“I, like everyone, want to go to New York City because everyone else wants to go to New York City.”
QuadEx does not claim to supplant existing social circles; rather, its intended purpose is to provide solace to those students who are atypically reserved or reticent or encounter financial constraints preventing them from indulging in a vibrant social life.
The women’s washroom — as momentary as it may be — is knowing that your nameless and faceless sisterhood is real.
When I study for a test, I am not simply being a good student: I’m making good on a promise: a promise that I won’t let the sacrifices of the people who came before me go to waste.
Conference realignment isn’t only a tragedy because of the death of classic rivalries but also of the planet itself.
Trinity's three-semester foreign language requirement is unnecessary, and there are much better ways to achieve its stated purpose of fostering “global understanding,” as Trinity’s website describes.
I am beginning to reassociate what it means and how it feels to do work in college
Duke leadership needs to set goals and take concrete actions to make the resources of Duke University accessible to a much more economically diverse student body.
Is it selfish not to be selfless?
With two months left in the year, we have to act with conviction that it is not too late. Planting a seed today might get us at least a sprout by December.
As people of America, it is our responsibility to not allow our history of violence against and oppression of Black communities to be swept under the rug.
Widespread public response to recent events has erased the 75-year history of the Israeli occupation of Palestine. As such, in this article, we provide heavily-sourced and well-evidenced historical, political and humanitarian context that should preclude any understanding of the current turmoil.
You have worth and value as a human being therefore you should be honored, respected, trusted and included.
We don’t have the time to let Duke stall. We don’t have time to admire the problem in seminar series discussing Duke’s obligation to invest morally. We need climate action.
If you are feeling stressed out by this war — even if friends and family are safe — you are not alone. Your stress is legitimate.
Halloween is just fast fashion on steroids — and even that feels like an understatement.
Our inherent value is not contingent on some sense of human “capital.”
The fact that you have friends at all? My condolences.
As long as pro-Palestine groups on campuses continue to treat civilian massacres as an inevitable part of the fight for liberation, Israelis and most American Jews will continue to view its cause as a fundamental threat to the lives of all six million Jews living in Israel.
We also want to let our own learning communities — which include Muslims, Christians and Jews; Israelis and Palestinians; and families desperate to protect loved ones — know that we are raising our voices in defense of all civilians.
