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The elections for Duke Student Government president and executive vice president are gearing up, and The Chronicle is here to provide coverage of the race. Voting will take place online March 5 and 6. In the meantime, here’s a preview of the four candidates in advance of full profiles, which will be published closer to the election:
Mary Pat McMahon, vice provost/vice president for student affairs, talked student involvement and selectivity at Wednesday’s Duke Student Government meeting.
Editor's Note: This story was updated Feb. 20 at 5:10 p.m. with information about a DSG survey conducted about students' opinions on an e-cigarette ban.
As the Presidential Primary churns along, another campaign will soon sweep Duke—the race for the Presidency of Duke Student Government (DSG). Today marks the deadline for campaigns to submit 100 signatures from supporters so that they may enter the running. Then, from now until election day, a frenzy will ensue as each candidate conducts a relentless selfie stop campaign, traversing campus with canned rhetoric, ear-to-ear grins and well-timed daps.
Imagine walking into the polling booth November 3 and the walls were covered with images of children being held under ICE custody. While as Duke students, the vast majority of us would agree that children should not be in cages, we can also agree that such an election would not be fair. Polling booths should be politically neutral.
This week, in the short lull between the end of the Young Trustee campaign season and the beginning of the DSG races, we’re presented with an opportunity to reflect on the work that has been accomplished in the political arena and to consider the challenges that the University and its students, faculty and staff, continue to face in the coming year. However, the chance of healthy reflection seems to be constantly overshadowed by inevitable fights over whose individual triumphs have had the greatest impact.
Filed just hours before voting would end, the complaint that delayed the Young Trustee election results by two days was dismissed by the Duke Student Government Judiciary Friday afternoon.
Undergraduates have elected senior Ibrahim Butt as the next Young Trustee.
Move over Germanic Languages and Literature. German Studies are here to stay.
By now, we’re all aware that Duke’s response to campus sexual assault is inadequate. But while we make this declaration with fervor, when it comes time to present improvements to these policies, the picture gets a little fuzzier.
For the second year in a row, Duke students expressed their dissatisfaction with TransLoc’s Rider app in a Duke Student Government survey.
Ivan Robles, vice president of equity and outreach, asks about the use of "embark" in so many groups' event names.
Senator Shrey Majmudar talks about the results of a survey administered to students about technology.
Tom Szigethy, associate dean of students and director of DuWell, talks to DSG about campus wellness initiatives.
This is part three of a three-part series about the raucous history of Duke students burning benches after major basketball victories, in the lead up to the North Carolina game Feb. 8. Here are part one and part two.
After initially including only combustible tobacco products like cigarettes, cigars and hookahs in a “smoke-free” campus policy set to go in effect July 1, Duke has now added e-cigarettes and vaping products to the ban.
The Young Trustee race is in full swing, and the four candidates stopped by Wednesday evening to speak with Duke Student Government. Read the speeches from seniors Maryam Asenuga, Tim Skapek, Ibrahim Butt and Leah Abrams in the order in which they spoke. Their remarks have been lightly edited for clarity.
This is part two of a three-part series about the raucous history of Duke students burning benches after major basketball victories. Here are part one and part three.
Seen posters for SHAPE around campus? The Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention & Education Week is taking place this week until Sunday, Feb. 9.