Face book
Overcrowding
Students complain about Facebook's n ew features, PAGE 3
Thanks to popularity, PPS dept. waives prerequisite, PAGE 3
Men's
Soccer^
Duke faces off against Virginia Tech in Koskinen, PAGE 9
The Chronicle?
NCCU-Duke
students team up WOJCIECHOWSKA
BY IZA THE CHRONICLE
Student leaders from Duke and North Carolina Central University met over dinner to discuss potential collaboration between the two schools at Monday’s InterCommun i t y Council meeting. Last semester, stu-
dents from both universities Jordan Giordano met to talk about relations following the lacrosse scandal, but now the students are looking beyond a relationship forged by crisis, hoping to foster a sense of community between the two Durham schools, leaders from both schools said. “Now we’re taking the next
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step,” said ICC President Jordan Giordano, a sophomore. “We’re looking at how our stu-
dent groups can work together and collaborate to have the best possible relationship.” About 50 leaders—including representatives from student governments, fraternities, sororities and other time organizations—spent talking to each other in small roundtable discussions to establish ideas for working together in the future. No such organized meeting had been held at Duke up to this point, but students from both schools were pleased with the outcbme and enthusiastic about, the schools’ prospective interaction. “We’re bringing our student leaders together, and I don’t think that’s ever been done before,” said NCCU senior SEE DUKE-NCCU ON PAGE 8
Research Drive fire yields little damage Adam Eaglin THE CHRONICLE
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A fire of unknown origin scorched a laboratory on the second floor of the Nanaline H. Duke Building Monday morning, causing students and workers to evacuate, University officials confirmed. No one was injured in the blaze, but both the building and Research Drive—where the facility is located—were closed off for much of the day.
The fire, which started at about 6:17 a.m., took between one and two hours to contain, but never expanded beyond the structure’s second floor, said Leanora Minai, senior communications strategist for the Office of Communication Services. “My understanding is that the fire was limited to the lab, or just that one floor,” Minai SEE FIRE ON PAGE 6
There was a fire early Monday morning at the Nanaline H.Duke Building on Research Dr.
Durham firefighters look on as the American flag is presented at Monday's Sept. 11 commemoration on the West Campus Plaza.
Students, firefighters honor 9/11 anniversary by
Katherine Macllwaine THE CHRONICLE
Members of the Duke community joined mourners across the country Monday by commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at two on-campus memorial services. President Richard Brodhead and Dean of the Chapel Sam Wells spoke to approximately 70 alumni, faculty and students at a ceremony at the Keohane Quad Memorial Grove, where six trees were planted in 2002 to honor the six Duke alumni killed by the attacks. “Peaceable people going about their daily lives can be the objects of atrocious violence and organized malice,” Brodhead said at the service, which was sponsored by the Duke Alumni Association.
Brodhead also shared his personal memories of the terrorist attacks. He reflected on the crystal sky and bright sunshine of the fateful morning, emphasizing that he ironically spent the early hours of Sept. 11 thinking it was “a great day to be alive.” Brodhead finished by reading the names of the six alumni vic-
Tims and placing a wreath on the memorial’s plaque. The University continued its remembrances at an evening service organized by the Duke Student 9/11 Memorial Commission. Senior Stephen Miller created the commission—which includes 11 student groups—in August. “I was so grateful for the opportunity for all of us to come together and pay tribute to our noble and selfless heroes and to honor and remember those many lives that were tragically taken,” said Miller, the commission’s chair and a Chronicle Columnist. The ceremony featured memorial bells and drums and a performance of the national anthem by the Duke Chorale. SEE
9/11 ON PAGE 7