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Plans for the second phase of the long-awaited Bryan Center renovations have come to a standstill; Executive Vice President Tallman Trask has decided to wait for the Upperclass Residential Planning Committee to submit its initial report at the beginning of December before proceeding with the blueprints for allocating student organization space in the Bryan Center.
This is the final installment in a five-part series featuring community outreach efforts between Duke and Durham. Each installment is comprised of two articles: The first focuses on Duke's efforts and the second analyzes the benefits experienced by the community.
The Devil's Den has ceased serving hard alcohol as part of its bar service.
It's official.
As a life-long leader in Israel's fight for peace took the podium last night, the audience listened. As he talked about the special ingredients for peace, but not the recipe itself, they paused to think. And as former Prime Minister of Israel Shimon Peres weighed the promises made and the prices paid in the search for peace, all 300 people in the room understood.
In preparation for Monday's arrival of NCAA representatives who will evaluate the athletic department's compliance with the operating principles established by the association, the University has completed its own self-study assessing the policies and practices of the athletic department.
The results of a recent survey by the University's Panhellenic Association indicate that about 50 percent of sorority women on campus would be interested in living in a residential section for their sorority. The organization's leaders hope to use the results to bring the voice of women into the growing residential discussion.
The Thursday-night regulars to George's Gourmet Garage and the Cosmic Cantina will now have a Duke Student Government-sponsored shuttle to transport them there-possibly eliminating some of the safety issues that have recently become a problem in that area.
A dearth of University-approved bartenders willing to take personal liability for underage, intoxicated students could soon result in the disappearance of kegs from campus social events.
The beer on points proposal at last rests in the hands of the University administrators who will ultimately decide its fate-but one key sticking point remains: the placement of students' birth dates on their DukeCards.
Duke Student Government Chief Justice and Trinity junior Josh Schaffer ruled Thursday that DSG President and Trinity senior Lino Marrero misrepresented his beer on points proposal to the legislature as an executive order "when it clearly was not." Schaffer issued his decision after Trinity junior Sarah Mitchell, DSG executive vice president, filed a complaint Oct. 7 challenging the constitutionality of the executive order Marrero had said he used to present the proposal to the alcohol policy review committee.
Trinity junior Sarah Mitchell, Duke Student Government executive vice president, filed a complaint Tuesday night with the DSG Judiciary disputing the legality of the executive order allegedly used by Trinity senior Lino Marrero, DSG president, and Trinity senior Jason Barclay, DSG chief of staff, to proceed with their "Beer on Points" proposal.
The University has recently purchased 30 memberships to Fitness World, enabling students-who find the temporary setup of the Card Gym workout equipment inconvenient-to use the off-campus facility for free.
Continuing the rash of East Campus area robberies in the past month, two students were robbed at gunpoint early Sunday morning on the East Campus jogging trail.
Fraternity rush will take on a new flavor this year as leaders aim to decrease the emphasis on alcohol consumption to highlight the other perks of fraternity life.
The Achievement Index has re-entered campus debate-but this time not at Duke University.
After several days of silence, the Interfraternity Council revealed that it will wait at least until its Oct. 16 meeting to determine the penalties for violating its ban on the open distribution of alcohol, which the council discussed during its Thursday, Sept. 25 meeting. Members remain committed, however, to the eventual establishment of punishments that will enforce the policy.
Two students were the victims of separate armed robbery attempts Sept. 26 at about 1 a.m. near East Campus, according to Duke University Police Department officials. Officers have not yet determined whether the two incidents, which occurred within 15 minutes of each other, were related.
Despite publicly announcing their intention to vote last night on a proposal that would effectively ban open distribution of alcohol at fraternity events, every member of the Interfraternity Council refused to comment on the outcome of the scheduled vote.
The Interfraternity Council's proposed revisions to its alcohol policy, which will be voted on at tonight's IFC meeting and, if passed, would effectively eliminate open distribution by fraternities, has aroused mixed sentiments among the student body. Many upperclass students see a dark cloud looming on the horizon of campus social life, while freshmen maintain that fraternities will continue to exist as their primary social outlet.
