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Durham Mayor Steve Schewel joins DukeWeek to talk about what he’s most proud of from his time in office. Also, News Editor Anna Zolotor breaks down Duke’s national ranking, and Features Managing Editor Alison Korn talks about the effort to create an Ethnic Studies department.
Managing Editor Nadia Bey goes over new mask, dining and gathering rules and the employee vaccine mandate put in place after over 350 Duke students and staff tested positive for COVID-19.
Welcome to DukeWeek, The Chronicle's weekly rundown of Duke and Durham news. In the first episode, Editor-in-Chief Leah Boyd talks about research allegations concerning star Duke professor Dan Ariely.
In graffiti and group messages, social media and online petitions, many students have expressed anger with fraternities and their members.
The organization said in a statement that it “is disappointed that some individuals within fraternities violated the expectations we established for virtual recruitment."
Nine fraternities have broken away from the Duke Interfraternity Council since Duke announced changes to the rush process and selective housing.
The fraternities’ decisions to sever official links to the University come after administrators ended the recruitment of first years by Greek and non-Greek selective living groups. The mass exodus marks a permanent and dramatic change to Duke’s on-campus culture.
Each Duke dorm room comes with a bed frame, a mattress, drawers, a desk and a chair. Only God knows what else ends up in there. Soon, professional movers will too.
Just one month ago, Duke students on spring break received a notice to not return to campus due to COVID-19. Some students didn’t get the message until days later.
A block down from Duke’s East Campus, a nondescript white food truck sits behind a bar. Its owner is really, really excited about chicken tenders.
Open Data Commons Attribution License. Background images from the DukeMTMC data set, courtesy of Megapixels. Source: Ergys Ristani, Francesco Solera, Roger Zou, Rita Cucchiara and Carlo Tomasi.
