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=== West, East, and Central Campuses === {{main|Duke University West Campus|Duke University East Campus}} [[File:PerkinsLibrary.jpg|left|thumb|alt=A building's Gothic-style exterior and grass lawn in foreground|The [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] Reading Room of the [[Duke University Libraries|David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library]]]] [[File:Few Quad Arch.jpg|thumb|An arch from Few Quad looking out towards Abele Quad]] [[Duke University West Campus|West Campus]], considered the main campus of the university, houses the sophomores and juniors, along with most seniors.<ref name="RLHSHousing" /> Most of the academic and administrative centers are located there. Main [[Duke University West Campus|West Campus]], with [[Duke Chapel]] at its center, contains the majority of residential quads to the south, while the main academic quad, library, and [[Duke University Medical Center|Medical Center]] are to the north. The campus, spanning {{convert|720|acre|km2}}, includes Science Drive, which is the location of science and engineering buildings. The residential quads on [[Duke University West Campus|West Campus]] are Craven Quad, Crowell Quad, Edens Quad, Few Quad, Keohane Quad, Kilgo Quad, and Wannamaker Quad.<ref name="WestQuads">{{cite web |url=http://bluedevildorms.weebly.com/west-campus.html |title=Duke University West Campus Quads |access-date=March 6, 2015 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402181139/http://bluedevildorms.weebly.com/west-campus.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Most of the campus eateries and sports facilities – including the historic basketball stadium, [[Cameron Indoor Stadium]] – are on [[Duke University West Campus|West Campus]].<ref>[http://map.duke.edu/building.php?bid=7743&picID=001 Cameron Indoor Stadium]. Duke University. Retrieved June 21, 2011. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113225301/http://map.duke.edu/building.php?bid=7743&picID=001 |date=January 13, 2009}}</ref> [[Duke University East Campus|East Campus]], the original location of Duke after it moved to Durham,<ref name="EastCamp" /> functions as a first-year campus, housing the university's freshmen dormitories as well as the home of several academic departments. Since the 1995–96 academic year, all freshmen—and only freshmen, except for upperclassmen serving as Resident Assistants—have lived on [[Duke University East Campus|East Campus]], an effort to build class unity. The campus encompasses {{convert|172|acre|m2}} and is {{convert|1.5|mi}} from [[Duke University West Campus|West Campus]].<ref name=Facts /> Studies, Art History, History, Cultural Anthropology, Literature, Music, Philosophy, and Women's Studies are housed on East.<ref name="EastCamp" /> Programs such as dance, drama, education, film, and the University Writing Program reside on East. The self-sufficient [[Duke University East Campus|East Campus]] contains the freshmen residence halls, a dining hall, coffee shop, post office, Lilly Library, Baldwin Auditorium, a theater, Brodie Gym, tennis courts, several disc golf baskets, and a walking track as well as several academic buildings.<ref name="EastCamp" /> The [[Duke University East Campus|East Campus]] dorms are Alspaugh, Basset, Bell Tower, Blackwell, Brown, East House (formerly known as Aycock), Epworth, Gilbert-Addoms, Giles, West House (formerly known as Jarvis), Pegram, Randolph, Southgate, Trinity, and Wilson.<ref name="EastDorms">{{cite web|url=http://bluedevildorms.weebly.com/east-campus.html|title=Duke University East Campus Quads|access-date=March 6, 2015|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402171611/http://bluedevildorms.weebly.com/east-campus.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Separated from downtown by a short walk, the area was the site of the Women's College from 1930 to 1972.<ref name="EastCamp">{{cite web|url=http://library.duke.edu/lilly/about/eastcampus.html |title=East Campus: History of East Campus |publisher=Duke University Libraries |access-date=June 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305125107/http://library.duke.edu/lilly/about/eastcampus.html |archive-date=March 5, 2011}}</ref> [[File:Allen Building, West Campus, Duke University, Durham, NC (48960623651).jpg|thumb|The Allen Building on West Campus is home to the [[Trinity College of Arts & Sciences]], as well as the departments of English & Classical Studies.]] Central Campus, consisting of {{convert|122|acre|km2}} between [[Duke University East Campus|East]] and [[Duke University West Campus|West]] campuses, housed around 1,000 sophomores, juniors, and seniors, as well as around 200 professional students in double or quadruple apartments.<ref name="Central">{{cite web|url=http://bridgemadscentralcampus.weebly.com|title=Duke University Central Campus|publisher=Duke University|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402193501/http://bridgemadscentralcampus.weebly.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the housing of undergraduates on Central Campus ended after the 2018–2019 school year<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com/news/local/counties/durham-county/article179613841.html|title=The days of Central Campus student housing at Duke University are drawing to close|website=heraldsun|language=en|access-date=March 8, 2019|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085810/https://www.heraldsun.com/news/local/counties/durham-county/article179613841.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and the respective buildings were demolished.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-13 |title=Central Campus: Past, Present and Future |url=https://today.duke.edu/2019/08/central-campus-past-present-and-future |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=Duke Today |language=en}}</ref> Central Campus is home to the [[Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University|Nasher Museum of Art]], the Freeman Center for Jewish Life, the Center for Muslim Life, the Campus Police Department, Office of Disability Management, a [[Ronald McDonald House]], and administrative departments such as Duke Residence Life and Housing Services. Central Campus has several recreation and social facilities such as basketball courts, a sand volleyball court, a turf field, barbecue grills and picnic shelters, a general gathering building called "Devil's Den", a restaurant known as "Devil's Bistro", a convenience store called Uncle Harry's, and the Mill Village. The Mill Village consists of a gym and group study rooms.<ref name="Central" /><ref name="CentralCampus"> [http://www.studentaffairs.duke.edu/rlhs/central-campus Central Campus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319092930/http://www.studentaffairs.duke.edu/rlhs/central-campus |date=March 19, 2012}}. Duke Student Affairs. Retrieved May 3, 2011.</ref> In December 2016, Duke University purchased an apartment complex, now known as 300 Swift.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bey |first1=Nadia |title=Nebulous and poorly attended to': Swift residents lament recurring maintenance issues|date=October 22, 2021 |url=https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2021/10/300-swift-apartments-work-order-maintenance-issues-price-rent-bedroom-off-campus-duke-university-floors-falling |website=Duke Chronicle}}</ref> Swift houses upperclassmen, in addition to the West Campus area, and is located between East and West Campus.
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