Here are two great videos from South West Central Durham Quality of Life Initiative (SWCDQOL). They are doing great work helping revitalize the Burch Ave. Neighborhood, Lakewood Park, Lyon Park, Morehead Hill, Tuscaloosa-Lakewood, and the West End. The QOL Initiative is a partnership between the neighborhoods, Duke University, and Self-Help.

These videos are about the positive impacts of affordable home-ownership initiatives in the area. It’s interesting to hear about Habitat for Humanity’s building urban infill housing in these neighborhoods.

It’s great to see in this video that Duke entered this organization as a partner and asked the neighborhoods how they could help. I hope to post more about QOL, Duke’s involvement in revitalization, as well as Self-Help’s significant work in affordable housing.

http://www.durhamqualityoflife.org/

http://www.self-help.org

http://www.durhamhabitat.org/

According to GQ, Duke is the second most Douchiest School.

Reason it’s not #1? “They’re probably number one. But we’d rather not rank Duke number one at anything.”

See the full list at GQ here.

The Herald-Sun in Durham has finally redesigned its website so that it is both usable and attractive. Here’s hoping it’s a sign of other good things to come at the paper.

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Before:

This is how we rock in the C-H.

Photos of Uke Box from Philly, and The Bronzed Chorus from Greensboro. One hell of a house show.