Cody Schmidt

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RECESS | CAMPUS

‘Boundless’: On race, masculinity and capitalism with artist Stephen L. Hayes and historian William Sturkey

By Cody Schmidt | January 24, 2022

Over 120 years ago, a group of white supremacists performed a coup targeting the biracial government of Wilmington, N.C., destroying Black property and taking an indeterminate number of lives. Today, Stephen L. Hayes’s statue depicting soldiers from the United States Colored Troops (USCT) stands proudly in the same city.

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NEWS | UNIVERSITY

Duke first-year writes op-ed about corporate influence on Myanmar human rights abuses

By Cody Schmidt | January 14, 2022

Disappointed and saddened by the lack of news coverage, he wrote an article in Newsweek about how foreign countries can help the people of Myanmar. 

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NEWS | UNIVERSITY

One’s tendency to share fake news is influenced by their personality, new Fuqua study suggests

By Cody Schmidt | November 18, 2021

The study, “Of pandemics, politics, and personality: The role of conscientiousness and political ideology in the sharing of fake news” explores the interplay between political ideology and personality in fake news sharing behaviors. 

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RECESS | CAMPUS

In a lecture at the Nasher, photographer Renee Cox reflects on her trailblazing career

By Cody Schmidt | November 8, 2021

“Why are you waiting for the world to validate you?”

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RECESS | CULTURE | MUSIC

Lessons about art from Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

By Cody Schmidt | October 4, 2021

Perhaps the only list where Robyn’s “Dancing on my Own” and John Lennon’s “Imagine” will ever be ranked side by side, specifically at number 20 and number 19, it includes a variety of genres and representation from every decade since the 1930s. While many of the songs are instantly recognizable, whether they be pop favorites or timeless ballads, it wouldn’t be the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” without controversy and the plague of rockism. 

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NEWS | LOCAL & NATIONAL

Durham roads face a large-scale quality assessment; DPS to propose recommendations for repairs

By Cody Schmidt | September 16, 2021

The vans, equipped with a multitude of data-collecting devices, collect and compile information about every street maintained by Durham Public Works to help plan street maintenance funding. 

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NEWS | LOCAL & NATIONAL

As school years kick off, here's how COVID-19 protocols, dashboards differ across Triangle universities

By Cody Schmidt and Audrey Wang | September 6, 2021

While Duke has seen the most positive tests of the four schools, it is the only university of the four to require regular surveillance testing for vaccinated students.

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