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Volume 94, No.6, November-December 2008

On this month's cover:
Is Duke Safe?: The university responds to new concerns about campus security and address chronic problems such as petty theft and binge drinking

	In the wake of the Virginia Tech tragedy, Duke, like other universities, is giving heightened attention to safety and security Web Extra: Listen to students and staff members talk about safety on campus.
	Are some people just born risk-takers, indifferent to chance, or is there something deep within all of us that drives us to gamble?
A century after the Bloomsbury Group formed as an informal creative enterprise, economist Craufurd Goodwin sees the boundary-pushing circle of friends as enduringly important Web Extra: View additional works from the upcoming A Room of Their Own exhibition

Departments

Over the years, the magazine has showcased writers with impressive credentials in the profession—the profession of writing, that is. But publishing a neuroscientist-writer like John Pearson, a postdoctoral researcher, is a novelty.

Conveying the mystery of Milton

Tuition pressures, liberal leanings, Latin origins

Arts-focused message for Founders' Day, Muslim chaplain for religious life, global expansion for Fuqua; Q&A: the new strategist in athletics; Campus Observer: navigating community service

Web Extra: Get links to online content related to stories in Gazette.

Styron's moral core, aviation's day of testing

A campus-wide party, a roster of honored volunteers, a guidance-giving network; Retrospective: prepping students for Trinity College; mini-profiles: utility player, clinic administrator, specialty publisher

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