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(10/21/03 4:00am)
To prepare for the inevitable fluctuations in demand for student housing as students leave and return to campus for the spring, Residence Life and Housing Services is instituting a housing lottery for juniors who want to live off campus next semester.
(10/15/03 4:00am)
Duke students are used to being rated at the top--from sports teams' successes to college rankings. A selectivity-based college ranking system described in the November issue of The Atlantic Monthly, however, puts Duke in 14th place, behind such schools as Swarthmore College and Washington University in St. Louis.
(10/15/03 4:00am)
A jury found Michael Peterson guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, whose body was found at the bottom of a staircase in their home in December 2001.
(10/10/03 4:00am)
Despite a name reminiscent of a paradisiacal garden, Edens Quadrangle is not the sought-after destination University officials hoped it could be. Whether this dissatisfaction stems from the quad's distance from Main West campus or the unsightliness of the view from the dormitories' slit windows, many Edens residents agree that there is much room for improvement.
(10/08/03 4:00am)
As dissimilar as Duke and Durham may seem at times, the two share at least one thing: a perception among many that they are unsafe.
(10/07/03 4:00am)
Although University officials did not entirely dismiss the possibility of a financial aid package akin to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's recently announced "Carolina Covenant," they said Duke is not currently considering the adoption of such a plan for its own low-income students.
(10/06/03 4:00am)
Freshman Amod Gautam continued working, even after he developed a blister on his finger from hammering for so long.
(10/06/03 4:00am)
When the University released its Women's Initiative report in late September, a notable portion of the section on undergraduate students focused on the dominance of the greek community over the mainstream social environment.
(10/03/03 4:00am)
As the Board of Trustees convenes on campus today and tomorrow, the biggest item on its agenda could lead to the long-anticipated approval of a 200-student enrollment expansion for the Pratt School of Engineering.
(10/02/03 4:00am)
Administrators met Wednesday morning with a group of students and faculty members to discuss a list of demands relating to minority issues on campus. Although the meeting did not include a discussion of specific responses to the 12 demands, administrators agreed to provide a concrete set of responses to the proposals the week after fall break.
(09/29/03 4:00am)
The Pratt School of Engineering has partnered with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education to bring Project Lead the Way to North Carolina--a move officials said could help combat a national shortage of engineers in all specialties.
(09/25/03 4:00am)
Students gearing up to take the Graduate Record Examinations may soon find that old preparation methods just won't cut it anymore.
(09/24/03 4:00am)
The Women's Initiative Steering Committee released its final report Tuesday highlighting a number of social, academic and professional difficulties women at Duke face.
(09/23/03 4:00am)
Although the Women's Initiative report will be officially unveiled today, work leading up to its release has already given rise to a number of improvements for women at the University, most notably in terms of creating a balance between work and family life.
(09/22/03 4:00am)
With the unveiling of the Women's Initiative report set for tomorrow, a brief look into the history of women at the institution shows just how much things have changed since the seeds were sown for what would eventually become Duke University.
(09/18/03 4:00am)
As the Presidential Search Committee goes fishing for a successor to President Nan Keohane, they may find they are not the only ones soaking bait this year.
(09/18/03 4:00am)
Duke team receives $2M to study advance directives
(09/16/03 4:00am)
In an e-mail Monday, Arts and Sciences Council Chair Kathy Ewing called a special meeting of the Arts and Sciences and Engineering Faculty councils Sept. 18 at 4 p.m. to vote on a replacement for the former dean's excuse policy, which was discontinued last spring.
(09/12/03 4:00am)
The Durham Police Department recently unveiled a new Internet tool that allows current and prospective residents easy access to area crime statistics.
(09/10/03 4:00am)
Administrators announced a policy last week that will limit individuals' bandwidth usage in order to speed up network service for students on the residential student network.