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Non-Greek selective living groups held their joint open house on Sunday as a non-recruitment event in accordance with Duke’s new policies—but some SLG leaders are still confused on what next steps look like for their organizations, while others plan to work with Duke to remain recognized.
After Tuesday’s announcement that non-Greek selective living groups could no longer host recruitment events this year, SLGs will still be allowed to hold their open house slated for Sunday as a non-recruitment event, according to a Friday email sent to SLG leaders obtained by The Chronicle.
On Wednesday, Duke Student Government leaders gave introductory speeches and unveiled plans for first-year election reforms at the first Senate meeting of the year. Senators also nominated and confirmed members to the University’s presidential, provost and senate committees.
On August 30th, leaders of the SLG community learned that our recruiting and interest processes would be prohibited for the year. Some SLGs did not even receive this news from administration directly, but through screenshots from others. We are therefore extremely disappointed by the lack of transparency and communication from administration regarding our processes. This decision came long after repeated approval and encouragement from HRL to plan a safe and fun recruitment this fall. SOFC and DSG also have made it clear that they were not informed of the status of recruitment and are now scrambling to help SLGs find solutions to allow our organizations to continue to exist. We are saddened to have to cancel our upcoming open house, scheduled for Sunday, especially since we had already gained approval for the event through Duke’s Event Services. We want to emphasize that this information should have been communicated to us months ago. Instead, we were caught completely by surprise, having already put time and care into planning our recruitment processes and aligning them with administration rules.
Changes are coming to the Bryan Center starting this fall, including office moves and future renovations, in a project in conjunction with QuadEx, Duke’s new living and learning initiative.
If you’re a first-year student at Duke, welcome—and if you’re a returning student, welcome back!
Whether it’s your first year or your last, there’s always somebody at Duke that you might not know. The Chronicle is here to help. Here are some of the University’s biggest stars to be on the lookout for as you adjust to life at Duke.
[Opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the organizations I serve.]
Months after Duke paused plans, a change in Bryan Center office spaces is underway this summer.
Duke’s leaders are the people who champion the University community during good times and bad, inspiring others with their emphasis on values and progress.
When Lana Gesinsky’s preschool teacher sent her report card to her parents, she noted that Gesinsky was “a follower instead of a leader.” Now, the tides have turned.
Editor’s note: Since publication, The Chronicle has reported that this speech bears striking resemblance to a student Commencement speech at Harvard University in 2014.
Senior year saw a near return to normalcy, sweeping changes to the housing system and an unforgettable basketball season.
The Class of 2022’s first year saw the renaming of an infamous building, a collection of controversies and a star-studded basketball season.
The Community Editorial Board has always valued growth and development; in fact, we are proud to announce that, this semester, our articles got “increasingly worse.” Therefore, we would like to offer our next cohort of writers some guidance:
The Division of Student Affairs will establish a Center for Gender Violence Prevention and Intervention in fall 2022, according to a Tuesday email sent to undergraduate, graduate and professional students from Mary Pat McMahon, vice provost and vice president for student affairs, and Kimberly Hewitt, vice president for institutional equity and chief diversity officer.
Duke Student Government members recognized those in the organization and the broader University community with awards for their contributions this year at their last Wednesday meeting of the 2021-22 academic year.
The Community Editorial Board’s (CEB) articles are full of inconsistent, oftentimes hypocritical viewpoints that do not represent the student body, and it is getting increasingly worse. The CEB used to stand for positions that are objectively good for the student body, such as criticizing Durham’s increase in violent immigrations and customs enforcement agents, and promoting union and labor efforts. Truly, this group was a force of good for the university to advocate for those who didn’t always have a voice or who the university administration chose to ignore. The CEB used to be a body who many thought would gladly stand by students who have demands and sometimes even demanded the university to do more for marginalized identities themselves. Lately, the CEB has stood in contrast to students' needs, even for movements with overwhelming support such as Disability and Ethnic Studies programs. Somehow along the way, their messaging has become undeniably inconsistent from the values it grew on.
Recently, Duke Student Government appropriated $16,835 for the Students for Justice in Palestine to host two speakers at their “Palestine 101” and “Narrating Resistance and Agency: Shifting the Discourse on Palestine” events. While the apportionment of such funds is traditionally a procedural stepping stone, this occasion has sparked controversy. Past comments by the speakers, particularly Mohammad El-Kurd, draw into question the role of DSG in monitoring and endorsing the language of speakers it chooses to grace with our tuition dollars. We raise the question of whether it was appropriate for DSG to fund these speakers, and whether new standards for funding similarly objectionable future speakers need to be established.
Duke Student Government conducted a second reading of the 2022-23 annual budget, cutting nearly $100,000 of funding from its first reading the week before.
