Halle Vazquez is a Trinity sophomore and an associate news editor for the news department.
This election cycle, U.S. Senate seats representing North Carolina are not on the ticket, but spots in the U.S. House of Representatives, the N.C. General Assembly and some of the state’s courts and executive offices are.
President Vincent Price presented the medals to Robert Califf, Trinity '73, School of Medicine '78 and House Staff '83, Fred Stanback, Trinity '50, and William Turner Jr., Pratt '70, Divinity School '74 and Graduate School '84, at the award ceremony over the Centennial Founders’ Day Weekend.
In support of two of their brothers who were diagnosed with cancer while at Duke, Durham Pi Kappa Alpha has played a critical role in pioneering Shave & Buzz donation efforts since the club’s founding in 2016.
The bills imposing rollbacks on mask-wearing and juvenile court placement — H.B. 237 and H.B. 834, respectively — sparked controversy in the legislature over equity and legal concerns. The third bill, H.B. 591, promises to revolutionize artificial intelligence legislation and passed unanimously.
The meeting included two closed executive sessions. The topic of the first session, according to one senator, was “financials.”
Many students feel that this increase is unprecedented, and some linked the increase in police presence to the implementation of the “Good Neighbor Program,” a new initiative streamlining communication between Duke and partnered neighborhoods.
The all-day event was entirely led by student groups Chabad at Duke and Students Supporting Israel, along with Jewish Life at Duke, and took weeks to set up following the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel.
Some attendees said that trainings presented to first-years lacked information on mitigating sexual violence and mental health resources for survivors while over-emphasizing Duke’s reaction to violence only after it happened.
