Two lovers alone at Shooters on a Thursday night. Prince Andrei finds his Natasha. But alas it is not meant to be. Natasha has fallen in love before and she will fall in love again.
While the actual role of the Young Trustee may remain shrouded in mystery, and probably old cloaks that are worn only during a full moon, Duke now indeed knows who will fill the position.
While it’s not wrong that Duke is known to be an intellectually demanding place, there’s something problematic that seems to accompany this notion: smarter students and harder classwork means Duke is better, we are better, and smarter is better. The “better” I’m talking about isn’t better job prospects, and it isn’t better resumes. It’s a vast, shadowy sense of superiority—never spoken, always implied—that becomes clear when you take a step back and look at campus as an outsider.
We encourage Duke to reform its student conduct process before more students lose faith in the imperfect adjudication process. Sexual assault is a clear problem at Duke, and there are innumerable factors working against sexual assault victims on-campus; our justice system should not exasperate an already painful process for victims.
When we live in an echo chamber, we never get the opportunity to understand the other side or to defend our own. We’re never pushed to substantiate not just what we believe, but also why we believe it. We’re never forced to test how our theories hold in challenging real-life scenarios.
In interacting with those who look, sound and act differently from ourselves, we are forced to understand that our experience is not the universal experience.
There are many reforms that could be undertaken to help rectify our broken parking system. The most pressing issue is the need for more transparency regarding PTS and its oversight.
In these moments—when the waves of stress beat against our minds and threaten to pull us to sea—it’s helpful to remember that life is random; opportunities often arise by coincidence and are missed by pure chance.
Duke Students for Housing Reform has extended an invitation, not a threat, to members of selective residential organizations of all kinds—fraternities, sororities, SLGs, even academic- or scholarship-based living situations—to reflect on their experiences of housing, to defend their individual ideas and values regarding housing and, most importantly, to listen to other people’s residential experiences.
More so than the president of DSG, the position of Young Trustee, or even the roles of certain administrators on campus, the editor-in-chief is front and center in terms of directly impacting the student experience.
Duke University officials noted that if students are frustrated with the model, they are free to leave the school and return back to their local charter school.
While jokes about Trump’s hands easily frustrate him and can entertain an audience, their use validates his insecurity and reinforces harmful ideas connecting the penis with masculinity, and masculinity with power. Associating masculinity with male genitalia implies that those with male genitalia must be masculine, and those without male genitalia cannot be.
We must remember that this year’s Olympics are not simply a fun, live-action re-enactment of my favorite childhood movie. Athletes like those on Jamaica’s bobsled team are making a statement about diversity and opportunity, as well as challenging the status quo, simply by competing on this stage from which they are usually excluded.
For both of us, being on editorial board over most of our undergraduate years has clearly come to define our Duke experiences. Our widely differing backgrounds, and the different pathways that ultimately took us to The Chronicle, are testaments to the power of opinion journalism in bringing together dissimilar individuals on this widely divisive campus.
Her commitment to providing continued support for low-income students and students with disabilities aligns with HackDuke’s goals in recognizing and creating a space for marginalized students.
Every time I sit down to write this column, inevitably there will be at least one moment—often more—where I agonize over what to say, how to say it, and if I should even say it at all.
His push toward greater diversity within the Nicholas School was also an endeavor which resonated with us, such a pursuit truly showcasing his emphasis on the importance of equal representation in all fields.
Liz Brown demonstrated an admirable commitment to the university and the wider Durham community during her time at Duke.
My parents gave me “Amy” because it sounded as American to them as baseball and apple pie. To have given me “Amy” and nothing else implies that my parents wished for me to be American first and foremost.
Due to the murky role of Young Trustee and a general lack of investment, students get overwhelmed by the myriad of endorsements and new profile pictures.
