OPINION  |  COLUMNS

The joy of Pope Francis

By William Rooney | September 30, 2015

On Sunday, Pope Francis concluded a momentous visit to the United States. Throughout his six-day tour, from his remarks at Capitol Hill, the UN, and Ground Zero, to his Vespers service at the striking St. Patrick’s Cathedral, to his closing Mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia in front of one-million strong, all eyes were on the pontiff.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Keeping tabs on The Tab

By Justin Koritzinsky | September 29, 2015

The Tab is my Donald Trump. It asks to be mocked — in fact, it likes to be mocked. Its provocativeness is self-serving: generate controversy, increase page views and make money.

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OPINION

Make hard conversations effective

By Editorial Board | September 29, 2015

Yesterday, the Editorial Board discussed The Tab—a new campus publication—and the strong, visceral backlash it produced immediately after its launch.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

The lens of literature

By Drew Korschun | September 29, 2015

Something I’ve noticed while going through college is that some things that you once adored can escape you amidst the hodge-podge of experiences that university life can offer and only reappear when you little expect it.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Audition

By Paul Popa | September 29, 2015

“Oh, I’m from Duke.” “Duke...University?” “Yeah, that’s right.” “Hm, I didn’t even know they had a theater department.” “Oh, they do.

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OPINION

​Give The Tab time

By Editorial Board | September 28, 2015

Last week, a new publication launched on Duke’s campus. The Tab, a news site started at the University of Cambridge in 2009 by students, put its first articles up on its Duke site last Tuesday.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Monday Monday: Down with political correctness

By Monday Monday | September 28, 2015

Over the past few years, a worrying trend has emerged on American college campuses. A large number of liberal students have, under the guise of “social justice,” begun turning away from reasoned debate.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

We the people

By Jonathan Zhao | September 28, 2015

So begins our nation’s Constitution. Yet, I submit, few Americans today appreciate just how profound and revolutionary this document is.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

When it rains it pours

By Dana Raphael | September 28, 2015

Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault It was a rainy afternoon; my friend and I were curled up with cups of cinnamon tea.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

So where is God, really?

By Maryam Ali | September 25, 2015

Based on the religious festivals that have been going on with Yom Kippur, the pilgrimage of Hajj and Eid ul Adha, it is safe to believe that the remembrance of God has been somewhat more prevalent on Duke’s campus and throughout this world during this past week.

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OPINION

​Dream bigger in promoting the arts

By Editorial Board | September 25, 2015

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Nasher Museum of Art’s opening at its current location.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Get what you pay for, with medicine as with television

By Max Stayman | September 24, 2015

When I went to the store this summer to buy a television for my dorm room, I entered a contract of sorts with the seller.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

The opposite of effortless perfection

By Peer for You | September 24, 2015

As I walked to the Allen Building for my next class, my friend from freshman year recounted her experiences as a tour guide and all of the over-zealous “p-froshes” that bombard her with questions on the one-hour staged representation of Duke, minimalizing its flaws and praising its successes.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

The conductor at Brooklyn Bridge

By Kyle Harvey | September 24, 2015

I want to share my semester in New York in a way that captures what it means to live in a different place.

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OPINION  |  STAFF EDITORIALS

​Ever upward for the School of Medicine

By Editorial Board | September 24, 2015

Last Tuesday, Duke School of Medicine cardiologist and lead clinical researcher Dr. Robert Califf Trinity ‘73 and Medicine ‘78 was nominated last week to become the Food and Drug Administration’s commissioner.

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OPINION

​Mind the gap and reject subtle gender discrimination

By Editorial Board | September 23, 2015

Earlier this month, the Department of Education released a new College Scorecard website designed to centralize statistics ranging from a school’s most popular programs to the financial details of typical costs and earnings after graduation.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

The Obama doctrine of inaction

By Barak Biblin | September 23, 2015

As I have written in previous columns, there are consequences to electing a weak and naïve commander-in-chief.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

A case for interventionism

By Max Schreiber | September 23, 2015

A growing isolationist movement across the political spectrum has resulted in, for the first time in a while, more than fifty percent of Americans identifying as “dovish”— defined as those who believe the U.S.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

A call to compost

By Rachel Weber | September 23, 2015

A glimpse into the brown paper bag on my patio reveals coffee grounds, kale stalks, egg shells, olive pits and the seeded skeleton of a red pepper.

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OPINION

Ask 'Who am I?' with purpose

By Editorial Board | September 22, 2015

In yesterday’s editorial, we touched on several different spaces for mental health issues on campus, emphasizing the importance of peer support and institutional readiness to assist.