The 2016 presidential campaign has been full of surprises. Among the greatest is the support Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders has garnered.
Economic inequality is a grand challenge for our generation. Regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum, it’s impossible to ignore the writing on the wall. The gap between the haves and have-nots is widening. While our proposed solutions may differ, one thing is certain; we must take action. Unrest is growing. Ted Yavuzkurt is a Trinity senior. His column runs on alternate Tuesdays. If you have a comment for him, he can be reached at tdy@duke.edu.
I’ve been thinking a lot about happiness lately, especially since the What I Be Project and Me Too monologues have come to campus.
In yesterday’s editorial, we offered advice for activists who protested a Greek mixer last Friday and for the students looking onwards and listening.
Content Warning: Sexual Assault Can you name Kesha’s last song? Think about it, when was the last time you heard Kesha’s voice on the radio?
Throughout this year, we have lamented the growing violence of disagreement on campus and the seeming endlessness of the increase in volume required to be heard in “debates” that have become more like shouting matches on both local and national stages.
Dear Dr. M, Senior year has been flying by, and now graduation and the real world are speeding toward me faster than ever.
The Chronicle will be publishing endorsement letters for the 2016 DSG President elections from Monday, Feb.
Bernie Sanders is a literary genius. His platform is all magical realism; suspension of disbelief is a prerequisite to understand the stuff.
I would like to share my observations from the DukeEnrage protest in front of the Delta Sigma Phi section.
Just five weeks into the spring semester students have begun to feel the mounting pressures of midterms, applications for summer experiences and the general demands of Duke’s busy campus.
As applause from the previous monologue died down, the next actor took center stage. He clapped his hands together and began confidently, commanding the attention of every single person.
Duke Student Government is an insular and selective campus organization that brands itself with quarter zips, armies of senators, shiny ideas and initiatives that look great on Linkedin and in photographs (bike-share anyone?). Meanwhile, the “News” section on their website that has not been updated since last winter. Working on Sophomore Class Council, I have seen many of the realities of campus programming: Take this lump sum of money (enough to purchase two small homes in Michigan). Go improve the “Sophomore Year Experience.” Let me be blunt.
In response to our last column, one reader posed the age-old question: “Why is there no Men’s Center?” At our weekly intern meeting, we laughed at the question.
Forecast for the next two weeks? Flyers, profile pictures and platforms galore. In this round of Duke Student Government elections, Annie Adair, Tara Bansal and John Guarco have entered their names as our three presidential hopefuls. Two others are vying for Executive Vice President and three for chair of the Student Organization Finance Committee.
What do Donald Trump, #alllivesmatter proponents and the notion of “the black vote” all have in common?
Freshman year is novel and inimitable for various reasons. Students get to mold and shape themselves in tandem with new surroundings, selecting the people they mingle with and the subsequent values they hold closely as they learn, both academically and socially.
The greatest class I have ever taken during my undergraduate career is Failure. I have managed to fit it into my schedule every semester and it’s cross-listed under each department of study.
The political world found itself upside down this week with Saturday’s sudden passing of Justice Antonin Scalia.
Congratulations! As a conservative on Duke’s campus, you have inherited a special Privilege™.* Unlike the majority of Duke students, you will learn how to engage (not to be confused with Enrage™) with an opposing argument in a constructive way.
