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THURSDAY, MAY 13,2004
One Hundredth Year,
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year
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hoping
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spring
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considering
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to
in
change
the
sorority
before the
days
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semester.
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move
of formal recruitment
beginning
start
potential to
response
to
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but
negotiated, person
class
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partnership
officials expect
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the 22-month
degrees,
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School and
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with both schools’
to
offer
be
fully a
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with
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would administer a names.
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commitments to The lates
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that
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Fuqua,
postpone
saw
“and
said
conse-
making
any
joint degree.”
faculty
a
teach
classes. Graduates will receive
over
we
issues involved,”
dean of
agreement for
Duke
degree
classes
beginning
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degree
to
quarters,
it’s
be
not
treated is
have
equal
equal part-
as
have
saying they
not an
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to
equal partnership,”
At the
however,
most
and
to
In
to
Academic Council
announced
that
the
the
meeting,
University
examine theoretical issues such could
University
of the
Aca-
wrote
had his “full endorsement.”
the
degree standards,
ment
5 letter
April
an
Nancy Allen, Lange
recent
Lange
the pro-
initially supported
joint degree.
partner
“We will have
than
degree stipu-
75 percent of the two
can a
happened
diplomas,
exert more
joint degree,
one
around to
plan,” Lange A
set
extent
the
as
over
teaching
of the
involve-
exert
institution and
next
a
of issues
to
addressing specific
the
quality
told the council will
address, which
in
principle
program
have become the
dean’s council
case
May
approval,
with this
I
than as
Fuqua
6.
examine
joint
degrees
fall.
Lange
dual
a
think we’ll do better
said
with Academic dent Nan
after
the
Council
meeting
University
that
members and
Keohare led him
port until the
to
discussions with
Presi-
reconsider his sup-
considered joint
degrees
con-
which
of
classes
many of the
“Hosting
a
of the
Duke
as
demic Council Chair
addressing
from each institution. Duke trol
at
several levels of Uni-
University approval,
many other
thought
a
of classes,
avoid any
to
re-
members and con-
recruitment
begin
said Chilson,
control of the program.
required
vJtd Staelin, deputy
for
control the
authorization.
there T*j c
like
long
Provost Peter
posal
sorority
portion
after
intensive,”
Staelin said.
needed
ne-
would have been the first
“When we looked for
as
originally
curriculum committee.
Duke and would have
and
have concluded its
members
new
happens
“less
business schools will
“Our partners ners,
to
both
in the program.
single degree
school would have
half of the classes under the
two
week. There
a
will be
senior,
parties prior
to
in
crease
the
new
a
conference
game
the
were
to
pears
have
“From of view, of
major
a
paid
the
poten-
championship
impetus
and
and
in-
televised
the
for
move
the ap-
dividends.
financial and exposure
[it] gives
stability
our
schools
continuity
a
point
great deal
for
the
fu-
ACC commissioner John Swofford
said in line
the
of
and
contract
expansion,
league’s
significant
a
number
games. Such for
agreement
conference cham-
and
tial
ture,”
minimizes overlap within
game
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and ESPN that includes
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with
statement. our
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related
to
expectations
current
Saturday
joint degree proposal joint degree,
Goethe
University’s
contract, each
gotiated
to
admit
from each school.
Fuqua initially planned which
to
that
semes-
making
dual the
a
the first full week
by
allowing
addition, the
In
apparent
under the
the first
teach three
2005.
program. Students
rolled in the Frankfurt program will two
up with
team
dual
terms
on
status
business school
degree beginning
begins
means
University’s newly-created
be
“definitely
when
options
President Jessica Chilson said.
on
Kelly Rohrs
School of Business will
Fuqua
will
over
diets between recruitment and academics.
its
conflicts became
Sorority recruitment,
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Frankfurt
that time.”
by
began weighing
scheduling
recruit-
break]. Usually
weeks before the end of this past
Fuqua settles by
from
just
definite timetablefor the earlier start,
potential
ter,
semester]
no
but Panhel hopes
[back
the
first dis-
is
and lasts
weeks
shift
2005
Panhel Executive Vice President
Ellison Baars said. “We have the Red
Panhel
conflicts in
semester
to
cruitment
two
was
have
we
thus
the
sever-
why
conflicts for space in the second and third
of classes second
several
week later, that’s
Cross blood drive in Von Canon and other
campus spaces for recruitment.
reserving
a
the
to
pionship
it
for.
The ACC has reached with ABC
seven-year
league got what
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