U.S. News puts Duke at eighth
(08/24/07 4:00am)
Duke remained at No. 8 in this year's edition of the U.S. News & World Report rankings of national universities and colleges.
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Duke remained at No. 8 in this year's edition of the U.S. News & World Report rankings of national universities and colleges.
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President Richard Brodhead announced May 1 the appointment of Phail Wynn, outgoing Durham Technicial Community College president, to a newly created position that will oversee Duke-Durham relations.
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The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is continuing its inquiry into the drug-related delivery of two suspicious packages to campus this week.
A student was arrested Tuesday morning in Craven Quadrangle and another was detained in conjunction with an ongoing drug-trafficking investigation being conducted by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation.
The two candidates running for Duke Student Government vice president of student affairs are quick to note their differences-one has two years of experience as a DSG senator and the other is a younger candidate with a fresh vision.
Duke Student Government unanimously endorsed a soft quota on the number of pages available per student through ePrint set to start Fall 2007 at its weekly meeting Wednesday night.
Several students who were involved in the creation of the Campus Culture Initiative said this week they were disappointed by the lack of student input integrated into the final report.
Duke Student Government unanimously endorsed at its meeting Wednesday a revision of the Duke Community Standard that will face a student referendum as part of the DSG elections April 3.
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The Duke Student Government Senate passed a statute adding a referendum to the Spring 2007 executive elections ballot regarding student activities fee changes at their meeting Wednesday night.
Students in the Fuqua School of Business have spoken out against a new policy that allows "diversity flags" to fly beside the 80 international flags currently hanging in the Fuqua mallway.