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Writing in a time of robots

By Aaron Siegle | December 6, 2024

Information is power. Who gets to distribute information and how has shaped the course of history. After Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1439, he was sued by one of his investors over unpaid loans. The lawsuit broke Gutenberg’s monopoly on the machine, allowing the printing press to spread across Europe and gave rise to improved literacy rates and the scientific revolution. 

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The subtle politics of Duke merchandise

By Cara Eaton | December 5, 2024

Many of you favor Duke merchandise, and that’s only natural. It’s usually pretty comfortable (sweats), and people have been sporting college merchandise since its invention. Even before that, they probably wore some form of merchandise, possibly a nifty lapel pin or something analogously fashionable for the 1800s. So, it’s no big deal if you do, except that you may face accusations of perniciously propagating classism.

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The Chronicle is accepting remembrances for Jiani Yu

By Remembrances | December 4, 2024

If you would like to submit a piece in honor of Yu, please email opinion@dukechronicle.com with your submission, your name and your Duke affiliation, if any. There is no word limit. If you would like to submit a photograph, please include it in the same email.

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Revisiting the complicated history of the Duke rice diet

By Nik Narain | December 4, 2024

Although it’s now considered a “fad diet" on many popular health websites, it’s a mind-boggling reality to reflect on how powerful the Rice Diet was in shaping the landscape of diet culture not just in Durham, but the country. What this story shows us about the allure of weight loss and the lengths our culture pushes to pursue it can be an entire thesis.

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Confessions of a discount factor

By Anna Garziera | December 3, 2024

Many studies have suggested that we might do a lot better individually and collectively if we were only more patient. If we weighed payoffs with logic rather than emotion, we could start thinking of choices as long-term investments.

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How will you end?

By Luke A. Powery | December 2, 2024

So often, the headline news spotlights start-up companies where the excitement is in the beginning of a new venture. What doesn’t get much attention at all is the end. Doesn’t it matter how we end, too?

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I deleted Instagram. Here’s what changed.

By Susan Chemmanoor | November 26, 2024

Before I come off as a self-righteous off-the-grid-holier-than-thou character, know that I occasionally redownload and doom scroll for hours, for I am only human. But, taking intentional breaks has made me conscious of how the app literally rewires my brain.

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What your favorite library says about you

By Shambhavi Sinha | November 25, 2024

Duke will inevitably shape who we are in many ways — and where we choose to study is no exception. Here’s my very objective (not) take on what that means.

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Cutting people off over politics

By Sonia Green | November 22, 2024

When I woke up on November 6th, I immediately checked my phone. Although I had a strong suspicion that I knew who America had elected as our president, I wanted to be sure. After I received confirmation that I was right, a small part of me was happy; my prediction was correct. However, I felt an overwhelming sense of disappointment and concern for my community.

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OPINION

Life beyond the game: Redefining purpose after golf

By Sophia Bae | November 22, 2024

One day, I was a varsity women’s golf recruit with aspirations shaped by years of training and competing — the next, I was a former athlete faced with an overwhelming question: What is my purpose now? 

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OPINION

The bitter brew

By Gabriel Markwei | November 22, 2024

What does coffee actually cost?

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You can’t park here (even though you go here)

By Paul Dilly | November 21, 2024

Duke, I’m here to help you help us — your precious students — by suggesting ways in which you can save us from having to move our cars during home football games, all while preserving that cash flow you love so dearly (and keeping Iron Dukes happy).

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Pelleted by pollution: Why wood biomass is a false solution to the climate crisis

By Aaron Siegle | November 20, 2024

Despite the hype around biomass as a "nature-based solution" to climate change, the biomass industry is defined by its rising emissions and the pollution it adds to disadvantaged communities.

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Stop listening to sad music this fall — listen to house music instead

By Kate-Yeonjae Jeong | November 20, 2024

I believe that sad music only ends up making us sadder, and that it does nothing but exacerbate this weird negative feeling that we get with the shorter daylights and growing workloads. If I am feeling somewhat negative, listening to moody music always makes me overthink and worsens any negative thoughts that I have in my mind.

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Maybe I am entitled to an A

By Umang Dhingra | November 19, 2024

Grades and GPAs don’t often reflect the growth a student has experienced over the course of a class or their academic careers, rewarding never failing instead of rewarding failing and getting back up again.

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The fall of fluency

By Anna Garziera | November 19, 2024

When used cautiously, these words can aid our speech: Without them, we’d sound robotic. But there’s a sweet spot we should try to land on. While drowning in fillers, we can’t expect to be articulate. 

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Circus Fusion and three other classes you should take in the spring

By Monday Monday | November 18, 2024

Duke is unveiling its own "Starbucks secret menu" of classes, if you will. Last night, the University dropped dozens of new courses on DukeHub, the website students use to register for their classes. I wanted to beat the University News section of The Chronicle to the punch and tell my loyal readers about the new offerings as soon as I found out.

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Generous pluralism at Duke

By Luke A. Powery | November 18, 2024

Difference or diversity, even religiously or faith-wise, is embraced as a reality of the world of which Duke is a part.

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OPINION

Duke needs a Jewish movement in solidarity with Palestinian liberation

By Bindu Thota , Eli Meyerhoff , Abi Human and Matthew Slayton | November 15, 2024

To support the creation of an alternative, non-Zionist and anti-Zionist, diasporic Jewish community, we have formed a new group: Duke Jewish Solidarity Movement. 

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Leaving your room 101: A homebody’s guide to West Campus study spaces

By Valentina Garbelotto | November 14, 2024

My single was once the only place I felt safe enough to focus in, but exploring new campus spaces showed me how productive — and freeing — change can be.