Now let me say immediately that I already know what your first reaction to the above title is, typical Chronicle commenter!
I was surprised to read today's article on Vice President and University Secretary Richard Riddell's guidance for the Young Trustee candidates. I understand Vice President Riddell’s point that the Young Trustee’s role is different from that of DSG president.
When a group of students protested in the Allen Building on February 13, 1969, they released 10 requests titled “The Black Demands.” The list of demands was developed by this early generation of activists and it yielded some good results.
Though Duke has been affected across campus by seemingly endless construction, no project has been planned, approved and executed as quickly or painlessly as the interfaith prayer room in Keohane 4B, which had its grand opening last week.
Voting season is around the corner for the most divisive presidential election in recent memory. Whomever you support, whatever your beliefs, I want to make one thing clear: no candidate is going to turn this ship around alone.
Every four years, America has the opportunity to elect a new leader into the most powerful seat of government.
January 22nd marked the 43rd anniversary of a landmark decision for women’s rights. On this day over four decades ago, one of the most significant Supreme Court cases in American history, Roe v.
“Why?” “Are you serious?” “There are better options...” After we decided to spend our junior fall semesters at Duke Kunshan University, the most common reaction we garnered was doubt.
Marco Rubio is coming to take over the CDC. I expect they’ll welcome him with open arms. Okay not really, but based on the last week of news it doesn't seem entirely out of the question.
Dear Dr. Monday, I’m going to be honest—I haven’t done my civic duty. Even with the Yik Yak campaigns, forests-worth of flyers poster all over campus and daily argumentative columns in The Chronicle, I really can’t distinguish between the field of Young Trustee candidates.
While many of us were in our cradles, 800,000 people perished in Rwanda.
Undergraduates write all the time. We write to fulfill assignments in our classes, to communicate our research, to contribute to The Chronicle and other campus publications and to facilitate their extracurricular organizations through by-laws and communiques.
The executive board of Duke Diya, the South Asian Students Association, had the opportunity to talk with the three Young Trustee candidates recently, and we are excited to formally endorse Jamal Edwards. Jamal Edwards presented his position with a very realistic perspective, understanding that the Young Trustee role is not a position of advocacy.
After meeting with the three Young Trustee candidates, Duke Muslim Students Association has unanimously decided to endorse Jamal Edwards.
After meeting the three Young Trustee finalists and hearing their visions for Duke’s campus, we were thrilled to see all candidates exude so much passion and interest in the position.
It is with confidence that the Engineering Student Government endorses Jamal Edwards for the position of Young Trustee.
DukeAFRICA, a university-recognized cultural organization that serves to promote, educate and advocate for African culture on campus, has decided to endorse Jamal Edwards for Young Trustee.
After interviewing each of the candidates and serious deliberation, Duke Political Union has decided to endorse Jamal Edwards for Young Trustee.
Up until the 21st century, winning a war has usually been a matter of physical strength. From the European guns used to conquer the Native Americans to the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima, a clear pattern emerges: the side with better weapons, more innovative technology and greater manpower wins.
This Sunday, some 189 million Americans will watch the Super Bowl. Very, very few of those people will pause their snacking and drinking and cheering to ponder how an iconic cultural spectacle ended up with such a ridiculous-sounding name. The issue is not the fact that the game is called a bowl; championship games have been called bowls since the construction of the Rose Bowl stadium in 1922.
