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Last Tuesday, the North Carolina House of Representatives voted against holding a referendum on whether the state should have a lottery. This vote is an anathema to democracy and is a major setback for this state's educational aspirations.
Departing from a long tradition, Head Line Monitor Jeremy Morgan will be accepting applications from students who wish to serve as line monitors for Krzyzewskiville this basketball tenting season. Past head line monitors have generally selected their friends to be line monitors, a most undesirable form of favoritism.
The Panhellenic Council has decided to institute several changes to the recruitment process. These changes are steps in the right direction. The three major changes are: 1) Increasing the number of recruitment counselors from one to two; 2) Organizing recruitment groups based alphabetically, not by halls; and 3) Changing the way in which space points are allocated to sororities.
The Duke Hospital is facing labor troubles again; this time in court. Although the facts are not yet clear, Duke Hospital's history with unionization gives concern.
The Miss America Pageant--which allegedly forced former Miss North Carolina Rebekah Revels to resign her title in July because her former boyfriend bragged to pageant officials that he possessed topless pictures of her--needs to delineate between public qualifications and irrelevant private activities. Chances are most of the contestants have at some point taken their top off, yet this does not mean that they are either bad people or unable to balance a crown on their head.
Seniors searching for jobs were the biggest winners Friday when they learned Duke placed fourth in the U.S. News and World Report's annual rankings of undergraduate institutions, up from eighth last year.
Last week, President George W. Bush addressed the United Nations on the threat Iraq poses with its possession of biological, chemical and possibly nuclear weapons.
Florida markets itself as a tourist haven and a mecca for fun and entertainment. Unfortunately, the whole state continues to be a punchline.
Alcohol awareness may no longer dominate campus discussion the way it did in past years, but the way the University addresses--or doesn't address--alcohol is intertwined with nearly every student issue. Student safety, quad programming and reforming residential life are all touched by the administration's regulation of the sale and distribution of alcohol, oversight of events where alcohol is present and punishment of those found in violation of the rules.
While students weren't looking, the administration made a change to the residential hall access policy, banning off-campus students from any access to on-campus dorms. Administrators never asked for student input before instituting this policy change and did not inform them when the new policy became effective.
One year ago, al Qaeda terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people, part of a horrific day that changed the face of America. Even a year later, the memories of that day remain etched in the American conscience, and its impact still reverberates.
The University lost one of its truest friends, most illustrious alumni and most generous benefactors last week when Edmund Pratt, Engineering '47, died of cancer Thursday night in New York City at the age of 75. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Rhodes Pratt, and two sons, Randolf, of Plandome, N.Y., and Keith, of Brighton, Mich.
Less than a year has passed since several reports of sexual assaults against students reawakened the Duke community to the dangers of such attacks, and two more reminders have come all too early this year. Last weekend, an 18-year-old visitor reported being raped on campus by a student she apparently knew, and last Thursday a student reported that a man armed with a gun broke into her home and raped her. Police officials say the cases appear unrelated, and no one has been charged yet in either case, but the alleged incidents should serve as a warning as well as a call to action.
Seniors might remember the Ocean, a giant parking lot that used to exist where the West-Edens Link now stands. The ocean made a triumphant return to campus Sunday night, when the new dormitory flooded, turning numerous students into refugees.
Next week, a new task force appointed by Provost Peter Lange will begin the daunting challenge of shaping a vision for faculty diversity after the Black Faculty Strategic Initiative expires in fall 2003. Increasing the representation of female and minority professors within the academy remains as much a priority as it did when the BFSI began nine years ago, and so it is refreshing that the administration is planning with strong direction in advance. Likewise, it is encouraging that the University is moving beyond a black-white outlook to diversify its faculty; black scholars are not the only individuals whom the University would do well to recruit in greater numbers; as a campus with a diverse student population, a similarly diverse faculty with a variety of cultural and intellectual backgrounds can more fully enrich Duke's educational experience.
One week from today is the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, and like the rest of the nation, the University will commemorate the anniversary in its own way. The University's plans for Sept. 11, which were released last week, are somber, respectful and elegant.
Saddam Hussein is a ruthless dictator and a threat to the United States, Israel and his own people. He might have weapons of mass destruction and is willing to use them, and this is precisely why we should not invade Iraq and not provoke this maniac into unleashing his destructive capabilities.
Last week's twin announcements that Duke has renewed contracts with Mt. Olive Pickle Company and the New Era Cap Company were the latest installment in the University's ongoing struggle to improve working conditions at companies with Duke contracts. Possibly ending two protracted conflicts over workers' rights, this latest news brings a mix of victory and disappointment.
This summer has seen a ravaging of the western United States by a series of wildfires. Over 20 wildfires have burned about 4 million acres of forest in Oregon, California, Arizona and other states. The damage to the forests alone is double that of average years, and the fires have consumed or endangered hundreds of homes. Disasters of this scale require not only thousands of firefighters and other personnel, but also demand a long-term plan for preventing similar fires in the future.
On Tuesday, the U.S. International Trade Commission voted against imposing new tariffs on countries accused of dumping steel into the United States. The decision follows President George W. Bush's announcement last week that the administration will allow hundreds of exemptions to a different set of steel tariffs that went into effect this past March. While these decisions fight protectionism, they do not go far enough.
