OPINION

Un Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido

By Mi Gente Alumni | February 5, 2016

As recent Latinx alumni of Duke University, we proudly support Mi Gente’s letter to the administration, “Duke without Mi Gente,” and its decision to boycott Latino Student Recruitment Weekend (LSRW). The carefully constructed demands include demands for a cultural center, a comprehensive plan to hire Latinx faculty and administrators, full funding for future recruitment weekends and public acknowledgement and apology for the lack of institutional support for Latinxs on campus.

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OPINION

​You want me to park where?

By Editorial Board | February 5, 2016

For the past few weeks, many Duke students have expressed concerns over a lack of parking spaces, for commuters and non-commuters alike, particularly in the Blue Zone.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Love is a feeling, not a game

By Catherine White | February 4, 2016

Happy almost Valentine’s Day, Duke humans. According to Mumford and Sons, “where you invest your love, you invest your life.” I hope you have been wise with your investment.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Negative interest rates in Japan

By Ajay Desai | February 4, 2016

Out of options and desperate for resurgence, the Japanese economy has been forced to try its luck with negative interest rates.

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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letter to the Editor

By Henry Washington | February 4, 2016

BSA President Henry Washington responds to the statement released by Young Trustee candidates Wills Rooney and Max Schreiber last week.

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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letter to the Editor

By Will Bobrinskoy and Wendy Burr | February 4, 2016

Cameron Crazies. Little kids watch us on TV, dreaming of being part of the Craziness one-day. College students across the country envy us, they hate us.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

The allure of social exclusivity

By Sabriyya Pate | February 4, 2016

“As the demographic most vulnerable to low self-esteem and issues pertaining to social exclusion, college-aged individuals must reflect on the systems that divide them, and strive to build camaraderie that transcends all else.”

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OPINION

​Selecting a Young Trustee

By Editorial Board | February 4, 2016

While the Editorial Board will not be endorsing a candidate for the Young Trustee election, we thought it necessary and important to take time to discuss the role of the Young Trustee as students make their decisions on who to elect.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Checking in

By Alena Sadiq | February 3, 2016

While browsing Pinterest (procrastination, anyone?), I came across a quote that went something like this: anxiety is not being able to sleep because you’re worrying about something wrong you may have said two years ago.

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OPINION

Sustaining socioeconomic diversity

By Editorial Board | February 3, 2016

In November Duke announced its newest scholarship program, The Washington Duke Scholarship Program, aimed at improving the experience of first-generation students and those coming from under-resources backgrounds.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Political observation 101

By Brian Hopkins | February 3, 2016

Watching the Iowa caucus results Monday night, I found myself overcome with excitement when CNN made its first “CNN Projection.” Regardless of the result, or even which party they were referencing, the graphic and their little tune brought back countless memories of election nights past.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Choosing empathy

By Sofia Stafford | February 3, 2016

One of the most challenging and equally rewarding aspects of studying abroad is that it challenged me to truly understand, and not just imagine, what it would be like to live in someone else’s shoes.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Duke, Durham, development and displacement

By Bennett Carpenter | February 2, 2016

This year the Human Rights Center at Duke has been hosting a series of public discussions on gentrification, reflecting growing concerns across Durham about the effects of the city's rapid transformation on longtime, low-income and minority residents.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Could it be just a dream?

By Jonathan Wroblewski | February 2, 2016

There's schadenfreude across the land. Duke is out of the college basketball rankings for the first time since 2007.

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OPINION

Untaming the Cameron Crazies

By Editorial Board | February 2, 2016

This week, the Associated Press released its first Division I men’s basketball ranking since the 2007-08 preseason poll without a ranked Duke team. This follows the women’s fall last month from its rankings for the first time since 1999.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

An (over/under) informed electorate

By Jackson Prince | February 2, 2016

Thomas Jefferson once said, “Wherever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.” (Without even the slightest deliberate effort, our generation has, by far, the opportunity to be the most informed electorate in the history of the world. Let’s not be so quick to pat ourselves on the back.

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OPINION

Refusing feeding time: A response to My Belonging

By Antonio López | February 1, 2016

Brother Abele designed its architecture, my father waited its tables at the WaDuke and now, finally inside these walls, I once again must do my part in educating this University of its own hypocrisy.

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OPINION  |  EDITORS NOTE

2016 Young Trustee endorsement policy

By Amrith Ramkumar and Jonathan Zhao | February 1, 2016

The Chronicle will be publishing endorsement letters for the 2016 Young Trustee elections from Monday February 1 to Monday February 8. No endorsements will be published Tuesday, February 9 or 10, the days of the election.

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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letter to the Editor

By Fernando Revelo La Rotta and Betsy Santoyo | February 1, 2016

Similar to Alexandra Villasante-Fricke who was President during 2007-08, we were saddened to read “Duke without Mi Gente,” but not for the same reasons.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

The manipulation of the press

By Jay Sullivan | February 1, 2016

Donald Trump might finally have some competition for his ability to control the attention and narrative of the media.