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.
Mental health professionals not only have the job of being successful healers but also adaptive wordsmiths.
FOMO is going around faster than the flu these days, with everything from Rush to UNC games to miss out on. However, by releasing unnecessary obligations, college life will start to feel a lot more manageable.
If one doesn’t bother to think, one may not even realize that one’s actions are deeply wrong.
I can confidently say that “The Chef’s Kitchen” has had one of the greater glow ups in recent memory, in its transition from It’s Thyme to the ‘Hawaiian Place.’ “It’s actually really good, I promise. Just give it a chance.” I have given it a chance. I have given it seven chances.
“Some people say K-Ville’s gone soft. But I say the line monitors are harder than ever!”
Because it’s not just about being late … this is one of many ways we, as Duke students, have collectively decided to put ourselves over others.
We often need to feel the heat of the fire firsthand before we truly understand why we were warned against it.
It’s a shame that Panda is gone, but it’s also a shame that It’s Thyme’s arrival — what should have been an exciting occasion — coincided with the elimination of Panda Express.
As I delve deeper and deeper into adulthood, it seems to me that our self-identities and perceptions are increasingly contingent on our relationships with others.
There are some terrifying thoughts lurking down there, kind of like when you are out by the creek and flip over a rock and see all the creepy-crawlies underneath. Homicidal urges, illicit desires, feelings of guilt, revenge, or dread, tabooed thoughts about Apocalypse.
I am excited to see what lessons my twenties hold in store for me, and I secretly hope that they’re a bit of a rollercoaster.
You might be experiencing tough times, your own wilderness. But I hope you don’t miss the deacons of God in your midst.
Personality tests aren’t “scientific,” but self-understanding isn’t meant to be a scientific process.
