The women's basketball team's loss to Rutgers Saturday was heart-breaking, but no single loss could possibly hurt as much as losing head coach Gail Goestenkors to another university.
As a Duke undergraduate student, Kristin Butler's op-ed "Talking the talk" (March 20) perfectly illustrates the frustration I and many others feel about the Campus Culture Initiative's decision to...
Having had the opportunity to sit in the past two Young Trustee selection processes, I can say that this year's process was much more appropriate than last year's. Sophomore Jordan Giordano, vice...
I have the privilege of working with Duke students every day. I find them to be an intelligent and perceptive group of young adults. That is why I was utterly amazed to read the article, "Hookah...
In the wake of last spring, we as an institution are terrified of the media hordes that might descend at the slightest whiff of racial intolerance. Thus I reacted with shock, anger, and sadness...
Jane Chong asserts that because people have their own experiences, we should tolerate their "reality"-a reality based on group identity ("Flipping the race card," Feb. 29). Identity politics,...
The Chronicle's recent comparison of the "invisibility cloak" to the "Starship Enterprise's cloaking device" suffers from yet another case of inaccurate reporting in the media-fueled hype of the so...
In his recent column, Samson Mesele fails to clearly distinguish between supporting the efforts of the Campus Culture Initiative and granting the committee carte blanche to formulate its...
Jacqui Detwiler asks "why on earth" parents would not want their daughters spared from STDs ("'H' is for 'Hussy,'" Feb. 28). The condescending rhetoric aside, we know the only sure way of doing...
I was dismayed by Lindsay White's column "The nature of the beast" (March 1). White appears to believe that individuals subject to discrimination within private institutions have little right to...
I was shocked to read about evangelist Kamil Solomon's hateful anti-Islam presentation at Enloe High School ("Local High School Class Hears Anti-Islam Lecture," Feb. 27). Imagine my disgust when my...
I want to thank the cities of Manhasset, N.Y., and Durham, N.C., as well as Duke University. Recently while working, I read an article in a national newspaper about Duke alumni and University...
Tuesday night's screening of "Obsession: Islam's War against the West" certainly did a lot to make everyone worry even more than we already do about Islamic terrorists. The event brings back...
As the co-organizer of the screening of "Improbable Collapse", I believe the Feb. 22 article "Controversial 9/11 film draws curious crowd" misrepresented the purpose of the film screening. The...
Feb. 20, Duke seniors Strouse Campbell and Ross Cunning provided a free screening of "Improbable Collapse: The Demolition of Our Republic." The documentary film, billed as "the first film to look...
I find it ironic that Stephen Miller called his review of recent events a "history," as if to suggest that all one needs to know to judge the response to these two incidents begins circa 2006...
Upon opening The Chronicle Friday, I was shocked to find the headline reading "A Trini-tard in Prattland" (Feb. 23). I have no problem with the content of the column, and have myself jokingly...
The men's basketball team will play Maryland Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 9 p.m. The game will operate under wristband policy. Wristbands will be distributed from 12 a.m. to 2 a.m. the night before the...
In preparing to share our frustrations with the prevailing campus mindset, we cringe when we think about the backlash that will follow. The often deplorable and baseless-and often...
It was a great pleasure for Duke University Libraries to host DukePlays: The Party! Friday night. It was the Duke community at its best: a diverse crowd (and it was a crowd!) of undergraduate and...
