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Student Life

Balloons on quad highlight human toll of Gaza War

February 18, 2009

131 balloons filled the Chapel Quadrangle today, not as a sign of celebration, but to call attention to the human toll of the Gaza conflict.
130 of the balloons are black and each represents ten Palestinian victims of the Gaza Conflict, according to a sign placed on the quad. The final balloon is white and stands [...]

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Site bills itself as an alternative to JuicyCampus

February 6, 2009

JuicyCampus shut down today, but another Web site claims it has emerged to fill the void. All traffic directed to JuicyCampus.com is now forwarded to The Anonyous Confession Board, which is hosted at CollegeACB.com. The site was founded by students at Wesleyan University and is currently managed by Peter Frank, a freshman at the school. [...]

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Duke to Buy $250,000 in “Sweat-Free” Apparel

February 5, 2009

According to Inside Higher Ed, Duke Stores has agreed to purchase $250,000 in sweatshop free labor from Knights Apparel, a collegiate garment company. Although not yet public, reports have surfaced of an agreement between Knights Apparel and Grupo N, a large garment export group in the Dominican Republic, to provide workers with “exemplary labor conditions”. [...]

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Few Life: A Dorm Full Of Housing-Independent Juniors

February 4, 2009

The juniors who make up a majority of Few Quadrangle are what Steve Nowicki, vice provost and dean of undergraduate education, calls “housing independents”—students not living in an SLG or a large block like a fraternity section. Although Nowicki said the University does not do enough to serve those independents, Few became an unintentional experiment [...]

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What are 2C Drugs?

February 3, 2009

An e-mail undergraduates received from Larry Moneta, vice president of student affairs, Jan. 21 mentioned that 2C-I and 2C-E, two types of designer psychedelic phenethylamines, had surfaced on campus. The e-mail described them as “club drugs.” Although typical “party” or “club” drugs have been MDMA (ecstasy), ketamine and GHB, Tom Szigethy, associate dean and director [...]

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Dude, where are my food points?

January 30, 2009

It’s amazing how quickly Dukies can burn through food points. But this week, many students knew their appetites were no match for their DukeCard records.
A number of students who logged onto the DukeCard Web site noticed that they had been billed twice for the same purchases made on food points or FLEX Saturday, said Matthew Drummond, [...]

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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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