New guidelines alone cannot fix gender issues
By Editorial Board | April 14, 2011Institutions of higher education are reforming their gender discrimination policies in an attempt to make campuses safer for female students.
Institutions of higher education are reforming their gender discrimination policies in an attempt to make campuses safer for female students.
Last week, indie-pop duo The Cataracs sent the Last Day of Classes Committee a disappointing message—the group had decided to cancel their scheduled LDOC performance to attend an awards show instead.
In his April 2 column in The New York Times, “Unpaid Interns, Complicit Colleges,” Ross Perlin accuses four-year colleges and universities, along with industry employers, of preventing students...
Last Wednesday Associate Dean for Residence Life Joe Gonzalez made a surprise announcement: At the end of this academic year, students will no longer be able to subscribe to cable in their dorm rooms.
While it is not yet known how many students will matriculate or how much they will pay in tuition, it is clear that the construction of Duke Kunshan University is well under way.
In less than a year and a half the University will enroll a crop of students to attend its new campus in China.
In today’s elections for the Duke Student Government executive board, the student body has a chance to make a choice about how they want to be repesented.
When students vote for next year’s Duke Student Government president tomorrow, they will choose among three vastly different candidates.
Judging from their campaigns, this year’s candidates for the upcoming Duke Student Government executive vice president election are running for two different positions.
The general assembly’s proposal to cut funding to the North Carolina Governor’s School—aimed at helping plug the state’s projected $2.4 billion state deficit for fiscal year 2012—cuts too much too...
The inaugural campaign for Duke Student Government’s vice president for residence life and dining features a crowded field, but two candidates stand head and shoulders above their competition.
The coming academic year will bring many challenges for the Duke Student Government committee on athletics, services and the environment.
We endorse Simpson for the position of vice president for student life because she has more experience under her belt and a skill set more specifically tailored to student life.
Alex Swain, candidate for vice president for Durham and regional affairs, is well connected in the Durham community, having been involved in Durham through her position as a senator on the Duke...
Kaveh Danesh, the sole candidate for vice president for academic affairs, is brilliant, passionate and brimming with constructive ideas for the academic culture of our campus.
The Duke undergraduate would not be remiss for believing that there is no much such thing as a Duke University yearbook. But they would be wrong.
If Republicans in Congress have their way, it may become even more difficult for America’s neediest to attend college.
Today marks the first official day of campaigning for the upcoming Duke Student Government elections. Two weeks from now, undergraduates will elect a new student body president, an executive vice...
Last Thursday, the Arts and Sciences Council rightly approved a new South Asian Studies certificate program. The new certificate aims to provide a cross-disciplinary, integrated approach to...
For months Duke administrators have outlined the goals of the house model in broad strokes. But last week, the administration finally offered some concrete details on just how Duke’s quadrangles...