Early last week I woke up to this text from my little sister. “Mom and Dad are taking me to DC for the weekend!
Imagine if a world-renowned biologist fundamentally disagreed with the basic theories and models underlying the core Molecular Biology course at Duke.
Last week, administration announced three new programming spaces for Asian-American, Latinx and Native American student communities in the expanded Center for Multicultural Affairs.
A new wave of political activism is polarizing America. Both left and right are throwing caution to the wind for the sake of making points.
“I’m a very good Christian... and I’m proud of it.” So declared Donald Trump to Pope Francis. Mr. Trump, I wish to address you not as the presumptive Republican nominee for POTUS, but as the brother in Christ that you claim to be.
The room was packed for a show. We shifted in our seats in nervous anticipation as we waited for nine of the most powerful people in the world to enter the room.
First I heard the screams—piercing, otherworldly screams. Caterwauls and whooping and ululation.
My Good Sir Monday, Earlier this week, the work-study student who reads me the day’s news stories before lunch brought to my ear a most disturbing piece – your dear Chronicle had published a news article claiming I had made disgusting, racist comments to a young parking attendant after she wandered into the path of my automobile.
“Can you believe Trump is going to build this wall that...” “Do you think Trump’s hair is fake? “Donald Drumpf!” “Did you see Chris Christie’s face?” Perhaps viral quotes and videos are a good way to spread awareness about how Donald Trump is taking America by storm, but if he dropped of the race tomorrow and was never heard from again, I bet that very few of us would care about the failures of both the political system and American public that brought about his rise. Few people knew that Trump was a Democrat before he was a Republican.
In early February, The White House released a press statement about aggressive efforts to combat Zika, a mosquito-borne virus linked to birth defects and other negative health outcomes.
Dear Chronicle Editor, I have been following your articles regarding Duke University’s Department of Parking and Transportation Services.
At the end of last year, California saw the deadliest terror attack on American soil since September 11 in the mass shooting and attempted bombing of San Bernardino. In the aftermath of this tragedy, the Federal Bureau of Investigation asked Apple last month to assist in a brute-force attack on the passcode to gunman Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone.
Content Warning: Sexual Assault As I watched people “lube thumb wrestle” on stage, I was expecting a fun, somewhat lighthearted event about sex education.
There are many things that cannot be achieved by simply re-naming something. Commemoration of a prominent and deserving figure in the history of a university is not one of them.
In an email to the student body, President Richard Brodhead announced on Tuesday that West Campus’s main quadrangle would be named after Julian Abele.
Throughout the year, this column has repeatedly articulated an anthropology—a conception of the human person—that respects our human dignity and outlines our ultimate destiny.
A shameful 19.9 percent of citizens ages 18 to 29 turned out to vote in the 2014 elections.
To the Editor: I worked closely with Tallman Trask III as both the Duke Student Government President and a 3-year Chronicle columnist.
A foreseeable closure is about the only time I become more intentional with my time, my energy and my actions.
I write to respond to Noah Kane’s March 2 Letter to the Editor about Monday evening’s SiriusXM Electoral College Tour comedy show. My introduction to the show did indeed reference the POLIS belief that comedy can help us grapple with dysfunction in our political system.
