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Conference to look at bullying

Enduring harassment from the school bully may seem like just another undesirable experience that goes along with growing up, but some experts point to more serious impacts later in life that make...


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Professor speaks on sexual assault

In an informal talk Wednesday, Charlotte Pierce-Baker, associate research professor of women's studies and author of Surviving the Silence: Black Women's Stories of Rape, stressed the importance of...


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University considers limiting groups

Duke's admissions office has long attempted to sell the University to prospective students as a place where starting a club is as easy as walking into the Duke Student Government office and...


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Nurse claims bias in firing

A former nurse has accused Duke University Hospital of firing her because of her support of unionization, just months after another nurse sued the Hospital for the same grievance.


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Task force to examine funding system

As students and administrators consider the University's capacity to support a growing number of clubs and organizations, Duke Student Government has created a task force to examine the underlying...


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Chafe calls faculty cuts overstated

Eliminating 50 faculty positions over the next five years is a worst-case scenario for dealing with a projected Arts and Sciences budget deficit, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences William...


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Minority presence on West increases

The percentage of black and Asian or Asian-American students living on West Campus increased predictably since last year, the Office of Residential Life and Housing Services reported in annual...


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Empowering Feminists

"Feminists--both women and men, girls and boys--are the majority, but this majority must be empowered," proclaims the website of the Feminist Majority Foundation.


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Group hopes to spur Iraq debate

Members of Iraq and US, a new working group comprised of faculty members, staff, students and administrators, met for their fourth weekly meeting Monday night to discuss ways to engage the Duke...


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Grad school offers more information

As the Graduate School continues to look at ways to reduce attrition rates, graduate school officials have signed off on a pilot program that will evaluate attrition rates in late-year students and...


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Task force examines club advising

In an attempt to address long-standing concerns about weak and inconsistent advising for student organizations, administrators have established a task force to examine the current system.


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Convenience and community

Senior Dave Russell has to duck his head when he walks into his room, for fear that his tall frame will hit the low pipes running along the ceiling just an inch above him.