Like most members of the Duke community, I was truly disappointed to learn about the "Crocker Sack" fliers posted on East Campus a few weeks ago.
Last week, I met with students and faculty who had circulated a statement of concern about the tone of public discourse following the events of Sept. 11.
Gun violence is a significant feature of American society today. We want to believe that educational communities are exempt.
If you are holding an event outdoors on a hot, sunny Sunday in May, make every minute of it worthwhile.
"Bound together by honor, let us go ever onward-with happy hearts and smiling faces," exhorted the 1926-1927 Handbook of Duke University.
The holidays give us wonderful opportunities for spending time with family and friends.
As many of you may be aware, the undergraduate classes of Duke University are engaged in a wonderful campus-wide community service project entitled "Rejecting Hunger.
I don't know anyone who doubts that Dukies know how to party, but any skepticism surely would have been demolished when the University threw a party in Cameron Indoor Stadium the night of Oct. 3.
Although we have much to celebrate at the University these days, there have also been a number of distressing incidents over the past few weeks.
I write, with thanks to The Chronicle staff for this space, to welcome all new and returning students-undergraduate, graduate and professional students alike.
