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A Note from the Editors

Flipping through this issue, you may notice a peculiar theme. The content is diverse, even typical: student reflections, science, sports and politics. But the perspectives are cohesive. That is,...


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"Wannabeaner"

Sometimes Dukies are driven by what they’re told to do: study French flashcards, practice clarinet, get good grades, become a doctor. Sometimes, though, we’re driven by what people tell us we...


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Editors' Note

As the newest visionaries of Towerview Magazine, we would like to say “welcome” to the 14th volume of what we hope is becoming a celebrated Duke tradition.


The Devils took down the Florida State Seminoles, previously undefeated in the ACC, Saturday at Indoor Cameron Stadium
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Bogged Down in Crazie

Krzyzewski has never embraced a student group like he did BOG before or since, though no other organization has ever been quite like the disorganized band of gentlemen who enjoyed the confines of...


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Voting For the Amendment

More than 2.1 million North Carolinians weighed in on a constitutional amendment that would add to the state’s existing 1996 ban on gay marriage by outlawing civil unions and providing legal...


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It's All Greek to Me

I’d walked along the rim of Santorini, ever higher up through the maze of staircases that weave through the clifftop villages, and then across a narrow land bridge to Skaros, an uninhabited—or so...


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States of Wonder

"I’m not really a science person.” I’ve been hearing that phrase in the first week of class for over more than 15 years now.


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The Graduates

It’s 1965 on the North Side of Chicago. Living in a poor neighborhood about a mile from the United Center, a high school senior dreams.


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Within & Without

When Jacob Tobia posted on his Facebook that Richard Brodhead had complimented his high heels, more than 300 people “liked” it.


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The Man Behind the Medicine

At the opening of the Duke Cancer Institute in February, Dr. Victor Dzau, who heads Duke Medicine, stood on the second floor at the building’s ribbon cutting ceremony and looked over the glass...


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ARTificial Intelligence

The screen that lay in front of me was utterly empty, a blank space beckoning to be filled. I noticed, looking beneath the screen, a virtual wheel of objects on another monitor.