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A former officer with the Durham Police Department was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of distributing fewer than five grams of crack cocaine and possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime.
A ceremony in Chapel Hill Saturday marked the dedication of the Courtland Benjamin Smith Memorial House, which will honor the memory of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill senior who was shot and killed last Fall.
The Young Trustee Nominating Committee named seven semifinalists Sunday afternoon. The committee could have selected up to eight semifinalists, but could not agree on an eighth person from the 15 students who applied. The three finalists will be selected Thursday, and the Young Trustee will be elected Feb. 9 by the student body.
The trials of three former football players accused of firing a gun on East Campus were delayed until the end of March.
Dolores Huerta, a labor leader and activist, will deliver the keynote address at Duke’s Martin Luther King, Jr. commemoration at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Chapel. The theme of the commemoration is “Where Do We Go from Here? Overcoming Inequity and Building Opportunity.” Huerta will speak about how America can deal with some of the challenges it faces, according to a Duke News release.
The Duke University Marine Lab was evacuated Tuesday after explosives were accidentally spilled at the nearby Morehead City port.
Freshman guard Andre Dawkins is on leave after his sister was killed in a car accident Saturday.
Duke’s long ride in the ACC is finally over, and now, the Blue Devils kick off what they hope will be a long journey in the NCAA tournament. After 20 conference matchups—including 17 wins—unseeded Duke (27-5) opens postseason play Friday at 7 p.m. against Tennessee (23-7) in Knoxville, Tenn. The Volunteers are also not seeded, but their campus is being used as one of 16 host sites for the tournament’s first round, meaning that Tennessee has the advantage of playing in front of its home crowd tonight. The Blue Devils and Volunteers are two of four teams playing their first-round contests in Knoxville. The others are No. 11 Minnesota and Louisville, who meet Friday as well, and the winners of the two games will meet Saturday for a spot in the Round of 16. The second-round match is set for Saturday. Duke has advanced past the first round of the NCAA tournament in its last four appearances.
After extensive testing, no more cases of drug-resistant H1N1 virus have been discovered at the Hospital, WRAL reported Tuesday.
What is your greatest fear? Being found out.
A summer after barely missing out on an NCAA tournament bid, Duke announced its schedule for the 2010 season, and the slate includes some of the country’s best.
Testing conducted last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed four drug-resistant cases of H1N1 influenza at the Duke University Medical Center.
The Blue Devil women’s swimming & diving team finished second in a nine-team field over the weekend, while the men’s team finished third at the Gamecock Invitational, hosted by South Carolina.
About a month ago, Duke was upset by North Carolina in front of a large crowd at the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, as the volleyball match led right into “Late Night with Roy,” the Tar Heel basketball program’s annual season curtain-raiser. This weekend, the Blue Devils hope to give North Carolina a taste of its own medicine. Duke hosts the Tar Heels Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium immediately following the men’s basketball team’s 3 p.m. game against Radford. In the past years, the two teams have met with students already gone for Thanksgiving break, but head coach Jolene Nagel said she hopes for strong crowd support this weekend. The Blue Devils first host N.C. State, the worst team in the ACC, Friday night at 7 p.m. Duke (24-5, 14-3 in the ACC) needs to win both matches to stay in contention for a conference title, though the odds of reaching the ACC summit at this point in the season are slim. The Blue Devils trail Florida State by two games in the standings with just three to play. Unforunately for Nagel’s squad, the Seminoles own the head-to-head tiebreaker, though, having beaten Duke twice this year. The Blue Devils would have to win out and have Florida State lose all three of its remaining contests to earn the conference title. The Blue Devils’ defeat in Chapel Hill is one of the reasons the Blue Devils fell off the pace the Seminoles have set all year. The Tar Heels (15-13, 11-6) are fifth in the conference and have no chance of winning the ACC, but have registered some quality wins thus far. The Wolfpack (7-25, 0-17), on the other hand, have had a miserable year, and Duke swept N.C. State Oct. 17.
