OPINION  |  COLUMNS

A gay fraternity cooler

By Tanner Lockhead | March 26, 2017

I am neither a fraternity brother nor female. So after a couple years of watching women pour their hearts, their wallets and their free time into decorating coolers for fraternity away-formals, I never expected to join. Take a walk through Central Campus in the spring, and you’ll probably see groups of girls huddled over beverage coolers with painting supplies.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

À la carte: Great for meals, not health care

By Dana Raphael | March 26, 2017

Last week, the Republican repeal of Obamacare went from unlikely, to maybe, to dead. While it appears that President Obama’s signature healthcare legislation will remain in place for now, it is unlikely that the Republicans won’t try again later for another repeal.

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OPINION

Dude, where's my degree?

By Editorial Board | March 26, 2017

When passing judgment on student athletes at Duke, it critical to look beyond the overly publicized promotion of Duke men’s basketball, including the phenomenon of one and done players. The clear majority of Duke student athletes are on campus for the sole purpose of learning at a world class university. 

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Safe spaces and controversial speakers

By Michael Munger | March 24, 2017

Academic freedom requires that we get to create many different, discrete safe spaces. But you can’t claim your safe space and deny others theirs.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Charles Murray, protests and student dialogue

By Leah Abrams | March 24, 2017

Over the past few months, it has become en vogue for well-meaning middle-aged journalists, social scientists, and politicians to chastise college students for their perceived “sensitivity.” Scholars and pundits from Frank Bruni to Bill Maher have bemoaned the coddling of American students, as well as the development of an awareness of microaggressions and advocacy for safe spaces.

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OPINION

​(Purchase) power of donors

By Editorial Board | March 24, 2017

On Monday, James H. Ball Sr. and Wendy A. Ball, parents of Duke alumni, published a letter in the Chronicle establishing the cessation of their long-standing monetary support for the University, in light of political and atmospheric changes they have perceived to be harmful. 

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Lessons from the legion

By Jack Dolinar | March 24, 2017

They controlled the majority of the known world for almost a thousand years. They maintained the foremost military of their time.

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OPINION  |  GUEST COLUMNS

History repeats itself

By Jonathan Anomaly | March 23, 2017

The Chronicle's editorial board says we have no reason to listen to views that are “patently false or feed into dangerous historical trends.” But neither of these characterizations is true.

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OPINION

Cultivating a 'new American mind'

By Editorial Board | March 23, 2017

Yesterday, we opposed Duke’s decision to allow Charles Murray to speak on campus, echoing concerns voiced during the Middlebury College student protests in response to Murray’s visit to the school.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Charles Murray and the subjugation of free speech

By Ian Buchanan | March 23, 2017

More broadly than one’s individual opinion of Murray, the precedent of censoring unpopular opinions on college campuses is dangerous from any perspective.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Government engineers: fixers or followers?

By Eliza Grace | March 23, 2017

With this type of job offer, it is unlikely that the country's top engineers are flocking to work on the most challenging problems we face.

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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letter to the editor

By Kavya Sekar | March 23, 2017

As an influential university, we must be careful and critical about which people we entertain as intellectual leaders.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

What I wish I knew when applying to college

By Sami Kirkpatrick | March 23, 2017

It’s not so much the school you’re at, but what you do when you get there.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Sexual assault and hookup culture

By Emile Riachi | March 22, 2017

For partners to be straightforward about what kind of sexual acts they are willing to perform, they must build relationships of trust, respect and sacrifice: relationships that are unambiguous about the shared love upon which they are built.

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OPINION

​Grading the bell curve

By Editorial Board | March 22, 2017

On Tuesday Charles Murray spoke on campus at event organized by students involved with the American Enterprise Institute and the Duke College Republicans.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Conquering Cancún

By George Mellgard | March 22, 2017

Essentially, we used a country rather than experienced it.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Letter to the editor

March 22, 2017

Now contingent faculty members need the support of students as they bargain for better working conditions and request the compensation they deserve.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Dear Stephen, Dear Students

By Amani Carson | March 21, 2017

Stephen, I listened to what you’ve been saying for the past decade, and I’m writing to tell you that although I hear you, I think you’re due for a reality check.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Artificial barriers, real consequences

By Eidan Jacob | March 21, 2017

Healthcare is complicated, and it’s probably wise to ignore anyone who boils the issues down to one or two basic problems.

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OPINION  |  GUEST COLUMNS

Ben Carson, we want to believe

By Jamal Michel | March 21, 2017

Ben Carson, we want to identify ourselves in you, not simply because you too are African-American, but because you recognize us, that we too are here.