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Student commencement speakers not representative

(04/22/11 9:00am)

In a few weeks, current Duke Student Government President Mike Lefevre will continue a long legacy of white male student speakers at Duke’s commencement ceremonies. A student speaker should be both engaging and speak on topics that resonate with and reflect upon the thousands of graduates in attendance. Given these basic qualifications, one would think over the course of a decade these speakers—selected by a committee of students, faculty and administrators—would at least somewhat mirror the demographics of Duke’s student body. However, in the past 10 years all student speakers were men, and only one was non-white. The most recent female student speaker was in 2000 during Nan Keohane’s presidency, and at the time she was the fourth consecutive woman selected for this honor.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2011/04/student-commencement-speakers-not-representative

Lack of female Young Trustees disconcerting

(01/31/11 10:41am)

The position of Young Trustee was instated in 1970 to incorporate Duke undergraduate community members into the governing board of their University. Forty-one years later, women have remained conspicuously absent from the ranks of this role. The last female Young Trustee to serve on the Board, Katie Laidlaw, concluded her term in 2006; she remains the sole woman to take this position in the first decade of the 21st century. Unfortunately, there have been only three women in this role in the past 17 years.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2011/01/lack-female-young-trustees-disconcerting

Monday, Monday article offensive, sexist excuse for humor

(10/06/10 11:31am)

As female Greek leaders on campus, we were appalled by The Chronicle’s decision to print the Oct. 4 opinion piece, “Karen Owen shatters the glass ceiling.” Although we understand that the humorous Monday, Monday column is a Chronicle tradition, we believe that ignoring this offensive editorial would be a disservice to women at Duke.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2010/10/monday-monday-article-offensive-sexist-excuse-humor

Panhellenic push for space not over

(02/05/10 10:00am)

As sorority presidents, we were thrilled to read The Chronicle’s Feb. 3 article, “Long push for sorority housing ends,” as it shows an understanding of the historical and contemporary issues of the Panhel space debate. We have every hope that the space on Central Campus will benefit our sisterhoods and Panhellenic unity; however, our long push for space is not over. In fact, our work is just beginning.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2010/02/panhellenic-push-space-not-over

One broken guitar, too many generalizations

(02/26/09 9:00am)

On behalf of the Panhellenic Association and the Interfraternity Council, we feel that Eliza French's Feb. 23 column, "The show is now over," mischaracterizes the Greek system-the piece's conspicuous target. French states, "collectively, we don't understand what is appropriate and which boundaries are the ones that shouldn't be crossed," but she fails to recognize that the Greek community is disappointed in the behavior on Thursday evening. Such conduct is unacceptable, and those involved will be disciplined. French explains that we should expect this type of behavior, because members of the Duke social scene are socially uneducated, and know only the "rotating succession of. Shooters, George's [and] Devine's." We hope that anyone who read French's column took note of this inflammatory generalization and its implications toward the Greek community, as well as the greater student body.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2009/02/one-broken-guitar-too-many-generalizations