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(03/21/02 5:00am)
Today, President Nan Keohane will announce whether the University will continue to boycott pickles produced by the Mt. Olive Pickle Company. For five years, Dining Services has refused to buy from the corporation, and, for the past five months, Duke Stores has not stocked its products. Given the allegations of unfair labor practices in connection with the company and its inadequate response, Keohane should continue the boycotts.
(03/20/02 5:00am)
Like many other school districts around the country, Wake County has bused low-income students to schools in more affluent areas. Recently, however, school administrators have decided to make such reassignments work both ways and announced a plan to increase enrollment in two schools located in low-income areas by busing children from higher-income neighborhoods.
(03/19/02 5:00am)
Last year, the Graduate School warned that it may consider cutting small doctoral programs struggling to keep themselves afloat. Officials are wisely considering this option for the Department of Germanic Studies and Literature, which received a paltry four applications this year. Since the program began in 1992, just five people have completed their work. These are signs that the University must improve the program if it is to be a viable academic offering.
(03/18/02 5:00am)
Under a recent honor council proposal, students would be able to excuse themselves from class if they are ill by simply writing a letter to their professor and dean, an idea that nobly tries to advance the honor code. Unfortunately, the proposed system is inextricably flawed by a misunderstanding of both Duke culture and human nature, at large. In a utopia, trusting students to report their illnesses would be fitting and realistic, but the apple of pretending to be ill or exaggerating a cold is simply too tempting. This sort of struggle with honesty is not peculiar to particularly dishonorable students, but rather common to any large group.
(03/08/02 5:00am)
Five years from now, a rash of crime strikes the University. The Chronicle has the exclusive details of these future acts of malice....
(03/07/02 5:00am)
Last week, ESPN broadcast two pieces that called into question Duke's reputation for having a basketball team that excels both on the court as well as in the classroom.
(03/06/02 5:00am)
Despite its location between East and West campuses and its proximity to the city, Central Campus has been anything but a central part of the University. Part of the campus' problem lies in its being spread across a large area with few unifying factors; other than the aging apartments, Uncle Harry's and some tennis and basketball courts, Central's current setup offers few incentives. Luckily, administrators are tackling this issue quickly and have plans to reinvent the campus.
(03/05/02 5:00am)
Fraternity pledging can be one of the most memorable, friendship-building experiences a college student can have. From trekking out on scavenger hunts to serving older brothers, most pledge tasks are harmless and performed on a goodwill "what goes around, comes around" ethos.
(03/04/02 5:00am)
Nobody wants to feel like he is receiving biased treatment. To this end, the Office of Institutional Equity is rightly examining a policy regarding dating between students and professors, as well as consensual relationships in all superior-subordinate cases.
(03/01/02 5:00am)
In 1980, the country's leaders wisely authorized the creation of the Superfund, a program that appropriately burdens polluting corporations with taxes to pay for industrial waste cleanup. The fund has subsequently been used to clean about 30 percent of 1,551 sites on the Environmental Protection Agency's national priority list. Unfortunately, though, Congress let the taxes expire in 1995, causing the fund to dwindle from $3.8 billion in 1996 to a projected $28 million this year. And President George W. Bush has imprudently decided not to pursue the taxes and to designate fewer sites for restoration.
(02/28/02 5:00am)
As midterm exams and spring break mark the halfway point of the semester, students are also facing another key event: today's Duke Student Government elections. With such incidents as the young trustee debacle and President C.J. Walsh's naming a surgeon general whose sole qualifications were being a smoker and a fraternity member, the organization has suffered considerable embarrassment in this less-than-banner year.
(02/27/02 5:00am)
This Thursday, voters will head to the polls to choose from the strongest field of Duke Student Government presidential candidates in recent memory. With a breadth of experience across the University and ideas that will truly help the student body, all candidates should pursue further involvement in campus politics, regardless of the race's outcome.
(02/26/02 5:00am)
Only one candidate is now in the race for Duke Student Government executive vice president, and thankfully, that candidate is a mature, charismatic student who will grow well into the position.
(02/26/02 5:00am)
From implementation of the new residential system to student group organization, the next Duke Student Government vice president for student affairs will have a full agenda of undergraduate issues; these matters go along with the recurring issues of race relations and campus safety. Of the field's two strong candidates, junior Troy Clair is the more thorough, effective and experienced leader.
(02/25/02 5:00am)
In Thursday's Duke Student Government executive elections, students have one clear choice to be the next vice president for community interaction.
(02/25/02 5:00am)
Only one candidate in the race for Duke Student Government vice president for academic affairs demonstrates the necessary experience and know-how to take the position: junior Lyndsay Beal.
(02/22/02 5:00am)
Although the University does not typically have an overflow of teaching assistants, it has recently run into a severe shortage. As administrators decide how to proceed, they must ensure that departments use quality TAs, who serve as invaluable information sources and also sometimes take on incredible responsibility such as running labs.
(02/22/02 5:00am)
In an organization with 50 legislators and almost 20 cabinet members, experience at the University should be a prerequisite for any Duke Student Government executive position. For vice president of facilities and athletics, only one candidate brings that experience to the table.
(02/21/02 5:00am)
Nearly two years after Duke reached an agreement with the Department of Justice to make the campus more accessible to the disabled, many changes have been put in progress, but the Americans with Disabilities Act still requires more permanent improvements.
(02/21/02 5:00am)
Administrators recently announced they would pay the difference between doubles with and without air conditioning on West Campus for those sophomores who elect to live in linked housing. The policy will not only boost the University's new plan for residential life by helping create a more inclusive community, but it will also begin to eliminate the financial disparity that often results in on-campus socioeconomic segregation.