Quarterback Sean Renfree had played very little in recent weeks as senior Thaddeus Lewis lit up ACC opponents. Now, Renfree won’t play at all for the foreseeable future. The redshirt freshman suffered a torn right ACL against Georgia Tech Saturday, and the injury’s rehabilitation period typically extends for several months, if not longer. Renfree was hurt late in the third quarter of the home matchup with the Yellow Jackets while running the offense as Duke trailed 42-10. The Blue Devils ultimately lost 49-10. Renfree’s setback will cost him the last two games of this year, but its impact on the Blue Devils’ future may be even more significant. With Renfree out of the equation, the only remaining quarterback on Duke’s roster is freshman Sean Schroeder, whom the coaching staff intended to redshirt this year. Lewis has struggled with a leg injury the last two weeks, and if he is too injured to play, Schroeder could be forced into emergency action. The torn ACL could also force Renfree to miss spring practice altogether, although no prognosis has yet been given for his recovery. Renfree did not appear in the Blue Devils’ season opener, but split time with Lewis in the next four games. His best performance came in an early-season win against Army in which he threw for 106 yards and two touchdowns on 7-for-8 passing. Renfree finishes his first full season at Duke with 330 yards passing and four touchdowns on 34-of-50 attempts. Duke closes the season with a road game at Miami Saturday before facing Wake Forest Nov. 28 at Wallace Wade Stadium.
The Duke men and women’s teams put themselves in position to qualify for the national championships with strong showings at the NCAA Southeast Regional at the University of Louisville Saturday. The Blue Devil women brought home their first regional title since 2005, totalling 69 points to pace the 35-team field and earn an automatic NCAA bid. “Everyone stepped up well, person for person,” women’s head coach Kevin Jermyn said. “This race was another positive step for us. We definitely feel like we are one of the best teams in the country, we just need to be a little tighter four through five to challenge the top teams.” Four runners earned all-region honors, led by sophomore Carly Seymour, who finished in fifth place out of 237 with a time of 20:28.85 in the 6K. Senior Kate Van Buskirk took sixth place, and freshmen Juliet Bottorff and Kayla Hale also earned all-region recognition. “I thought we saw nice improvement across the board,” Jermyn said. “We were able to pull away from some of the teams that were right behind us at the ACC Championships and we were stronger through our top three.” Duke’s closest competitor was Virginia, which totalled 113 points for the second-place team finish. N.C. State, William and Mary and North Carolina rounded out the top five. On the men’s side, the Blue Devils scored a probable at-large bid by placing fourth, barely edging Virginia by two points. Junior Bo Waggoner, in a time of 30:30.12, was the lone recipient of all-region honors with a 13th-place finish. Three Duke runners finished about a minute behind Waggoner to miss out on all-region recognition. Sophomore Joshua Brewer led that group, ending up in 26th place with a time of 31:06.79. One disappointment for Duke was Cory Nanni, one of the team’s best runners, who finished 138th in the 10K after an injury hampered his performance. The Blue Devils will find out tonight if they will be invited to the NCAA Champoionships as one of 13 at-large entrants. “We feel very good about our chances for an at-large bid,” head coach Norm Ogilvie said. “We took a major hit with Nanni—he was going strong through 8K before his calf really tightened up during the last two kilometers. But other guys stepped up and got the job done.” The NCAA Championships will be held Nov. 23 in Terre Haute, Ind.
Harrison Barnes, the 6-foot-6, 190-lb. swingman considered by many to be one of the top high school players in the country, will announce where he will play college basketball today at 4 p.m. on ESPNU.
Freshman Andrew Wenger was named to the All-ACC first team Tuesday. Wenger started all 17 games for Duke and is the Blue Devils’ only representative on the first team.
Durham Public Schools Superintendent Carl Harris will be celebrating the holidays in the nation’s capital this year.
Both the men’s and women’s squad performed well at the ACC Championships this weekend, placing fourth and second, respectively, at the conference meet in Cary, N.C.
