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Nov. 1 marked the deadline for early applications to the nation's most competitive colleges, but this year changes to the process at Harvard University, Yale University and Stanford University resulted in unusual application yields for those schools.
Political involvement on campus is on the up-swing, according to the leaders of several student political groups.
Campus Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday night recommending that the University provide universal phone and cable services for dormitory rooms. Under the resolution, submitted by communications coordinator Pasha Majdi, students will decide on a room-by-room basis if they choose to opt out of the services.
It started out as four friends reacting to the October 2002 assault in a Wannamaker dormitory bathroom and has become a glossy 32-page account of sexual violence at the University.
It was a typical Saturday mid-morning scene in the Bryan Center--a college student talked with his peers about wild partying and an intense collegiate lifestyle.
Palestinian Ghazi Brigieth and Israeli Yitzhak Frankenthal spoke Monday about their experiences with the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to an audience of students, faculty and community members. Although both Brigieth and Frankenthal have suffered family losses from the violence, the men remained optimistic that peace could be achieved.
Have you ever been abducted by aliens? New psychological research is giving abduction survivors--and survivors of other traumatic events--reason to question their memories.
The Duke Student Government Senate approved the 2003-2004 men's basketball admission policies at its meeting Wednesday night. The policies introduce more stringent guidelines for walk-up game lines, alter white tenting rules and further define regulations about grace periods and bathroom breaks.
The University's recently released Women's Initiative highlights many of the issues facing undergraduate women--the Bryan Center "catwalk-way," pressure to carry the latest handbag and social influences to be thinner. However, while University officials suggested potential improvements to the social scene, they also stressed that any meaningful change must originate with students.
The Cameron Crazies better get ready, because this year the celebration in Krzyzewskiville is starting earlier than ever.
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.
Campus Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday night recommending that the West-Edens Link be renamed Keohane Quadrangle at the conclusion of President Nan Keohane's tenure.
Undergraduates hoping to see the men's basketball team play the University of Maryland and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this season will have to learn a few new rules about tenting before they hammer their stakes in Krzyzewskiville.
At its first official session of the year Wednesday night, the Duke Student Government Senate voted not to charter The Girls Club organization amidst concerns from the Community Service Center.
Developing the Student Village, a restructured pre-major advising system and access to gated parking lots are just some of the goals that Duke Student Government vice presidents are working to accomplish this year.
An interactive session with a robot named Judy, tailgating with professors and a "Survivor"-themed academic competition are just some of the events planned for the upcoming weeks, aiming to promote intellectual life on campus.
President Nan Keohane delivered her final State of the University speech in the Sanford Institute for Public Policy Monday night at a special joint session of Duke Student Government and the Graduate and Professional Student Council.
As any tenter can attest, there is little more spine chilling than the sound of a bull horn siren signifying a tent-check in a dark and cold Krzyzewskiville at 3 a.m.
Despite reports of a smooth election from many candidates in Tuesday's Duke Student Government senatorial contest, two complaints were filed by candidates.
They are big, they are blue and they are often touted on admissions office tours as symbols of the University's campus security. Blue light phones are a highly visible campus crime prevention measure, but not everyone can use them because they lack appropriate features for the disabled.
