OPINION

Dear Duke freshman boy,

By Maxx Goldstein | August 21, 2018

Sexual assault is not only one of the most harmful actions committed on Duke’s campus, but it is also one of the most frequent. As one of many Duke students who did not understand the pervasive nature of sexual assault when I came to college, education on the subject has taken time. I am writing this column in an effort to start the discussion earlier, particularly for freshmen and sophomores at Duke, whose awareness could protect victims and prevent rape.

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OPINION

Over 50 years of Chapel bells

By Bob Williams | August 20, 2018

It was in the gloaming at Duke University in late fall of 1966. There was a wet chill in the air, most of the trees were leafless, and a low cloud cover added to the gloom. I was trudging across West Campus from my freshman dorm to the library, overburdened with a load of books and overwhelmed by the pressures of a demanding university. My small-town school had not prepared me for the academic rigor at Duke, nor had my home life hardened me for living on a few hours of sleep a night. I was struggling, scared, worn down, and mindful that flunking out of school could result in a trip at government expense to the exotic landscape of Southeast Asia.

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OPINION

North Carolina needs unions

By Cathy Shuman | June 14, 2018

On Thursday, a coalition of Durham worker’s groups will host a town-hall forum with elected officials and candidates called “North Carolina Needs Unions.” 

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OPINION

Larry and the frozen peach

By Joseph Rufo | May 17, 2018

People’s State of the University Demand #9: Create and enforce a standardized set of consequences for acts of hate and bias on campus.

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OPINION

What Larry Moneta could learn from Young Dolph

By Jaime Acosta Gonzalez | May 9, 2018

If rapper Young Dolph’s “Get Paid” seems abrasive, crass and cynical, it’s because it is. What choice has our current economic and political system left us? While it is encouraging that Duke has pledged to pay a living wage, $15 an hour by 2019, many workers are left out of this agreement (part-time, contract, graduate student workers, undergraduate workers and some service workers). The latest incident, reported by Katie Jane Fernelius over at Indy Week, serves as an example of why we should keep fighting for a living wage and workplace protections for all members of the Duke community. 

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OPINION

I stand with President Price

By Reiss Becker | April 18, 2018

I believe this is not an issue of right vs. left, but an opportunity to define civil discourse at Duke. 

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OPINION

Looking into living wages for graduate students

By Hannah Rogers | April 16, 2018

Graduate student workers do crucial work for the university including acting as instructors, teaching assistants and research assistants. Why aren’t they paid a living wage?

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OPINION

DSGU's response to President Price

By Katya Gorecki and Jess Issacharof | April 15, 2018

Graduate workers across the country are organizing, and our unions are increasingly successful in winning better working conditions for themselves. 

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OPINION

Inspiration for Vigil from Frederick Douglass

By Huck Gutman | April 13, 2018

The search for that, and to make it ongoing in life, is a residue, for me, of that time in our lives.

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OPINION

From Goldwater Republican to McGovern Democrat, transformed by Vigil

By Bob Ashley | April 12, 2018

Unlike many of my classmates who seemed to have had superior educations in northeastern suburbs or at east coast prep schools, I arrived at all-male Trinity College from a quintessential southern town, small and more than a little provincial. Our worldview was largely untested. 

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OPINION

What I hope to learn from Vigil organizers

By Sara Evans | April 12, 2018

Little did I know then, as the events of 1968 played out around the world, that the Vigil would prove to be unique in its combination of scale (perhaps 2,000 students at the peak), self-organization, and peacefulness. It was also more successful than many others. 

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OPINION

What Greek Ally Week means to me: Lukas Gschwandtner

By Lukas Gschwandtner | April 9, 2018

I pretended to be straight for 19 years, repressing my feelings so far back that I actually convinced myself that sexuality was a choice.

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OPINION

What Greek Ally Week means to me: Claire Stout

By Claire Stout | April 9, 2018

The 5 Bs were the 5 topics of conversation off-limits for recruitment: Bibles, bucks, Bush, beer and boys. 

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OPINION

Candidate column: Rebecca Torrence

By Rebecca Torrence | April 4, 2018

I’m running for VP of Services and Sustainability. But my involvement in these projects isn’t contingent on this election.

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OPINION

Candidate column: Aly Diaz

By Aly Diaz | April 4, 2018

As Senator for Durham and Regional Affairs, I strive to foster unity amongst students and with Durham, progressively bull-ding community.

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OPINION

Candidate column: Michael Gulcicek

By Michael Gulcicek | April 4, 2018

I’m running for the Vice President of Campus Life because I am challenging us students to reconsider Duke’s current housing model. 

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OPINION

Dear Unconventional, Aspiring Student Leaders

By Lesley Chen-Young | March 30, 2018

Being a great leader is about investing, bettering and believing in yourself so much that others begin to believe in you too. 

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OPINION

I dropped out of Cooper. Here's why.

By Chris Molthrop | March 19, 2018

I dropped out of Cooper, the most selective SLG on campus, after seeing how degrading the rush process is.

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OPINION

Frozen in place by guns

By William Reichert | February 27, 2018

It is time for Duke to publicly divest from any company or parent company that in whole or in part manufactures and/or markets weapons of war to the public. 

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OPINION

Leading the way in union reform

By MJ Sharp | February 27, 2018

Today, the Duke Faculty Union, the Duke Graduate Student Union and other organizations of workers in higher education are at the leading edge of why new kinds of worker organizing are essential.