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January 25th, 2008
Class of
By on January 25th, 2008
Findings of the “Five Year Out” survey give some validity to the motto, “It’s not who you are; it’s who you know.” Not only did many members of the Class of 2001 change jobs frequently, 50 percent of the time they found their new positions through personal connections—such as networking, friends, family and co-workers. Twenty-three percent of the Class of 2001 has communicated with Duke about their careers since graduation—most often to use alumni career services and to network.
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January 25th, 2008
Across the nation, college students push for gender-neutral restrooms
By on January 25th, 2008
Duke students seeking gender-neutral living options have quietly but soundly proposed their way into one on-campus bathroom.
The establishment of one lonely facility on West Campus may seem inadequate, but the accomplishment would have been impossible without our commitment to formalities. Some student organizations, however, are taking a more aggressive approach to changing University policies. When Duke “activists” toil away writing resolutions and proposals, transgendered students at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst are voicing their frustrations with a petition drive and mass mobilization.
January 23rd, 2008
Grad students hurt by Few renovation
By on January 23rd, 2008
Residence Life and Housing Services is under fire from both undergraduates and graduates. Undergraduates want to know exact numbers of on-campus bed spaces available to them next semester, and graduate students said they are unhappy with the new policy, which moves many of them off Central Campus.
Housing is a confusing thing, said Marijean Williams, director of housing assignments and communications for Residence Life and Housing Services. She noted that there are so many different factors in housing that providing an exact number would simply be misleading and generate even more uproar in the Duke community.
January 22nd, 2008
Durham police hard to reach
By on January 22nd, 2008
As someone who has written for The Chronicle for three years, I think I have had the opportunity to speak to someone from the Durham Police Department once or twice. And even those encounters have been brief, “I’ll call you back when I find more information,” phone calls. I have received a police report once from them. The communications officer works Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., sharp, or so it seems. Every time I attempt to contact the police department, be it via phone or e-mail, I have to leave a message, which I can say with much confidence, will remain unanswered. Or it will be answered just a couple days too late.
January 19th, 2008
Election perspectives: economy and international trade
By on January 19th, 2008
The economy is going to be an important issue in the 2008 elections, and international trade is a huge part of that.
But what is all the argument about? Why did Professor James Galbraith of the University of Texas think he needed to prove there are economists that support John Edwards? Are they really that rare?
January 15th, 2008
Independents hurt by Few renovation…if you can find them
By on January 15th, 2008
I called my sources up, expecting to hear fraternity and selective living group presidents begrudgingly telling me the not-so-good news they already had to deliver to their organizations. But it didn’t turn out like I expected: not one of the selective living groups in Few Quad had been handed the dreaded fate of having to split up or move to Central Campus next year. In fact, they had all lucked out and were going to stay on West (even those with less-than-stellar Residential Group Assessment Scores).
That’s when I realized I didn’t have the story I had anticipated. There were no quotes to be had about the anticipated trials of trying to throw a section party on Central. Instead I spoke to five men and women who “couldn’t have been happier,” and although I love a happy ending just like everyone else, that doesn’t give us reporters much to go on.
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January 14th, 2008
Student witnesses Gaza attack
By on January 14th, 2008
Some of you may have read a New York Times piece on Wednesday about life along Israel’s Southern border with the Gaza Strip. Over the past seven years this region has experienced thousands of mortar and Kassam rocket attacks from Gaza.
While in Israel over winter break I witnessed one such attack on January, 5.
January 10th, 2008
Scientists shoot for impossible in
By on January 10th, 2008
After more than a year of writing about health and science, I am still amazed by the scientific breakthroughs that come out of Duke.
In 2006, scientists created a sort of “invisibility cloak” that has the potential to actually make something look like it has disappeared. Now, after some have said that it couldn’t be done, Duke researchers have discovered a way to make a “sound cloak,” or something that becomes invisible to sonar and sound waves.
December 10th, 2007
Sorority recruitment stretched for space
By on December 10th, 2007
When the Panhellenic Association and the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life plan spring semester recruitment, issues they must consider include the year’s academic calendar, when residence halls reopen, feedback received from previous years, and—one of the largest logistical obstacles—when suitable campus spaces are available.
The only area Panhel has at its disposal is storage in Trent Drive Hall. As a result, sorority chapters compete for other campus venues and hold recruitment events wherever they can, said Todd Adams, the assistant dean of students for fraternity and sorority life.
December 7th, 2007
Were
By on December 7th, 2007
When Jim Cooney, lawyer for exonerated former lacrosse player Reade Seligmann, and North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper requested the U.S. Department of Justice to look into the conduct of former Durham district attorney Mike Nifong in his handling of the lacrosse case, they raised a tantalizing question.
Nifong’s conduct—including his comments to the press and his failure to provide possibly exculpatory DNA evidence to the defense—has already been deemed unethical by the North Carolina State Bar, resulting in the loss of his law license.
But were his actions also criminal?
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