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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.wral.com/news/local/duke-prepares-layoffs-employees-call-transparency/

My brother is a professor there and he said that morale is quite low at the moment.[/quote]

I am an alum and a fan of President Price. I think he generally "gets" Duke. In contrast to Nan, who was president when I was there. I think he handled Covid well and he has handled protests well. But I don't know why he has not been more aggressive in standing up to Trump and I don't know why he seems to be over-reacting with these layoffs. Yes, there might be some financial challenges and yes, there probably are some jobs that can be trimmed, but this seems like a lot. Particularly given how much Duke wastes on fluff to maintain its image as a "cool" place.[/quote]

Agreed. Duke spends a fortune on Last Day of Classes, the ridiculously fancy new food court, and various other amenities. I understand that you have to spend money to make money and some of these things are funded by directed gifts, but they could scale back some of the country club luxuries if they need to save money.

I also think the "Made For This" tag line for the latest campaign also reflects this gluttony and is kind of obnoxious. It seems targeted to the sorority girl types who show up at basketball games as alums in their skinny jeans and sipping chardonnay and acting like they are super fans when they don't actually know Cooper Flagg from Zion Williamson.[/quote]

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