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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.
Junior Ceren Ebrem was studying in the Student Wellness Center when she heard a loud thump. She looked up and saw something fall to the ground through the building’s large glass windows.
One in every 28 residents in Durham saw an eviction filing in 2016, and Durham has over 900 filings a month.
As racially charged incidents have occurred on Duke’s campus in recent months. the Southern Poverty Law Center says that colleges across the country are witnessing similar acts.
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.
