OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letter to the editor
By Sean Allburn | November 15, 2017Duke wants to know if applicants are sexually attracted to boys or girls…or someone else…
Duke wants to know if applicants are sexually attracted to boys or girls…or someone else…
It is devastating that the Trump administration has chosen to repeal the Clean Power Plan and ignore the effects that climate change will have on our planet and safety.
We have learned that the instructional design approach required for developing online courses can transform how faculty approach all their teaching.
Unfortunately, due to the severe ramifications of the events in August 2016...we have since decided to adopt a zero-tolerance policy towards intentional public nudity on all P-WILD trips from March 2017 onwards.
If it is wrong to promote false narratives about a Muslim propensity for violence, it is equally wrong to promote false narratives about violent white masculinity. Perhaps it would be beneficial to shift the conversation away from baseless racial stereotypes and instead focus on strategies to correct structural disadvantages, which are established predictors of violent crime, that different communities face.
My objection is to (Bill) McCarthy's use of the SPLC list as a legitimate source.
We encourage peer education groups such as PASH to refer students to us for HIV testing.
The truth is that this lazy formulation does nothing but serve right-wing propaganda efforts.
Thank you for embracing Bobby into the beautiful Duke family. He passed away wrapped in his Duke blanket, and although he is no longer with us, Bobby will always be a Blue Devil.
I would like to propose that we not leave a blank space to remind us of what was, but instead replace Lee with an appropriate religious leader.
Today, President Trump has made a decision that affects Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and/or their families.
I am utterly dismayed at the front page of the Duke Chronicle on 8/30/2017.
Banning bikes from the quad shifts the risk to other locations; it does not remove it.
It is a sorry state of affairs when, concurrent with one of the most devastating natural disasters to ever face this country and untold suffering and misery yet to come, our students can muster complaints regarding culinary options available to them at a lavish on campus dining facility, and the school’s newspaper finds this newsworthy, devoting front page, above the fold coverage to such a trivial matter.
That’s why we’re joining with fast food workers on strike today.
I encourage the entire Duke community to seek ways of renewing the spirit and renewing the mind, and especially of reckoning with our racial histories and identities.
Can you imagine, years from now, another group of ideologues carry the Stars and Stripes while doing their evil, that people would rise up and call for the removal of our flag?
By hiding our history you have joined a much larger and much more frightening movement than one that merely wants to remove so-called offensive objects.
I would simply ask that those arguing against removing Lee's statue use the critical thinking skills that Duke instills in its students to make an argument that has some semblance of logical basis.
Lee was an honorable American just as much as Union generals.