The Durham Police Department released the 2008 crime statistics for the city Monday. Check Tuesday’s Chronicle for the story, or click below for the full report.
I found today’s Chronicle article on eating disorders especially moving. Unfortunately, many of the people closest to me have struggled with these problems, and so I could not help but reflect on what I consider to be one of the most disturbing issues among young women today.
One of my best friends in high school was seriously anorexic/bulimic. Three years ago, I was driving her home from school and she started telling me that her doctor told her that her esophagus was bleeding and that she was going to die if she didn’t stop throwing up. This was the first time my friend openly admitted that she had an eating disorder to me. She started breaking down in tears. She didn’t want to go back home; her family life was really stressful and when she was at home she would just purge to cope. If her family questioned her eating habits, this only exacerbated the problem, and she would just refuse to eat. She is very athletic–an exceptional swimmer and runner–and so she also overexercised. She told me about a time when she ran 13 miles and just fainted at one point because she didn’t want to stop even though she was exhausted. I can’t remember another instance where it was more difficult for me to fight back tears.
I offered to have her stay at my house. So for six weeks, she lived with me. We slept in the same bed (I have a queen), ate meals together and went to school together. She literally became my sister. As a whole, she appeared to be getting better. She was eating more consistently (albeit very small portions) and typically kept her food down. She did have a couple of relapses though; once my housekeeper found that there was throw up choking up the drain in the sink. I remember this happened after my friend had made a visit back to her home.
On the whole, my friend appears to be better now. I think she is generally honest with me, but you never know. She still is pretty thin, but I think (or hope) it’s mostly because she is on the track team at her college. (more…)
Main West Quadrangle was unusually empty this morning, as students stayed in bed thanks to Duke’s decision to cancel classes because of the winter weather.
About three inches of snow fell across the Triangle region, the (Raleigh) News & Observer reported, canceling classes and closing offices throughout the area.
Down 15-501, however, Tar Heels were not so lucky. Only classes before 10:00 a.m. were canceled at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Duke will resume normal operations at 3 p.m. today, according to the DukeToday Web site, and classes will proceed as scheduled tomorrow.
Temperatures will drop to the mid teens overnight, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in its forecast for Durham, and Tuesday will be a cold day as well.
By Friday, however Duke should be experiencing warmer weather, as the highs climb back to the 60s.
27 Feb 2009, Posted by Zachary Tracer in News, 1 Comments
A 17-year-old was shot and killed Thursday night in East Durham, in what the Durham Herald-Sun reported was the first murder of the year in the city .
The Durham Police Department identified the victim as Alejandro Emir Denis-Terron in a statement.
DPD officers arrived at 119 Herbert Street around 11 p.m. Thursday in response to reports of a shooting and found Denis-Teron, who was pronounced dead at the scene. At the time of the shooting, Denis-Teron was “standing in the yard with a group of males,” the statement said.
As of 4:30 p.m. Friday, no charges had been filed in the case, Kammie Michael, public information officer and public relations coordinator for DPD wrote in an e-mail. Michael was not immediately available for further comment Friday evening.
As The Chronicle previously reported, Duke’s donations are down by about 20 percent for the 2009 fiscal year. But the University’s fundraising performed well against its peers for the previous fiscal period. According to a list compiled by the Council for Aid to Education, Duke ranks 13th out of the top 20 college and university fundraisers, with a total of $385.67 million raised in fiscal year 2008.
Private donations composed about 18 percent of Duke’s operating budget for the 2007-2008 fiscal year, Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, told The Chronicle earlier this month.
