Mar - Apr 2002 Issue

 

 For those who have a child considering life beyond high school, learning all about the process of choosing, applying, getting in, and paying for a college education is key. One way to acquire that college knowledge is to attend the Alumni Admissions Forum held in the Bryan Center on Duke's campus June 21.

  Ben Franklin, considered the founding figure of American magazines, was concerned not just with words and ideas but also with visual impact in print. He used the latest typestyles in his Pennsylvania Gazette. Since it began in 1983, Duke Magazine has thought of itself as a magazine dedicated to ideas. But not every interesting idea is a big idea. In that spirit, the magazine has worked to reinvigorate the pacing of the reading experience.

 One of the referendum questions on this spring's Duke Student Government election ballot was "Do you favor a residential smoking ban?" With less than half of the campus voting, 57.70% of students said yes and 35.11% said not in favor. Do you favor a residential smoking ban?

 

 

 After the September 11 attacks, many of the initial congressional and regulatory responses had the potential to affect America's research universities widely. University leaders understood the need to respond to the potential for further terrorist attacks, but were concerned the proposed government changes could inhibit research in unintended ways.

 A new student health center will open in August to improve health-care services for students and to make treatment more accessible. Plans for the center were approved by Duke's trustees in February. The 13,000-square-foot facility will be located in the lower level of the orange zone in Duke Clinics, near West Campus.

 Students called for a more visible police presence, additional lighting, and clarifications regarding the use of SAFE Rides at a February forum that focused on campus safety. Organized by Duke Student Government in the wake of several assaults on campus, the forum gave students an opportunity to ask questions, voice concerns, and learn what steps administrators and Duke police have taken recently to bolster security.

 When I was at Duke, I never would have anticipated dedicating my life to being an artist," says Jo Kreiter '86. "Actually, I was shocked. It wasn't the pathway I thought I would take."

 

 

 Duke basic scientists have won four out of five research awards given this year by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB). This near-sweep of the awards exemplifies the research excellence Duke has built in its basic science departments, says medical school dean Sandy Williams M.D. '74.Receiving awards from ASBMB this spring:

April is the cruelest month in the financial-aid calendar. High-school seniors are receiving acceptance letters and their parents are trying to figure out where, or whether, or how, their children can go. Forms are due. Costs are catalogued and figures are totaled, and totaled again. And the phones in the financial-aid office start ringing, not to stop for nearly a month.

The searing ocean wind whistles into the desert ghost town, blasting through the empty buildings, lofting a stream of salty grit that over decades has eaten away their bricks to a pockmarked ruin. The empty buildings surrounding the abandoned African diamond mines once held rowdy crowds of miners. But now their dark windows reflect only a lone, hulking, brown hyena picking her way along the street, oblivious to the capricious winds ruffling her thick fur.

When John "J.W." Stigi visited Duke on a sunny spring day during his junior year of high school, he fell in love with the school and knew he had to figure out a way to attend. So he headed over to the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps offices in the North Building. Within thirty minutes, he knew the Navy was for him.

Entering the Harvard Square hangout known as Pinocchio's, you're confronted with the requisite menu of pizza variations, the requisite photos of sports teams, and a framed testimonial. An article from The Harvard Crimson, the student newspaper, provides the testimonial; it reports on Harvard's having lured a leading Stanford researcher in "sub-micron electronic technology." He turned down tenure at Stanford in favor of Harvard's offer.

 

    School on scandal:Cox explains Enron inequities.

 

  

 When Jeff Van Hanken '88 decided to enter the film industry, he wanted to "develop new stories about people working to effect positive change." He established Healthy Boy Productions "to create a roving film studio that seeks out new stories from overlooked communities."

 Large Peasant, Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902) Bronze sculpture, 31 inches.

  When Andrea Barnwell A.M. '99, Ph.D. '01 became director of Atlanta's Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, she accepted many responsibilities--not the least of which is providing what she calls "a nurturing learning environment for the collection, preservation, exhibition, and interpretation of important works of art."

 Over-the-counter cures: historical ads from the Hartman collection.

 Baird: took a look at what was lacking.

 

  How will the recent pedophilia scandal affect the clergy and laity?

 A new late-night, weekend bus, in place during the spring semester to provide transportation to off-campus venues, has seen enough riders that Student Affairs is making the route available at least through next fall.

 

    Sophomore, Women’s Basketball ForwardDescribe yourself in three words:Fun, outgoing, witty

 

 

 Trustees approved an accelerated bachelor's of nursing (B.S.N.) program at Duke's School of Nursing, the first undergraduate degree offered by the school since 1984. The last hurdle for the program will be obtaining approval from the North Carolina Board of Nursing, scheduled for late spring.