OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Tulane student speaks out
By Staff Reports | September 7, 2005Hurricane Katrina has cut off all power and all Internet capabilities within the city.
Hurricane Katrina has cut off all power and all Internet capabilities within the city.
When I saw how many people were dying and starving in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city, I thought: What can I as a mid- to upper-class academic do to help? For some at the...
As the leaders of various student organizations we feel it is important to respond to the events that have taken place at off-campus parties in recent weeks.
Jimmy Soni (“Welcome to Durham” August 26, 2005) makes some excellent points about the history of Durham, but the references to “frustration, pity, and fear” of Durham...
Duke University began subcontracting management of the Central Campus Pool to a small company called Pool Professionals in 2004.
Why is it that every time the University is trying to change something, their solution is always to increase the level of bureaucracy? As a recent example, Duke University Police Department Chief...
Shavlik, we wish you well, my boy, as you go off to the NBA Draft and its guaranteed stardom. Or to Europe to play basketball on courts that have those weird wide lanes.
This morning I received an e-mail from the Duke Annual Fund. The subject line read: “Help Duke be #1.”.
At the recent Reunion Weekend I attended the State of the University address by President Richard Brodhead.
Like Rebecca Arnold, the student quoted in an April 27 article “Students risk health to basque in sun,” I was warned by my doctors from an early age to take extra care in the sun...
At first, I was surprised to see The Chronicle pop up on my Google Alerts yesterday on Central American Free Trade Agreement alerts, but then I was excited to see what my almamater’s...
Hey everyone, just a little public service announcement from the Last Day of Classes Committee.
The Chronicle’s April 22 editorial “Get creative with insurance” hit the mark. My wife and I were graduate students at Duke, and our first son was born in Durham.
I was surprised that a Duke senior would disparage Last Day of Classes planning in such a blunt manner.
These statements are in response to The Duke Chronicle’s article printed April 15, 2005 titled “Steroid Charges Rock Duke Baseball.
Earth Day is a time when we examine our impact on the planet and make personal resolutions to help make the environment cleaner and improve the treatment of animals.
I was appalled to hear that Duke’s administration has decided to decommission Epworth as a dorm. Ever since I matriculated I have heard cries that we need to improve community bonds at Duke.
As a young Roman Catholic who is knowledgeable about his faith, I believe it important to refute the overjoyed claims of some towards the election of Benedict XVI.
Nathan Carleton’s latest column reads like a poor man’s Monday, Monday: though marginally more amusing, it is significantly more intellectually offensive.
This week, graduate workers at Columbia and Yale are striking for the right to bargain collectively for fair wages, affordable health care, and decent working conditions.