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By Jamal Michel | June 8, 2017Teaching in North Carolina is a unique kind of experience.
Teaching in North Carolina is a unique kind of experience.
Dr. Velasquez Nimatuj is exactly the type of professor that Duke typically prides itself on employing.
It is time for Duke University to create a Native and Indigenous Studies Certificate.
“Dude,” my brother-in-law said a few years before Captain America: Civil War, “Black Panther...is finally going to be in a movie.”
Since Christopher Nolan’s reimagined comic book epic released on DVD in December 2008, I’ve viewed The Dark Knight a few times a month without ever second guessing its timelessness.
Maryam, a 5-year-old girl, had the courage to stop and tell us that we, as citizens of the United States, are not doing enough.
In 2015, Duke stopped covering gym fees for students in the first five years of their PhD program.
When you run as an independent student in any contested Duke election, you expect to lose. For independent students trying to break into campus politics, there is no greater challenge that highlights this plight than running for a DSG position. Even though we do a lot of good, DSG presents a host of problems when it comes to accurately representing the student body.
Life as a Duke student can feel surreal – from morning rock climbs, to lunches with Nobel laureates, to nights cheering on the most storied basketball program in college sports, capped off with twilights in Perkins.
As university members, we occupy a privileged space, where we can freely circulate ideas, construct debates and transform discourses.
There is immense wisdom in the honesty of high school students.
Unfortunately, the violence that has turned some parts of Latin America into mass graves is very much alive, and 2017 is postulated to be the deadliest year since the drug war began.
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.
As an influential university, we must be careful and critical about which people we entertain as intellectual leaders.
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.
During these years, certain factions on university campuses have attempted to “out liberal” each other and in many cases, created a climate of intolerance unless one mirrors the political beliefs of these factions.
It is with great enthusiasm that Duke University Honor Council endorses Jackson Dellinger for President of Duke Student Government.
After meeting with the three candidates for Duke Student Government President, the Duke Muslim Students’ Association has voted to endorse Riyanka Ganguly.
Duke Sport Clubs stand on a platform to fuel competition, cohesion, and commitment for all Duke students.
Duke Political Union, after interviewing all three presidential candidates and deliberating carefully on their proposals, has voted to endorse Jackson Dellinger for DSG President.