Phelista, a widow from Nairobi, Kenya was "inherited" by her brother-in-law. He verbally abused, beat and raped her repeatedly.
Despite the addition of a host of cutting-edge research facilities, budget constraints will permit the new $100 million, 162,000-square-foot French Science Center to contain only 20,000 square feet...
This semester has been a time of readjustment and analysis. First, there was the transition back to life on campus after a semester abroad.
With a full-scale war already underway and 24-hour news coverage captivating millions of Americans, it's easy for the ins and outs of the fighting to monopolize our consciousness and blur the big...
Tom Wolfe wrote an essay called, "My Three Stooges", a response to three American authors who had criticized A Man in Full.
The vigil Sunday night honored Rachel Corrie, not as an American, but as an activist who died in her nonviolent protest for peace.
In his column, Bill English makes an attack on the anti-war movement that I find almost as offensive as it is absurd.
April is everyone's favorite month. Spring weather finally secures a beachhead strong enough to defeat the wintry weather experienced earlier this week, and spring training finally ends.
When future generations write the definitive history of the 12 year standoff with Iraq, it may well be that a few weeks of United Nations dithering at the very end will occupy a minor part of the...
Is the way women are treated in the Muslim world what Islam prescribes for them? The answer is no.
Durham North Carolina. Four years ago, if not for Kevin Costner (pre-career nosedive), I couldn't tell you a thing about the place.
On behalf of all Blackwell residents, I would like to thank the Duke administration for making sure that we are impeccably skilled in the art of the fire drill.
I am writing in response to Peter Klopper's letter to The Chronicle supporting affirmative action on moral grounds.
In the wake of a fight early last Sunday morning after which Duke Student Government President Joshua Jean-Baptiste and two other Duke students were charged with assaulting a North Carolina Central...
If you have ever tried to obtain a Dean's Excuse, you probably know why I am frustrated. Trying to get a Dean's Excuse inevitably ends up in an ironic slew of excuses from the deans.
Like most of you, I've spent the past months agonizing over the war in Iraq.
I experienced my first turn-off to Duke University within the first few months of my freshman year.
I was surprised to read the caption below the picture of the candlelight vigil held in memory of Rachel Corrie, which stated that she was "the first American casualty in the recent...
I want to commend those Duke students, faculty and staff who plan to participate in the 2003 Durham CROP Walk on April 6, and I encourage others to consider joining.
