Each fall semester, the pleasantly warm weather and the crisp, autumn air that will hopefully soon follow complete the picture of couples on our main quad, strolling across the grass hand-in-hand.
The school year begins with a cacophony of rhetoric, especially for the Class of 2019, whose orientation is built, in part, to inspire them grandly about what they can do at Duke.
Even as all freshmen spend Orientation Week getting to know East and West Campus together, some arrive already acquainted with a circle of classmates and with some of the culture of Duke thanks to our pre-orientation programs.
Beyond the FAC chats and author’s talk during Orientation Week, this year’s summer reading selection, “Fun Home,” was accompanied by an informal class-wide discussion on its content.
Welcome back to campus and to another FDOC from Editorial Board! In addition to the second largest ever admitted class, this year brings a great deal of change to campus, and we are excited to critically examine the stories that unfold.
With every new school year, Duke welcomes a diverse class of first-years, and this year is no exception.
This Tuesday, international and other early move-in students will be joined by many more new arrivals to bring a larger-than-ever horde of 1,750 first-years to East Campus.
The United States has reached a pivotal moment in its tense engagement with the Syrian Civil War, a moment that will (...) have larger ramifications for both foreign and domestic policy.
We believe the reputation of Duke’s School of Medicine demands public statements from administration to clear the haze around their handling of Potti’s case
The editorial board reflects on the changes that shaped Duke in 2014-15 and looks ahead to the future.
Housed in the Duke archive repository lay the illustrious fruits of the year-long toiling and many sleepless nights of hundreds of students through the years: senior honors theses.
Duke’s 1G Network is a community of first generation college students, administrators, faculty and staff committed to improving the experiences of first generation college students on campus.
LDOC is a mere five days away, and T-Pain, Jeremih, MisterWives, and Spencer Brown await us after our last wave of work wraps up.
The tumultuous events of this past year have prompted a wave of student activism on campus, an increase that asks for a close assessment of student activism at Duke.
At the beginning of this month, Fun Home by Alison Bechdel was chosen to be the Class of 2019’s Common Experience summer reading book.
Today, elections are being held for Duke Student Government committee vice presidents, senators and class offices.
This year, the Editorial Board was disappointed by the lack of competition for Duke Student Government vice presidential positions.
As the first Blue Devil Days wraps up and the others approach, we want to take a moment to discuss Duke’s current state and its direction in higher education for admitted students.
In yesterday’s editorial, we discussed the Duke administration’s response to the noose incident.
“This is no Duke we want, this is no Duke we accept…and this is no Duke we want to create,” President Richard Brodhead declared on the Chapel steps last week before hundreds who came together in...
