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Go to Hell Carolina Banner
This banner, created in response to Duke’s basketball loss to North Carolina in the ACC championships, was hung over Wallace Wade Stadium for the 1979 Commencement ceremony. Today, Duke and UNC still maintain their fierce basketball rivalry, and many students, both undergraduate and graduate, tent for tickets to Duke vs. UNC games. -
Construction of Central Campus Apartments, 1973
In 1964, Duke purchased forty-three acres of land that previously belonged to Erwin Mills. Between 1970 and 1972, the residents of the 160 houses on the land were displaced and the houses were replaced with small apartment buildings. As the campus aged, several ideas about how to renovate Central Campus were considered but not adopted. In 2019, the university closed the apartments as residences and tore down many of the structures. The future use of most of Central Campus is unclear. -
Welcome to Alspaugh, 1972
When Trinity College moved to Durham from Randolph County in 1892, seeking connection to an urban environment, it landed in what is now known as Duke’s East Campus. After Trinity College became Duke University, East Campus was redesigned by the Horace Trumbauer architectural firm, gaining its signature Georgian-style red brick buildings. In 1930, East Campus became the Woman’s College under Dean Alice M. Baldwin, training women in academic and societal leadership before merging with Duke’s Trinity College of Arts and Sciences in 1972. East Campus began housing first-year undergraduates in 1995, and that tradition continues today. East Campus is also home to multiple academic departments, including Music, History, and Cultural Anthropology. -
Fubar Homecoming Display, 1979
The dorms of Abele Quad were once adorned with colorful benches and plaques demarcating sections of various Greek organizations, non-Greek selective living groups, and independent houses. Though many of these organizations created a strong sense of community, others perpetuated the exclusivity and negative social behaviors often associated with Greek life. Historically, over two-thirds of the student body chose to participate in selective living. In 2021, Duke announced an end to the hundred-year-old practice of selective living with the unveiling of QuadEx, the new Quad-based residential model. -
Duke Undergraduate Faculty Coaltion on the East-West Expressway
The 1973 plan to expand the East-West Expressway—now the Durham Freeway—westward threatened to destroy the predominantly Black Crest Street community while also cutting through Duke’s campus. Initially, President Sanford wrote in a letter that "Duke University supports without reservation the completion of [the] Expressway.” Afterwards, the Board of Trustees clarified Duke’s position to be one of “non-opposition.” The Duke Faculty Coalition circulated a petition to urge Durham to pursue an alternative to the extension. The Crest Street community, home to many of Duke’s labor employees, would embark on a 13-year campaign for proper compensation for their homes. -
Gay Morning Star Newsletter
The Duke Gay Alliance, one of the earliest organizations for queer students at Duke, published the Gay Morning Star once a semester, sharing essays, news, and poetry. Chairman Tom Benson wrote in the 1974 edition that “[w]e need a greater sense of the joyousness that comes in working together among those involved in a uniquely personal, yet collective revolution; an affirmation of love and sexual expression between members of the same, as well as the opposite, gender.” -
A Guide to Contraception and Abortion
This guide, originally created by medical students in 1970, was revised by two undergraduates in 1974. It directs students to safe abortion care providers at Duke and in Durham, implores students not to self-administer abortions, and explains various contraception methods. The guide was distributed by the Committee on Contraception and Abortion (est. 1970), which was made up of Duke medical students committed to distributing information about safe sexual health options. -
Mary Grace Wilson Celebration Program
This program from the 1970 Woman's College Duke Alumnae Weekend features a dinner honoring the retirement of Dean of Women Mary Grace Wilson. Dean Wilson, who described her tenure at Duke as "a hundred years," was a beloved figure in the Woman's College, counseling hundreds of students and directing campus life activities. Two years after her retirement, the Woman's College would merge with Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, opening West Campus housing to women. Wilson Residence Hall on East Campus is named in her honor. -
WDBS Programs
Before WXDU, Duke's radio station today, there was WDUK—and before that, there was WDBS, which broadcasted across the airways from 1950 to the 1970s. WDBS would create programs to advertise the shows students could tune into. For decades, Duke’s radio station has provided listeners with news and tunes from a variety of DJs, sourced from Duke students and the surrounding Durham community. You can tune into WXDU at 88.7 FM. -
Duke Viennese Ball Poster
A beloved 48-year-old tradition, the Viennese Ball is Duke University Wind Symphony’s largest fundraising event. Hosted at the Freeman Center, participants are transported to a whimsical night of music and authentic Viennese dances taught by Duke Club Ballroom Dance. The Duke University Wind Symphony is conducted by Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant and is composed of undergraduates, graduates, and Durham community members. -
"Star Trek" Comes to Duke Poster
The Duke University Union (DUU) is the largest student organization at Duke and has provided diverse creative events and media since 1954. In 1979, James Doohan, best known for his role as “Scotty” in the TV and film series Star Trek, was hosted by DUU for a presentation on film production and the future of U.S. space travel. -
Mary Lou's Mass Poster at the Duke University Chapel
Mary Lou Williams, the namesake for the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, taught at Duke as an artist-in-residence from 1977 until her death in 1981. She was well known as a seasoned jazz arranger, composer, and musician. This poster features Mary Lou Williams as a performer for mass sponsored by the Duke University Catholic Center. The Catholic Center currently operates with both staff and student leaders to provide Catholic services and social events on campus. -
Samuel DuBois Cook Resume
Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook came to Duke in 1966 as the university's first Black professor, later becoming the Director of Undergraduate Studies for Political Science. Dr. Cook would serve as a Duke Trustee and later became the president of Dillard University. The Samuel DuBois Cook Center for Social Equity at Duke carries on his legacy by supporting research and education on inequality. The Samuel DuBois Cook Society honors Dr. Cook’s impact at Duke by “working toward the progress of African Americans who are part of the Duke University community.” -
AEOLUS, "Big Brother at Duke," March 29, 1978
The FBI kept close tabs on students and private citizens alike throughout the country during the tumultuous period of the late 1960s. Students were recruited as informers to spy on peers and relay information about student activism, including the Allen Building Takeover. This cover of “Aeolus” (the magazine associated with The Chronicle) outlines the paranoia of surveillance on Duke’s campus. -
Abortion Loan Fund Letter
In 1971, the Associated Students of Duke University (ASDU) created the Abortion Loan Fund to finance Duke students' travel to states where abortions were legal. The fund was the second of its kind in the nation, and it was maintained even after abortion became legal in North Carolina in 1973. Although both ASDU and President Sanford faced backlash from some students and outsiders, the student body voted to keep the program, which continued until it was taken over by Student Health in the 1990s.
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