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Why so intolerant?
By Shruti Rao | September 22, 2015Is it just me or does there seem to be a lot of hatefulness floating around in the national media?
Is it just me or does there seem to be a lot of hatefulness floating around in the national media?
Lately, it seems like everyone around me is going through an existential crisis. Particularly in the senior class, there seems to be a collective panic that our days are numbered and, consequently, we should have a definitive life plan within the next few weeks.
The idea that positivity is more powerful than negativity seems like something most people can get behind.
On September 10, a group of students gathered in front of the Chapel to increase awareness of World Suicide Prevention Day and mental health issues. An organizer of the gathering has also been involved in starting Duke’s chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
With the widespread process of renovation across Duke’s campus finally beginning to end, The Chronicle begins to reflect on how construction proliferated so quickly and thoroughly in such a short amount of time.
Out of America’s founding documents, the Declaration of Independence, is the most eminently quotable; a 2003 poll also revealed it to be the American people’s favorite document.
There is more to the world than consulting or finance. I find myself repeating that phrase over and over every day while talking with my fellow seniors who are in the throes of the post-graduate job hunt.
In some very simplified words explaining Einstein, relativity is all about acceleration in respect to another object.
There has been a ton of attention in recent times devoted to the phenomenon of fanfiction. A lot of it is based around the legal issues associated with it.
From behind a magazine’s pages or a computer’s screen, it’s easy to underestimate why a photographer would endure pressing against the frozen rails of shaky, ice-cutting ships or packing tightly onto fragile, motorized floats to hunt for the Arctic’s greatest prey: icebergs.
With students just about at their limits with the same Au Bon Pain sandwiches and almost regular orders of Merchants-on-Points vendors, last Friday’s announcement of the West Union vendors came as a pleasant reminder to students that another of many construction changes on campus is nearing its end.
From SNL sketches, to The Daily Show, The Colbert Report and John Oliver's Last Week Tonight, comedic and satirical media now have a substantial impact on how Americans receive and digest news and current events.
The Duke Student Government Research Unit was established by DSG last September with ambitions to help Senate representatives tackle persistent, large-scale campus problems.
“My first experience with prison was probably when I was three or four months old. My mom took me to visit my dad, still holding me in her arms.” As I spoke up for the first time my voice quivered, unsure how the men around me would perceive an “outsider’s” presence.
I am responding to your 16 Sept. editorial entitled "Legacy admissions: something given for little returned." In your article, you state, among other ridiculous untruths, that "those that believe legacy students bring a coherent or uniquely beneficial background to Duke are deluding themselves." In other words, you believe that legacy students do not belong at Duke.
The most idealistic I have ever felt was the summer I turned 21 in a small but famous city called Oxford.
There’s something special about childhood. It’s a time before you come to a rational awareness of the world around you—when nonsense makes sense, and fresh sensations flood your senses with innumerable possibilities.
Despite the massive amount of effort and resources dedicated to college admissions, the procedures used are still a mystery to most, and Duke admissions process is no different.
Over the course of my time at Duke University, I have been mistaken for a liberal time and time again.
Declining biodiversity doesn’t usually make the global-issue short list. It’s often thought of as a purely ethical dilemma with little bearing on the success of human populations.