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Scholars remember Edward Said

Nearly 100 people gathered Tuesday to celebrate the life and works of Edward Said, a controversial intellectual and political activist, who died last week in New York City.


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IFC unanimously welcomes Deltas

Only 11 months after the idea of starting a new Duke fraternity was hatched among two friends in a Pegram dormitory room, the brothers of Delta Tau Delta received official recognition from the...


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Fraternity hopes for IFC return

Members of Delta Tau Delta, an interest group affiliated with the national fraternity, will make a presentation to the Inter-Fraternity Council tonight in hopes of convincing the body to recognize...


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Pratt helps N.C. Lead the Way

The Pratt School of Engineering has partnered with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education to bring Project Lead the Way to North Carolina--a move...


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N.C. may hike out-of-state quota

The word among prospective out-of-state students is that getting in to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is more difficult than getting in to Harvard-and right now that's not far from...


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Grant rise helps boost A&S funds

External grant activity in the sciences increased sharply last year, with administrators crediting an ambitious faculty, more available funds from some federal bodies and an institutional...


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Seminoles topple Blue Devils

After squandering opportunities to score and chances to stall Seminole drives in the first half, Duke (2-3, 0-2 in the ACC) was dominated by Florida State (5-0, 4-0) 56-7 Saturday night in Wallace...


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Lange outlines initiatives

Peter Lange addressed the first Academic Council meeting of the year Thursday, presenting a summary of new policies to be implemented in response to reports from the Faculty Diversity Task Force...