OPINION
Column: Fear and trembling in D.C.
By Ethan Schiffres (Guest Commentary) | October 18, 2002What is it like to be truly frightened, to continuously feel as if your life is at risk?.
What is it like to be truly frightened, to continuously feel as if your life is at risk?.
As one of the members of the Arts and Sciences Task Force that reported on the likely budget crunch facing Arts and Sciences in the next few years, I was surprised to read The Chronicle's front...
The Chronicle's Oct. 12 headline stating that the Arts and Sciences budget Task Force had endorsed a cut of 50 faculty members to deal with projected Arts and Sciences deficits is misleading.
We would like to thank Bill English for his Oct. 7 column on women's issues and the gender initiative at Duke.
For the past year, women on campus have felt their safety increasingly threatened--a concern emphasized by last week's devastating attack of a woman in her locked bathroom.
During the recent quad protest, I noticed few people were really paying attention to the message, and many joked at how odd and displaced it looked. This is odd and disappointing.
An old lady from Sydney asked where I was from. I was in Sydney for the weekend, but was a study-abroad student in Townsville.
I'm shocked and dismayed that President Nan Keohane declined to sign the anti-intimidation petition.
"Caution: Church Van," read the rear doors of the vehicle in front of me at the traffic light.
On October 16, a female student in Wannamaker was attacked in her hall's bathroom by a man trying to sexually assault her.
I wake-up in the morning, dress and walk hand-in-hand to the bus with my girlfriend. I kiss her good-bye and tell her I'll see her later, no one stares or points.
November's election is right around the corner, and it is worth noting at this point that our system of elections is one of the defining features of our country.
Fifteen years ago female students at Duke documented the experience of walking past benches where groups of men rated them with numbers scribbled on paper.
The Executive Committee of the Graduate Faculty is trying to figure out why over one third of graduates students leave Duke without obtaining their doctorate.
I would first like to state that Duke is not responsible for the crime that occurs on campus.
I am standing in the Lobby Shop with two girls. They are stick-thin, stick-straight, and sticking to the magazine section. "Look," says one, holding a Maxim to her chest like a shirt she wants to buy.
Regarding Bill English's Oct. 7 column: Great column. You are an excellent writer and have learned much. But you have a lot more to learn.
To the author of The Chronicle's Oct.
I would agree fully with the editors regarding construction if the work actually started at 9 a.m., as the editorial stated.
We, the Editorial Board of The Chronicle, are sick and tired of all the demands made upon us and all the constant criticism about how we never spell-check and can't write. So we're going on strike!.