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Corporate workers take their lunch break at a local cafe. Upscale boutiques breathe new life into old tobacco warehouses. Residents stroll to their downtown apartments after a Broadway show late at night.
Using a famous photo of three firefighters raising a flag over ground zero as a template, officials in New York City had planned to erect a statue memorializing their 343 comrades who died when the World Trade Center collapsed last September. That plan became controversial when planners suggested superimposing a black firefighter and a Latino firefighter over the two of the actual firefighters--all of whom are white.
After a tumultuous summer at the Primate Center during which its director left and its very future was left in doubt, officials there and at the University level have taken commendable steps in recent months toward re-establishing research at the facility.
President George W. Bush's first year in office seemingly began Sept. 11. The attacks dramatically changed the American mindset--to the point that anything before them seems distant and vaguely important--and provided a unifying platform to lift Bush's popularity.
As some high school seniors rushed to complete their Duke application by last Monday's extended deadline, others had already learned their fates one month earlier. One-third of the Class of 2006 was selected in December, and the rest--regular decision applicants--will wait until April. Although the University seems likely to keep the early decision in place, all schools should reconsider these programs.
For over a decade, the University has proudly touted its prioritizing diversity. Programs such as the Black Faculty Initiative have demonstrated a commitment to boosting black faculty recruitment; projects such as next year's residential life plan show administrators' desire to bring together what has historically been a racially segregated campus. As the University continues its efforts, it should take a closer look at one racially divided tradition right under its nose: sorority rush.
Although fans may enjoy watching college basketball on television Sunday evenings and the participating schools will doubtlessly welcome the contract's money, Fox Sports' newly scheduled ACC matchups represent another sign of academics' giving way to athletics.
In 1996, a federal court ruling banned affirmative action in Texas colleges, forcing a substantial change in their admissions policies. Five years later, officials at Texas A&M University are eliciting criticism once again after broadening their new policy. Currently, the institution guarantees admission to the top 10 percent of each high school class in the state; it now plans to admit the top 20 percent in each of 250 schools chosen based on their high dropout rates, limited English proficiency and low passage rates on a statewide achievement test. Opponents say that by targeting predominantly minority schools, A&M has tried to circumvent the rules against affirmative action. That is exactly what it has done, but rather than be condemned, A&M should be praised for trying to overcome a ruling that banned such an effective and necessary tool.
Final exams overshadowed a controversy that began brewing with a Dec. 6 e-mail from Professor of Cell Biology Michael Reedy to three Pakistani students inquiring into internship opportunities at the University. Reedy's words--"It is not worth our trouble to try to determine if you are a well-disguised terrorist or a real learning-motivated student"--are inappropriate and unacceptable conduct that displays outright ignorance.
With Larry Moneta at its helm, the Division of Student Affairs is set for a major reorganization--one that most notably creates a new assistant vice president for campus life while also consolidating all housing services under one dean. The plan, which neatly makes each nook and cranny accountable to one of seven offices, represents a positive step for a division that for too long has been plagued by overlap and inefficiency.
In the latest step to improve admissions and financial aid, President Nan Keohane charged a committee of top administrators to look at the way the Office of Undergraduate Admissions presents Duke to prospective applicants. That the University is willing to re-evaluate its image is a step in the right direction, and administrators must also simultaneously consider what kind of students it wants to attract to Duke.
Airport security has garnered significant attention over the past four months as officials scurry to prevent another hijacking. In the zeal to ensure passenger safety, emotions have run high and on Christmas Day, those emotions culminated in an ugly incident--the removal of Arab-American Walied Shater, a Secret Service agent, from an American Airlines flight.
'Twas the night before finals and all through the college, All the students were scurrying, cramming for knowledge. The banners were hung up in Cameron with care, In hopes that a fourth championship soon would rest there.
Facing a budget deficit, the Graduate School acted pre-emptively to stem that shortfall earlier this week by raising tuition almost $8,000 over the next three years. Although the annual 10 to 11 percent increases may cause problems for some graduate students, the action was necessary to secure the overall financial stability of the school.
No one can condone the reprehensible acts of terrorism that struck Israel over the weekend. Conducted in the name of liberating Palestinians, a bus bomb and the nail-containing shrapnel of two suicide bombings left 25 people dead and over 150 injured. Unfortunately, tensions between the two groups are now boiling over--washing away past gains toward peace.
With residential planning's proceeding toward implementation, Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta has expanded his efforts to different areas--among them, renovations to the Bryan Center and the development of what he calls a "village" for student life. Although administrators have long discussed the direction of the facility, little progress has been made over the years; Moneta's arrival along with the Board of Trustees' approval of a parking deck and new building earlier this year make clear that Duke may be headed for major, and much-needed, change.
The University's new residential life plan focuses upon quadrangle unity, combining groups--fraternities, selective houses and independents--into cohesive living communities. Administrators plan to provide an array of basic student services in each of these quads as an efficient way of reaching students. Consistent with this philosophy, officials are shifting oversight for funding of dormitory events away from house councils to the now more powerful residential quad councils.
Admissions catalogs often report student-faculty ratios and college rankings often take them into account. Some students believe that a low ratio implies a large amount of faculty-student interaction as they seek out institutions where academic discourse and mentoring are prized. Unfortunately, these touted statistics do not reveal the true climate on campus, particularly Duke's environment, where relationships between professors and their pupils often fail to extend beyond the classroom.
Sept. 11's terrorist attacks left a poignant sense of outrage that terrorists were capable of enacting such destruction on the United States and also a feeling that the country must respond to protect its values and its national sovereignty.
In the aftermath of Sept. 11, the Bush administration has pushed through a series of laws, revisions to federal regulations and executive orders ranging from tougher immigration restrictions to more leeway in detaining non-citizens. But perhaps the most offensive and misguided change yet has been the executive order allowing non-citizen civilians suspected of terrorism to be tried in military tribunals. Not only does the move represent a complete lack of faith in the judicial and legislative branches, but it also demonstrates a deep, unfounded mistrust of non-citizens.
