DSG divides over bylaw changes
Tension and confusion pervaded the atmosphere at Duke Student Government's general body meeting Wednesday night, as some legislators took sides in a heated debate over a proposed amendment to the election bylaw.
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Tension and confusion pervaded the atmosphere at Duke Student Government's general body meeting Wednesday night, as some legislators took sides in a heated debate over a proposed amendment to the election bylaw.
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Fifteen students will contend in this year's Duke Student Government executive elections March 5, and all but one of the organization's top positions is contested.
Duke Student Government executive elections are less than a month away, but legislators may still vote to make major changes to the voting procedures.
It's 2 a.m. on a Saturday night, and as fraternity sections across West Campus are cutting off the music and picking up plastic cups, freshmen make the trek home to East after a night of frivolous debauchery. On a less visible side of campus, though, some black students are gathering at the Central Campus apartments of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity members, and the after-party has just begun. With music playing, some students dance, while others chill on the sofas and mingle with the brothers, who throw their "grips," or secret handshakes, to say hello.
After three weeks of applications and interviews, the results are in. Out of three finalists, senior Andrew Nurkin was selected as the newest young trustee at a Duke Student Government general body meeting Wednesday night.
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As students and administrators continue to consider residential safety, Duke Student Government legislators unanimously voted to submit their recommendations to the administration at a meeting Wednesday night.
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In an attempt to address long-standing concerns about weak and inconsistent advising for student organizations, administrators have established a task force to examine the current system.
Despite rumors that social life at Duke is dwindling, student leaders who gathered Saturday to discuss the social scene found that is not the case.
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Duke Student Government voted unanimously Wednesday to officially request more information from the administration on certain parking and transit issues.
Giving the Honor Council's dean's excuse policy its first stamp of student approval, Duke Student Government legislators voted 37-15 to support proposed changes Wednesday.
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Following the reported Oct. 9 sexual assault on a Wannamaker Dormitory resident, students, administrators and other members of the Duke community discussed how much convenience they would be willing to sacrifice for improved campus safety at a "town hall" meeting Monday night in the Bryan Center.
Legislators unanimously approved amendments to the Student Organization Finance Committee bylaw and elected members to the Duke Student Government Judiciary and the SOFC after rejecting a request for a group's charter at DSG's meeting Wednesday night.