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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2014
Environmental DukeImmerse to launch in spring
ONE HUNDRED AND TENTH YEAR, ISSUE 27
Development threatens local Civil War site
Duke will partner with Texas HBCU Paul Quinn College for new DukeImmerse program Sarah Kerman The Chronicle DukeImmerse’s next project involves reaching out to another university to partner in studying urban and environmental issues. The new Urban Environmental Justice and Social Entrepreneurship DukeImmerse program is set to launch in Spring 2015. Eight students from Duke and eight students from the historically black Paul Quinn College in Dallas, TX will spend a semester taking a special topics course on tools for community involvement and three other courses on environmental justice, social entrepreneurship and urban restoration. Duke students will spend three weeks in residence at Paul Quinn, and Paul Quinn students will spend two weeks at Duke. “Students will study the relationship between environmental outcomes and Dr. Michael Sorrell social inequalities.” said Deborah Gallagher, associate professor of the practice of environmental policy at the Nicholas School of the Environment, an instructor in the DukeImmerse program and director of the Duke Environmental Leadership program. Rebecca Vidra, another instructor within the DukeImmerse program and director of the environmental science major, said the DukeImmerse course she will instruct will differ from other courses she has taught because the class scheduling is unlike that of traditional Duke courses. The spring semester ends a week and a half earlier and students only attend class 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays. On Fridays, students will attend community involvement events. Gallagher advises prospective applicants to ask themselves if they are ready to take on such an immersive experience. Prospective applicants should “want to take risks,” she said. The program is accepting applications until Oct. 17. Sophomore Sam June, an environmental sciences and policy major, expressed interest in the program’s immersive approach to problem-solving. June grew up on a Navajo reservation, a place she said faces its own environmental justice issues. See Immerse on Page 4
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Leighton Durham | The Chronicle With local historic site in danger of being sold to developers, North Carolina is trying to raise funds to buy the land itself and preserve it. (See story on Page 3.)
The Pizzeria closes, removed as MOP vendor “Our first instinct is to replace it with a similar kind of food”— DUSDAC considers replacement Kali Shulklapper University Editor The Pizzeria, a popular Merchants-onPoints vendor, has recently closed for business—leaving one fewer option for students to spend food points. Duke Dining received a complaint that The Pizzeria—commonly referred to as Cinelli’s—had not been answering calls placed for deliveries. After a member of the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee noted the same experience when they called earlier in the month, Robert Coffey, director of dining services, called the owner to discuss the issue. He found that the restaurant had been
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officially closed in early September. The tential vendors in an effort to fill a previous Pizzeria has given no notice of the closure, vendor deficit. and the owner is currently trying to sell the “We will go quickly, but also be as thorrestaurant, Coffey said. ough as possible,” Taylor said. DUSDAC subsequently removed The He added that this situation has ocPizzeria’s information from the MOP curred before, both with food trucks and website and is currently MOP restaurants. looking at other vendors “Losing Cinelli’s is he one thing that will unfortunate to fill the spot. They are because considering other choicmitigate the problem there were a lot of peoes such Mexican food, is that Cinelli’s is one of ple who really liked it,” dessert and late night Taylor said. “The one eateries, said junior Bri- many options for pizza and thing that will mitigate an Taylor, co-chair of the Italian food. the problem is that CiDUSDAC. nelli’s is one of many — Brian Taylor options for pizza and “Our first instinct is to replace it with a simiItalian food. It may have lar kind of food,” Taylor said. “But the dif- been their favorite place, but there are ference is that we have so many pizza plac- plenty of other options.” es already.” The Pizzeria was the only specialty, There is no definite time frame as to full-service Italian restaurant—with menu when the spot will be filled, but DUSDAC See Pizzeria on Page 16 has already communicated with several po-
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