OPINION | CAMPUS VOICES
Dare to dream
By Luke A. Powery | February 15, 2021Dreaming may land you in a pit or in a Birmingham jail.
Dreaming may land you in a pit or in a Birmingham jail.
Shifting away from toxic rush culture is a significant step toward eliminating elitism and imposter syndrome at our university.
We’re here to crash your (algorithmically-selected) weddings.
For me, FLUNCH is probably the most important way to connect with students and to understand what the Duke experience really is like for you.
If we continue to pretend that these parties define the spectrum of political thought, we’ll have to get used to mental gymnastics. There will be nothing principled or consistent coming down the pipeline.
There’s so much we can’t perceive in the social interactions we have with each other due to the necessary restrictions of a global pandemic, but from at least six feet away and even beneath the veil of a face mask, a person’s gait can communicate their very self through the mundanity of getting from one place to another.
Fighting against structures of extraction — capitalism, colonialism, imperialism and white supremacy — is the most effective way to fight for the climate.
Secular entities like public schools and federal workplaces need to remember that they are home to diverse peoples and beliefs who deserve to be acknowledged respectfully.
If there is anything anyone fighting these issues could take away from reading this column, please know you’re not alone in this fight.
For the queer folks who also get scared every now and then that you’ll be unloved: you will always find love from your people.
If I am faced with a choice between two groups, each of which is wildly speculating in financial markets for personal gain, then I am going to side with the group that is giving average people a helping hand, that is helping to save a few community institutions from bankruptcy and that is producing some of the best memes of 2021.
If anything, a revival to this part of campus would give students more space to enjoy each other’s company—thereby lowering outdoor crowding and thus reducing rates of transmission.
This semester, when you find yourself standing at a crossroads (as a Duke student, you should know that this is inevitable), take Coach K’s lesson to heart and stop to think about how best to proceed going forward.
In this world, we are taught, often violently, that some bodies have more value than others.
Disney movies perpetuated a host of problematic views and ‘ideals’ in subtle ways inconceivable to a young mind.
“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”
Have some soup -- it’ll make you feel a bit better along the way.
One day, perhaps we can sober up and stop expecting politicians working within oppressive systems to offer us real relief from the systemic problems we face. Alternatively, we can have a huge panic attack and make our friends call EMS on us.
Don’t only wonder if what you’re saying makes sense, or is appropriate. Consider what you have to believe about yourself, society, or morality in order to say it. It’ll teach you a lot about yourself.
How did the so-called followers of Christ become the same people trying to uphold racism and topple the government? Well, friends, it all boils down to two words…Trash Theology.