OPINION

Running for Duke Student Government, unaffiliated

By Monika Dharia | April 12, 2017

When you run as an independent student in any contested Duke election, you expect to lose. For independent students trying to break into campus politics, there is no greater challenge that highlights this plight than running for a DSG position. Even though we do a lot of good, DSG presents a host of problems when it comes to accurately representing the student body.

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OPINION

The police of the world

By Jacob Weiss | April 12, 2017

If America did not act against the Assad regime, the atrocities simply would have continued to occur because no one else would have intervened. By default—and like it or not—America has become the “policeman of the world.”

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OPINION

In defense of 'dating' at Duke

By Amani Carson | April 11, 2017

We are taught in school to fear failure, rewarded for avoiding risks and always choose the path of least resistance.

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OPINION

To the class of 2021

By Amy Fan | April 11, 2017

Regardless of your reactions and motives, it's tough to deny that Duke is seductive, even after I’ve spent a year here.

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OPINION

Neorealism travelled East

By Robin Wang | April 11, 2017

The ideology behind Italian neorealism and the Chinese Sixth Generation Movement is founded on a series of rejections and affirmations.

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OPINION

ACEing registration

By Editorial Board | April 11, 2017

At around the time this editorial is published, 50 percent of the first-year class will wake up, frantically click mice for a few seconds, either smile or sigh and then roll back into bed.

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OPINION

Knocking and entering

By Justin Koritzinsky | April 10, 2017

Multiple students on Central Campus have reported that maintenance workers have entered their apartments and even bedrooms without knocking.

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OPINION

Faces of change

By Editorial Board | April 10, 2017

This past weekend, hundreds of Duke alumni ranging from the Class of 2012 all the way back to the Class of 1967 converged on campus for their respective class reunions.

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OPINION

Vegan Czar Larry Moneta declares war on junk food

By Monday Monday | April 10, 2017

Gone are the stations of Indian fare, the $10,000 pizza oven shipped over from Italy and the ramen station.

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OPINION

'Mass Effect: Andromeda': a failed social justice project?

By Jamal Michel | April 10, 2017

I remember back when I played God of War II on the Playstation 2, back before I earned that coveted platinum trophy in God of War III on the Playstation 3 that revealed a teaser website for the next title.

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OPINION

Impact Journalism Day

By Louis Slade | April 10, 2017

Students are fighting for the future. For many university students and young people around the world, the 2016-17 academic year has not been very hopeful.

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OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letter to the editor

By Duke LGBTQ Network | April 7, 2017

Dear Editor, The Duke LGBTQ Network, representing Duke's LGBTQ alumni, their families, and allies, read with dismay that President Brodhead was "pleased" by the so-called repeal of the harmful HB2 law.

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OPINION

​A politician’s word

By Editorial Board | April 7, 2017

On Tuesday, the NCAA ended its boycott of North Carolina after the repeal of House Bill 2, the “bathroom bill” that pushed North Carolina into the national spotlight last year.

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OPINION

The pursuit of wellness

By DSG Steering Committee | April 7, 2017

Life as a Duke student can feel surreal – from morning rock climbs, to lunches with Nobel laureates, to nights cheering on the most storied basketball program in college sports, capped off with twilights in Perkins.

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OPINION

Creating a fuller frame

By Leah Abrams | April 7, 2017

Yesterday morning, I sat in the balcony of the Carolina Theatre next to a row of sweet old white women.

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OPINION

Maintaining goals, maintaining grades

By Jack Dolinar | April 7, 2017

We all have that friend who, for the life of them, cannot seem to fail at anything they try to do.

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OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letter to the editor

By Elliott Davis | April 6, 2017

Rejecting the natural gas plant is the right thing to do, and is best for Duke and its stakeholders.

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OPINION

Why you should fear natural gas invading Duke

By Eliza Grace | April 6, 2017

So, would you trust a gas company to protect you? Do you want Duke to be a place you’re scared to go back to?

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OPINION

Has our democratic conscience been exploited?

By Jamal Michel | April 6, 2017

When looked at closely, it becomes a matter of partisanship; conservative ideology will not allow them to break ties with Trump, regardless of his outlandish claims.

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OPINION

Safety net of the nine percent

By Editorial Board | April 6, 2017

Last week, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions finally released the regular decision acceptances for Duke’s Class of 2021.