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February 20th, 2008
Young Trustees respected, not dismissed by Board
By on February 20th, 2008
Everyone always says the Young Trustee is the most powerful position a recent graduate can occupy. The position is also commonly used to demonstrate the value Duke places in its undergraduate community and is held up as an example of Duke’s unique status among other elite universities, most of whom do not allow recent graduates on their prestigious Board of Trustees.
But how can a 20-something-year-old with just a bachelor’s degree and a few campus leadership positions present opinions and be respected in the same way that powerhouse figures like Melinda Gates, Richard Wagoner and Alan Schwartz are? I was skeptical of the position’s power from the outset and sought to justify or refute this perspective.
February 18th, 2008
Through the Lens: Wake Forest
By on February 18th, 2008
With all five Duke starters fouled out, I was pretty sure the Devils were done. When the fans in the first row started warning the photographers to hide their gear and get out of the way, I knew Wake had pulled off their upset.
As a Chronicle photographer, I watched the game from a strange place, and I don’t just mean the baseline. Sure, I love it when Duke wins, but in the final moments of the game, I was too absorbed in shoving my extra camera gear under a table to protect it from the black and gold onslaught to care.
February 18th, 2008
Restricted region changes not always for the worse
By on February 18th, 2008
The neatness and simplicity of Duke’s new Restricted Regions List belies the amount of careful consideration that goes into it. Evaluating where in the world is safe and where is not is complicated precisely because we never know what’s going to happen. Changes can be “sudden and devastating,” as Margaret Riley, director of the Office of Study Abroad, put it. Strangely, however, the suddenness of these changes is not always for the worse.
Gilbert Merkx, vice provost for international affairs and chair of the International Travel and Oversight Committee, told me that some once-violent regions are now quite peaceful – and that the changes have occurred quite quickly.
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February 13th, 2008
OpenCourseWare is no substitute for lectures, students say
By on February 13th, 2008
As students become increasingly busier and as more students overload with courses, I expected to encounter more people who would welcome the idea that Duke might be offering online courses. That wasn’t the case. Instead, students and professors tended to lean more favorably toward a Duke version of OpenCourseWare but wane away from full courses on the Web.
In an e-mail, Steve Carson, external relations director for OpenCourseWare, said OCW is not distance learning.
“MIT published the course materials precisely because they felt online courses couldn’t represent the MIT learning experience,” he said. “The materials are offered as tools for other educators, for students and for independent learners. But they are not offered as courses–they are course materials.”
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February 12th, 2008
Sex Workers’ Art Show sparks controversy
By on February 12th, 2008
At Duke, the disapproval of last week’s appearance of the Sex Workers’ Art Show didn’t seem to be a sentiment commonly shared within the student body—most undergraduates weren’t even aware any drama had occurred.
Annie Oakley, the founder of the show, said a miniscule faction of the students fueled much of the storm, naming senior Ken Larrey as one of the main instigators. Larrey, the founder of Duke Students for an Ethical Duke, gained the support of Jay Schalin from the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, according to Ruth Sheehan’s Feb. 6 opinion column in The (Raleigh) News & Observer, “Duke shows it’s clueless.”
“[Larrey is] out to cause controversy and went to the show with the intention of being offended,” Oakley said. “As far as I’m aware, there’s no one else who went and was offended except for those two.” Read the rest of this entry »
February 8th, 2008
A history of bench-burning regulations
By on February 8th, 2008
In a comment posted on The Chronicle’s Web site Thursday, an alum mentioned that fire permits were once acquired for both home and away games against the Tar Heels, which lead me to do a little digging in our archives. And here’s what I found:
- March 1994, a student was injured during a bonfire celebration, which sparked conversation about bonfire safety and future regulations
- February 1998, a foam party was apparently organized in place of bonfires. Needless to say, students were not pleased
- September 1998, administrators started talking about bonfire regulations. This is where our current stipulations that bonfires are allowed after certain victories and at certain spots around campus came from
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February 7th, 2008
For some fans, a difficult choice between Duke and UNC
By on February 7th, 2008
It’s March 4, 2007 – the Duke-UNC basketball game at the Dean Smith Center. With 14.5 seconds on the clock, Duke player Gerald Henderson elbows UNC player Tyler Hansbrough during a layup, giving Hansbrough a bloody nose. A Carolina fan at the time, I was appalled. Henderson’s ejection from the game and suspension from the following one still didn’t seem like enough. Regardless, I was ecstatic that “we” went on to win the game 86-72.
Fast forward a year to Feb. 6, 2008 – another Duke-UNC game at the Dean Dome. Henderson goes up to block another Hansbrough layup and does so successfully. The scene was almost identical to that of last year, sans a bloody nose. This time, however, I’m watching from Cameron Indoor Stadium cheering with the Cameron Crazies, rather, cheering as a Cameron Crazie. This time, we win 89-78.
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February 6th, 2008
Students weigh in on candidate buzzwords
By on February 6th, 2008
The ability of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., to attract youth supporters is undeniable. According to a CNN poll taken shortly after the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses, approximately 58 percent of Democratic participants ages 17-29 caucused for Obama.
“There is a lot of enthusiasm around [Obama’s] campaign,” said John Aldrich, Pfizer-Pratt University professor of political science. “Obama tends to hit the liberal part of the student body fairly strongly, compared to Bobby Kennedy’s campaign in 1968.”
Obama’s campaign has run on the motto “Change We Can Believe In.” Although some students said change appeals to young voters dissatisfied with the traditional political process, others said his campaign is too vague and idealistic.
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February 5th, 2008
Duke students receive various letters from RIAA
By on February 5th, 2008
The entertainment industry, including the Recording Industry Association of America, sends out several kinds of letters and e-mails to students.
Freshman Pat Light said the e-mail that he received from RIAA was forwarded from Duke Office of Information Technology. The file name and the date of the illegal upload were also included in the e-mail.
“OIT basically told me to stop sharing a file in Limewire by uploading it,” Light said. “I haven’t heard from them since.”
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February 5th, 2008
This week in Duke sports
By on February 5th, 2008
It’s the week you’ve been waiting for, as both Blue Devil basketball teams square off with their rivals down Tobacco Road. The No. 11 women host the third-ranked Tar Heels Monday night at Cameron while the second-ranked men travel to the Smith Center Wednesday night to battle No. 3 UNC.
This weekend, don’t miss the fencing team’s lone home meet of the season Friday and Saturday, or the wrestling team’s home meet against Virginia Sunday night.
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