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THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVER ISITY
� Three Duke seniors,
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more than in any past years, will study at the University of Oxford as
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By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle
A school-high group of seniors will travel to the University of Oxford as recipients of one of the most prestigious awards in higher education —
the Rhodes Scholarship. A selection committee announced Saturday night that Alexis Blane, Pavan Cheruvu and Samuel Malone are the University’s 31st, 32nd and 33rd Rhodes scholars. “This is unprecedented for Duke and a very exciting moment,” said history professor Peter Wood, who chairs Duke’s Rhodes Advisory Committee. “These are three unique individuals with remarkable track records and exciting potential.... They interviewed more than 900 people, so it’s obviously a very large pool and quite impressive for any single university
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Electrical Engineering and Chemistry Hometown: Tampa, F.L Seeking more focused work, Cheruvu will
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study biosensing.
Majors: English and Biology
Samuel Malone
Hometown: Charlotte, N.C Blane, who is writing a thesis on contemporary literature, plans to study English literature.
to have this many in a year.” Duke’s total of three scholars matched the US. Military Academy at West Point, and is second only to Harvard University, at which five Rhodes scholars were named. Blane, a Charlotte native, is a double major in English and biology. She said that as an Angier B. Duke scholar she had
Majors: Mathematics and Economics Hometown: Zebulon, N.C Malone plans to pursue a M.Phil. in economics at
the Oxford Financial Research Centre
the opportunity to study at Oxford and that prompted her interest in extended study there. “Being over there really whet my appetite and convinced me it was a place I wanted to go again,” she said. At Oxford, she plans to study English literature from 1880 to the present. CurrentSee OXFORD on page 8
master’s tuition hike By WHITNEY BECKETT The Chronicle
Master’s students received good news Thursday, as the Graduate School announced it only plans to increase their tuition 4.7 percent per year, compared to the 11 percent increase announced earlier in the week. The plan still calls for an 11 percent increase
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fees and doctorate student tu- , Lewis Siegel ition. Dean of the Graduate School Lewis Siegel said the original plan resulted from an accounting error and that the new proposal would place the University mid-range among comparable institutions in terms ofboth master’s and doctorate tuition. The Graduate School had originally calculated the yearly .
costs of master’s students tuition based on students taking 24 units per year—like Ph.D students. But master’s degrees generally require 30 units, said Siegel. Because tuition is paid by the unit—three units make a class for master’s students—factoring in another six units increased master’s tuition by 25 percent. This calculation would have moved the University from its goal of being average to being one of the most expensive schools.
Siegel said he did not realize the error until he was putting together the proposal for Friday’s Board of Trustee’s meeting, at which he presented the amended plan. He also said publicity surrounding the issue and feedback from students caused the Graduate School to further analyze the plan. “Of course, I talked to [Graduate and Professional Student Council President! Elayne Heisler all along, but interestingly enough, no one See TUITION on page 6 �
Early admission applicant pool increases by 22 percent in men’s basketball undoubtedly had some effect, Guttentag said. Calling the After months of nervous anticipation impact of the national exposure difficult by admissions officials, America’s war to quantify, he added that many applicants cited basketball as one of many on terrorism seems to have not adversely affected undergraduate applications reasons for applying. Increased recruiting efforts may also to Duke. Rather, the Sept. 11 attacks and the subsequent events may have have led to more applications, as admiscontributed to a sharp increase in high sions officers took advantage of an additional $500,000 in recruiting money alloschoolers applying early. cated under the University’s long-range Following a national trend of increased early applications, the number plan. The funds allow recruiters to travel of students applying for early decision more and meet with potential students to increased by 22 percent over last year, try to increase geographic, ethnic and sofrom 1,299 to a record 1,590. Possible cioeconomic diversity. reasons for the increase are hard to “We were given more resources to reidentify, but much of the increase came cruit, and we did,” Guttentag said. Several other top universities have from students along the East Coast, said Christoph Guttentag, director of also reported increases in early applications, but none as large as Duke’s. Yale undergraduate admissions. “Fart of it was people wanting to be University saw a 17 percent increase, the University of Pennsylvania a 7 perwithin driving distance of home,” Guttentag said. “No one really knew what cent increase and Harvard University to expect after September 11. Had it an increase of less than 1 percent. Despite the increase in applicants, gone the other way, had we all seen a drop, I don’t think that any of us would Duke will accept about the same number from the pool as last year, when 501 were have been surprised.” accepted early. Guttentag said accepting In addition, the University extendmore students early would restrict choiced its deadline for applications because of delays in mail delivery due to es in the regular pool, where Duke receives 90 percent ofits applications. anthrax attacks. See ADMISSIONS on page 7 Last spring’s national championship By DAVE INGRAM The Chronicle
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Hannukah is so much Funnukah!
Members of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity hosted a menorah lighting to mark the beginning of the Jewish holiday Sunday night.
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With loved ones stationed abroad, families of US. sol,Frt B supporting each other throughout di the holidays See page 4
The Board of Trustees accepted reductions in retirement benefits, as well as West Campus dormitory renovations at its quarterly meeting. See page 5
The Academic Council approved a new bachelor s degree within the School of Nursing Thursday and heard an update on tenure from Provost Peter Lange. See page 5