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By the time high school graduation rolled around just four short years ago, I was more than ready for it. Sure, I had enjoyed my time there, and my friends were amazing, but I was ready for the next step. That entire summer was basically just a countdown until I could go to Duke—O-Week could not have come fast enough.
On the morning of the Blue and White Dinner, I couldn’t find a spot in any of the Blue Zone lots before my first class. Irrationally indignant and angry, I fled to the Bryan Center parking lot and snagged a spot just as someone else was leaving. The ordeal left a bad taste in my mouth, even though I knew it was really only my fault that I hadn’t left in time to find a spot, and I was lucky enough to have gotten this one. So I can’t say I was really all that surprised when I got back to my car after class to find the ominous gold envelope on my windshield that I have become all too familiar with—a parking ticket. I’d gambled with the parking gods, and I had lost. It happens. If I were a better person, I would pay for my parking all the time—it is the law, after all—but I didn’t on this day.
This story is part of our coverage of the 10th anniversary of the lacrosse case. Our other coverage can be found here.
Reflecting on freshman year of college, many students can identify a moment that defines their experience—a moment when they knew they had officially become a part of the Duke community. For some it is a late night with friends, for others it might be the first time they set foot in Cameron Indoor Stadium for a basketball game. For many students, though, this moment is far more of a quiet realization, a sense of purpose, maybe even a calling.
The first of two Thursday events featuring activist and educator DeRay Mckesson focused on the tensions and similarities between the current Black Lives Matter movement and the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 60s.
At two events Thursday, activist DeRay Mckesson will dissect the fight for social equality. Mckesson's activism started following the launch of the #BlackLivesMatter campaign as he documented the aftermath of last year’s events in Ferguson, Mo. He then went on to co-found the activist group We The Protesters. The first event—sponsored by the Black Student Alliance at 1:30 p.m. in White Lecture Hall—is a conversation between Mckesson and Charlie Cobb, Duke’s activist-in-residence from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Legacy Project, an initiative to document the historic struggle for equality. The second event is part of BSA’s Real Talk series and will begin at 6:30 p.m. in McClendon 5.
Which came first, the doughnut or the living wage? For two of Durham’s favorite bakeries, you can’t have one without the other.
As Towerview saw this month, the role of Duke Student Government president has effects beyond its one year term. Here, take a look at how the past five presidents view their time in office—and see how well their campaign videos have held up.
A group of people set out to climb one of the world’s tallest mountains, but not all of them will return. Based on the very deadly 1996 Mount Everest disaster, “Everest” tells the story of two expedition groups attempting to survive after an avalanche. The real 1996 event left 12 dead on the mountain, but viewers will have to wait and see how the cast—including Jake Gyllenhaal and Jason Clarke—fares in the movie.
When Barack Obama finishes his second term as president of the United States, there are many perks of the job he will be giving up. Never again will he have the power to veto a bill or appoint a justice to the Supreme Court, and the whole Obama family will have to move out of the White House.
Tonight at 7:30 p.m. the Duke Black Student Alliance will host the first event of their Real Talk series in McClendon 5. The event’s topic is “Black*** at Duke: Community Relations and Pan-Ethnicity." BSA is hosting and moderating the discussion, and Chick-Fil-A will be served. The Chronicle’s Carleigh Stiehm sat down with BSA President Henry Washington, a junior, to discuss the event’s goals and how they align with BSA’s yearly initiatives.
Popular culture matters. In the world of academia and hyper-intellectualism, we often like to think of ourselves as above much of the mass consumption of entertainment and pop culture. But it is a mistake to overlook this area of society when thinking critically about issues of equality and contemporary norms. Pop culture is a reflection of the society that shapes it as well as a force behind change in society. Not only is it entertaining, it also provides valuable insights into the world around us.
Each year, more than 120 students spend two weeks hiking, swimming and climbing through the Pisgah National Forest as part of the pre-orientation program Project WILD. This August, some students in PWILD added a new activity: lifesaving.
From where we sit—perched on the third floor of the Flowers Building, almost close enough to touch the Chapel at the heart of campus and far enough from the administrators of the Allen Building to maintain a respectable buffer—Duke looks a little different than it does for most students. As the staff of The Chronicle, we often see the University not for the qualities that attracted us here as eager high schoolers, but rather as a series of questions to be answered and stories to be told. From where we sit, we see the beauty of the gothic wonderland in all her glory, but we also see the darkness where we feel bound to shine a light. For us, there is no better view of Duke University than the halls of 301 Flowers.
In their penultimate meeting of the academic year, the Academic Council discussed the current state of salary equity at the University.
It was a Thursday afternoon in March when I set foot in Durham’s very first cuddling studio, Cuddle Time For You. I had first heard of the new snuggling destination about a month prior, and was immediately turned off by the idea.
High winds are suspected to be the cause of a fallen tree that stopped traffic on Chapel Drive Thursday evening.
During the first semester at Duke Kunshan University, a group of students formed the Kunshan Student Ambassador Council, administering two surveys to the student population of DKU and issuing an action proposal to enhance the experience of studying in Kunshan. Hwee Min Lo, DKU-KSAC's founding graduate co-chair, is in Kunshan working to complete a one-year graduate program in global health. Fellow founding member or DKU-KSAC, Quang Do, returned to Duke's campus after studying in Kunshan during the inaugural Fall semester. The Chronicle's Carleigh Stiehm interviewed these two founding members to discuss the goals of DKU-KSAC and their time on the new campus.
Following the inaugural semester of Duke Kunshan University, one student organization is seeking to act as ambassadors for positive change and promote the student experience.
Mourning Vincent Davis
