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(11/22/02 5:00am)
Members of Congress will gather today to give final approval to the new homeland security department, a long overdue reorganization of law enforcement agencies that should eventually result in a safer America. First proposed by Democrats after Sept. 11, the bill evolved into a bipartisan effort that--while at times plagued by bickering and underhanded legislative moves--revolutionizes the government's ability to gather and interpret security information.
(11/20/02 5:00am)
Last week, Campus Council discussed the possibility of putting cameras at the entrances to every dorm, but wisely decided to delay its decision to allow for further discussion of the proposal among the University community. When Campus Council next considers the issue of cameras, it should reject them since cameras would be ineffectual in creating a safer campus atmosphere. Rather, there are several other concrete steps that the University with Campus Council's support should undertake immediately that would lead to vastly improved safety.
(11/19/02 5:00am)
With over 300 clubs, the University is long overdue in looking at reducing the number of chartered student organizations on campus. Although there are benefits to having a large number of clubs, there simply is not enough money or manpower at the University to support the current number.
(11/18/02 5:00am)
Two years after the University was assessed punitive damages of $2 million for discriminating against Heather Sue Mercer--a woman who tried out for a position as placekicker on the football team in 1995--based on her gender, the U.S. Court of Appeals has overturned those punitive damages.
(11/15/02 5:00am)
Last month, the University approved a reorganization of the English department's curriculum, trying to model it in part on the freshman FOCUS program with a cluster of courses grouped around a specific topic.
(11/14/02 5:00am)
The recent decision by Kappa Sigma fraternity to disaffiliate itself in the face of irreconcilable pressures from both the University and its national organization is the latest in a series of administrative signals that even the least socially-conscious undergraduate understands--Duke's greek-dominated social scene is changing.
(11/13/02 5:00am)
Last Tuesday, during the middle of the tumultuous mid-term elections, Harvey Pitt, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, submitted his resignation to President George W. Bush, thereby ending one portion of the drama that has entangled the SEC over the past several years of Pitt's reign.
(11/12/02 5:00am)
Last week, the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution demanding that Iraq allow weapons inspectors in to search for weapons of mass destruction. What is remarkable about the resolution, and a testament to the efforts and Secretary of State Colin Powell, is the unanimity of the resolution, which even Syria, an Arab-nation backed.
(11/11/02 5:00am)
This weekend, the University commemorated the 30th anniversary of the merger of the Woman's College and Trinity College, providing the Duke community an opportunity to reflect upon the progress toward gender equity that has been made at the University and the work that remains to be done in order to ensure equity between the sexes.
(11/08/02 5:00am)
In the wake of the recent sniper shootings in the Washington, D.C. area, many people have suggested a national system of ballistic fingerprinting for firearms, where the unique marks that gun barrels leave upon fired bullets are recorded and kept in a national database. Then, when a crime is committed, the ballistics evidence collected at the crime scene can be compared to the information stored within the database, providing investigators with a powerful tool to help narrow down suspects and catch criminals.
(11/07/02 5:00am)
As the dust settles from Tuesday's midterm elections and Republicans storm into Senate control, the nation is headed for two years of unified Republican leadership. The GOP's sweep of contested Senate, House and gubernatorial races was nearly complete, as they gained control of the upper chamber and won a few additional seats in the House. Of the few highly watched races that the Democrats' did win, the result tended to be far closer than expected; Gov. Gray Davis' re-election in California was just one telling example.
(11/06/02 5:00am)
For the first time, this fall, ACES Web will enforce prerequisites in economics courses for undergraduates, as administrators ponder requiring even more prerequisites for advanced classes.
(11/05/02 5:00am)
Today's election is an extremely important one for both North Carolina and the nation, and voters here have the potential to significantly outcome the control of the U.S. Senate, since the race between Elizabeth Dole and Erskine Bowles is so close and control of the Senate hinges on each election.
(11/04/02 5:00am)
Now that Jesse Helms is leaving the U.S. Senate, the door is open for a new candidate to step in and represent the state. Tomorrow, North Carolina voters have a choice between Elizabeth Dole and Erskine Bowles, and the choice is clear: Elizabeth Dole is the right person to represent North Carolina in the Senate.
(11/01/02 5:00am)
David Price, a political science professor on leave from Duke, has served North Carolina's Fourth District admirably since he was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1986, and voters should send him back to Washington for another term in next Tuesday's election.
(10/31/02 5:00am)
Next week, the Interfraternity Council is making changes to the rush process. Although these changes are minor overall, they also seem to be an attempt to change the nature of fraternity rush and make it into something it isn't.
(10/30/02 5:00am)
Every now and then a university community needs to be reminded of its mission. That is, not just the specific goals of educating the population and advancing knowledge through research, but the broader idea of contributing to society's values. And so President Nan Keohane's use of her annual faculty address to discuss universities' moral authority was a welcome reminder of how Duke can make a difference in society. As institutions with vast intellectual resources, universities can and should exercise their clout when they see fit.
(10/29/02 5:00am)
Last week, the University announced that it had found what it has sought for two years--a director of the Institute for Genome Science and Policy.
(10/28/02 5:00am)
Minnesota has long been home to colorful politicians--from Harold Stassen to Hubert Humphrey and, more recently, Gov. Jesse Ventura. Minnesota and the United States lost one of that rare breed Friday--a pioneer of political originality[--when an airplane carrying Sen. Paul Wellstone, along with his wife, daughter and some of his top aides, crashed amid a storm.
(10/25/02 4:00am)
With the West-Edens Link residents settling in and the new dorm's McClendon Tower becoming a hub of student activity, residential planners are considering how to fill the tower's upper floors. These planners are faced with the exciting challenge of making the WEL's currently open spaces into permanent, student-oriented spaces that make McClendon tower a center of student life at Duke.
