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Initial student center plans unveiled

The University has released tentative plans for space allocation in the West Campus Student Center and is now looking for an architect to design the central plaza, which administrators hope will...


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Robinson, Falk dish on athletes as leaders

Once the men's basketball team cleared out after Monday afternoon's practice, Cameron Indoor Stadium became host to a different crop of sports celebrities, who talked about passion and the art of...


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It's time for hoops

While some were confused as to whether to call it "A.M. Mayhem" or "Midnight Madness," Cameron was certainly crazy again for the first men's basketball practice of the season at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.


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FRANKS DONE IN BY DEACONS

Duke University fired head football coach Carl Franks Sunday and named defensive coordinator Ted Roof interim head coach for the remaining five games of the season.


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Officials look to students for ideas

The University's recently released Women's Initiative highlights many of the issues facing undergraduate women--the Bryan Center "catwalk-way," pressure to carry the latest handbag and social...


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Off-campus forum held

For those students who are making the transition from on-campus dormitories to off-campus apartments, the Duke Community Housing office sponsored Sunday an information session that broached the...


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Nobel winner Coetzee reads from new book

Author J. M. Coetzee gave a reading from his latest novel at the Freeman Center for Jewish Life Thursday, just two weeks after the South African was named the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.


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N.C. State Fair begins today

There are very few events in North Carolina, let alone the world, that feature both a tractor pull and a wine-making competition. But the North Carolina State Fair, which Gov.


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Keohane addresses Academic Council

At Thursday's University faculty meeting, President Nan Keohane cast an eye to the future and noted three critical issues that the University must address in coming years--rising costs, challenges...