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A long-expected protest against the World Trade Organization broke out in unexpected violence last week, capturing headlines and dominating airwaves across the nation. The images of Seattle were everywhere: clouds of tear gas, broken window panes, demolished coffee shops. And several members of the University community were there on the front lines.
In a somewhat abbreviated open session of the Board of Trustees, members heard condensed reports on The Campaign for Duke, graduate student life and Duke Student Government.
The Fuqua School of Business has one more thing to check off its capital campaign wish list-endowed professorships.
For two and a half years, the engines on the upperclass residential life overhaul have been chugging, but now that current plans so closely parallel those made in spring 1998, some observers are wondering whether administrators have been merely spinning their wheels, or reinventing the wheel altogether.
You may soon need more than your Social Security number to get a sandwich delivered to campus. It may require cold hard cash.
Senior administrators have not adequately demonstrated their commitment to diversity within Duke's workforce and student body, according to an internal committee's report of the Office of Institutional Equity.
This is the final story in a five-part series examining the potential effects of Curriculum 2000.
Duke's local anti-sweatshop movement just went national.
For most students at the University, preparing for a hurricane means procrastinating on homework and stocking up on beer. But for the group of students studying at Beaufort this semester, the trifecta of hurricanes that ripped through the state prompted more serious precautions and an unprecedented four evacuations in just two months.
In a gently worded and generalized executive summary of its report, the review committee for the Office of Institutional Equity endorsed the division's current organizational structure but challenged it to expand training efforts, eliminate redundancies with other Duke offices and cultivate a University-wide initiative on diversity and fairness.
Ya Yang, a visiting assistant professor at the Fuqua School of Business, died at Duke Hospital Sunday from injuries sustained Sept. 30 during a one-car accident. The promising scholar and beloved teacher was 27.
In an important and unexpected concession to the student-led anti-sweatshop movement, Nike Inc. last week disclosed the addresses of factories producing goods for five schools, including Duke. Although the move comes just months before these schools would have required Nike to release the information, the announcement focused national attention and general praise on a company grown accustomed to protests and criticism.
Since the quad system was implemented in 1995 and each architectural nook was packed with a fraternity, a selective house and an independent dorm, University administrators have worked to make the diverse residents live in peaceful proximity. It seems they may be throwing in the towel; the most recent iteration of the upperclass residential life plan calls for creating at least a few homogenous "neighborhoods."
In the midst of the University's diamond anniversary celebration this weekend, the Board of Trustees gathered to share information that, much like the mood of the overall weekend, was glowingly positive. Most notably, representatives from Duke Management Company and The Campaign for Duke gave presentations reporting on the success of their respective projects.
This is the fourth in a five-part series profiling the candidates for mayor of Durham. Monday's story will examine Brenda Burnette.
A Trinity freshman and a visiting friend were forced at gunpoint to drive to an ATM early Sunday morning and withdraw more than $350. The suspect also stole $1,100 worth of CDs from the car before leaving the victims and exiting the vehicle off East Campus.
Sylvia Earle looks back across the expanse of her lifetime and sees scores of changes-oceans polluted, climates altered, species hunted to extinction. Most importantly, she sees opportunities lost.
The dream of late-night enchiladas remains a month from reality.
An evening of dancing and good times ended suddenly and violently late Saturday night when three people were shot-one fatally-outside the Tobacco Roadhouse. At the time, more than 200 Duke students were gathered inside for a private party and were told to remain upstairs until police had secured the scene.
The makeshift city of Krzyzewskiville is founded each year by a group of zealous pilgrims willing to weather days in the elements for a coveted Cameron berth. Although the goal remains constant, the constitution of this town is reconsidered and rewritten each and every year.
