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We've been down this road before. The Duke identity groups are raging mad. They are pointing fingers and naming names and they want more. More of everything. More money, more attention, more retribution and control, more "rights," privileges, slush funds and entitlements. And they want it now!
On Tuesday, March 4, we ask that Duke undergraduates vote to increase the Duke University Union's portion of the Student Activities Fee by $11 per semester. The Union is the University's largest and oldest programming body, including Freewater films, Major Speakers, Major Attractions, Cable 13, Broadway at Duke, and much more. Each year we bring concerts, movies, original television and film programs, radio, Oktoberfest, Devilhunt, art exhibits, Broadway shows and many other programs that add to the quality of campus life and the Duke experience.
Work hard, play hard--the unofficial motto of Duke University. The adage suggests a climate of dynamism, with engaging and interesting students comprising a thriving campus where academic, intellectual, social and recreational life blend together and are pursued with vigor, and where many avenues of campus life augment the growth and maturation of young minds. In a word, Duke was, and is, heavily advertised as collegial in the best sense of the word.
As I peruse the events the University has planned in remembrance of September 11, I cannot ignore a nagging anxiety and skepticism. I fear that at Duke, for the second time in a year, the institutional response will leave me feeling confused, frustrated and wanting. Blame my doubt generally on three years of living and working in the murkiest of politically correct swamps or specifically on the wrong-headed and meager official response to the terrorist attacks of last September.
Over the past year, I have had the privilege of working with one the brightest and ablest students on campus--Brady Beecham. As president of the Duke University Union, she has proven herself to be an exceptional leader with remarkable dedication, a firm grasp of campus issues and an inspirational vision for the University. Her passion for Duke is matched only by her ability to set and achieve meaningful goals. Beecham has strong relationships with faculty, administrators and, most importantly, other students. She has successfully guided the Union through a period of great change and has recently provided a crucial voice in discussions about funding, residential life facilities and student governance. A rapidly changing campus demands strong leadership, and Beecham can provide the stewardship that Duke Student Government will surely need in the coming year. Thus, I strongly believe that Beecham is the clear and obvious choice for DSG president and, that through her vision, DSG can truly become the effective voice of the student body.
In the wake of our collective horror, it is hard to know exactly what to feel or how to react. Indeed, we may have no framework in which to know what to do. However, it is a bit easier to know what a wrong response feels like. Duke's shameful attempt at a prayer vigil Wednesday was a disgrace to this school and the victims of this attack. Duke's notorious embrace of political correctness along with its dedication to appearance over substance has failed to meet the needs of the community once again.
Most students found Floyd to be more hype than hurricane, but for some it meant much more than a day off from class. Those students who live in eastern North Carolina now know first-hand what this hurricane was capable of, having seen their communities devastated by flooding and water damage.
Maureen McClarnon's column entitled "The Art of Politics and the Politics of Art" is quite possibly the most inane, incoherent example of writing I have ever read in any publication.
