OPINION
Dark times for the ivory tower
By Editorial Board | November 28, 2011Solidarity is good medicine for dark times.
Solidarity is good medicine for dark times.
This year’s feast with the natives, organized by VP for Plymouth Affairs Laurencius Monetius, is a step in a goodly and just direction.
Duke students recognize Chapel Hill for its lively bar scene, good restaurants and rival sports teams. But the town’s impressive artistic offerings go under the radar.
Yesterday, we praised the astounding progress the arts have made on Duke’s campus in five short years.
As he describes the blossoming arts scene at Duke, vice provost for the arts Scott Lindroth displays his skill as a composer.
The disturbing scandal at Pennsylvania State University has given rise to revelation after revelation.
State College, Pa.—a town usually known for successful football seasons—is now gaining national attention under less auspicious circumstances.
The Wall Street Journal’s great editorial writer Vermont Royster once quipped that anyone who picks up the editorial pen cannot hope to be more than “professional amateur.”
As of June 30, 2011, Duke University’s endowment was invested in more than 4,000 individual funds whose aggregate value totaled approximately $5.7 billion.
On July 1, Duke Energy petitioned the North Carolina Utilities Commission to raise rates 17 percent on average for Durham residents.
Tuesday evening, Duke hosted the sixth annual Elevator Pitch Competition of the Duke Start-Up Challenge, a competition in which students pitch business ideas to a panel of judges with the hope of...
Today is Election Day, and we urge all registered voters in Durham County to make it to the polls if they have not gone already.
Students searching for summer and post-graduate opportunities share a universal fear that the positions they seek may be ill-suited to their tastes.
This coming Spring, Duke students will find themselves with a brand new academic opportunity—the University Course.
Whether you scoff at the collection of tents and bodies on the Chapel Quad or admire it, the Occupy Duke movement has challenged many students to think critically about political participation.
Last year, the University eliminated Duke Conversations—a program that provided funding for student-invited speakers to host intimate discussions on campus.
Last Wednesday, the Fuqua School of Business faculty did the brick-and-mortar edifice at Duke Kunshan University one better: It proposed an actual curriculum to teach there.
The frustration that erupted after last week’s house model lottery is mostly loose talk.
At Duke, the assumption that a student’s parents will pay the expected family contribution—as determined by the University—undergirds much of the financial aid process and helps to determine the...
Elmhurst College, a private university in Illinois, recently introduced a question on its admissions application that allows students to self-report their sexual orientation.