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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014
ONE HUNDRED AND TENTH YEAR, ISSUE 42
‘We have swept this nation’: Tillis on GOP victory Republican candidate Thom Tillis edges incumbent Kay Hagan in close Senate race
SENATE ELECTION 2014
Sarah Kerman
State of North Carolina
om Tillis
48.88%
Kay Hagan
47.20%
Republican
1,413,228 votes
Democrat
1,364,727 votes
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Thu Nguyen | The Chronicle State House speaker Thom Tillis narrowly defeated Senator Kay Hagan in one of the nation’s most watched Senate races Tuesday evening.
Republican Thom Tillis narrowly defeated Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan in the race for North Carolina’s Senate seat as the GOP took control of Congress in the midterm elections. The race—which was prominently featured in the national spotlight due to its back-and-forth battle and the significant amount of funding from outside sources—was too close to call until late Tuesday night. Tillis, the N.C. speaker of the House, won with 48.88 percent of the vote. Hagan received 47.20 percent, and Libertarian Sean Haugh garnered the remaining 3.74 percent. The race was tight until Tillis pulled away with approximately 95 percent of precincts reporting—the Associated Press the first to call the race for Tillis at 11:25 p.m. “We refused to lose, and that’s why I’m standing here before you.... We’re going to make this country great again,” Tillis said in his acceptance speech in Charlotte. The race was considered crucial for See Senate on Page 7
Further testing may confirm GPSC urges administration DUHS patient as Ebola-free to abandon continuation fees “The rest of the patients throughout the health system are completely safe from this,” says Lisa Pickett Gautam Hathi Health & Science Editor A patient being treated for possible symptoms of Ebola at Duke University Hospital may be removed from isolation after further tests are conducted Wednesday. The patient, who entered the United States from Liberia last week and then traveled to North Carolina by bus, was transported to Durham and put in isolation at Duke Hospital after reporting a fever on Sunday. Preliminary tests conducted on the patient by the N.C. De-
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partment of Health and Human Services when he was admitted indicated that he did not have the Ebola virus. Until further tests are conducted, the patient will continue to be held in isolation. During a conference call Monday, state officials said that the patient had shown no further symptoms of Ebola beyond fever. “The patient is here and in stable condition,” said Dr. Lisa Pickett, chief medical officer of Duke Hospital. Although state officials have said that the patient does not have any symptoms beyond a fever, Pickett refused to comment further on the patient’s condition, citing patient privacy requirements. Pickett said that the same blood test that was carried out on Sunday will be repeated on Wednesday to make a final
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Fees levied “at a rate that would surely handicap students beyond their time here” Rachel Chason University Editor In a moment of solidarity across representatives from each of Duke’s nine graduate and professional schools, a resolution urging administration to eliminate continuation fees for doctoral students was approved by the Graduate and Professional Student Council. Currently, the fee—approximately $6,324 per year for humanities Ph.D. students beyond their fifth year of study—is one of the highest compared to peer institutions, GPSC announced
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in a press release Tuesday. The resolution suggested that rather than act as an incentive for students to finish on time, the fee provides an unnecessary financial burden that could slow students’ progress as they take on more responsibilities to cover the cost of living. “Finishing within the allotted time is a goal worth striving for,” Anita Bateman, GPSC General Assembly representative, said in the release. “If one does not reach it, however, the punishment should not be exorbitant fees levied by the Graduate School at their discretion and at a rate that would surely handicap students beyond their time here at Duke.” Students pursuing their doctorates face a number of expenses—including
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