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Paul Slattery wears many hats. Literally.
An official report on diversity within the Duke Student Government Senate found that the organization's demographics parallel the racial breakdown of the undergraduate student body but deviate in greek affiliation.
Charlotte Clark, former director of the Office of Continuing and Executive Environmental Education in the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, will take over the new position of coordinator of student environmental initiatives starting in January.
Members of the Student Health Insurance Advisory Committee discussed the future of Duke's health insurance at the Graduate and Professional School Council general body meeting Tuesday.
The Pratt School of Engineering and the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences are set to collaborate on a new center devoted to the study of environmental issues.
The chairs of Last Day of Classes Committee have named seven artists that they are seeking to book for the end-of-semester concert April 23.
Placed on opposite sides of West Campus, the Allen Building and the Schwartz-Butters Athletic Center act as the headquarters for the two sides of Duke's coin-academics and athletics.
John Burness, vice president for public affairs and government relations, will retire in June 2008 from the administrative position he has held since 1991, University officials announced Monday.
For the first time in two years, students at Tailgate were not the only ones flipping burgers-the administration did all the grilling for them.
Durham Police Department officers responded to an armed robbery involving a female undergraduate and two male graduate students that occurred outside the Whole Foods Market on Broad Street in Durham early Tuesday morning.
Administrators confirmed Thursday that the University will once again provide funding for the operations of Tailgate. The decision comes after nearly two years of booze-infused Saturday mornings in the Blue Zone parking lots without Duke's official endorsement. Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, said the University plans to implement a proposal that will give the Duke University Union, Duke Student Government and other student groups the resources to provide food, water and live music at Tailgates. "Barring any unexpected challenges in the next week, this will go into effect," Moneta said. "It's a done deal, it's just a matter of working out the details." He said the administration has yet to determine the extent of its involvement, but added that he and Executive Vice President Tallman Trask have approved the proposed plan. Trask said he will meet with administrators and student leaders next week to finalize arrangements for the Oct. 13 Tailgate before the football game against Virginia Tech. DSG President Paul Slattery said the new policy will remind students of pre-2006 Tailgates because the administration will be there to hand out food and water, not citations. "The security policy will be the same but they will be providing us with food, grills and water," Slattery, a senior, said. "The provision of food is a reversion to the old model." Under the new proposal, students will be allowed to drive into the Blue Zone parking lots 30 minutes prior to the start of Tailgate to drop off grills and stereo speakers, but then be required to remove their cars. The policy will also prohibit students from carrying personal food or water bottles into the Tailgate area. Students will not be allowed to bring more than one case of beer into the Blue Zone parking lot, and administrators monitoring the gate will check the ID of any student transporting alcohol. Junior Sunny Kantha, DSG vice president for athletics and campus services, said the stringent entrance policy will create a more inviting atmosphere once students enter the lots. "The University presence will be a little bit more relaxed, and we're giving students a little more freedom," he said. "The reason the University is relaxing the policy is to get students to take responsibility on their own." Moneta said the changes to Tailgate policy address his concerns about the event's overall safety. "I have very simple requests of the students: don't throw beer cans and don't drink yourself into oblivion," Moneta said. "But my target is a very small group of students." He added that he also plans to discuss changing the name of Tailgate to the "Gameday at Duke Experience." DUU President Katelyn Donnelly, a senior, said the Union will use the funding to bring a DJ or live band, which will centralize music and eliminate cars blasting songs from opposite ends of the parking lot. "One of the ideas is getting an '80's and '90's cover band that would play songs that relate to the Tailgate theme," she said. Kantha said he hopes the added regulations will keep rowdy students under control, so people who do not usually venture to the lots on those designated Saturdays will come to Tailgate. "The whole point is that it will be more accessible," he said. "[Tailgate] looks terrible from an outsider's perspective, and we're still trying to make it presentable-make it a more social atmosphere rather than straight debauchery." Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek said the policy changes will be put into effect for the next Tailgate, but it is uncertain if subsequent home games will be handled the same way. "I don't know if we've looked past the Oct. 13 game," she said. "The hope and expectation is that it will go well and continue for the rest of the season." One year after the administration removed all support for Tailgate, Moneta said he believes the new policy will allow the Saturday festivities to succeed and endure. "I'll be pleased to walk through and join in, and I hope students will join me in going to the football game," he added.
Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki will be initiating discussion among students and administrators to evaluate Duke Student Government President Paul Slattery's effort to change undergraduate judicial policy.
A falling goal post injured a student outside the Duke Chapel just before midnight Saturday in the midst of celebration following Duke's 20-14 victory over Northwestern in Evanston, Ill.
A falling goalpost injured a student outside the Duke Chapel just before midnight Saturday in the midst of celebration following Duke's 20-14 victory over Northwestern in Evanston, Ill.
Durham County Emergency Management dispatched a bomb squad to remove potentially explosive material Wednesday from a storage building at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center Wednesday afternoon.
The Interim Report on the Undergraduate Experience at Duke University, a response to months of discussion that followed the recommendations of the Report of the Campus Culture Initiative Steering Committee, will be made public by Provost Peter Lange Thursday.
Attorneys for the three defendants in the Duke lacrosse case proposed a $30-million settlement with the city of Durham, sources close to the case told the Associated Press Friday.
Duke Student Government President Paul Slattery has shared with The Chronicle a document he compiled revealing that the University grants fewer procedural rights explicitly in "The Duke Community Standard in Practice: A Guide for Undergraduates" than both Duke's policy in the 1999-2000 academic year and the judicial codes of several peer institutions.
Testing organizations the College Board and NCS Pearson, Inc. have agreed to pay a total of more than $2.85 million to students whose October 2005 SAT tests were scored incorrectly.
Duke Students for an Ethical Duke, a newly created student organization devoted to eliminating race, gender and class-based prejudices on campus, will be hosting speakers and holding other events in the first few weeks of the academic year.