Chronicling my time at The Chronicle
(04/23/21 5:05am)
One morning in the Chronicle office, after pulling an all-nighter to finish a PubPol memo, I saw a squirrel in front of me.
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One morning in the Chronicle office, after pulling an all-nighter to finish a PubPol memo, I saw a squirrel in front of me.
Daniel Ennis is Duke’s new executive vice president, taking over from Tallman Trask. The Chronicle spoke to Ennis about his past experience at Johns Hopkins University, his decision to come to Duke and his goals for his new role. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Normally at this time of year, students would still be working on final projects, papers and exams. Instead, because the COVID-19 pandemic caused Duke to compress its fall semester, students left campus for winter break in November, much earlier than usual.
Boy, October seems like an eternity ago, doesn’t it? Halloween was only two weeks ago. Spooky.
Phew, we made it through September. As the COVID-19 pandemic forced students, faculty and staff to adjust in unprecedented ways, The Chronicle was there to cover the issues that mattered this month.
After the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced Monday afternoon that the school has seen 130 students test positive out of 954 COVID-19 tests between Aug. 10 and Aug. 16, Duke announced its latest testing numbers for returning students: 11 positives out of 5,765 tests so far, or 0.19%.
It’s a tale of three LDOCs.
After the nation focused its attention to the Wisconsin elections last week—which were held after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a delayed Election Day or mail-in ballots—Jill Karofsky emerged victorious in the hotly contested State Supreme Court race. Turns out, she's a Duke alumna.
Even though candidates won't be able to campaign on campus, Duke Student Government and class council elections are still happening this April. This will be the third and final undergraduate student body election of the year, after Ibrahim Butt won the Young Trustee election and Tommy Hessel won the DSG presidential election.
I’ll start off with a confession: I don’t like cats. I’ve never liked cats. Beyond making my allergies flare up, they’re pretentious and unfriendly. Why do they always look so mad?
If you were thinking of taking classes during Summer Session I, you might consider backup options.
In the past week, as many students were sent home due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Duke community tragically lost senior Grey Spector and sophomore Raj Mehta. As quickly as possible, The Chronicle will publish obituaries honoring their lives.
At least 15 members of the Duke community have been tested presumptively positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus.
This is an unprecedented time for us all. Two weeks ago, many Duke students and officials were confident that in-person classes weren’t going to be canceled and they would get to come back to campus after spring break. Well, things changed quickly.
Wondering what you'll be able to get from your dorm?
Editor's Note: For a more up-to-date FAQ guide to your questions about Duke's coronavirus response, please read our guide here.
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this article incorrectly announced junior Valeria Silombria as the winner of the Duke Student Government presidential election. This article will be updated as more information becomes available.
Although there have yet to be any reported cases of the coronavirus at Duke, the University is readying for possible student self-isolation in light of student travel to areas at high risk of exposure to the coronavirus.
On this leap day, Duke’s Board of Trustees approved a leap in tuition and total cost of attendance for next year at its Saturday business meeting.
The Chronicle will be publishing endorsement letters for the 2020 Duke Student Government elections from Sunday, March 1 to Wednesday, March 4 at 11:59 p.m. The positions of president and executive vice president are available for endorsement. No endorsements will be published the days of the election. The final deadline for endorsements is 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4.