To write the biggest speech of his career, Donald Trump turned to a trusted aid—Duke graduate Stephen Miller. Miller, a senior policy advisor to Trump, wrote Trump’s keynote speech on the final night of the Republican National Convention.
“What? You’re going to live in a dorm room?” Helen Gordon’s sons’ reactions to the news that she would be living among freshmen at Duke was what one might expect.
Middle-class families paying the full cost of tuition at Duke say they are uniquely affected by recent tuition hikes at the University.
David Cutcliffe is rarely cryptic—he’ll give an honest, thoughtful response to nearly any question you throw at him.
From the center of the newly-named Abele Quadrangle, the telltale signs of change on campus are slowly receding.
Many people think that existentialism doesn’t accord meaning to anything. This isn’t quite true.
On the morning of the Blue and White Dinner, I couldn’t find a spot in any of the Blue Zone lots before my first class.
Dear readers: The idea of April as the cruelest month has always been difficult for us to grasp (even after spending weeks analyzing “The Wasteland” in a literature seminar sophomore year, as Emma did). Yes, the rebirth and joy of spring can make the emptiness of winter more pronounced—but with such a glorious season to enjoy in the present, why bother to dwell on the season that just passed? But now, as seniors, we get it.
Sunday, March 2, 1986 marked the end of a remarkable season for the Duke men’s basketball team.
On a cold Tuesday afternoon, Avid Video is empty. But it doesn’t truly feel deserted; an adventurous customer who might wander in from Ninth Street would immediately be surrounded by faces.
Durham’s Hillsborough Road is not much to look at—its catalogue of gas stations, chain restaurants and banks is familiar to anyone who grew up in suburbia.
“Although he sleeps, his memory doth live.” These words are among the first things you see when you walk into T.J.
Reflecting on freshman year of college, many students can identify a moment that defines their experience—a moment when they knew they had officially become a part of the Duke community.
It is easy to forget just how young the Nasher Museum of Art is. The modernist building is as much a campus landmark as anything, and the breadth of the collections would seem to indicate decades of curating and compiling.
“I can’t answer that,” Mayor Bill Bell said. “I don’t want to say.” I had asked Bell what his favorite Durham restaurant is.
After a year that produced more than its fair share of hate-based scandals both on and off Duke’s campus, tensions between minority groups and the University have been slowly building, though no direct action has been taken against any administrator’s as was the case at the University of Missouri in past weeks.
CHUBBY’S Note: Chubby’s Tacos has changed its name to Guacamaya Fresh Mex, but as it is Chubby’s and not Guacamaya that the author fell in love with, he will be referring to it as Chubby’s for the duration of this article.
During a time of year in which we students tend to be more concerned with simply surviving until Winter Break and passing our classes, we decided it’s about time to get into the holiday spirit and start thinking about the things that make us smile.
When the sun sets on Halloween, the world transforms for a night—and nowhere as drastically as Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. Since the 1980s, crowds have flocked to the downtown Chapel Hill area to celebrate the one night when you can take on a new persona, whether that be a witch, zombie or Disney princess.
