Week 4 – Feb 17-21

Article 1 – Blue Light Living, 301 Swift transition into Swift Quad ahead of 2025-26 housing selection – https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025/02/duke-university-swift-quad-additions-301-swift-blue-light-living-housing-and-residence-life-quadex-upperclassmen-housing-selection

This article was mostly just highlighting and explaining the transition of dorms building for undergraduate students. The how, when, and why were the most prominent, explaining the reasoning and it pass usage. Also when the building we acquired by the university. It was a very informative article, allowing students to understand the possibility of living their, including pricing.

Article 2 – From trailblazer to track star: Dr. Del Meriwether and his Duke roots – https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025/02/duke-university-del-meriwether-first-black-medical-student-world-class-sprinter-black-history-month-meriwether-foundation-south-africa-mission-trip-swine-flu-immunizations

This article was a feature story on a important graduate from Duke’s medical program. This article was a feature story on an important graduate from Duke’s medical program. Dr. Del Meriwether was the first African-American student accepted into the program at Duke. The article just had an overlying outline of his life. It opens up with him saying a statement that he could be an Olympian runner and just telling his story of how he picked up running. As well as his role in getting his Doctorate with Duke and his experience getting accepted and that process with Duke as well. Also talking about how he went to different programs after Duke and was a key contributor and different civil rights movements and barriers being broken for African Americans especially African-American males. In addition to his work within Africa for 8 years helping to treat and properly educate many different people on Good Health Care. Overall, this article was a very interesting and in-depth feature of Dr. Del Mariwether.