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Madeleine Berger is a Trinity sophomore and a university news editor of The Chronicle's 117th volume.
“For us in Africa, the continent perhaps where eventually they will say the deadliest variant of all emerged, it will only emerge because the world failed to do what was right in the moment that it was supposed to do it.”
“Deer herd reduction is a critical stewardship activity that significantly contributes to our primary objective of ensuring that the Duke Forest remains a teaching, research and natural asset well into the future,” reads the Duke Forest Website.
Many first-years' biggest question is why Duke chose to start QuadEx in the middle of the fall semester instead of before the Class of 2025 arrived on campus.
While student groups are planning their first meetings of the year, Duke’s COVID-19 guidelines are ever-changing, resulting in clubs navigating a variety of meeting formats.
“The point of it was to see Durham—see Durham with a vision of how we could all live, work and play safely. The vision is for an equitable Durham.”
Many parents are not happy with Duke’s new COVID-19 guidelines, with some even considering pulling their children from the University. Some parents are demanding that their kids deserve a normal college experience. Others question Duke’s decision to host large orientation events. And others have concerns “about anything that degrades the quality of the education and the experience that our children are getting.”
The update explains that like all health records, vaccination status is confidential and cannot be shared with anyone, including faculty members.
Duke’s quarantine and isolation protocols have shifted with updated guidance, but less information is publicly available about the number of people in quarantine each week.
Durham's restaurant industry saw a dip during the pandemic, and the primary cause seems to be understaffing.
Duke gave the green light on Thursday to study away programs in several countries the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has assigned a “very high risk” due to COVID-19.
