Letter: Young women should learn they cannot have it all
By Linda Rupert (Graduate School '06) | October 8, 2002In reponse to Emily Stroyer-Carlisle's column, I salute her for wanting to move beyond the "mommy wars.".
In reponse to Emily Stroyer-Carlisle's column, I salute her for wanting to move beyond the "mommy wars.".
First of all, I would like to calm the apparent anxieties of the Democratic and/or radical partisans around campus who are concerned that North Carolinians are going to mistake the recent Blue...
Under a cloud of ethical questions and scandal, embattled Senator Robert Torricelli, D-N.J.
I like women, I really do. I have come to the important conclusion, however, that I can still care about women and not care at all about "women's issues.
Demonstrations like the one some students have held to protest Duke's decision to lift its boycott of the Mt. Olive Pickle Company shine the spotlight on issues that separate us.
Last Tuesday night I went out and got so wasted. I, THE PUPPETMASTER, was working such mad game all over campus. I am, like, the coolest and THE PATSY is just jealous.
Before we charge the Democratic leadership with a lack of courage as Justin Waller has done, we should first consider the post-Sept.
Dr. Bala Ambati's column asks valuable questions that need to be addressed.
I write to add a Duke employee's voice to alumnus Bob Conroy's protest of the "Blue Devils for Dole" reception that was held last Friday.
Over the past year, I have become appalled at the way the Duke community has been treating its varsity football team.
It is with increasing interest and anxiety that I have been following the national debate on a war in Iraq.
When the University released a mission statement entitled "Rebuilding Duke Football," composed by Director of Athletics Joe Alleva, it took the first step toward rebuilding a beleaguered program...
To answer Pavel Molchanov's first question: I believe Germany has an obligation toward the United States, maybe not to pledge unconditional support in all areas of foreign policy, but at the very...
President Nan Keohane's and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva's comments concerning academic standards for football players are Orwellian.
As thoughtful, scholarly students who recognize that how our country acts at home and abroad affects our American citizen identities, we have a patriotic duty to speak out against the subversion of...
When Duke Student Government restructured its work this year to eliminate legislators' individual projects, the idea was to organize work around a committee that could handle larger problems more...
What is love? The triviality of this question never ceases to amaze me.
Recently, in the waiting room of a doctor's office, I picked up a women's magazine and, to my astonishment, discovered the existence of an apparently well-known phenomenon called "the mommy wars:"...
Apparently Duke's new tactic in community building is through large daily gatherings at the East and West Campus bus stops. Those of you who take the bus during peak hours know this chaos.
This interview with Associate Vice President for Auxillary Services Joe Pietrantoni is the first in a series of Oak Room Interview designed to shed light on the personalities of noted campus...