OPINION
Living in illiberal democracy
By Leah Abrams | January 20, 2017The shapes of our precincts defy reason.
The shapes of our precincts defy reason.
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At the stroke of midnight on Jan. 1 2016, I was cast into a time vortex that spiraled me back into time to the Jurassic Period.
Yes, the “all-encompassing” habitat of Duke can be an obstacle to student off campus life and service but it is not the whole story.
Regardless of political affiliation, all Americans should hope that President-elect Trump achieves success in his new role, for as the President, his actions will undoubtedly shape the future of America, for better or worse.
But at some point the world needs to move on and realize that there are plenty of other great new pieces on Broadway right now worthy of our attention.
Now that snow has officially graced the lands of our local population, it can be hard to imagine picking up fresh fruits and veggies from a farmers' market.
Perhaps our lack of engagement with Durham stems from insufficient external motivation in the form of a service requirement.
Such a vision of black emancipation and separationism is wrong-headed and is in contradiction with Martin Luther King Jr.’s ideals.
With a semester of writing behind me and my final semester at Duke ahead, I turn once more to self-reflection for my first column. Last semester, I tackled a range of organizations and issues in the hope of finding truth in each one.
The start of the Spring semester always accompanies the beginning of the formalized rush processes for fraternities, sororities and other selective living groups on campus.
It is quite impossible to avoid the statistic. Many can identify with what this statistic represents based on its overwhelming use in all sexual assault campaigns: one in every five women will be sexually assaulted while attending college.
It was a milder time then.
When you’re angry, you can’t reason with yourself, let alone have a genuine and productive dialogue with anyone who isn’t orbiting the closest ring of your echo chamber.
The Pareto distribution, and the related Zipf distribution, often arise from systems where habits or patterns are self-reinforcing, such as criminal convictions or health issues.
On Friday, President Barack Obama will formally step down after leading the country for what has arguably been an iconic eight years.
To obsess over everyone else’s perceptions is to sacrifice a bit of one’s own.
With recent changes to the Medicare structure in North Carolina and the impending repeal of the Affordable Care Act, Duke head basketball coach, cadillac owner and Just For Men's number one customer Mike Krzyzewski has announced that the team will be auctioning the sweaty knee brace of six-foot-eleven power forward Harry Giles to help him pay off his medical bills.
The tendency to remain at a flashcards-and-quotes level of familiarity with the life and ideology of Dr. King and other historical figures limits the ability to benefit from their teachings.
Among the new components of the Imagine Duke curriculum to be voted on by members of the Arts & Sciences Council later this semester is the elimination of Advanced Placement credit at Duke.