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Shuchi Parikh

Chai’s and Green Tango on their way

January 31, 2009

Chai’s Noodle Bar & Bistro and Green Tango are waiting for equipment to be installed (like DukeCard readers) and are slated to be on food points soon, according to e-mails to the Duke University Dining Committee. Chai’s is expecting their equipment to be in by Monday/Tuesday, to become an official Merchants on Points vendor sometime [...]

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Justice Scalia to judge Duke Moot Court

January 29, 2009

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who spoke at Duke earlier this afternoon, will serve as judge in the final round of the Dean’s Cup Moot Court Competition later today.
Justice Scalia will judge two teams of two second and third year students from the School of Law. Each group will argue a real life case taken [...]

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Lit that’s “good to think with”

January 28, 2009

Itching for a good read? Some Duke faculty members are recommending critical, eye-opening works for the Center of International Studies’ Inaugural Reading List 2009—based off the theme of works that are “good to think with.”
Some literature making the list includes Connie Rice’s “Rethinking the National Interest” (recommended by Professor of Political Science Peter Feaver), John [...]

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Rev. Joseph Lowery to speak at Duke Sunday, before heading to Obama’s Inauguration

January 16, 2009

Duke will host the annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration this weekend. This year’s theme is, “What Becomes of the Dream? Faith and Politics, Vision and Leadership.”
Civil Rights leader Rev. Joseph Lowery will give the keynote address for the weekend at Duke Sunday before heading to Washington, D.C., to deliver the benediction at President-elect [...]

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Duke in Israel study abroad put on hold

January 16, 2009

The study abroad program Duke in Israel has been cancelled for the summer because of a number of factors, according to program directors and the Office of Study Abroad. In an e-mail yesterday to students who had shown interest in the program, the Office of Study Abroad cites security as the sole reason for [...]

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Moustapha on media bias

January 14, 2009

Imad Moustapha, who spoke at Duke yesterday, at one point denounced American media, accusing prominent publications like The New York Times and the New Yorker of having a pro-Israeli bias and censoring journalists.
Moustapha seems to be speaking of this alleged bias for at least a couple years now. At a talk in December 2007, he [...]

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“The Duke Lacrosse Scandal: New Insights, Many Perspectives”

January 13, 2009

The Chronicle of Higher Education had an interesting Q&A with Michael Siegel, professor of law at the University of Florida, who edited a recent compilation of essays with varied perspectives on the Duke lacrosse case, called Race to Injustice: Lessons Learned From the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case. Siegel notes that each contributer to the compilation [...]

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Welcome to “After the Jump”!

January 13, 2009

Dear readers:
We are thrilled to upgrade our Election 2008 blog into a comprehensive Chronicle news blog, featuring daily posts on news of Duke, Durham and beyond. The title, “After the Jump,” alludes to when an article “jumps” to a different page from the one on which it originally started, thereby linking to the rest of [...]

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