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propose

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about the way have

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said.

awaiting

said Lewis

year,

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program

downtown

facilities, officials say.

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its

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community

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meeting

from

needs of the

patient-sensitivity

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said Kevin Sowers, chief

officer of Duke

University,

that the

built for

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patient is,

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Keohane: A leader in the huddle by

Jake

of the

Poses

She could be with her

the Final Four, heard

of

hosting

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player

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summer.

Alana Beard

from

an

athletic

back-to-back

basketball. And

a

consisted of just which

were

a

simply

department only

how

been

a

little

ley,

buildings,

national

prominence

at

Joe Alieva,

Duke

experience advice in

men’s

“I

on

this campus very

The Blue Devils have their finish in

I

a:

the

championships

quickly

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never

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competitiveness.

under her watch,

Duke has

matching

won

reach the

to

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fragile

competitiveness

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that she

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leadership

involved in athletics and

faculty

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to

role in

think

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and

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terms

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answer me

gave

case.

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than that.”

small

circle

of

the athletic de-

and the financial in-

University

when Duke’s athletic future is

“She took

improving

measure

norm

the

of

terests

more

with

representing

partment,

always

state

to

anything visits

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always get

but she

looking for,

the

and embraced it.”

broadest

commonly sought

attempt

between athletic

was

may hav<

thrived under Keohane,

the Directors’

school’s athletic

and has

an

Butters said. “I didn’t

many of

to

listen to,” former Director ofAthletics Tom

from Welles-

promoted

Duke’s helm

her convictions about the student-

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lance

very fast learner,” said Athletic D

whom Keohane

at

academic standards.

rem

1998. “She has learned the culture of athletics and the of it

on

e

didn’t understand the cul-

University coming

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importantly,

calculated steps. She

University, taking

can’t ask for she

came,

a

the end of her 11 years

of the

Duke in 19*. year

at

Id firm

everythin'

in

most

perhaps

scandals that have rocked athletic

dealt with the athletics much like she has tackled

Duke’s athletic campus

small cluster of

but I think she is

cance

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major

the nation.

across

Keohane—now

daunting.

of athletics

rector

departments

spotted

in need of renovation, the task of running

‘When she first ture

at

one

championships

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athletic program with

at

university.

national

even

hockey

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to

She could be

When President Nan Keohane arrived inherited

field

Dukes. She could be party for the Iron

last

to run

a

could be found

in three-hour teleconferences

engaging

basketball

Campus watching

grandchildren. a

expansion possibilities ing

East

seen on

pair

University’s history.

school has avoided the

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impact fees,

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President Nan Keo-

levied for

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to

more

taxes.

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over

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but that the

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ular rooms,” she said.

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originally

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growth.

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describe

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a term

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the School of Medicine, noted that the

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and

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Duke

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public policy.”

medicine and

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chief of emergency

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to

University

officials indicated

services

city

and

tug-of-war, city

events, center.

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Kathleen

Steve Veres

by

for future

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faculty

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proposal

current emergency department lacks sufficient space and

University Hospital's

number of departments,” Director

of Graduate Studies Frederick

the

asked the

interdiscipli-

nary program that would involve from

Duke

in

$l2-million building. “The

cials have

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the

plan,

to

latest

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teer a

the Executive Commit-

of the Graduate School in Fall 2004. If

tee

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pro-

degree.

to

request

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by

the Sanford In-

has devised

Policy

new

wrangling

intra-departmental poli-

ideological splits,

stitute of Public gram

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more

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Kelly Rohrs

by

Duke

City:

have

been

the

stake. of

pressing everybody

hard about what

said Kathleen Smith, who,

we as

are

the

doing faculty

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its total

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rest

SEE KEOHANE

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