Duke freshman refuses summer reading book due to graphic imagery
By Ryan Schocket | Aug. 26, 2015Duke University freshmen aren’t reading this year’s summer reading book, “Fun Home,” and it’s not because it’s optional.
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Duke University freshmen aren’t reading this year’s summer reading book, “Fun Home,” and it’s not because it’s optional.
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Duke University freshmen aren’t reading this year’s summer reading book, “Fun Home,” and it’s not because it’s optional.
Read More »DURHAM — It’s been nearly two weeks since the shooting of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill rocked universities and Muslim communities, and on Saturday, Duke University’s Muslim Students Association came together to push the conversation forward.
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This was an old-fashioned, impossible-to-script, picture-perfect basketball showdown in its purest form: two teams that despise each other. Hundreds of screaming, raucous, eccentric students painted from head to toe, looking for their six-and-a-half week stay in freezing tents to culminate with jubilation. A moment of silence for the passing of a North Carolina coaching legend, that rivalry aside, brought together all of Cameron Indoor Stadium in touching silence Wednesday night.
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Read More »After Duke canceled its scheduled call to prayer Friday, discussions of University resources for UNC Muslims students were brought to the surface.
Read More »When Duke University first announced a call to prayer from its chapel’s bell tower, it was intended to bring together Muslims and non-Muslims after recent terrorist attacks in Paris — instead, the move sparked widespread controversy and prompted Duke to cancel the event. Franklin Graham, a prominent evangelical Christian, wrote a Facebook post demanding that donors withhold donations from Duke until the policy was reversed.
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DURHAM — They didn’t come to watch Marquise Williams fumble the ball three times in a row in one quarter’s time — twice in the red zone.
Read More »Duke University’s computer science department is investigating potential widespread cheating in a course known as Computer Science 201.
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Read More »After serving 27 years of a life sentence, Andrew Chandler Jr.’s fate might rest in the hands of Theresa Newman, Duke University law professor, and her team, which recently began to reexamine the controversial 1987 sexual abuse case.
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Ideally, people would think about the opportunity cost of making a purchase, but Duke economics professor and best-selling author Dan Ariely knows people typically only think about the pain associated with spending money.
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As of July 1, popular economics lecturer Jeremy Petranka has moved from UNC to Duke, but he won't be spending all his time in Durham.
Read More »UNC and Duke University differ by more than a shade of blue — especially in the difference between public and private tuition costs.
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Mondays aren’t the most popular day of the week, but one group is working to change that through small acts of kindness.
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The Chapel Hill Contemporary Music Ensemble is joining forces with the Duke New Music Ensemble thanks to the prestigious Kenan-Biddle Partnership Grant.
Read More »Duke University recently announced its decision to include sexual reassignment surgery in employee health care plans, but UNC-CH isn’t likely to follow suit.
Read More »For 12 years, UNC students and faculty have used the Robertson Scholars bus to travel to and from Duke University’s campus for free.
Read More »As UNC’s handling of sexual assault cases continues to be examined, Duke University has taken steps to toughen its own sanctioning in such cases — naming expulsion as the recommended punishment for perpetrators.
Read More »In an effort to increase college completion rates for students from underserved communities, UNC has paired with the Knowledge Is Power Program.
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