The very founders of Duke’s most known societies eventually succumbed to the notion that we had no space for such elitist mechanisms on our campus.
When doing the most simplistic, most mundane, most necessary job of president suddenly makes you president, then our issues with the current administration’s powers are only now beginning.
Intentionally or unintentionally, we find ourselves as beneficiaries of a campus-wide pseudo-legal system with an interest in protecting us for the sake of the University’s reputation.
All in all, as exam dates approach and word counts are painstakingly met, do yourself a favor and take care to remember the importance of healthy stress coping techniques and dietary habits. Your grades—and your body—will thank you later.
I can’t help but feel that as a student of color here on campus, I am missing out on equally intelligent, experienced, and capable professors of color who would have been even more advantageous to my academic growth by connecting with me on a personal level of identity.
Have we been doing all we can to make this government as little bad as we can?
Ultimately, Duke students should strive to care more about Durham: our temporary home and the permanent home to thousands of residents who will be here after us. It is on us as a voting block to make choices and back programs that will benefit the community at large.
Having a full calendar is kind of like triple majoring.
On West Campus, the grass is roped off and serves no function other than to impress potential donors.
I put more of the fault on Congressmen who listen to these fables and used them to craft legislation.
MOOCs can provide world-class information and learning but democratizing education is not the same as democratizing opportunity.
It is healthy to view news reports with a degree of skepticism, when there are few checks on such a dangerous president. Yet at its best, the news media strives to provide objectivity and facts, essential in a democracy whose survival requires faith in the political process and an informed citizenry.
Further polling results ultimately show that most Duke sorority sisters hold the same view–sure, they might largely be intelligent, compassionate and fascinating individuals, but complaining about a group they “hate” while doing nothing about it will surely achieve the best results.
There is an inconsolable longing that exists in all of us for a home to which we have never been, Home, an amalgamation of feelings and images of some place far away where we truly belong. It is the future we idealize in our present, the way we wish we could live our lives and the way we still hope to.
True to the title of the plan, “Together Duke,” this new vision should represent a future in which all members of the Duke community remain actively aware of and involved in.
Our greatest challenge remains apathy–the idea that “if it doesn’t hurt me, then it’s not my responsibility to stop it.”
My first true version of myself was in words.
Now that one of their roster’s most crucial performers has been sidelined, Irving must again face a challenge akin to those of his past.
“Me Too” represents a powerful first step in exposing the prevalence of sexual violence in our current society but more needs to be done than simply acknowledging the issue through surface-level likes and retweets.
Athletes need informed representatives who will be able to protect their financial interests on their behalf and who will advocate for solutions that will benefit them currently and in the future. It is time to give college-athletes collective voice, independent of the NCAA.
