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from

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bilities are

being explored

requirements.

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Reduce

The East

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currently a

source

of campus

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news,

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be

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down and rebuilt.

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curriculum

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replacement

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THE CHRONICLE

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riculum

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7

quiredin

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courses

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be

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categories

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along

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to

curriculum

count

instead of the

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on

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much.”

for the

students

more

credit

students,

Scholars

who

and

Study

away

would be the allowance of toward

Curriculum

2000

categories, including foreign languages.

recommendations the commit-

yet finished its work. It

recommendations

summer

transfer

the

development

transfer

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codes mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

structure

matrix

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including foreign

foreign language

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requirements....

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Competencies

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the Modes of

Allow transfer credit toward Curricu-

for

have

many

courses

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dimension” will

Arts and Sciences Council in SEE BRIDGE ON

number

far and

like the

The number of

gories

lum 2000 categories,

“The

they might

as

still

Civilizations

pro-

said.

simply

many.

required

and Lit-

languages

forward-look-

Most of the are

Arts

Sciences,

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level

just

East

be

in

majors,

re-

rent two;

is

much

how

science

courses

from

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each

12

the

good

appropriate

difficulty

added

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committee

Nowicki

gram,”

courses

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of

courses

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of this curriculum, it’s

Depart-

the

very

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gone

North Carolina

for several years.

the

talking

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of

addresses

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of many students,

is

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burden-

had

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and Natural Sciences—to 10.

make

years.

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and

the

intentions about

accessing

Joyner, project engineer

Development

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calendar

community

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owns

be overhauled in 2006, and the

for

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prevent

students from

make

original

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erature,

students

to

some

ing by

the

less

the

12—three

said

committee,

changes

East

quired

Steve Nowicki, who chairs the

OVERHAUL

Certain changes

and sim-

C2K

10.

especially C2K

from

Civilizations and

Sciences,

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longtime complaint

the

cours-

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each in Arts and Liter-

courses

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as

that will reduce

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the number of

for Areas of

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ature,

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reduce

to

required

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a

will be

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THE CHRONICLE

to

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“Our view is if you take other

university

should

you

all

get

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course

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get credit,

credit

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course

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otherwise

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ON

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Lange, Trask field student queries

major

by

Andrew Gerst Davis Ward

and

THE CHRONICLE

declaration

Finding rity,

neering

up

the

man

ing

omore

Shahrazad

decided

on a

Shareef still had

she wanted

to

few

days

Like

pursue, a

so

and Eco-

major just

dents

College’s

Trinity

Shareef was

spring

than

This year, all their

other

staring

declaring

her

her

predecessors

into

Trinity sophomores

long

range

SEE

plan,

MAJORS

write

ON

adding

an

housing

major

dents

had.

shortage

their

students

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the

on

Provost Peter Lange and Executive Vice PresidentTailmanTrask speak to the student

governing

bodies Tuesday.

meet-

on

difficulty supply

in the

new

living more

Campus, Lange

to

jam

study

stu-

more

and

spaces

West.

is that the demand for

while

typically

are

Student

50 percent

Central

converted

that

Duke

building

Campus

returning

fill

must

than

ceeds the

1344

down

of

cost

commons rooms

a

Peter

Tuesday night.

said he remains reluctant

to

Provost

their semi-annualjoint

West

expensive

one

she decided

double

at

the

on

‘The

earlier deadline for

out

history

decide which

ago.

sophomores,

this

art

not

combine them into

Trask

space

She knew she liked

for

questions

engi-

more

before the Graduate and Professional

With

not

200

doorstep—topped

the

and Executive Vice President Tail-

Government

soph-

major.

nomics, but could

of

at

secu-

and alleviate the

arts

Student Council and

THE CHRONICLE

into her fourth semester,

Going

students

list

Lange

By Davis Ward

maintain campus

to

crunch —with

housing

pushed

ways

spur the creative

a

slight

exists from

spring.

moving

in

ex-

said,

West,” Lange

of

surplus the

abroad

fall

stu-

cause

“We know

a

more

off campus, and the

SEE LEADERS

ON

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