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Many people hope to earn a million dollars and then retire, but Eugene McDonald, the University's highest-paid official, achieved those goals in the opposite order. McDonald, the founder and former president of the Duke University Management Company, netted more than $1.7 million from the University for the 2002-03 fiscal year, despite the fact that he hasn't worked at Duke for two and a half years.
Women hoping to join sororities next spring semester may have to rush back to campus early before rushing.
When President-elect Richard Brodhead assumes his new position July 1, he will be entering unfamiliar territory. In addition to managing the University's academics and facilities, the current Dean of Yale College will be the top administrator of Duke University Health System, in spite of having no direct experience in health care.
The top-ranked women's golf team turned the Bryan National Collegiate in Browns Summit, N.C., into the Duke Invitational this weekend, earning a fourteen-stroke victory over the nearest competitor. Three of the tournament's top six finishers were Blue Devils, and sophomore sensation Liz Janangelo won the individual title.
When Connecticut and Duke meet for the eighth time Saturday, the game will resemble many previous Huskies-Blue Devils matchups in two key ways: it will feature some of college basketball's most talented players, and there will be an awful lot on the line. Unsurprisingly, head coaches Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Calhoun are among the last few men pacing the sidelines in this year's NCAA Tournament; it is a familiar situation.
Gregson Davis is the quintessential humanist.
The No. 3 women's tennis team will take on a surging 22nd-ranked Wake Forest squad at 5 p.m. today. The Blue Devils, currently in the midst of an ACC winning streak that encompasses their last 17 dual matches, will host the last team that beat them: the Demon Deacons, almost exactly five years ago. Wake Forest, for its part, is climbing through the national rankings thanks to its most recent victories, over 23rd-ranked Notre Dame and No. 9 North Carolina.
For Brittany Hunter, it was meant to be a gradual reacclimation to competitive play. For the Marquette Golden Eagles, it turned into a frenetic skill clinic at the expense of their season.
RALEIGH -- With a little over six minutes to play in the first half of the men's basketball team's second-round NCAA game against eighth-seeded Seton Hall Saturday, Shavlik Randolph reminded the Pirates why Duke had been awarded a No. 1 seed. The 6-foot-10 forward, who scored eight points on 4-of-5 shooting, gathered up a loose ball on the baseline, leapt up in the air and fully extended himself to the hoop over Seton Hall forward Kelly Whitney. Randolph then threw down a ferocious dunk that pushed the Blue Devil lead to 18. With that play, the sixth man showed the eighth seed why Duke can be in the hunt for its fourth national title when the Blue Devils have all their players in synch.
The regular season is cast aside as teams head into the NCAA Basketball Tournament. A team with a .500 record can advance; an undefeated squad can be sent packing. The only things left over from the regular season come tournament time are the habits formed by a team.
J.J. Redick's shot is capable of making Dick Vitale wax poetic, Maryland fans curse and Cameron Crazies shout until they're hoarse. During the men's basketball team's 96-61 victory over Alabama State, the sophomore marksman's shooting touch was on its way back from parts unknown, where it had spent the last four games. The only question remaining is whether Redick's dead-on precision will be completely effective in time to help the Blue Devils advance through the rest of the NCAA Tournament.
RALEIGH -- Ninth-seeded Arizona (20, 10) has one of the most talented starting lineups in the nation and held a 14-point advantage nearly midway through the second half. Eighth-seeded Seton Hall's (21, 9) leading scorer was out of the game with debilitating lower-leg cramps. But the Pirates' star forward Kelly Whitney came back, and so did his squad, beating the Wildcats 80-76 Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
South Regional
The most highly touted freshman in the country since he walked onto Duke's campus, Luol Deng has been the subject of numerous comparisons to NBA stars. The freshman sensation was initially compared to LeBron James, the Ohio product who was the only high school senior in the country rated higher than Deng. As the season progressed, Deng was likened to Carmelo Anthony, the similarly multi-talented freshman who led Syracuse to the NCAA title in 2003.
During Wednesday night's men's basketball game, a 76-68 loss to No. 19 Georgia Tech, the third-ranked Blue Devils could not match their visitors, who took a victory out of Cameron Indoor Stadium, the first opponents to do so since Maryland defeated Duke in 2001, also on Senior Night.
The Florida State Seminoles might be best known for the famous "tomahawk chop" chant their fans use during football games. But the men's basketball team has been making some noise in the ACC this season. The No. 4 Blue Devils (23-3, 11-2 in the ACC) hope to pull off a sweep Sunday at 8 p.m. against the surprising Seminoles (18-10, 6-8) as the teams square off in Tallahassee for their second meeting of the year.
Westside Connection's recent release Terrorist Threats strives to be a party record with political overtones, or vice versa. The trio comprised of Ice Cube, WC and Mack 10, has a lot more to offer the dance team than the debate team. The complex and varied beats combine with the shoutable lyrics to make the album a strong example of gangsta rap. But with the more politicized rhymes, the trio emphasizes a grievously ill-conceived interpretation of the terrorist attacks on America as just a different sort of acceptable gangsta violence. This sentiment, in addition to getting them kicked out of Toby Keith's weekly poker game, fails to give their simple and infectious lyrics anything to wrap themselves around.
Like high socks on the basketball court, kegs on campus and corporal punishment in public education, Sam Fisher belongs to the old school. The former frontman of the Duke-frequenting rock-soul outfit Weekend Excursion, Fisher is now at work on a full-length solo album in Georgia, and his tour brings him to Carrboro's GO! Rm. 4 club tonight ($6, 9 p.m.).
Herb Sendek and his North Carolina State men's basketball players know how to beat Duke; they don't have to prove that fact to anyone after their 78-74 victory over the No. 1 Blue Devils last night. But there are a lot of teams out there with something to prove: Valparaiso, the rest of the ACC, and any team who might face Duke in the NCAA Tournament. Fortunately for these teams, Sendek and the Wolfpack left a blueprint for anyone hoping to defeat Coach K's squad. The Blue Devils are not a team with a visible Achilles' heel; neither its early-season loss to Purdue nor its failure to dispatch N.C. State can be ascribed to any one factor. Rather, there are several steps to beating Duke.
For many college students, a road trip signifies piling into a van for a fun-filled journey which involves sleeping on someone's futon and living hand to mouth for a few days. For the women's basketball team, it means a four day itinerary which included Monday's 78-60 drubbing of Clemson and concludes today at Florida State (10-10, 3-6 in the ACC), as the No. 2 Blue Devils hope to continue their perfect ACC record against a tough Seminoles team.
