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A select portion of the endowment funds are disbursed each year in alignment with Duke’s needs. The “spending rate” for a given year is always 5.5% of the average value of the endowment over the prior three years.
ADPi Grand Council is working with Duke and the Panhellenic Association to create a “right to return agreement” for the chapter to be re-established at a time that is “mutually beneficial,” according to the memo.
QuadEx is intended to build community without the “abrupt challenges that were associated with rush—which frankly, dismantled a lot of the community that was built on East Campus for so many years."
“We’re being educated all our lives, whether it’s from a sage or whether it’s from a child,” Amaresh said. “I would love to educate, to share the knowledge [with] non-Hindu students or faculty, or anybody who’s interested. It’s a great learning experience for all of us to step into another community and see how they practice and what their beliefs are.”
Butler contended that racialized Christian doctrine, along with the sacralization of virginity and purity in the 19th century, laid the groundwork for the modern evangelical movement.
More than 96% of Duke’s workforce is fully vaccinated—but “if you include those who have had the first dose, that number is closer to 97%.”
Duke’s annual family weekend is just around the corner. Not sure what events to take your parents to? No worries: traditional events, like “student for a day” lectures, shows and campus tours, are on the calendar.
A variety of snacks and other food products are available at the Lobby Shop on West Campus and the East Campus Store. But for some products, it may be worth making the trek to Harris Teeters instead—or even checking out Perkins Library.
What fitness classes are available at Duke? How can you become an instructor for a group workout? Here's how you can get involved in Recreation & Physical Education.
“In theory, I think that it’s a good idea, but I don't think it is effective in practice,” first-year Ayush Jain said. “My card doesn’t get deactivated in most cases, but sometimes it does. It’s arbitrary how it works.”
The new undergraduate course evaluation form has 12 questions, a new section for teaching assistant evaluations and a new preamble that will be intended to help students understand the purpose behind the evaluations and to commit to limiting their biases. The Council also heard a proposal for a new certificate program called Digital Intelligence.
Duke Student Government heard a mid-semester finance report for campus organizations and approved new line monitor rules in its Wednesday meeting.
When confronted with a menu full of raised prices, it can feel impossible to eat healthy food at Duke without spending more than your food plan allows. The Chronicle compiled a list of little-known ways to get more bang for your buck at some of West Campus’ dining locations.
Duke has relaxed COVID-19 restrictions due to the low prevalence of cases on campus, according to a Wednesday evening email.
Precautions include tour groups being explicitly instructed to not enter buildings. Masks are also required throughout the duration of the tour.
Staying awake through your 8:30 a.m. lecture is no easy task. If you’re a food point millionaire and need some energy, here are some extravagant (and rather sweet) coffee options for you.
Co-founders Chinmay Amin and Max Wyatt, both sophomores, recognized the lack of a strong and active pre-law organization at Duke and hoped to form a community for their pre-law peers.
The start time for registering for the walk-up line, which originally began at the end of the previous game, is now at the discretion of the line monitors and will be communicated at least 24 hours before the start of registration.
In analyzing only the trash and recycling bins, Duke Student Government members found that some 40 to 50% of waste in any given bin is missorted. In other words, almost half of a given recycling bin’s contents from the Bryan Center Plaza should actually be landfilled.
“Deer herd reduction is a critical stewardship activity that significantly contributes to our primary objective of ensuring that the Duke Forest remains a teaching, research and natural asset well into the future,” reads the Duke Forest Website.
