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Duke Student Government President Jordan Giordano, a senior, resigned from his position as executive vice president of the Interfratemity Council last week after deciding his role with the organization was
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Giordano said he resigned after discussing the decision with members of the DSG Executive Board and reaching the agreement that it would be more important to put his time toward being an active DSG
president.
Senior Michael McHugh, a member of
Sigma Nu fraternity, was elected Monday night to replace Giordano, said IFC President Lee Hathaway, a senior. “[The DSG Executive Board and I] thought this was the best decision,” Giordano said. “We had talked about this when I was elected [president] in the Spring because this is obviously a big commitment, and I want to make sure I do it right.” Giordano’s executive position on the IFC—to which he was elected in January and his membership in Alpha Tau Omega fraternity was questioned by some students during his campaign for presidency as a potential conflict of interest. He denied, however, that his resignation was a result of anything but issues
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Signs urging Duties to "take ownership" and "buy local"appeared Monday on the Bryan Center windows, thefuture location of Panda Express. No person or grouphas claimedresponsibility for the protest.
Beginning next year, students may see an increase in expenses tacked onto their Bursar bills. The Duke Student Government Executive Board proposed an increase in the student activities fee by $25—from $lll to $136 per semester—to finance student organizations. DSG leaders said the increase would be applied for four semesters, after which the amount would be reevaluated. Students will vote on the measure in a referendum Sept. 15. “I think that most students on Duke’s campus are in some type of group, so they’ll see it going towards their organization and hopefully understand,” said DSG Executive Vice SEE FEE INCREASE ON PAGE
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Participants keep up service after program by
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Children at the Eyup Orphanage in Istanbul, Turkey say many goodbyes—to their families, who cannot afford to support them, and to theirfriends, who never seem to stay at the shelter for long. Even so, the seasoned youngsters had a hard time seeing a team of DukeEngage participants go at the end of their six-week stay. “Because of the nature of their lifestyle, I almost assumed they wouldn’t mind saying goodbye to us,” said junior Chrissy Booth, who participated in the program. “But they really didn’t want to see us go. They made it very clear to us that it had been important to them that we were there.”
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This summer, students worked in Peru to develop healthclinics.Duke Engage directors are promoting follow-up programs once participants complete their projects.
Summer has come and gone, but Eric Mlyn, direcofDuke Engage and director of the Duke Center for Civic Engagement, said he hopes students will not say so long to the causes they championed. “Follow-up to DukeEngage is as important as preparation and is as important as the actual experience,” he said. “But it’s not always possible for students to remain directly involved with the communities that they worked with, particularly for those students that went abroad.” DukeEngage directors have coordinated a variety of programming—including a house course and a handful of informal get-togethers—to help participants preserve ties with their far-flung service destinations, Mlyn said. Robert Korstad, associate professor of public tor
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