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THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
ONE HUNDREDTH YEAR, ISSUE 37
New center leads
Remembering Bus No. 19
global initiative lems we share with our partners in the developing world.” Duke University Medical CenEventually, Dr. Ralph Corey, diter administrators announced rector of the Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health, hopes the Friday the creation of the Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global center will expand to new sites, inHealth, a center designed to supcrease research and training opport and integrate Duke’s global portunities and become more intehealth ventures. grated with student life. Center officials will work in ‘The center’s goal is to help conjunction with several existing Duke become an effective force in global health initiatives, located research, education and service in in Tanzania, Brazil, China and the developing world and to work Thailand, and will support these with whoever we can to make this projects through funds and effort successful,” he said. ‘The goal is to try and involve the enfriendly contacts. “Today there is tremendous tire University in global health.” interest in the social injustices of The center, funded by the Yearthe disparate health care ingan Charitable Foundation Trust of Gamer, N.C., and the Hubert equalities —at Duke and other academic institutions,” Dr. Victor Family Trust of Atlanta, Ga., which Dzau, chancellor for health af- donated a total of $6.5 million, fairs and president and CEO of continues a. University-wide trend Duke University Heakh Systems; offocusing thoughts, research and said in a statement. “The Hubert- talents on global health. This is the second major develYeaYgan Center will support many important initiatives aimed at addressing the health probSEE CENTER ON PAGE 10 by
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Pro-Israeli activists brought a Jerusalem bus that was bombed in a January suicide attack tp cajnpps this week as a memorial to victimsof terrorist activities. Members of the Duke community viewed the bus at the exhibit In front of tfTeChapel Tuesday.The display will remain on the quadranglethrough the end of today. See story, page 6.
Fuqua rank slips Hokies deal Duke first loss from top 10 list by
Sarah Kwak
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Kelly Rohrs THE CHRONICLE
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Fuqua School of Business slipped to 11th in Business Week’s rankings of MBA programs this year, dropping out of the top 10 for the first time in more than a decade. The administration is taking the fall seriously as the rankings, which come out every other year, are regarded as a relatively credible measure of a school’s standing. Fuqua and University administrators said they were disappointed but were concentrating on the school’s progress. “Obviously we’d rather have them go up than go down, but it’s only long term trends that count,” Provost Peter Lange said. “We know that they are im-
proving substantially.”
Fuqua posted its best showing in the Business Week rank-
ings in 2000 when it boasted a
fifth-place finish. Since then,
the school has steadily slid out of the top 10 as it has struggled with several attempts to cement its international presence and expand the school. Even though Fuqua Dean Douglas Breeden has been traveling in Russia and Eastern Europe, he sent an e-mail to all members of the school Thursday explaining the slip. He also called in to a weekly gathering of students Friday to field their questions about the reasons for the No. 11 rank. Schools are ranked primarily by survey responses from job recruiters and students. Statistics about faculty publications comprise about 10 percent of the ranking. Duke scored well among recruiters, but its student reviews, which are culled over four years, pulled down its rank. SEE BUSINESS WEEK ON PAGE 9
In the respected Business Week rankings, Fuqua School of Business slipped to 11th.
By the end of the game, the substitution horn was running out of air. During the last 20 minutes of play, head coach John Rennie had substituted players 18 times to stop the clock and use time to his advantage.
Although VA.TECH No. 16 Duke DUKE 0 kept the ball
in Virginia Tech’s territory for much of the second half and fired two shots in the closing minutes, the Blue Devils could not muster a goal and lost their first game of the season, 1-0. Duke (11-1, 3-1 in the ACC) rolled through the first part of its season with eight shutouts and is still in position to clench its best ACC finish in several years and a bid to the NCAA Tournament.* The Blue Devils, who will try to bounce back against Georgia State today, fell from fourth to 16th in the NSCAA poll Tuesday. Although Duke had plenty of chances to score throughout Friday’s physical game, it could not capitalize on any of the opportunities. SEE MEN’S SOCCER ON PAGE 20
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Freshman Spencer Wadsworth tries to spark Duke offense in Friday's loss to Va.Tech.