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Before dismissal, Sulaimon faced sexual assault allegations Nick Martin and Emma Baccellieri Sports Editor and News Editor Rasheed Sulaimon’s dismissal from the Duke basketball program is clouded by allegations of sexual assault, which surfaced nearly a year before he was released from the team in January. Multiple sources close to the situation have confirmed that members of the athletic department were made aware of the allegations as early as March 2014. The Duke men’s basketball department has not provided a detailed explanation of the dismissal, which Rasheed Sulaimon was the first in head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s 35 years at the helm of the program. Sulaimon, a junior, was dismissed from the Duke basketball team Jan. 29 after he “repeatedly struggled to meet the necessary obligations,” Krzyzewski said in his official statement. Sulaimon’s dismissal came not from a singular incident, but was the result of multiple actions detrimental to the program, Matt Plizga—the men’s basketball sports information director—told The Chronicle the day of the dismissal. The Duke athletic administration declined to speak with The Chronicle after multiple attempts were made to discuss the allegations. The allegations Separate allegations of sexual assault by Sulaimon came from two female students in the 2013-14 academic year. See Sulaimon on Page 8
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Board of Trustees approves yearly tuition increase Emma Baccellieri News Editor Undergraduate tuition will increase to $47,650 next year—bringing the total cost of attendance to $63,273, the highest in the University’s history and a 3.8 percent increase from this year. The tuition increase was approved by the Board of Trustees, which convened this weekend at the Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club. Increases were approved for each of Duke’s ten schools, ranging from a 3.3 percent hike for the School of Medicine to a 6 percent increase for the Pratt School of Engineering’s graduate programs. “We always have to try to strike a balance between affordability and making the investments to create the high quality experience that people come here for,” President Richard Brodhead said. “This was the balance point between a desire to keep investing for the benefit of students and a desire to control the costs.” Undergraduate tuition will increase by 4 percent from its current price of $45,800. The increase is
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consistent with the University’s recent tuition growth, The Board has discussed the possibility of which has hovered around 4 percent for the last four eliminating loans from Duke’s financial aid packages, years. as some peer schools have done, but a decision is not “We’ve obviously mitigated the increase in recent on the horizon. years,” Brodhead said, noting that the increases in “We’ve had this under study, but we don’t yet have a recent years have not been as significant as those in proposal nor has there been any decision,” Brodhead the past. said of eliminating loans. Tuition increases in the first This year’s tuition increase is e always have to try comparable with that of peer schools— decade of the 2000s ranged from 4 to strike a balance including Cornell University and the percent to 5.5 percent. From 2002 to 2012, the average increase was 4.46 between affordability and University of Pennsylvania, both of percent. which announced a 3.9 increase last As tuition has increased, so has making the investments to week. financial aid, Brodhead noted. create the high quality exEstimates for next year’s financial aid perience that people come In other business: costs will not be finalized until later The board discussed financing in 2015, but Duke will spend $132.2 here for. plans for a number of construction million on financial aid in 2014-15— including the Scott Family — Richard Brodhead projects— a figure which has increased by 32 Pavilion, which will connect various percent in the last five years. Duke athletic facilities; the upcoming renovation to Half of Duke students receive some form of financial Cameron Indoor Stadium, which will add a new lobby to assistance, with more than 40 percent receiving need- the iconic arena; the new Student Health and Wellness based financial aid. Grants, loans and work-study See Trustees on Page 3 opportunities are all included in need-based aid.
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