Coming out about satire
(10/28/10 9:00am)
I confess that I am a recent convert.
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I confess that I am a recent convert.
Three new living groups have recently moved to Central Campus: Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Ubuntu and the Panhellenic living section. It is heartening to see freshmen busing over to Central to party, especially considering that their tours only a few months ago conveniently covered that part of Duke with a giant invisibility cloak.
Last Saturday on West Morgan Street, the collective pressure of a surging crowd of students, alumni and visitors from West Point were crushing me between the club’s brick wall and the off-duty cop’s bicep (a rock and a hard place?). In my asphyxiated state, I asked the security guard, and I paraphrase, “Why don’t you guys indicate where people should line up with, like, a rope or something? This is a safety issue.” According to him, he’s been telling Shooters’ management to do so for two years, but to no avail.
Amongst the balloons, bouncy castles, food trucks and WXDU DJs at the Duke Partnership for Service’s block party Sept. 10 were the service organizations that have given our University a reputation for community engagement, innovative endeavors and passionate activism. The newcomer on the block is Duke Partnership for Service. In only its second year on campus, the organization is finalizing its application for funding and recruiting a diverse staff of students dedicated to streamlining the concept of “service.” It is also building a house on Central Campus with space for group use. A lot of things that dPS has done and plans on doing are cool (and I will talk about those in a moment). However, I also want to talk about the inherent dangers in creating an all-encompassing umbrella. These potentially far-reaching issues result from the umbrella’s undue influence on access to resources.
If Sarah Palin really can see Russia from her backyard, then I should have at least as good a view of her home state of Alaska from my hometown of Vancouver.