Students adjust to Napster alternatives for media
By Robert Morris | October 7, 2002The Napster website is a little stripped down these days-instead of MP3 music files, the once-dominant file-swapping service now only offers novelty tee-shirts.
The Napster website is a little stripped down these days-instead of MP3 music files, the once-dominant file-swapping service now only offers novelty tee-shirts.
North Carolina's unemployment rate fell in August, a positive sign for the local economy, even as some officials downplayed the drop's significance as an indicator of economic recovery.
The Chapel, towering over the center of campus as a beacon for churchgoers and tourists alike, serves as the center of religious life for many students.
Evoking comparisons to Professor Reynolds Price's famous address nine years ago, Robert Connor, president and director of the National Humanities Center, challenged the University to live up to its...
People always say it's better to read the book before seeing the movie.
Three recent murders in Durham became what Mayor Bill Bell called "the straw that broke the camel's back," prompting him to call a press conference Thursday about violent crime in Durham.
Students declared Thursday "Beach Day" to draw attention to this Saturday's 1001 Nights Dance Marathon in The Great Hall.
Although the University is still only considering a plan to add 200 students to the undergraduate student body, officials believe most of the additional students would likely enter as engineers.
The benefits might not be readily apparent to current residents, but the Wannamaker fire lane is set to undergo construction that will serve as the basis of future West Campus dorm renovations.
Students who live on Central Campus will have one less reason to skip class on rainy days if plans to install new bus shelters are carried out.
Health-care professionals are expressing growing concern that the nation's rising malpractice insurance costs and the constant threat of legal action are damaging the quality of medical care and...
Duke Student Government voted to accept both the undergraduate basketball admissions policy and the Inter-Community Council bylaw amendments at its meeting Wednesday night.
Faculty and students are expressing mixed reactions to a new mission statement for the football team that seeks to help rebuild the program.
While most politicians are busy preparing for the November 2002 elections, speculation continues that North Carolina Senator John Edwards may have another election in mind.
Tamsen Webb, director of Duke's Elementary Teacher Preparation Program and praised as a tireless advocate for children and the teaching profession, died from colon cancer last Thursday in her...
To someone who passed East Campus yesterday, it may have seemed that the groups of students clad in fraternity gear were in violation of early rush practices.
"Hablas espaol?" The number of Durham police officers answering no to that question is just one of the reasons helping the Latino community has become a major city government priority.
A recent boom in medical malpractice insurance that many fear is creating a national health-care crisis has forced experts to look for solutions, even at the Duke University Health System and other...