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Book: grade inflation exists at Duke

Is grade inflation a crisis at Duke and at other selective colleges? Former Duke statistics professor Valen Johnson thinks so - and will reveal his evidence in a book to be released April 18.


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Black students discuss incident

The leaders of several black student organizations met Thursday night to discuss the implications of the recent controversy surrounding Duke Student Government President Joshua Jean-Baptiste, as...


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Nicholas applications stay even

Although the number of applicants to the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences remained the same in 2003 after jumping nearly 16 percent in 2002, administrators continue to hope...


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Kohn examines politics of military

Military leaders are beginning to play a more partisan - and potentially more troubling - role in politics, said Richard Kohn, professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel...


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Div School 'covenant' draws fire

A new "conduct covenant" recently passed by Divinity School faculty came under intense criticism during a meeting of the Student Life Ministry Tuesday, as Divinity students questioned...


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Cleland, Theta Chi take hiatus

Although Edens Quadrangle will gain a new bench next year - for newly housed Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity - it will lose two others, as one selective house and one fraternity go "on hiatus" for the...


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President's arrest tops DSG's list

Legislators may face a packed agenda at tonight's Duke Student Government meeting, from a possible address regarding the DSG president's assault charge and arrest to cabinet nominations and a...


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Profs react to Chafe's decision

The happiest man to learn about William Chafe's announcement Sunday that he would be stepping down as dean of the faculty of arts and sciences may have been John Thompson, chair of the history...


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OPEC chief discusses high prices

Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and Qatar minister of energy and industry, told a near-capacity audience in Love Auditorium Monday...


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K-ville discussion

Behind the scenes of a recent discussion to shorten the tenting period in Krzyzewskiville may be a tacit administrative disapproval of the practice - K-ville and athletics in general have become...