Sometimes the grass is greener on the other side because it’s fake.
In rhetoric, sure, the Duke administration has expressed the greatest trust in their student body, composed of some of the brightest young minds in the world. However, their insistence on intervening in the lives of its students suggests the opposite — that Duke has little to no trust in us at all.
It pains me when people say they don’t like science because it’s “boring,” because that’s the only way they’ve ever experienced science: as incremental information overload until it becomes less overwhelming.
If we acted exactly the same around all of our acquaintances, we’d have very few colleagues and even fewer friends.
In some places, the Word matters. It lives in a tangible physical world where when you speak your truth, you will be exiled; dispossessed; brutally beaten; shot dead on the street ...
Love shouldn’t be hierarchical, with romantic love as the pinnacle transcending other types of love.
We hinge our contentment on what we think we need, rather than what we have. The world doesn’t make us unhappy. We do.
Without the Herbarium, and support for future faculty in biodiversity research, Duke’s reputation in this area will wither on the vine.
Unlike traditional Marriage Pact tests, the Blue Devil Situationship Match (BDSM) Program involves open-ended questions analyzed by AI to better match you to the perfect non-exclusive, uncommunicative, not-committal partner.
But it truly is better to be single than to be in a bad relationship. Because being single doesn’t mean being alone unless you choose to make it that way.
The Duke Herbarium is such an asset, and its loss would be to the detriment of Duke’s reputation as a leading scientific research university.
In Duke’s 100-year history, only two alumni have gone on to become heads of state. One is ... Ricardo Lagos, a largely overlooked alumnus whose life should inspire Duke students, faculty, staff and alumni throughout the next 100 years.
Somehow in a culture that is constantly expressing love, from the most serious of romantic partners to best friends to valued material goods, we have denied the legitimacy of love beyond romance.
There are days when I stroll down the Bryan Center Plaza, see a bunch of people filing up to a table, and figure why not? I’ll get in line because it’s probably something pretty good, like Monuts. Even a clicky pen is passable.
I’ve always been disturbed by how casually people will say “I love you.”
My hope is that Duke will have the bold leadership and creative vision to grow these seeds of belonging into some mature and flourishing evergreens, so that QuadEx may one day be a name for something beloved and lasting. Until then, students, alumni, and other university stakeholders should continue to be critical and insist that we can do better. I know I will.
If everyone took a five minute shower with cold water for the next academic year, we would save roughly 16,268,000 gallons of water. Duke could also save $322,106.
Technological accelerationism devoid of introspection effectuates irreversible transformations in societal structures, cultural paradigms and axiological frameworks.
Roses or chocolates may be fine as gifts for Valentine’s Day this week, but a real gift you can give someone or yourself is to show through action, “I want you to live.”
Keeping the Card Lot open to student festivities would be an apt tribute to Elko’s legacy.
