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The University's recent decision to close the kosher kitchen at the Freeman Center for Jewish Life is a necessary one, since the kitchen was losing over a $100,000 per year. Nevertheless, this is an unfortunate event, especially for those students who choose to remain kosher and who will no longer have a viable on-campus eatery after this semester.
The two candidates running for the office of Duke Student Government vice president for student affairs--sophomore Mimi Wachendorf and sophomore Elizabeth Dixon--have very different conceptions of what the Student Affairs Committee's role next year should be. Wachendorf views it as a body that sets policy, whereas Dixon wants it to directly get involved in programming.
Last week, The Wall Street Journal ran a story detailing Duke's admissions practices, which grant 3 to 5 percent of the student body admission not based on their academic or other personal qualifications but solely because of their family's wealth or connections. That is, out of every entering class, between 45 and 75 students are admitted because their parents are rich.
In response to the rapidly changing nature of global Christianity, a hiring blitz and the evolving role of divinity schools in shaping those who will become clergy in local churches and top scholars in Christian theology, the Divinity School is aiming to shake up its core curriculum for students.
A recent study conducted by Medical Center researchers based partly on a survey of 772 Duke undergraduates has some very disturbing results. In an unsurprising statistic, considering the alcohol-dominated social scene on campus, 74.2 percent of students reported having drank alcohol within the past two weeks. But what is frightening is that of those students, 9.4 percent report having drank so much in the past two weeks that they have blacked out. Moreover, 51 percent of students reported that they have blacked out at least once in their lives.
Two weeks ago, the North Carolina House of Representatives took the historic step of electing two representatives--one Republican and one Democrat--to share the position of Speaker of the House, marking the first time since 1866 that the position has been shared between two people.
School of Nursing plans to begin a doctoral program as soon as 2005 will add a distinct element of research to the school, which is currently heavily based in the vocational training of nurses. Plans for a doctoral program to train nurses as scientists and give the school a greater research component are most welcome, and promise to make the school a more integral part of this research university.
The Washington Duke Inn's policy of charging an automatic 19 percent gratuity for students paying with points is an unfair policy that needs to stop. Fortunately, the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee will vote Monday on a resolution on whether the policy should continue, and although DUSDAC's resolution will only be a recommendation and non-binding, it will carry important sway with administrators. DUSDAC should declare that the current tipping policy is unfair and recommend one where students can decide for themselves how much tip to leave.
In what has become a tired refrain for this year's Duke Student Government, Wednesday's general body meeting ended with petty personal politics preventing DSG from accomplishing much of anything of substance.
Duke's School of Medicine is clearly one of the best medical schools in the nation, with a superb faculty that produces excellent research. But other than its superior quality in scholarship, the medical school is also noteworthy for its rather unique curriculum, which differs from the curriculum of almost every other top medical school.
The arrival of Sheila Curran as the latest director of the Career Center has brought alongside it several ideas for improving career-finding and job-placement services for undergraduates.
In the aftermath of the Columbia space shuttle tragedy a week and a half ago, one thing is clear: The space shuttle program is outdated, unsafe and NASA must stop funding it.
Last week, Secretary of State Colin Powell went before the U.N. Security Council to present evidence that Saddam Hussein was in material breach of numerous U.N. resolutions and to make the case for war against Iraq. Powell's case was convincing, and the U.S.--with or without the U.N.--should be ready to go to war soon, knowing that it is both necessary and just.
The federal budget President George W. Bush sent to Congress this Monday would mean a return to large deficits for the next several years. Important parts of the budget include expanding the military, a new social entitlement and tax cuts now and in the future designed to stimulate the economy. But, despite the undesirability of deficits in general, in the current economic and political situation, deficits are both necessary and expected.
Recently released plans for the renovation of Central show a promising vision for the University that will turn the currently rundown backwater that is Central into an integral part of the campus.
In September 2001, administrators instituted a system of self-regulating party monitoring to improve security at on-campus parties.
In a Washington Post column last week, Stuart Rojstaczer, associate professor hydrology, presented evidence of grade inflation over the past three decades at Duke and about 30 other universities. Unsurprisingly, the data show that the average Duke GPA has jumped since 1969 from a 2.79 to a 3.33.
There are many steps to be taken before peace is reached in the Middle East, but divestment from Israel is not one of them.
Wednesday, President George W. Bush gave his third State of the Union address to the nation. Although the speech focused more on what Bush wants to accomplish in the future rather than what his administration has done in the past year, it was nevertheless an encouraging restatement of many of Bush's top priorities, domestic and international.
When Duke Student Government and the Intercommunity Council jointly convene tonight to choose the next undergraduate young trustee, they will be selecting someone for a position that carries tremendous responsibility. The next three years promise to be a critical time for the Board of Trustees, as it monitors the progress of a long-range plan that addresses everything from facilities to residential life to the University's academic priorities.
