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(06/25/98 4:00am)
There have been recent rumors that instead of the South being an anomalous force in the nation, it is instead secretly becoming the status quo, if it isn't already. No one needs to tell you how powerful the South is in politics, nor does anyone need to tell you that country music is on the rise or that the Sun Belt is increasingly used as a by-word in conjunction with phrases such as "recent migration" and "population boom."
(06/18/98 4:00am)
If you're looking for a reason not to read Steven Vogel's most recent book, "Cats' Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People," you won't be able to rely on standby excuses like "Science writing is too complicated" or "It's too abstract."
(06/11/98 4:00am)
As the federal government's importance in higher education increases, leaders at the University and other institutions of higher learning have stepped up efforts to control their own destiny on Capitol Hill.
(06/04/98 4:00am)
The headlines are shocking. In the last nine months, six disturbed youths in rural communities around the nation have shattered the image of schools as safe havens and created a small, yet terrifying trend.
(05/28/98 4:00am)
Chronicle staff writer
(05/21/98 4:00am)
Through the ability to speak, humans created civilization, art and science-cultural achievements unparalleled by any other species. Because language played such an important role in manPis evolution into an organism capable of civilized behavior, its origin has long been a focus of research and debate among experts on human evolution and anthropology.
(04/21/98 4:00am)
"Let the jazz band make some noise, step up ladies, and watch out boys. Mirror on the wall, who's the hot band in the hall?"
(04/17/98 4:00am)
If you don't know Edwin McCain and his band by sight or by name, you are sure to recognize them if you hear their songs on the East Campus quadrangle this afternoon. A popular performer throughout the nation and particularly in the Carolinas, McCain's songs-such as the current hit singles, "I'll Be," and "Solitude"-have enjoyed sustained popularity on radio stations in the area.
(04/06/98 4:00am)
Duke has always had the well-deserved reputation of being a peaceful, quiet bastion of Christian morality tucked away in Durham, N.C. It has always been a pleasant, sheltered place inhabited by bright, but unconcerned people; where "nice kids" came for four years of beer, basketball and studying.... That was before April 5, 1968. - Peter Applebome, 1968
(03/30/98 5:00am)
As the muffled echoes of rock music from SpringFest drifted through the windows of the Gothic Reading Room in Perkins Library Friday, a white-haired, literary giant spoke to a crowd of students, faculty and other spectators.
(03/27/98 5:00am)
How does one judge a painting? Or fairly evaluate a dramatic performance?
(03/26/98 5:00am)
This is the second installment of a three-part series examining the current state of the arts at the University. This story focuses on arts facilities; tomorrow's article will focus on arts faculty.
(03/25/98 5:00am)
This story is the first in a three-part series examining the current state of arts at the University. Today's story focuses on the Arts Task Force; tomorrow's article will focus on arts facilities.
(03/23/98 5:00am)
Five circles of light appear on an empty stage. The music begins and four dancers take their places in the circles, leaving one conspicuously empty. As the dancers move their bodies to the rhythms and create ephemeral forms in the air, the audience is continuously reminded of the empty circle of light and the incomplete ensemble.
(01/15/98 5:00am)
Field Trip. For many people, the words conjure up memories of trips to the zoo and the elation that came with hearing them drip from the mouths of grammar school teachers.
(12/05/97 5:00am)
Toad The Wet Sprocket, the band with the oddest name this side of Hootie and the Blowfish, might also be a front-runner in the race for the band with the oddest origin.
(12/02/97 5:00am)
"Brightleaf," a recently debuted Southern literary magazine, is about as perfect as a glass of iced tea on a hot summer day, and for those of you who have yet to experience this piece of paradise, it's pretty good.
(12/01/97 5:00am)
Much like the brushstrokes of a master artist, the novelist pulls from a palette of verbs and nouns, adjectives and adverbs to paint a landscape of characters, places and emotions on a canvas that often mirrors our own lives.
(11/25/97 5:00am)
In the past three months, environmental activist Rob Hersch has camped out in everything from college dormitory rooms to haystacks, from baseball dugouts to cotton fields. After riding into Durham Friday on a bike held together largely by bungee cords and duct tape, Hersch spoke to several classes at the Nicholas School of the Environment, sharing with University students his cause of bringing increased awareness to the issue of global climate change.
(11/24/97 5:00am)
The ice sculpture cast a pale blue light on the group of dancers, illuminating them in a surreal glow. The boxwood shrubs speckled with tiny white lights illuminated pictures of semi-formals gone by, evoking images of memories from the past and promises for the future. And the laser light show and music blaring from the speakers in the large white tent reminded the revelers why they were there-to enjoy the first campus semi-formal in more than 30 years.
