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Reports of sexual assault decrease

The University experienced a dramatic decline in reported cases of sexual assault in 2003, but Duke University Police Department officials cautioned that the drop in reports does not necessarily...


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Mbembe links race and war

Renowned historian and post-colonial theorist Achille Mbembe discussed the relationship between race, mass destruction and the law of warfare in a lecture Monday at the John Hope Franklin Center..


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Thompson to transfer

Head men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski announced Monday afternoon that sophomore reserve center Michael Thompson will transfer to another school after the completion of the current semester..


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The man behind the Affair

Even in old photographs, John Spencer Bassett looks a beat off from the rest of the world, leaning slightly on a garden urn in a shot from 1890 as others sit and stand up straight around him.


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DUPD responds to robbery

In the wake of a weekend robbery in the Bryan Center, the Duke University Police Department has vowed to increase its presence on campus and is urging students, faculty and employees to be more...


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Pratt brass try new admissions strategies

The Pratt School of Engineering is stepping up its recruitment efforts--a measure administrators said will help maintain the quality of entering classes when the school starts to expand in Fall 2005.


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An Affair to Remember

They pressed their ears up to the grates on the roof, squirming to hear anything from the meeting below. Finally at three a.m.


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Medical library experiences cutbacks

Anticipating a third round of staff layoffs, Duke University Medical Center Library is bracing itself for yet another fiscal year of budget cuts, which translates directly into a smaller library...


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Crime Briefs

Screwdriver-wielding subject arrested An employee reported at 9:49 a.m. Nov. 19 that a suspicious person was looking into vehicles in the parking lots on Research Drive. Officers responded and...