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As local and national media focused on high-profile press conferences in Raleigh Wednesday, University officials released several statements about the dismissal of the lacrosse case charges.
Students of all backgrounds can find common ground at Duke-and not just at the fall retreat that bears that name.
Kirk Osborn, one of the lead defense attorneys in the Duke lacrosse case, died early Sunday morning.
Listen to most any tune by Isaac Brock and you imagine being in his circle of friends or even his band-formerly indie, still rockers Modest Mouse-has to be a somewhat scary experience. (Guitarist Johnny Marr took up the challenge, joining the troupe for this effort; but then, he worked for Morrissey in the Smiths, too.)
Students opening their bursar's bills for Fall 2007 will be greeted by an increased and rechristened student activities fee, Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, confirmed Monday.
Several Seattle media outlets have recently reported that Duke benefactor Aubrey McClendon, Trinity '81, donated more than a million dollars to an anti-gay marriage group in 2004 and 2005.
John Strohbehn, who served as provost from 1994 to 1999 and was a driving force behind improvements to Duke's science and engineering curricula, passed away Thursday at the age of 70.
Members of the Black Student Alliance elected junior Simone Randolph president for the 2007-2008 academic year late Wednesday night.
With crowds of students and media expected to descend upon Koskinen Stadium for the men's lacrosse season opener Saturday, administrators have distributed guidelines for potential tailgates.
If you like short, concise, pop songs, stop reading now. If you don't appreciate a long, chugging two-chord vamp, put down this paper. If the blues doesn't give you catharsis, move on to the next article.
Of all the places to look for great strides in racial equality, you might think an institution far south of the Mason-Dixon Line, a school that didn't even admit its first black students until 1961 and a university with a "good-old boy" reputation would be a bad place to look.
The Anglican Communion must strive to maintain unity in order to carry out its mission around the world, Lord George Carey told an audience at Goodson Chapel Wednesday afternoon.
When Robert Korstad looked at campus discussions about race relations, he saw two major problems: a lack of focus and a lack of historical perspective.
The future of jazz is a 61-year-old, balding, English bloke who plays the edgiest of axes, the acoustic upright bass. He's an unassuming conversationalist, alluding casually to Shakespeare in a charming Midlands accent. In fact, he really seems like the kind of guy who ought to be playing in an aging folk-rock band.
Take all Duke undergraduates (that's 6,197); then remove all the males (that leaves 3,005 women); now, try to encapsulate them in just five people.
In a speech highly critical of the war in Iraq, retired Marine General Anthony Zinni told a packed house at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy that they must decisively choose a course of action in that conflict.
Evebell Dunham knows what it's like to get old, so the Duke Chapel altar guild member feels a certain kinship with the church's Aeolian organ.
With the start of the spring semester, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community has undergone several planned and unplanned changes.
Other than Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong and the three men he charged with rape, sexual offense and kidnapping, no one has come under more intense scrutiny in the lacrosse scandal than President Richard Brodhead.
The year was 1984: the MTV Video Music Awards debuted and Prince, Tina Turner and Kenny Loggins topped charts.