Both the presidents of Princeton and Wesleyan have written op-eds rejecting Trump’s anti-intellectual demands. The president of Wesleyan, Michael Roth, is preemptively preparing to fight back by considering the development of a legal defense fund with Yale. What about Duke?
My friend and I were waiting for class to start one day, when he opened his calendar. It took a minute for my eyes to adjust — it looked like a Tetris game seconds away from game over.
Duke's journey ended short of a championship, but what they delivered transcends any trophy — they forged a bridge between a father and daughter, a shared vocabulary of moments and heroes, a common sanctuary in an otherwise divided world.
Here are Duke’s five main pre-professional paths and how students pursuing one of these paths can make a positive climate impact in their career.
Berlin is where you carve your path, where freedom pulses through the city and independence is your compass. Duke, on the other hand, is a force that sweeps you up, where the campus and its people become the heartbeat of your own experience.
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Even when humans aren’t meant to be at the top of the food chain, human development has disrupted the ecosystem to a point where the food chain no longer affects our survival.
By choosing to release a statement, Duke has now drawn more attention than it could have desired.
Spoiler alert: Studying abroad has not been the fairy tale I was told my whole life. Instead of instant connections, I’ve found myself wandering Madrid alone. Yet, in my solitude, I’ve found clarity, and in unmet expectations, I’ve discovered more about myself. And perhaps, that’s the real magic of this experience.
I reflect on my decision to stay at Duke while many of my peers went abroad — a choice that felt unpopular but deeply personal.
Placing fraternity houses next to essential workers and families with children has worsened our relations with the Durham community, exposed Duke students to possible criminal charges and weakened oversight of the Greek life system.
Are you listening, or just waiting to speak? What if your superpower isn't your voice, but your ears?
North Carolina’ Senate has passed Senate Bill 50, allowing permitless concealed carry for individuals over 18. This legislation eliminates background checks and training requirements, a shift that data suggests will lead to increased gun violence. Drawing on my personal experiences from Michigan, a state that has endured fatal school shootings, I reflect on the broader implications of policy that prioritizes deregulation over public safety.
Administrators held an emergency meeting, and a brand new initiative was born. Now, the incoming freshmen will be used as labor to build their future campus. To ease freshmen into this unprecedented position, the president abolished all orientation programs, even the existing P-Build, to start a fresh program: P-Construction.
When a majority-white institution, such as a student living group (SLG), organizes a cultural event (as Wayne made explicit through their Holi banner) that is primarily celebrated by people of color, they incur the risk of diminishing the event’s cultural significance.
The Ivy League and other premier institutions are making their commitments to empower students regardless of financial status, but the silence from Duke is deafening.
As college students, writing is a tool we use everyday. But how can we use writing as a form of expression to improve the intentionality and clarity of our own lives?
For a little more than ten years, Duke Chapel has held a Jazz Vespers worship service once a semester. This service — a collaboration between Duke Chapel and the Duke Jazz Program — combines the ancient form of evening vespers with the musical improvisation of jazz.
My name is Joe Asamoah-Boadu and as the president of the Black Student Alliance (BSA), I would like to place my organization’s endorsement of Tara Singh for Duke Student Government president.
