Three vendors to join points
(04/29/02 4:00am)
Students will enjoy a wider variety of order-in options next semester when Bread & Kabob, Cafe Parizade and International Delights all join the Merchants-on-Points program.
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Students will enjoy a wider variety of order-in options next semester when Bread & Kabob, Cafe Parizade and International Delights all join the Merchants-on-Points program.
As the school year ends, Graduate and Professional Student Council officers reflect on a year in which they say community building has been their main focus.
The Graduate and Professional Student Council voted Monday to enter discussions on a proposed new regulation of incompletes. The plan suggests adding a "temporary incomplete" option, which--unlike the current policy--does not permanently denote the tardiness on a student's record.
After speaking at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill Tuesday, David Kaczynski, the Unabomber's brother, spoke to a 10-person class at Duke Wednesday, focusing on the class' theme: public apology and reconciliation.
After months of planning, the University has released a parking plan with several significant changes for next year, including the elimination of West Campus spots for off-campus residents and a substantial increase in parking permit costs.
The Graduate and Professional Student Council elected graduate student Rob Saunders as its president Monday night and also selected the entire executive board for the 2002-03 academic year.
The time it takes the average student in most Duke graduate programs to earn his degree has been decreasing this decade, following a national trend.
The Graduate and Professional Student Council approved a minimally modified policy for men's basketball ticket distribution Monday evening.
Two journalism insiders criticized their field for shrinking news space, decreasing real news and increasing corporate ownership Monday night.
At a meeting Monday night, the Graduate and Professional Student Council heard a presentation on next year's transportation changes and offered suggestions about how parking at the University could be improved.
From behind the counter of the Bryan Center McDonald's, then-sophomore Josh Weiner listened to his manager utter what Weiner thinks encompasses his Duke Student Government presidential platform.
In an effort to make the graduate experience about more than studying, the Graduate and Professional Student Council expanded its social initiatives this year, hosting over a dozen social events so far for its constituents.
Graduate students aired their concerns about possible fee increases at Monday night's Graduate and Professional Student Council meeting.
Bill Wood is not someone who sits around and complains. When construction of the new medical student lounge was not progressing after several years of talks, he decided to take action. After being shuffled between administrators, Wood went straight to the architects and together they changed the blueprints on the spot.
Biology graduate student Tomalei Vess is the first to laugh as she coughs "seventh" under her breath when asked her year at the University. But when Vess completes her dissertation--on the topic of development and evolution of ladybug spotting patterns--she hopes to continue serving Duke as the next graduate and professional student young trustee.
After seven years at Duke, Drew Dropkin has seen the University from many perspectives: as an undergraduate, as a law student, as an area coordinator and, of course, as a Duke basketball fan. After graduating this spring, he hopes to use the insights he has gained in a final capacity as the graduate and professional student young trustee.
The Graduate and Professional Student Council Young Trustee Screening Committee announced three finalists for the position Monday, in anticipation of a deciding vote by GPSC Jan. 28.
Master's students received good news Thursday, as the Graduate School announced it only plans to increase their tuition 4.7 percent per year, compared to the 11 percent increase announced earlier in the week. The plan still calls for an 11 percent increase in fees and doctorate student tuition.
Just 10 graduate and professional students have applied for the Young Trustee position that will become vacant at the end of the year, avoiding the need for an initial screening session. GPSC expects to narrow the field to three finalists and select the new trustee by late January.
Graduate and Professional Student Council members vented frustrations about their health insurance plan at Monday night's meeting. Representatives were concerned about several issues, including the costs of care for students' families and the lack of coverage for dental, eye and other preventative services.