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Steep parking hikes draw fire

Parking rates have soared this year for employees, with Director of Parking and Transportation Services Cathy Reeve saying the increase will go toward funding ambitious future projects and...


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Alcohol orientation program cut

With the discontinuation of "So You Wanna Get Buzzed?" as the freshman alcohol lecture - and no analogous replacement in sight - administrators are betting that some alcohol-related skits and an...


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Summer attendance climbs higher

Summer session enrollments increased again this year with administrators crediting the rise to such factors as students' strategic planning for their academic programs, additional financial aid...


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Pratt expansion looks likely

The expansion of the Pratt School of Engineering by 50 undergraduate students per class, once only a distant goal, now seems to be on the fast-track to approval.


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New RLHS policy draws criticism

A housing loophole that allowed students to escape the three-year on-campus live-in requirement with little consequence has been closed up by Residential Life and Housing Services, but some...


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Committee to fine-tune C2K

With a review of Curriculum 2000 now underway, administrators said the quantity and nature of area requirements and language transfer issues are among the major topics to be considered.


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Santillan suit a possibility

Although Duke University Hospital had committed to commemorating Jesica Santillan's memory with a fund in her name, her mother, Magdalena Santillan, has recently retracted her endorsement of the fund.