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Duke University library is home to the largest advertising archives in the nation, and is fast becoming a center for academic research in advertising history.
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653
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Duke University looks back during its 150th anniversary celebration.
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3346
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Afro-American workers at Duke University charge that the firing of a black bus transportation supervisor is yet another indication that the school treats them differently from other employees. School officials say he was fired for not following orders.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 14 Issue 1, Jan 1996,
p9-11, il
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3988
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After thinking about having a new art museum for years, Duke University will build one. Duke alumnus Raymond Nasher will give $7.5 million of the $15 million cost. The 50,000-square-foot-building will bear his name. the scheduled opening is 2002.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 16 Issue 45, Nov 1998,
p25, il
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4197
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Wearing apparel displaying college logos is often produced in third-world sweatshops. A Duke-logo baseball cap costs $20, and the university receives $1.50 through licensing. However, production costs only about eight cents in workers' wages. In 1997, some Duke students organized Students Against sweatshops to protest for better working conditions in factories that produce Duke-logo licensed material.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 12, Mar 1999,
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14376
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The author examines those things within Durham County which make it unique, from the Old South to New South. The tobacco industrial boom is discussed, its educational progress due to Duke University.
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22657
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North Carolina has three students that have been awarded the National Sea Grant College Program's John A. Knauss Scholarship Fellowship. All three hail from Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment and serve in various government departments as program analysts, congressional liaisons, and policy formulators.
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23270
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After Islamic radicals shot 17 people in France, Duke extended an invite to Muslim students to broadcast their call to prayer. The university later rescinded its invitation.
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9.How do you Mend a Broken Heart by Bailey, David Business North Carolina Vol. 11 Issue 7, July 1991
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24348
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Duke University Medical Center is the cutting edge location for heart surgery. This article examines the costs of operations and who ends up paying for them.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 11 Issue 7, July 1991,
p24-35, il
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24418
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Terry Sanford is retiring as president of Duke University; this article presents his career as an attorney, legislator, governor, and twice-failed candidate for U.S. president.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 4 Issue 12, December 1984,
p47-53, il
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24739
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Duke University’s “From the Archives” series pairs musicians and composers with archival materials stored in Duke’s Rubenstein Manuscript and Rare Book Library. Over the past year, North Carolina band Hiss Golden Messenger, has created an album to bring to life the images found in William Gedney’s photograph collection. The collection inspired a new stage show in addition to the new album, both entitled Heart Like a Levee.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 46, November 2015,
p21-22, il, por
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26983
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The Duke Child Care Coalition is a group of students, staff and faculty urging administration to provide affordable, flexible day care for the Duke community. They argue that by saving money on day care, Duke could lose students and tuition revenue. Duke will consider but not commit to opening a day care.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 6 Issue 20, Oct 20-Nov 2 1988,
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27266
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The Duke immersive Virtual Environment, or DiVE, is a cyber-archaeology project funded by the Brazilian government and made for education and research, in collaboration with archaeologists at the University of São Paulo. The goal is for archaeologists to be able to experience a site without going there, and to have the ability to compare side-by-side different stages in an expedition.
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27407
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Duke University Chapel’s carillon, a set of 50 bells, has been in use for over 80 years. They have a rather interesting history, and were in fact received as a gift in 1930, a bit after the bell tower was built. The bells are now a cherished part of the university, and shall be for many years to come.
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27506
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The struggle over innovation versus tradition is playing out at Duke University. Duke’s chapter of the National Association of Scholars (NAS) opposes some of the “radical” ideas the English Department is teaching. While some say the argument is over curriculum, others suggest the NAS is more concerned with the salaries as they believe the English Department is taking money away from their programs. Regardless, the fight has made some professors nervous that the attention will make them justify and defend what they do and teach.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 8 Issue 48, Nov. 28- Dec. 4 1990,
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