Election marred by absences
By Carmen Augustine | April 14, 2010A lack of communications left some candidates out of the Graduate and Professional Student Council’s Board of Trustees committee elections Tuesday evening.
A lack of communications left some candidates out of the Graduate and Professional Student Council’s Board of Trustees committee elections Tuesday evening.
In a meeting Tuesday, the Duke Student Government Judiciary ruled that a second extension of the campaign packet deadline was constitutional—validating the applications of 13 candidates previously...
Junior Metty Fisseha and sophomore Yingyi Shen will join the race for the position of Duke Student Government vice president for athletics and campus services.
John Burness will return to Lancaster, Pa. to lead his alma mater, Franklin & Marshall College, this summer. Burness will begin a one-year term as interim president of Franklin & Marshall July 1,...
Alex Perwich likes to be clear that he has no bias when it comes to the Tobacco Road rivalry.
Despite his current role as a Durham and regional affairs senator, freshman Chris Brown hopes to start addressing issues pertaining to another part of the University. Brown is the only candidate...
Students looking for ways to get active outside of varsity sports will have new options, thanks to the Duke Department of Campus Recreation.
The new Central Campus eatery, Devil’s Bistro, is going strong—serving approximately 1,320 meals since its opening Friday, said Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst.
If critically acclaimed author Jonathan Safran Foer adheres to one writing rule, it is to avoid any rules on writing.
Freshman Gurdane Bhutani was never involved in student government during high school, but when he came to Duke, he saw problems he wanted to help address.
Since campaigning for the second round of Duke Student Government elections began last week, campus has seen an increase in flyers and Facebook groups advertising students seeking Senate, vice...
Archbishop Walter Paul Khotso Makhulu brought insights on leadership and faith to a conversation in the Divinity School Friday afternoon.
The long-awaited Devil’s Bistro restaurant and Mill Village on Central Campus is finally open after months of construction and delays.
The Organization of American Historians selected William Chafe, Alice Mary Baldwin professor of history, to receive the 2010 Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award. The honor recognizes...
Climate change was a hot topic on Duke’s campus Thursday evening.
This year is Kaveh Danesh’s first year as an academic affairs senator, but he doesn’t want it to be his last in DSG.
At their meeting Thursday, members of Campus Council reflected on accomplishments of the past year and looked to the future.
William Walker, James B. Duke professor emeritus of physics, passed away Thursday morning at the Duke Home Care and Hospice, after a nearly 20-year battle with skin cancer. He was 86 years old.
In the memory of former Duke professor and acclaimed historian John Hope Franklin, experts on race from across the country have gathered on Duke’s campus for a three-day event titled “From Slavery...
Despite leaving public office in 2001, Al Gore still knows how to work a crowd. Although Gore opened his speech with a few humorous stories from his political career, he spent most of his talk...