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Embrace contradiction: Owning unique experiences in the face of their commonality

By Samantha George | 15 hours ago

Despite being aware of the immensity of our world and knowing that there are other people doing the same thing, you can’t help but feel that your experiences are truly your own. In the face of all the evidence to the contrary, the troubles you navigate, the relationships you build, the jokes repeated over and over, it has to be uniquely yours. And why can’t it? Why shouldn’t it? There isn’t harm in embracing your own narrative for a bit, because if you don’t, who will?

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Here’s your diploma

By Anna Garziera | Yesterday

A Duke bachelor's degree costs the average student $198,427, which the college advisory website College Factual doesn’t think is great value for money. But does our “big name” make it worth it?

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Rekindling hope: Finding a path forward amidst destruction

By Aaron Siegle | 3 days ago

The status quo is not sustainable. We cannot wait for emissions reductions to occur and climate change to relent.

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It’s all an act, really

By Ashlei Tomlinson | 3 days ago

Many at Duke seem to have perfected this ensemble. And, like the poetry goers, compete in their performance of knowledge. But what happens to those who have not? Those who feel morally opposed to or, more likely, too shy to act the expert?

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One more minute: Romanticizing the wonder of being

By Annie Ming Kowalik | 6 days ago

You’re alive and you’re here. That fact in itself is the combination of uncountable unlikely probabilities. Call that friend. Hit the gym. Climb a mountain. Explore the world, and in doing so, find more of yourself. Even through darkness, there is so much beauty and wonder waiting for us if we only choose to see it.

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Duke professor to launch new academic TikTok, GPAs expected to hit record highs

By Monday Monday | January 20, 2025

Seeing an opportunity to save Duke's TikTok-educated masses, British-born Computer Science Professor J. Bailey submitted a grant proposal one hour before the app was banned and secured funding to start on an experimental app.

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Stranger danger? A lesson from Howard Thurman on King Day

By Luke A. Powery | January 20, 2025

On this King Day, there is one lesson from Thurman’s life that may be enlightening at a time in history when there appears to be pervasive estrangement among the citizens of the United States. 

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What Duke (and universities like it) can get wrong about civil dialogue

By Alice Qin | January 14, 2025

Facilitating effective civil discourse is ultimately very different from facilitating knowledge production — a distinction that universities like Duke may overlook.

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Duke Athletics to change 2025-2026 Duke men's basketball tenting entry test for UNC game

By Monday Monday | January 13, 2025

A recent poll of the student body has Duke Athletics in a frenzy, as it showed 90% of students felt the tenting test focused too much on basketball-related knowledge. 

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The Chronicle is accepting remembrances for Tom Mehen

By Remembrances | January 6, 2025

If you would like to submit a piece in honor of Mehen, please email opinion@dukechronicle.com with your submission, your name and your Duke affiliation, if any. There is no word limit. If you would like to submit a photograph, please include it in the same email.

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Community members share remembrances for Jiani 'Thea' Yu

By Remembrances | December 27, 2024

We welcome the Duke community to send additional remembrances to The Chronicle at opinion@dukechronicle.com.

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A love letter to Duke fitness classes: Rediscovering the joy of movement

By Valentina Garbelotto | December 12, 2024

I never saw myself as a “gym girly,” but Duke’s fitness classes have allowed me to redefine my relationship with fitness, letting go of my fixed mindset and figuring out what meaningful exercise looks like to me.

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Reflections on the greatest war criminal in American history

By Leo Goldberg | December 11, 2024

November 29th marked the one-year anniversary of the death of Henry Kissinger. Indeed, there has hardly been an individual in American history whose influence over US foreign policy and global affairs was so complete, and whose expertise was as coveted and revered. Simultaneously, there has hardly been an American with as much blood on his hands.

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Beyond red and blue

By Jasmine Fan | December 10, 2024

Now more than ever, the political system attempts to color us in red or blue. In this polarized climate, we have to remember — we are far more vibrant than the red and blue binaries that seek to define us.

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Duke extends winter break through spring, dorms to become Airbnbs

By Monday Monday | December 9, 2024

After receiving countless complaints about the short period between Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks, Duke finally decided to extend this year’s break to March to save students thousands of dollars on tuition and travel costs

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Writing in a time of robots

By Aaron Siegle | December 6, 2024

Information is power. Who gets to distribute information and how has shaped the course of history. After Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1439, he was sued by one of his investors over unpaid loans. The lawsuit broke Gutenberg’s monopoly on the machine, allowing the printing press to spread across Europe and gave rise to improved literacy rates and the scientific revolution. 

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The subtle politics of Duke merchandise

By Cara Eaton | December 5, 2024

Many of you favor Duke merchandise, and that’s only natural. It’s usually pretty comfortable (sweats), and people have been sporting college merchandise since its invention. Even before that, they probably wore some form of merchandise, possibly a nifty lapel pin or something analogously fashionable for the 1800s. So, it’s no big deal if you do, except that you may face accusations of perniciously propagating classism.

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The Chronicle is accepting remembrances for Jiani Yu

By Remembrances | December 4, 2024

If you would like to submit a piece in honor of Yu, please email opinion@dukechronicle.com with your submission, your name and your Duke affiliation, if any. There is no word limit. If you would like to submit a photograph, please include it in the same email.

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Revisiting the complicated history of the Duke rice diet

By Nik Narain | December 4, 2024

Although it’s now considered a “fad diet" on many popular health websites, it’s a mind-boggling reality to reflect on how powerful the Rice Diet was in shaping the landscape of diet culture not just in Durham, but the country. What this story shows us about the allure of weight loss and the lengths our culture pushes to pursue it can be an entire thesis.

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Confessions of a discount factor

By Anna Garziera | December 3, 2024

Many studies have suggested that we might do a lot better individually and collectively if we were only more patient. If we weighed payoffs with logic rather than emotion, we could start thinking of choices as long-term investments.