Artistic exploration and connection are cornerstones of a lot of liberal arts campuses. Why, and how are we lacking the spirit?
In the era of culture wars and ideologically driven strife, belief in good faith communication has waned. Despite this, or perhaps because of it, we share lessons learned from two years of collaborating on a research project at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy examining racial bias in jury selection processes, and jury composition as well as efforts to improve them.
The trouble is that an education concerned foremost with breadth of study is unable to capture what makes each subject profound and absorbing. What we really want is penetration into an idea, an understanding and attunement to all its facets and connections.
Scientology can feel like this momentous connection between the two, a bridge between science and the spiritual, a biological essentialism to questions often regarded to be supernatural. But bringing an essentialist argument into a spiritual intervention is more fertile ground for psychiatric abuse than it is for self-transcendence.
Nevertheless, Governor Parsons has made it clear that he uses, his view of, Christian values to guide his decision-making as Governor. However, on that September afternoon in Missouri, Governor Parsons rejected the very words of Christ himself. The Governor believed he was justified in his decision to execute Marcellus Williams because he believed Williams was guilty.
I’m not even sure wealth is the premier issue here. The girls interviewing us may have just been looking to relate based on shared experiences of themselves or their friends. A faultless phenomenon.
Around the clock, we are constantly generating data. From smart watches tracking our sleep to the social media algorithms tailoring our digital experience, almost every action we take creates new electronic data, whether we realize it or not.
Some people use these rotations as a chance to signal strong interest in a particular city or area — near a significant other, for instance — but for someone like me who doesn’t feel particularly tied down, I rotated in St. Louis and New York, close to family and friends, respectively.
Across the country, American universities generally lag behind Australian and German institutions, where eco-friendly practices are embedded in campus life and enforced by state-backed policies.
You can’t control your thoughts, but you can control how you respond to them. Here’s why you shouldn’t respond to them at all. (Hint: It’ll spare you a ton of self-induced stress.)
As Duke students and Americans alike prepare to head to the polls, Gaza remains a key issue for many, myself included. I deeply sympathize with the frustrations of millions of Americans who are rightly outraged at what they see occurring in Gaza everyday. But we should not make the mistake of thinking that Trump will rectify Biden’s blunders in Palestine.
When we venture out of our insulated college bubble into the gallows of the real world, each day will not hold the promise of adventure but instead the regularity of routine.
Those who can celebrate fall break to its fullest — namely, driving and flying hours to and from campus — may want to consider then whether it’s fair that one class of students gets to decompress while another does not.
Why should I vote when it feels like it won’t make a difference? Why should I vote when the candidates don’t represent my views or my values or my identities? Why should I vote when there are so many other things I could be doing with my time?
Time is escaping us Duke students faster than we even realize. As fast-growing adults, we should try to slow this experience down. We should pull our eyes away from the next break, the finish line, and focus on what’s around us.
After it was reported that more Duke students went on their fall break trip to Las Vegas than their attendance-based classes, the Duke administration plans to begin a new campus expansion project.
What King and others teach about, and model, is the intersection of the spiritual and political realms. The spiritual is political and the political is spiritual. Again, this isn’t about political partisanship. It is about engaging in society in meaningful ways, rather than attempting to escape or ignore it.
Just like public health and hygiene, democracy needs to be learned and practiced anew by each generation. Polarizing campaigns, personal attacks, filling out a ballot alone — none of it feels like the community-focused consensus building we’re built for.
On September 30, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1780, a new bill banning legacy and donor based admissions for private colleges. This happened in reaction to last year’s Supreme Court ruling banning Affirmative Action, with groups such as Class Actions claiming legacy admissions disproportionately benefit white and wealthy students.
By integrating electrification with broader energy-efficiency efforts and tailoring decarbonization for a diversity of scenarios, only then can we achieve our climate goals.
