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Few undergraduate students at Duke can recall the events of November 1989.
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Few undergraduate students at Duke can recall the events of November 1989.
Durham City Council hopefuls and incumbents participated in an on-campus forum Monday night where the divide between young and old, change and the status quo, dominated the discourse.
A Durham Police Department employee’s recent termination over excessive overtime pay has raised concerns about a lack of oversight.
Durham mayoral candidate Steven Williams held an informal town hall meeting with approximately 20 students Monday night.
Dismal turnout characterized Durham’s 2009 municipal primary elections Tuesday with only 4.3 percent of registered voters casting their ballots.
Durham city officials have agreed on a plan to outsource employee medical services to Duke.
When Duke and North Carolina Central University meet in the first annual Bull City Gridiron Classic Saturday, more than a football game will be on the line.
“I think people in Durham divide,” said Stephanie Murn, Trinity ’97 and a Durham Public Schools employee. “You’re either a Rodeo person or you’re a Torero’s person, and I am definitely a Torero’s person.” It’s not the 25-percent student discount that attracts people like Murn. It’s the one-of-a-kind décor that has them coming back for seconds.
Bull City residents can rest a little easier at night.
Samuel Alito, associate justice on the United States Supreme Court, will be teaching a week-long seminar at the School of Law, officials announced Friday.
Gov. Bev Perdue signed Senate Bill 943 Thursday, increasing tax incentives for motion picture studios, television networks and independent film companies looking to use North Carolina for their next project.
The North Carolina Racial Justice Act was signed into law Aug. 11, making the state only the second-after Kentucky in 1998-to allow inmates to challenge their death penalty sentences on the grounds that racial bias was a factor in their sentencing.
A University employee was charged by the FBI with child sex abuse June 24 in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Mobile eateries are becoming an increasingly popular dining option in Durham, proving that meals on wheels are not restricted to the geriatric crowd. The holy grail of the local traveling food scene is perhaps OnlyBurger, the truck that serves what it dubs "the only burger you'll ever want." The restaurant has attracted a large and loyal following, in part because it often parks on the East Campus circle and under the Bryan Center during the school year. Its popularity, however, can be attributed primarily to its acceptance of food points.
Unable to close the largest budget shortfall in North Carolina history, state lawmakers passed an emergency measure to keep the government in business June 25.
For a large part of the last century, General Motors was regarded as the world's number one automaker. During the 1980s, former Chrysler chief executive officer Lee Iacocca had the Chrysler pentastar shining at its brightest.
During the deepest recession in recent memory, even the nation's wealthiest universities are slashing their budgets and producing serious economic consequences for the communities in which they reside.
The North Carolina Racial Justice Act may soon allow death row inmates who believe their sentences were motivated by race to challenge their fate in court.
Members of the Duke and Durham community, as well as visitors from around the country, will gather to honor the memory of John Hope and Aurelia Franklin Thursday.
Soul flowed through the Bryan Center Saturday as Duke hosted the Southern Fried Poetry Slam.