Chronicle staff are with the family and friends of these two students during this painful and difficult time. The Chronicle will be accepting letters to the editor remembering and honoring Alexander and Kaila. Submissions must be under 500 words and will be accepted until Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 5 p.m. Please submit letters to chronicleletters@duke.edu and include your name and affiliation with Duke. All selected letters remembering these students will appear in The Chronicle Thursday, Sept. 25. Additional pieces may be selected to appear in the digital tribute to the lives of these two students. This week, The Chronicle will run obituaries honoring the lives and accomplishments of Alexander and Kaila.
The Duke University endowment reached a record high of $7 billion at the end of the 2013 fiscal year.
The first meeting of the Duke Student Government Senate began with the traditional inauguration of senators Wednesday evening.
We all do it. Some of us engage in it more openly than others—in the middle of our 10-person seminar classes or atop the tables while we eat lunch with our friends—but ultimately we are all using technology to stay in touch with the world around us.
This is one entry of the "Ten People to Watch" list in July's Towerview.
Junior Abhi Sanka will work to enact his vision as this year’s Duke Student Government executive vice president. Sanka has served for two years as a DSG senator for residential life and served as chair of the Senate Judiciary selection process and a member of the Rules Committee. When elected in the uncontested race for EVP in March, Sanka said one of his biggest goals was to strengthen the connection between DSG and the student body, in particular by increasing campus dialogue about legislative issues. The Chronicle’s Carleigh Stiehm sat down with Sanka to discuss what else he hopes to accomplish this year as DSG executive vice president.
Junior Lavanya Sunder will work to enact her vision as this year’s Duke Student Government president. Last year, as DSG vice president for services, Sunder led the Fix My Campus team in bringing together the concerns of the Duke community onto one Facebook page. During a time of great transition for the University, Sunder has worked closely with administrators to increase student access to food trucks and other dining options during peak meal times. She plans to continue these efforts in the Fall. The Chronicle’s Carleigh Stiehm sat down with Sunder to discuss what she hopes to accomplish this year as DSG president.
The Board of Trustees will convene this weekend, and approving the budget for the 2014-15 year is at the top of their agenda.
The Judiciary will not hear a case from Duke Student Government to overturn the Judiciary’s decision to reallocate $40,000 worth of recovered funds to campus projects.
The Duke Student Government vice presidential and senatorial elections are April 10.
In a decision made entirely over email, the Duke Student Government Judiciary ruled that more than $40,000 recovered from inactive student groups will not go back to DSG Senate.