We have had several hundred separate Duke students go to the meme page and ask if we had headshots of the faculty who chose to vilify international students. We, the International Association, were unable to provide them with the headshots of these faculty members. However, we decided to share with the larger Duke community some thoughts to reflect on.
Duke will start to feel like home slowly at first. Then, all at once, you offhandedly refer to going ‘back home’ during winter break of your first year, to which your mom casts you a look of confusion and disappointment. “You are at home,” she says.
Duke housing should be more selective. I know that’s a hot take, but it’s also the truth.
Duke University Honor Council is pleased to formally endorse Luke Farrell as Young Trustee.
Ralph Northam, the current Democratic governor of Virginia, is currently facing demands for his resignation in response to a racist photograph from his medical school years bearing his likeness.
On Oct. 2, Kanye West tweeted a photo of sautéed insects captioned, “My dad and I are going to eat this plate of bugs to celebrate him beating cancer. No more fear.” The picture was utterly horrifying.
Maybe the taboo is finally broken. That not only do students with low socioeconomic status (SES) exist on campus, but that we have a voice, too.
Marching is easy and cathartic, but impactful organizing is difficult with slow turnaround.
Remember Kony 2012?
When I read Ali Thursland's column on being financially underprivileged at Duke, I related to a lot of her struggles.
A monochromatic Instagram feed, a Pinterest-inspired dorm room, geometric tattoos…so aesthetic.
Take a look at any Duke admissions pamphlet, or Duke’s website. Any prospective student has probably read class demographic numbers like 25 percent Asian, Asian American, Pacific Islander; 13 percent Black/African American; 14 percent Hispanic/Latino.
I disagreed with quite a bit of the content of my fellow columnist Lizzie Bond’s latest column, but I want to focus on one point in particular: her assertion that “Duke students who arrive [at Duke]… discover that an on-campus residential community is a luxury, not a right.”
I get it. I used to complain that everyone at Duke had more money than me, too. But I still have tons of fun every weekend, even on a budget.
You’ve probably read columns about it before, and you’ve most likely run into the debate at least one time while being at Duke: which students are “smarter”?
Duke University made headlines in November 2017 for holding shares in Ferrous Resources, a company with plans to build a controversial pipeline. For the past six months, reporters at The Chronicle have been working to understand the rest of the story.
With pressure so high, many male-identifying Duke students are desperate to secure a sense of belonging to an organization; so much so that some may have subjected themselves potential hazing to secure such camaraderie.
On Friday, we were told that three of our Greek chapters are being investigated for alleged hazing. Our community has been silent for five days.
As a senior who hasn’t tented before, this tenting season was my last chance to endure the frosty temperatures, complain endlessly about how much I don’t want to sleep in a tent tonight, and forge friendships through a shared suffering.
I miss the days before Monday nights were reserved for wine and virgin-shaming.
