Here are some photos from Friday’s Countdown to Craziness event.
10/16/2009 Countdown to Craziness – Images by Duke Student Publishing Co. Duke Chronicle
The state medical examiner’s office released an autopsy report Thursday morning on the death of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill junior Courtland Smith, who was shot by an Archdale, N.C. police officer Aug. 23.
Smith told a 911 officer that he had a gun and was suicidal, the (Raleigh) News & Observer reported. Smith’s blood-alcohol content was .22 when police pulled him over on Interstate 85 just south of Greensboro. The report also states that Smith had talked to friends about suicidal ideas on the day he died.
The report leaves plenty of questions unanswered about the sudden tragedy, which has had an impact on UNC’s greek community. Smith was the president of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity at UNC. The News & Observer reported that Smith’s parents told the parents of another fraternity member that no gun was found in his SUV, and the report does not state that Smith was armed on the night he was shot.
Despite requests from the News & Observer and other media organizations, a Randolph County judge refused to release video recordings of the incident that were captured on a police car’s dashboard video camera. The officer involved in the shooting, Jeremy Paul Flinchum, has been placed on leave, pending the completion of an investigation by the State Bureau of Investigation.
10/10/09 Joe College Day – Images by Duke Student Publishing Co. Duke Chronicle
10/10/09 Joe College Day – Images by Duke Student Publishing Co. Duke Chronicle
The Chronicle sends photographers to upwards of 50 assignments per week. On assignment, Photographers take anywhere from 100 to 1000 photos. You do the math–that’s a ton of content that can’t all fit into our print edition.
This week we’re testing out a new concept. Every (or every other) week we’ll try to post a “photos of the week” slideshow which will include (in our opinion) some of the best content that we produce in a given week. You might recognize some of the photos from the paper, but we’ll try to throw in some from the vault as well.
Photos of the Week 10/09/09 – Images by Duke Student Publishing Co. Duke Chronicle
Some of the wealthiest people in the United States currently serve on Duke’s Board of Trustees. According to Forbes magazine’s 2009 list of the 400 wealthiest Americans, board members David Rubenstein and Anne T. Bass are very well-off.
Bass is the wife of Robert Bass, who, along with his brothers, owns and operates Bass Enterprises Production, a private energy company that holds $25 billion worth of investments and $8 billion in private equity. The Basses are know for their charity, including a $30 donation to the Stanford (University) Graduate School of Business and a matching gift of up to $13 million for the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Library at Yale University.
Rubenstein, Trinity ’70, is ranked 123 on the list. The co-founder of private leverage firm The Carlyle Group is estimated by Forbes to be worth $2.5 billion. In addition to his recent donation of $3 million to the Sanford School of Public Policy, Rubenstein is the chief benefactor and namesake of Rubenstein Hall—the building adjacent to the Sanford School—as well as giving a $10 gift to the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, for which the new atrium at the center will be named in his honor.
(Image licensed via Creative Commons by nicmcphee)
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