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CRIME BRIEFS

By from Staff Reports | April 7, 2003

$8,000 motorcycle stolen.

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Lange to release report on diversity later this spring

By from Staff Reports | April 7, 2003

Provost Peter Lange said last week that an expected report on the next step for looking at faculty diversity will be released at April or May's Academic Council meeting.

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New greek judicial board wins praise

By Megan Carroll | April 7, 2003

The greek judicial board is no longer just a plan, but a functioning body that has heard a total of four cases so far in front of newly trained justices representing all the main greek governing...

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Search for Central developer narrows

By Kevin Lees | April 7, 2003

The University may be getting even closer to jumping on the monorail.

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A community commitment

By Kiya Bajpai | April 7, 2003

Lauren Echstenkamper is a 19-year-old freshman who happens to love French music, traveling, watching the West Wing and Alias, and interesting wrist watches--she currently sports a pink PowerPuff...

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Small fire in Jarvis forces evacuation

By Karen Hauptman | April 4, 2003

Pajama-clad residents of Jarvis Dormitory waited in front of their building until after 2 a.m. Thursday morning as fire fighters responded to an alarm from the utility tunnel below the building.

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Book: grade inflation exists at Duke

By Charlie Mehl | April 4, 2003

Is grade inflation a crisis at Duke and at other selective colleges? Former Duke statistics professor Valen Johnson thinks so - and will reveal his evidence in a book to be released April 18.

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Schools gain little ground in most recent rankings

By Kira Rosoff | April 4, 2003

U.S. News and World Report released its 2004 rankings of America's best graduate schools, and for the second year in a row Duke received mixed results.

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Black students discuss incident

By Jacqueline Foster | April 4, 2003

The leaders of several black student organizations met Thursday night to discuss the implications of the recent controversy surrounding Duke Student Government President Joshua Jean-Baptiste, as...

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No. 2 women's lacrosse squares off against No. 4 UVa

By Jake Poses | April 4, 2003

Coming off a disappointing loss to No. 20 Vanderbilt, the No. 2 women's (9-2, 1-1 in the ACC) lacrosse team will look to rebound against No. 4 Virginia (9-2, 1-1) Sunday in Charlottesville, Va.

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Nicholas applications stay even

By Margaux Kanis | April 4, 2003

Although the number of applicants to the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences remained the same in 2003 after jumping nearly 16 percent in 2002, administrators continue to hope...

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Cleland, Theta Chi take hiatus

By Megan Carroll | April 3, 2003

Although Edens Quadrangle will gain a new bench next year - for newly housed Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity - it will lose two others, as one selective house and one fraternity go "on hiatus" for the...

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Div School 'covenant' draws fire

By Alex Garinger | April 3, 2003

A new "conduct covenant" recently passed by Divinity School faculty came under intense criticism during a meeting of the Student Life Ministry Tuesday, as Divinity students questioned...

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Four students win Goldwater

By Jane Hetherington | April 3, 2003

For the fourth straight year, four Duke students - juniors Lauren Childs, Ethan Eade and Linda Zhang and sophomore Margaret Wat - won the Barry M.

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A New Audience: Writing 20 offers a novel spin on scientific thought

By Staff Reports | April 3, 2003

The required first-year course in academic writing tends to have an infamous reputation among undergraduates.

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Protestors take over DSG meeting

By Molly Nicholson | April 3, 2003

"The students will be heard.".

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Kohn examines politics of military

By Emily Almas | April 3, 2003

Military leaders are beginning to play a more partisan - and potentially more troubling - role in politics, said Richard Kohn, professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel...

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Saunders elected to rare 2nd term

By Kira Rosoff | April 2, 2003

Duke students had a non-controversial, almost completely uncontested election Tuesday--and it was not even part of an April Fools' Day joke.

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Doctors lack time for preventive care

By Liana Wyler | April 2, 2003

As Dr.

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Long-awaited Great Hall changes scheduled for summer

By Aaron Levine | April 2, 2003

What will The Great Hall soon have in common with your average Hollywood celebrity? Both will have had facelifts by the time summer rolls around.