Durham on track with gang policy
(02/22/11 10:00am)
Recent ominous comments from one controversial law enforcement official have drawn some attention to Durham gangs, a subject local officials make few statements about.
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Recent ominous comments from one controversial law enforcement official have drawn some attention to Durham gangs, a subject local officials make few statements about.
It takes a village to raise a child, as the proverb goes, and Durham is no exception.
A policy aimed to streamline two major student organizations is still a work in progress—and many members of the student body appear to be unaware of the potential change.
In an ongoing debate about the value of the undergraduate experience, a recent report suggested that at many colleges, a prevalent social scene comes at the cost of education.
Amid snow piles, inhabitants of Krzyzewskiville cozy up in sleeping bags in shelters varying from tents to tarps held up by sticks. Tenting for seats in Cameron Indoor Stadium for the rivalry game against North Carolina began Jan. 3, and although the Spring semester started off with temperatures below freezing, Dukies remain adamant that tenting really is worth braving the cold.
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When Amy Lazarus, Trinity ’05, was an undergraduate at Duke, she co-founded the Center for Race Relations and Common Ground, a popular retreat that aims to spur social change on campus. Lazarus currently serves as executive director of the Sustained Dialogue Campus Network, an organization that seeks to develop leaders who support the formation of relationships among members of their communities. SDCN has a presence on 14 campuses, including the University of Virginia and Harvard University. Recently, Lazarus was one of eight recipients of USA Network’s 2010 Characters United Award, which recognizes efforts to fight prejudice and discrimination while increasing tolerance, respect and acceptance. The Chronicle’s Chinmayi Sharma interviewed Lazarus about her work and her memories of attending Duke.
Hours before he announced a compromise with GOP lawmakers on a package deal aimed at bolstering the economy, President Barack Obama emphasized America’s culture of innovation and stressed his commitment to continued investment in education.
College students often set out with the goal of changing the world. But for Dan Butin, dean of the school of education at Merrimack College, the academic approach to achieving that goal is ineffective.
When students fly home for Turkey Day, they may have to show airport security officials more than just the contents of their bags.
Campus Council representatives addressed their primary concerns with the new house model for West and Central campuses in discussions with administrators at the group’s meeting Thursday.
Sometimes widespread knowledge of danger is not enough to prevent risky behavior.
We hear too often about America’s impending doom, said David Brooks, political pundit and New York Times journalist. It is time, he believes, that we started talking about the remedy.
Despite significant national change, North Carolina’s and Durham’s voters re-elected their incumbent political leaders in the 2010 midterm elections.
Durham’s vibrant food scene got a little more colorful in October as restaurants across the city participated in the Bull City Vegan Challenge.
A new $10 million federal grant will allow the Duke Global Health Institute to expand its partnership with the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in Tanzania in an effort to strengthen its medical education.
Those who are the best at what they do want the respect of the world, but the best should also respect the world, men’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski told a room of some of the world’s most prominent leaders Tuesday.
Just in time for the start of basketball season, panelists at the Kenan Institute for Ethics’ “Bending the Rules: Gamesmanship in Sports” event discussed how high-stakes competition can encourage winning at all costs.
At a time of global strife, Neil Lazarus emphasized the importance of international political awareness, especially regarding the conflict in the Middle East, in his speech Friday.
Children clinging to their mothers, girls wearing their dates’ coats and huddling groups of friends all endured cold winds while they waited—sometimes for more than an hour—to get into the North Carolina State Fair Saturday.