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Harris Teeter opens doors on Ninth St.
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Student Health closes East Campus location
by Sasha Zients The Chronicle
Durham’s newest Harris Teeter supermarket welcomed customers for the first time at its grand opening Wednesday. The grocery store chain, which is based out of Matthews, N.C., opened in front of Erwin Mill apartments on Ninth Street. Many customers explored on opening day, tasting the food samples, ordering drinks from the Starbucks inside the store and grocery shopping. Local business owners and Duke students have said that the new establishment is likely to have a positive impact on the community. “I definitely will use it a lot because generally when I need to pick up something quickly, I go to Whole Foods,” said senior Amanda Young, who lives in Erwin Mill. “I’ll probably be spending more time at Harris Teeter and not as much at Whole Foods.” Young said she believed Harris Teeter chose a good location because there are not other student budget-friendly grocery stores within walking distance of See harris teeter, page 8
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by Anthony Hagouel The Chronicle
Student Health has decided to close its East Campus Clinic in an effort to provide more efficient care for students. Due to the East Campus Clinic’s inability to provide high-level care, student health clinical services will be exclusively provided at the Student Health Center on West Campus beginning in the Spring semester. The East
Campus Clinic is only equipped to provide low-level care, and occasional referrals for students suffering from more serious ailments, while the Student Health Center provides both low-level and specialized care. “It comes down to giving better care,” said Director of Student Health John Vaughn. “It might be more convenient for a student just to walk in, but it doesn’t help to wait an hour and then be told that you can’t get what you
really need.” Students who go to the 600-square-foot East Campus student health center with serious afflictions cannot receive targeted care and are referred to the Student Health Center—often prolonging the wait for effective care. Started in the 1990’s and equipped solely with a nurse, a care provider and limited See health, page 8
Duke Kunshan board has routine first meeting by Lauren Carroll The Chronicle
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Harris Teeter opens a new location on Ninth Street, within walking distance of East Campus.
The Duke Kunshan University Board of Trustees met in China for their inaugural meeting this week. The independent seven-member board— comprised of three Duke representatives, two from the city of Kunshan and two from Wuhan University—came together to hear updates on construction, pricing, academics, enrollment and other ongoing matters, said Peter Lange, DKU board chair and Duke provost. He said that because it was the group’s first official meeting, the discussion was routine, and no major decisions were made. “We [the Duke representatives] were primarily updating the board on all of the issues that are similar to what we have provided our colleagues at Duke,” Lange said, adding that
the board communicates frequently through email. Although Kunshan and Wuhan University trustees both gave updates, DKU staff made most of the presentations, Lange added. The board signed off on the Articles of Association, a document previously approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education as part of the university establishment process. The trustees also approved a set of fundamental operating principles for the board. The bylaws call for three meetings each year, as well as the creation of an audit committee and a finance and administration committee. Lange said some “technical questions” arose about construction. He declined to elaborate on specifics, but said the issues would not force the campus to open later than expected. The opening is slated for late summer 2014, with classes beginning that
Fall. DKU board member Jim Roberts, executive vice provost for finance and administration at Duke, last visited the campus in July. This time around, much of the scaffolding has come down, and walkways are now in place, he wrote in an email from China Wednesday. The meeting took place Monday and Tuesday at Wuhan. Lange and Roberts traveled to visit the campus site in Kunshan afterward. DKU administrators are working with the Chinese pricing bureau to solidify tuition costs even as registration deadlines at the end of the year get nearer and nearer. Lange said the board members agreed on DKU’s proposed tuitions, but the board does not need to make a formal decision as the pricing See dku, page 7