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The Chronicl Groups march for Darfur awareness Staff notes divisions on campus by
Rebecca Wu
THE CHRONICLE
Carrying “Pray for Darfur” and “Don’t Ignore the Crisis in Darfur” signs, students, professors and children walked last night from the Marketplace to the Duke Chapel as part of the Darfur pilgrimage walk organized by the Internationally Minded People ofFaith. Representatives from the IMPF, a global awareness and advocacy student organization of the Divinity School, said they hoped the pilgrimage walk would raise awareness about the issues in Darfur. “We want people to know what is going on in the Sudan,” said Kristin Scarboro, a graduate student in the Divinity School. “It really is genocide and the world should take notice.” Robert Moses, a key organizer of the pilgrimage walk, said he hoped to raise awareness and support for the people of Darfur as well. “In such a fast-paced country and society, it is often easy to become inoculated to the sufferings in the world,” Moses said. As the march continued, traffic behind the walk’s participants accumulated. “It’s interesting—people will see us now. Although they may not exactly know what we are doing, it is another way to build awareness,” said Christina Peterman, a student in the Divinity School. Peterman also described the importance of reflecting on the issues in Sudan. “Many Divinity students will become pastors and we really need to know how to bring such concerns into local churches,” she explained. “Our goal is to ask how Christians, particularly local churches, can SEE DARFUR ON PAGE 11
saysculturetalk too critical. University 'great'
Danowski by
Anne Llewellyn THE CHRONICLE
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Students walk in front of the Marketplace in an effort to raise awareness of the tragedies in Darfur.
Duke staff members voiced questions and concerns Thursday at the last in a series of town hall meetings hosted by the Campus Culture Initiative this week At the meeting, staff members debated a number of topics, including student drinking behaviors and the lack of engagement between the students and the wider Durham community. The concerns were tempered with a discussion about the difficulties of analyzing campus culture without sounding pejorative or dismissive of the positive elements of the University and student body. The three-part series of meetings also included sessions for faculty and students held Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. “What the staff do for us is very important as far as our campus culture is concerned,” said junior Elliott Wolf, Duke Student Government president and a SEE
STAFF/CCI ON PAGE 12
Swinging for success ACLU panel criticizes Students learn golf to Nifong, faculty response get ahead in business by
by
Steven Chartan THE CHRONICLE
For
ambitious students going into busi-
ness, a good golf swing maybe just as important as an excellent education. “Golf classes seem to fill up really
fast.” Golf Instructor and PGA Assistant Tim Miller said, adding that students are seniors. Because many Duke seniors go on to work in the business sector after graduation, Miller said many of his students take golf precisely for that purpose. “A lot of them say they’re trying to better their skills for business,” he said. “They recognize that [a golf game] might be needed.” Whit Davis, Trinity ’O6 and currendy an
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More than 60 students, faculty and Durham residents gathered to hear a discussion about the lacrosse incident Thursday night. The panel, sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union at Duke, consisted of Larry Holt, Durham Human Relations Commission chair, Stephen Miller, a Duke senior and Chronicle columnist, and KC Johnson, a professor of history at Brooklyn College and author of the blog “DurhamIn-Wonderland.” The audience, which was predominantly made up oflocal residents, gathered to listen to the panelists speak, and pose questions, about the rape charges against three members of the SEE
LAX PANEL ON PAGE 8
Blogger KC Johnson (left) waspart of a three-person
panel about the lacrosse case hosted by Duke ACLU.