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In December, the Arts and Science Council will vote on a proposal to permanently approve an opt-in system for the Student Accessible Course Evaluation System, which provides quantitative data on courses through ACES web. The Council should approve this plan, but should not stop thinking about the issue and refining the system to better serve student needs.
Once upon a time, concerts were commonplace in Cameron. Bands would move in and out of the venerable facility several times each semester, giving students a social outlet in a large, welcoming environment. Then came the renovations, and, in 1997, athletics administrators effectively shut down students' access to Cameron for concerts. Citing the need to protect an expensive new floor, officials mandated that any use of the stadium for concerts or other large events make cumbersome preparations.
Recent financial difficulties plaguing university presses have caused them to cut back on the number of books they publish or even eliminate humanities publishing all together. The trend toward a reduction of and consolidation in publishing has the potential to adversely affect assistant professors seeking tenure, since most humanities departments require young scholars to publish at least one monograph.
Two weeks ago, North Korea admitted it has been covertly running a nuclear weapons program in defiance of a 1994 arms control accord that pledged American and European energy in exchange for a North Korean freeze on nuclear weapons development. That North Korean leaders spend their already-pitiful revenues to build a nuclear program and not to feed a population paralyzed by famine and stagnant economic growth is a human tragedy.
When William Chafe, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences, addressed the Arts and Sciences Council one year ago, he characterized his division's financial outlook as one of "difficult choices." Last Thursday, the task force Chafe charged with examining those choices issued its report, and the options are indeed disheartening. With a projected deficit that could reach $6 million by the 2006 fiscal year, Arts and Sciences may have to choose from among several cuts.
On October 16, a female student in Wannamaker was attacked in her hall's bathroom by a man trying to sexually assault her. Unfortunately, this is not the only bathroom attack Duke has experienced--last spring, a freshman woman reported being sexual assaulted in a Randolph bathroom.
The Executive Committee of the Graduate Faculty is trying to figure out why over one third of graduates students leave Duke without obtaining their doctorate. At a time when the University is investing heavily to recruit candidates for the Graduate School, problems with attrition remain a stumbling block for health of many of the graduate programs.
We, the Editorial Board of The Chronicle, are sick and tired of all the demands made upon us and all the constant criticism about how we never spell-check and can't write. So we're going on strike!
Recent campus construction is leaving few areas of the University untouched by crashing pipes and roaring jackhammers. A new project rerouting air conditioning lines and other utilities around West Campus brings those sounds close to the heart of West, right next to the Wannamaker dormitories. Like West-Edens Link construction over the last two years, this project gives many students an early wake-up call, dragging them from their dreams a few minutes or hours early.
Administrators and students are once again mulling constructing Central Campus bus shelters. The concept of providing shelter for waiting bus riders from rain and other natural elements is, quite simply, far from new, and the placement of shelters near bus stops is long overdue.
Administrators have long been discussed the possibility of adding 50 undergraduate students per class, a plan that has the potential to benefit the University in general and specifically the Pratt School of Engineering.
Under a cloud of ethical questions and scandal, embattled Senator Robert Torricelli, D-N.J., withdrew from this year's Senate race, as polls indicated with little more than a month left before election day that his campaign was in trouble.
When the University released a mission statement entitled "Rebuilding Duke Football," composed by Director of Athletics Joe Alleva, it took the first step toward rebuilding a beleaguered program that has become the joke of Division I football.
When Duke Student Government restructured its work this year to eliminate legislators' individual projects, the idea was to organize work around a committee that could handle larger problems more efficiently. Gone were the days of minor pet projects, and in were efforts to more clearly voice the undergraduate perspective on broad issues. But the stated goals of the vice presidents who head the standing committees lack the ambition they hinted at earlier.
At the request of Provost Peter Lange, a new task force will begin meeting this month to consider the distribution of classes throughout the day and the week for undergraduates.
Over the past several days, Washington, D.C., has hosted the annual meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. As usual, anti-globalization protesters mobilized opposition to these organizations. In stark contrast to protests in April 2000 and in Seattle, these protesters were largely ineffectual and were shut down by a strong security contingent of Washington police. Thankfully, this round of protests did not evolve into a violent raucous like past protests have. Although the validity of the protester complaints is suspect, the main problem with these types of protests in general is the violence they result in.
President George W. Bush advanced several strong arguments when he spent much of the last few weeks criticizing Senate inaction on his homeland security bill. The proposal to create a new Cabinet-level department has the potential to streamline U.S. intelligence gathering and establish some accountability among the helter-skelter collection of agencies currently responsible for U.S. security. Despite the bill's possible drawbacks, the importance of protecting the American people demands a greater priority than the Senate has given the proposal thus far.
Mike Krzyzewski and Gail Goestenkors were the two most famous hosts for a reception held Wednesday at the Washington Duke Inn for U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Dole, Woman's College '58. A gaggle of other prominent Duke administrators and affiliates also served as hosts for the reception, including University Counsel David Adcock, Duke University Health System Chief Financial Officer Kenneth Morris, Annual Fund Executive Committee member Anne Faircloth and former basketball player Jack Marin.
Something's rotten in the City of Medicine. Six months ago, Durham Regional Hospital failed to meet quality standard for federal Medicare and Medicaid funding. Earlier this month, the hospital again failed to meet these quality standards. The initial violations were bad enough, but the fact that the hospital failed to follow up and correct these violations is a huge deal.
The twin labels of inefficiency and ineffectiveness are perennially attached to Duke Student Government, in many cases with good reason. Fractious leadership, uncertain priorities and long meetings with few results have long characterized undergraduate governance, with the exception of a few projects each year. By eliminating legislative individual projects this year, DSG has finally taken a structural step in the right direction.
