Commentaries: Collectively failing
By Kevin Ogorzalek (The Big O) | January 15, 2004Maryland doesn't get to town for thirty-five more days and yet fourteen tents stand as a testament to the mild insanity afflicting Duke students.
Maryland doesn't get to town for thirty-five more days and yet fourteen tents stand as a testament to the mild insanity afflicting Duke students.
After seeing the final totals of the Nan Keohane fund raising extravaganza, I told my friend from home about how much money was raised for little old Duke. .
Kudos to Philip Kurian for bringing up the oft-forgotten but certainly crucial topic of Affirmative Action.
The cable service for students living on campus has become unacceptable. We are paying rates comparable with a standard cable provider, but we are receiving a lesser product.
There are a lot of things at Duke that continue to surprise me, but I would have to say that the dating scene in the Gothic Wonderland has been something that has kept me more entertained than...
This weekend, the Duke men's basketball team plays two big ACC games in Cameron Indoor Stadium against N.C. State and Wake Forest. The NC State game is at 9 p.m., Thursday, Jan.
Perhaps it was the three research papers I had due during finals week, but leaving Charlie's one night my academic and social lives intertwined into a small epiphany.
Over the winter holiday, the University administration issued a letter to first-year students and their families, urging them to ponder their options with regard to pledging greek organizations.
While Chase Johnson and Anthony Vitarelli bring up extremely relevant points in their Jan. 13 letter, "Alcohol policy denies climate of integrity.
The Duke Panhellenic Association apologizes for any inconvenience presented by our presence in West commons rooms during our Formal Recruitment.
It was 20 degrees outside when I was walking to my car in the Blue Zone Sunday morning. On the way, I noticed a girl pulled over to the side, apparently trying to get a thick layer of ice off of...
A note to the sororities who have decided that the first floor of my dormitory is their common space: Please leave. Your presence is obnoxious. I understand that the commons rooms are available for...
Utterly heartbreaking. Regrettable and unfortunate. Depressing and distressing. These expressions certainly do describe the emotions elicited by the three letters published on Jan. 9 in response to...
Shortly after the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks in 2001 the U.S. government created the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
Larry Moneta calls it a "piazza/plaza." He is thinking "water elements, beautiful surfaces, light and color." Tallman Trask once mentioned two levels. It will definitely replace the walkway.
Throughout the medical community, widespread speculation supports the notion that the future of health care lies in the emerging field of genomic medicine. .
Guess what? It turns out "the racial gap" follows us to college, and even beyond that.
Add/Drop period is a time of nearly limitless potential for Duke students. It is a beautiful epoch, when everyone can take whatever courses they like, designing schedules that suit their needs.
Sasha, your beautiful, infectious smile is forever imprinted in my memory. Every time I think of you, I remember how your enthusiasm and zest for life spread to everyone around you.
At a moment when Duke University seeks to promote integrity and honesty through the implementation of a new Community Standard, the administration implicitly forces students to lie, at all times,...