OPINION | CAMPUS VOICES
What do we owe Duke?
By Annie Yang | January 20, 2020Duke likes to tell us is that we are “Forever Duke,” which neither comforts nor delights me as perhaps they intend.
Duke likes to tell us is that we are “Forever Duke,” which neither comforts nor delights me as perhaps they intend.
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You can imagine, therefore, how nice it is to write an anonymous column where no one will look at my face and pass a judgement.
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