Duke has sought from its founding to provide “real leadership in the educational world.” As our university transforms in the twenty-first century, we must articulate how its values should be implemented, particularly with respect to its core mission of scholarship and teaching.
Is it morally permissible to kill an animal for food? I’m not asking about extreme situations where it’s me and a chicken alone on an island, and only one of us can survive until help arrives.
Since Christopher Nolan’s reimagined comic book epic released on DVD in December 2008, I’ve viewed The Dark Knight a few times a month without ever second guessing its timelessness.
The past week has been a particularly visible one for religious life at Duke. Between the pastel colored church attire out in full force for Easter Sunday Mass and the more vibrant colors that caked clothes and smiling faces on the Clock Tower Quad for the celebration of Holi, it was nearly impossible to go without noticing some form of religious observance on campus.
Maryam, a 5-year-old girl, had the courage to stop and tell us that we, as citizens of the United States, are not doing enough.
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11 percent Black, 10 percent Latino and 1 percent Native American/American Indian/Native Alaskan/Native Hawaiian.
The Duke Panhellenic Council Executive Board announced over the weekend that many of their members were “incredibly shocked” to find out that despite a packed schedule of spring philanthropy events, none of the sororities had completely solved what the causes they set out to aid.
Following a protest last Thursday on Abele quad and a petition circulated by the Duke Graduate Student Union, both of which were incited by Duke’s revocation of complimentary gym access privileges for fourth and fifth-year graduate students, the Duke University administration has recently acquiesced to some of the demands made by graduate students.
Recently, I was listening to a lecture. As is the case with many such talks, an anecdote was told in order to transition into an overarching point.
"Sophomore slump.” "Wise fool." “Survived the challenges of freshman year but not quite ready to navigate as a functioning person in the real world.” I mastered the art of not overeating at Marketplace, but I haven't exactly figured out how to turn a passion for philosophy into a career.
As you all know, I was once transported to the Jurassic time period due to a freak transdimensional accident, so I decided to see how it paired up with the actual Park of movie fame.
Today, we extend a sincere welcome to the hundreds of prospective students on campus who are currently scouring the great expanse of our beloved Gothic Wonderland for Blue Devil Days.
There are many who are not waiting for national or state leaders to reform healthcare, but are out in communities, working to enact change, demonstrating impressive results. We do not have to wait for national policy reform to make revolutionary changes on a local level, and make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients.
In 2015, Duke stopped covering gym fees for students in the first five years of their PhD program.
Easter was unusually cold and cloudy that year.
You’ll still get into med school.
Following a violent incident involving an airline passenger being forced off a plane earlier this week, United Airlines is in the midst of a media scandal that has since cost the company nearly a billion dollars in the market value.
Policymakers must learn from experts in the field to better understand the timeline towards more robust artificial intelligence, and to consider ethical and safety guidelines to which researchers must adhere.
Those on west campus last weekend, probably noticed it was jam-packed with more activities than normal.
