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Reporter's Analysis: Franks done in by Deacons
By Robert Samuel | October 20, 2003The only thing questionable about the decision to fire Duke football head coach Carl Franks Sunday is the timing.
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Officials look to students for ideas
By Emily Almas | October 20, 2003The University's recently released Women's Initiative highlights many of the issues facing undergraduate women--the Bryan Center "catwalk-way," pressure to carry the latest handbag and social...
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Off-campus forum held
By Robert Winterode | October 20, 2003For those students who are making the transition from on-campus dormitories to off-campus apartments, the Duke Community Housing office sponsored Sunday an information session that broached the...
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Campus Council weighs new cable, phone bundle
By Andrew Collins | October 17, 2003Campus Council is exploring the possibility of bundling cable television and telephone service fees with undergraduates' room rent, a move that could reduce the cost of a full year of basic cable...
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Field hockey, Carolina set to battle for No. 1
By Sarah Kwak | October 17, 2003After snapping No. 1 Wake Forest's 31-game winning streak and upsetting then-No. 3 Maryland, the field hockey team (11-2, 1-2 in the ACC) is poised to take on yet another challenge: North Carolina.
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Scholars weigh in on schism possibility
By Andrew Collins | October 17, 2003With the world's Anglican leaders expressing disapproval Thursday of the election of an openly gay Episcopal bishop in New Hampshire, professors at the Divinity School said a schism of the...
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Keohane addresses Academic Council
By Andrew Collins | October 17, 2003At Thursday's University faculty meeting, President Nan Keohane cast an eye to the future and noted three critical issues that the University must address in coming years--rising costs, challenges...
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Mold forces NCCU students out of dorms
By Davis Ward | October 17, 2003And you think your semester has been rough.
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Dance Marathon aims for $25K in donations
By Jacqueline Foster | October 17, 2003Students will get down on the dance floor in the Great Hall Saturday night for the University's third consecutive Dance Marathon, but participants don't have to come knowing the newest dance moves.
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Students find 'Common Ground'
By Christina Ng | October 17, 2003Mike Mahdi watched as the burning candle, glimmering in the dark room, passed from one outstretched hand to another.
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N.C. State Fair begins today
By Josh Nimocks | October 17, 2003There are very few events in North Carolina, let alone the world, that feature both a tractor pull and a wine-making competition. But the North Carolina State Fair, which Gov.
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Nobel winner Coetzee reads from new book
By Ian Crouch | October 17, 2003Author J. M. Coetzee gave a reading from his latest novel at the Freeman Center for Jewish Life Thursday, just two weeks after the South African was named the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Season kicks off with 'Mayhem'
By Emily Almas | October 16, 2003The Cameron Crazies better get ready, because this year the celebration in Krzyzewskiville is starting earlier than ever. .
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First Years
By elly Rohrs | October 16, 2003The first part of a year-long series documenting the experiences of.
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Kozol discusses inequality
By Andrew Gerst | October 16, 2003Standing on the bricks of Harvard Square one day in 1964, Jonathan Kozol was just a few yards away from graduate school and a nice, safe career as a tenured professor of English.
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Schools deal with teacher misconduct
By Seyward Darby | October 16, 2003Amidst recent positive reports of improved SAT scores and increased student achievement, there is one statistic in the North Carolina public schools system that is a cause for alarm: The number of...
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Peterson gets life in prison
By Cindy YeeThe Chronicleand Jay CohenThe Associated Press | October 15, 2003A jury found Michael Peterson guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, whose body was found at the bottom of a staircase in their home in December 2001.