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Katie Tobin and her roommate woke up early Tuesday morning to cast their votes. The two sophomores trekked out to the West Campus bus stop, planning to hitch a ride to the polls on the free shuttles organized by several student groups.
A student who had reported she was assaulted near the Duke Forest Oct. 22 admitted Monday that the incident never occurred, University officials said. Her admission has cast doubts upon the veracity of a much-publicized 2002 sexual assault in Randolph Dormitory.
Duke is not currently mulling changes to its admissions policies, but single-choice early-action policies may be gaining momentum.
In a preliminary brainstorming session, Campus Council discussed the complications and advantages of adding a new category of housing on West Campus that would function in a manner similar to that of a mini-selective living group but with less formal structure.
The University abolished the matrix this summer in favor of a list system as part of its efforts to help students understand the driving force behind Curriculum 2000: the desire to integrate general education requirements with students' majors.
With a boyish grin and a stack of books, famed author David Eggers ascended the stage Saturday afternoon in Page Auditorium to talk about his current work—and mostly to show off his clever humor. Eggers, who gained fame for his autobiographical book A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, read to about 650 individuals a selection of his own writing and some short humor pieces published by McSweeney’s, the publishing house he founded.
A female Duke student reported that she was assaulted Friday morning in a parking lot next to Duke Forest.
Amid a recent surge of allegations that police discriminate against minority students on campus, approximately two dozen students gathered Thursday night to talk about their concerns and feelings with officers from the Duke University Police Department.
The events of the Palestine Solidarity Movement conference kicked off Friday night with a panel offering the case for divestment from Israel. About 200 participants from across the country gathered for the talk, which began a full weekend of panels and workshops.
After months of controversy, the annual conference of the Palestine Solidarity Movement proceeded with minimal disruption.
A variety of workshop discussions at the Freeman Center for Jewish Life Saturday offered a wide range of pro-Israeli opinions. Students mingled with each other and the speakers at the teach-in, which many people said fostered serious debate.
Pro-Israeli activist Daniel Pipes advocated ending the Palestinian-Israeli conflict by cutting off worldwide support to the Palestinian cause in a Thursday night speech sponsored by the Duke Conservative Union.
After months of planning security and finalizing details, the Palestine Solidarity Movement conference begins today,. More than 400 participants and as many as 300 protesters are expected to arrive throughout the weekend.
Sophomore Gul Tuysuz spent her afternoon on the Chapel Quadrangle with unlikely company.
With only one more day until the Palestine Solidarity Movement holds its controversial annual conference at the University, multiple organizations are finalizing plans to voice their objections to PSM’s goals. Although officials expect the majority of demonstrations to be peaceful, at least one group has hinted at its desire to incite violence.
President Richard Brodhead stepped out of the anteroom to his office and looked around the second floor lobby of the Allen Building. Somehow, at lunchtime, the president had found a free moment in his schedule.
When students troop back to campus after fall break, they will find four new benches-imported across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain-adorning the Main Quadrangle. Many students, however, are bemoaning the lack of input they had in the decision.
The University is bracing for protests next week, and officials are mobilizing every aspect of the security and communication departments in anticipation of the potential violence that administrators hope will remain in the theoretical realm.
At President Richard Brodhead's first Board of Trustees meeting since he took office, the University's governing body heard reports about a variety of topics that have dictated discussion on campus in recent months.
It was December 1905, and a pair of students at Trinity College wanted to start a newspaper, but they didn’t have the money. So Tom Stokes and U.N. Hoffman—1907 graduates of the school that would become Duke—turned to the two literary societies on campus and convinced them to fund a newspaper.
