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Check your baggage

By Sarah Ball | September 1, 2005

In the cheery aisles of a resort-town jewelry shop last week, my sister Becca and I were accosted.

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Citizen of the world

By Heather Dean | August 31, 2005

I am just coming to realize how small the world actually is.

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To the Class of 2009

By Miho Kubagawa | August 31, 2005

There was a time when gasoline was cheaper than bottled water, when friends were neither “poked” nor “confirmed,” and when the only bell that mattered was the Victory Bell...

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Open to public inspection

By Elliott Wolf | August 30, 2005

With relatively little fanfare, Duke submitted its Form 990 to the IRS and made it available to the public over the summer.

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Our unknown neighbors

By Lori Hall | August 30, 2005

It was only 11 in the morning, but the sun was already scorching. I wanted to wipe the sweat off my face and swat the bugs off of me, but my hands were sticky from touching the tobacco leaves.

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Christianity Lite-transubstantialicious!

By Emin Hadziosmanovic | August 30, 2005

Hope is possibly the most addictive drug in the world because most people desperately need to believe in something. They will hold onto their faith long after they’ve lost everything else.

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Welcome to Duke

By Adam Yoffie | August 29, 2005

In an unprecedented sting operation that looked more Hollywood than higher education, undercover Alcohol Law Enforcement officers in conjunction with uniformed Durham police officers stormed an...

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The return of Monday, Monday

August 29, 2005

Dear MILLI,.

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Good of this place

By Heather Dean | August 26, 2005

New graduate and professional students, welcome to Duke! You have chosen to come here for a higher degree in graduate, medical, law, business, nursing, divinity, public policy or environmental school.

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Gaining face at Duke

By James Tager | August 26, 2005

It’s only the first day of school, and already I’m way behind. It’s not like I’ve been slacking off.

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Welcome to Durham

By Jimmy Soni | August 26, 2005

The city of Durham occupies a curious place in modern America.

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Our big challenge

By Seyward Darby | July 20, 2005

Dear readers,.

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Vicariously livin' in Laguna Beach

By Sarah Ball | July 20, 2005

“[Life] is solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short.”.

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Team Malaria

By Dan Englander | June 23, 2005

KABULA, KENYA—As I was heading back to my hut after seeing my first African wedding, I regretted my choice in footwear. The recent rain had transformed the road into a mud pit.

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C.I. "Aid"

By Jimmy Soni | June 23, 2005

Uncle Sam wants you… to learn Arabic and join the intelligence community! An article in The Chronicle of Higher Education details a new scholarship program created by Senator Bob Graham. D-Fla.

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In this debate, where is Duke?

By Adam Yoffie | June 16, 2005

Speaking at a May 16 news conference in Raleigh, Professor John Hope Franklin, Duke’s famed historian, urged the state legislature to support a two-year moratorium on executions during which...

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What do you want?

By Anne Lieberman | June 16, 2005

When I watched the ’80s movie Blue Velvet a few weeks ago, one scene transformed the movie for me from a sadomasochistic cream dream into thesis-worthy material.

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To do the work of Fleet Street

By Emily Rotberg | June 16, 2005

London’s Fleet Street was the legendary and historic home to Britain’s major newspapers, and the bars that kept them going for more than 300 years.

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All hail the spelling champ

By Sarah Kwak | June 9, 2005

The monotone voice read, “Appoggiatura,” and then pre-teen screams of excitement yelped from the audience. Less than two minutes later, a winner was crowned.

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After a year at Duke, quitting the A-Team

By Sarah Ball | June 9, 2005

It’s Sunday, and my heels are sinking like golf tees into a front lawn not yet fried by the summer heat.