A tour of Duke Chapel helped me discover the beauty beneath the surface — it’s our job as students to delve into the depths and find it.
A good share of my classes this semester has begun the same way — with what is now known by the students in my program as "the graph of death." The graph is deathly for both its implications and the outrageous number of times it has appeared before my eyes from lectures and guest speakers.
The mark of a capable leader is not one who exults in their power over those who are socially and systemically weaker than them but one who works actively to lift such individuals up through policies that chip away at biased institutions.
But the more I found myself on trans YouTube, and LGBTQ+ YouTube in general, the more I found myself surrounded by blatant queerphobic rhetoric. As in, the more I tried to look for information about LGBTQ+ topics, the more I found my For You page on YouTube suddenly full of armchair activists weighing in on the “trans debate”; therapists encouraging what is essentially a diluted form of conversion therapy and news anchors “roasting woman with pronouns.”
As a lover of film and television, I often find myself struggling to find something to watch. Movies in theaters feel uninteresting or often retell the same stories with a new cast. Television is no better with eight-episode seasons becoming the norm. This is after fans are expected to wait years to see more of their favorite characters.
The great tragedy is that Walz missed out on potential new voters among our student body and faculty. In my view, anyone who is a part of the Duke Democrats or has been invited, assuming exclusivity, is almost certainly already voting for Harris/Walz. Walz probably did not gain significant new voters from this event besides those possibly garnered from the resulting press and media.
Duke is to be commended for taking some positive actions toward reducing its greenhouse gas emissions in recent years. But it is disappointing to learn that the target date for Duke’s next set of climate goals will be 25 years in the future — 2050. Simply put, when it comes to our climate, 2050 is far too late.
Burnout is a mental health challenge that can result from prolonged exposure to stress and involves feelings of exhaustion and detachment from work. I decided I wanted to understand the experience of college burnout and what, if anything, might prevent it
There’s a principle of rationality that helps guide choices within boundaries, maximizing what we can achieve without crossing those personal limits. It’s simple, in theory: know your limits and make choices that respect them, allowing you to perform at your best.
The world is very different now compared to how it used to be 100,000 years ago. But some human trials have stood the test of time: through the years, we’ve struggled with confronting our mortality. One way we try to cope with that is by leaving a piece of ourselves behind.
Why should we expect our politicians and our fellow citizens to endorse outcomes they disagree with? Why shouldn’t we go out of our way to find reasons to reject a result we find objectionable?
Deadline just broke the news that Durham will host a new romantic comedy following a messy love triangle of three Duke students.
As the Hispanic vote becomes less blue each election cycle, news outlets continue to wonder why. In 2016 Democrats won 65% of the Hispanic vote, and in 2020 this percentage lowered to 62%. But a recent poll in The New York Times estimates that only 52% of Hispanic voters will go for Harris while 40% will vote Trump.
With so much having already been said — on all sides — about tomorrow’s election, I am taking my cue for this column from the Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama.
It’s fun to take it easy in a conversation and simply toy holistically with ideas instead of analyzing them. It brings out more humanity than most investigative discussions. These small conversations let us engage without the pressure of certainty, making room for genuine understanding. It’s not about proving a point but about grasping how someone else views the world.
There’s nothing quite like the buzz of competition among students. Whether it's vying for top grades, landing a coveted internship, or just showcasing who has the better campus spirit, the need to one-up each other is practically baked into academic culture. But is it really that serious? Or are we just overthinking it?
The 2024 election poses the starkest of choices, with the values we profess as Americans — justice for all, the expansion of opportunity, environmental stewardship, world leadership, the freedoms we hold dear — on the line. Also at stake, to a degree that has rarely been true of American elections, are the bedrock principles and norms of constitutional democracy, the foundation upon which all else is built.
Alone in Washington D.C., I had to adjust to unforeseen challenges to realize solitude isn't synonymous with loneliness.
Artistic exploration and connection are cornerstones of a lot of liberal arts campuses. Why, and how are we lacking the spirit?
In Gaza, hundreds of thousands of families are cut off from all aid, and the region has been without adequate food and water for months. More children have died from conflict there in four months than have died globally in the last four years.
