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Student publications
- The Chronicle as an activist newspaper.
- It's to laugh. What do campus humor magazines say about their times?
Student organizations
- Social activism in student religious and political groups.
- Duke University Union: student-run arts programming.
- Student leadership societies: how to recognize and promote leadership.
- From WDBS to WXDU: Duke’s student radio.
Student life
- Freshman orientation then and now.
- The undergraduate experience of Reynolds Price, Elizabeth Dole, or ?
- East Campus: from The Woman's College to The Freshman Campus.
- The curriculum of the department of ?, 1930s, 1950s, 1980s.
Campus issues
- The arts at Duke.
- The changing image of alcohol at Duke.
- Duke students and Durham: a history of public service learning.
- Town and gown: Duke's role in Durham's history.
- Honor codes.
- University Governance: who runs this place, anyway?
- Duke faculty and the civil rights movement.
- The leadership of John F. Crowell as President, 1887-1894. (honors potential)
- Race relations since 1969.
- Support for international students.
Sports
- The history of Duke (name your sport)
- Women's athletics: from PT classes to varsity competition.
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