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The Duke Presbyterian Campus Ministry (PCM+), a ministry of 60+ Duke undergraduates, strives to follow the Christian mandate to love the neighbor and welcome the stranger.
Often, the statistic that one in five women will be sexually assaulted while attending college is met with eye rolls and a belief that this must be an exaggeration.
When I got accepted early into Duke, I could not pronounce “Krzyzewski”—let alone spell it. My friend had told me some kid named Jabari was going to be in my class.
An intense anti-Chinese rhetoric has characterized Donald Trump’s campaign and first days in office.
Our community is one made up of individuals of myriad faiths and countries of origin—this small cross-section of the Duke community is as diverse as America itself
While I understand that attacking someone for their appearance is unacceptable, I struggle with the notion that “everyone is beautiful,” so looks become irrelevant.
Since every “bridge” is used exactly once, by the end of the tour you’ll have seen nearly all of West Campus without boring your guest with the same views over and over.
Where are checks and balances in the age of Trump? The answer is that they lie with us—the people.
Under this Donald Trump presidency, it’s easy to reside in nihilism and wonder why we bother doing anything at all.
While we can acknowledge the importance of defending immigrants and Muslims alike in a new Trump administration, active rallying can prove disillusioning.
Another 360 white tenters gained admission to Krzyzewskiville on Jan. 25 via a “race to the secret spot” for a seven-day long tenting period that past tenters and President Richard Brodhead have declared “utter bull****.”
And yet, he wore the villain's metaphorical black hat with pride as his rogue mentality and high-wire antics once again won the day for his fans, his cause and even himself.
What can we learn from “The Big Bang Theory”? At first blush, not a lot. But there is something to be gained by examining what makes the number one-rated comedy on television tick.
Last Friday, President Donald Trump announced an executive order to overhaul our nation’s immigration system. It was reprehensible and un-American.
We don’t operate in a world in which we all pursue personal destruction in order to save the life of another, and we certainly don’t live in a world where government forces us to.
Duke Muslim Students’ Association stands with all those affected by the actions of the Trump administration.
Narrative is a powerful element—one that allows us to moralize history and ourselves within it, while weaving in elements of reality. But if there are principles deeper than events and our own experience, and if competing tribal outlooks on the world aren't going to characterize our future, we need to seek absolute Truth.
The skills we acquire in the course of our studies can be both more abstract and more satisfying than we believe. Everything that we learn can be translated back to a style of thought. Art, history, science, literature. Words and images and numbers are really just human thoughts made concrete. No matter what you are learning, appreciation of the beauty of that thought will enhance your life and make every day more enjoyable.
While students try to resist the traditionally “unhealthy” foods at Marketplace at the pizza and burger stations, research shows that greasy and high-fat foods aren’t the only contributors to weight gain.
