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(03/16/16 4:24am)
As one of the top 10 universities in the United States, Duke is responsible for the cultivation of the next generation of philanthropists, entrepreneurs, and policymakers. Through its liberal-arts curriculum, Duke aims to instill in its students the values of innovation, leadership, and accountability. Duke is not about just about creating professionals; it’s about creating engaged global citizens. That is why Duke invites speakers like Patrisse Cullors and facilitates early voting on campus; Duke understands that civic engagement and self-expression are key to a thriving student community.
(04/17/03 4:00am)
Labor and human rights organizations are always asking the public to boycott certain corporations for one reason or another. Practicing everything from sweatshop and child labor to discrimination and money laundering, corporations are always being exposed for their irresponsibility. It's almost impossible for even the most socially conscious consumer to keep track of which companies are being targeted at any given moment, and even harder to be sure which products and sub-contractors have connections to those specific corporations. People often feel like their own personal boycotts, and even mass collective boycotts, don't have any significant effect on the corporations they target.
(03/27/03 5:00am)
This is a thought exercise.
(02/27/03 5:00am)
I heard a story last night about one of our campus rapists. Maybe you know him. He's raped at least four female students in his time here. He is white, a West Campus resident and not unlike many of the men at Duke. He is not unlike many of my friends. The majority of the people who see him on campus do not know about his propensity for violence against women. He could be in one of my classes and I would not know who he was.
(02/06/03 5:00am)
There is only one state where over $2 billion a year of U.S. military aid goes to fund the systematic violation of the human rights of an entire people. The United States gives more military aid to Israel than to all other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean combined. These billions of dollars are vital to the maintenance of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories, and this money is coming directly from us. Our role as global citizens, and specifically as members of the Duke community, requires that we demand that our money be spent in socially and environmentally responsible ways. Investing in companies that deal arms to a state that is responsible for the oppression of millions is not responsible social policy. Duke should divest from military ties to Israel until we know our money will not be spent to maintain illegal control over occupied lands and people.
(01/16/03 5:00am)
When a person believes that another person is threatening her safety in spite of there being no evidence to support her claims, we call it a self-reinforcing paranoid delusion. When government officials believe that another country poses an imminent threat to Americans despite having no credible evidence and proceed to conduct a drive toward war with that country, intending to seize control of its government and resources, we call it foreign policy.
(04/03/02 5:00am)
I have often been asked to defend my beliefs against the "War on Terrorism" and other militaristic aspects of U.S. foreign policy. I have been told many times that using violence to stop terrorism will prevent future American deaths and that failing to act decisively puts the country at risk for future attacks. I have been told that I am un-American when I have mentioned the ways in which American foreign policy contributes to global anti-Americanism, and I have recently been accused of belonging to a movement that would have been eager to blow up the World Trade Center because we disagree with the policies of the World Trade Organization. Yet it is because I don't want to see violence destroy the lives of any innocent people that I am forced to oppose foreign policy arguments that call for war, and I believe that this is the motivation of many others who feel the same. People who argue for a widespread military solution to the problem of terrorism believe that violence is a force that can be controlled, but history has shown us many times that a single violent action easily sparks others and quickly deteriorates into endless cycles of retaliation that threaten the stability of entire regions and the lives of millions of civilians.
(02/20/02 5:00am)
Recent events on our campus and in the rest of the country have shown us that we live in a society dominated by extreme fear and ignorance directed at the Arab, Muslim and South Asian communities. It is truly disappointing that the average American knows very little about the culture and religions of the Middle East and South Asia and is quick to vilify all people from these regions as "evil," "anti-American" or "terrorists." Americans are primarily concerned with events that happen within our borders and lack concern for the rest of the world until we are dramatically and directly affected by them. We did not discuss Afghan women one year ago, yet they have been suffering for years under both the Taliban and the Mujahadeen. The terrorism we have so recently experienced has been a concern for most of the world's people for decades, but we have long considered ourselves invincible. Our ignorance is inexcusable. It is not the responsibility of others to educate us, but for us to educate ourselves.
(11/15/00 5:00am)
In response to the Duke Conservative Union's advertisement in the Nov. 14 issue of The Chronicle, I'd like to make it abundantly clear that the comments I have made to The Chronicle and to other individuals and publications about same-sex unions in the Chapel were never intended or professed to represent the other members of Gothic Queers or the Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender community.
(03/30/00 5:00am)
It is both arrogant and unrealistic for one to expect others to be persuaded by an argument that uses a definition of morality that he or she does not agree with. Morality is not an objective concept. I was dismayed by the letter to the editor written by Adam Stokes and Will Grimsley on the subject of gay marriage because they seem to expect everyone in the community to base their opinions on Stokes' and Grimsley's morality. Do they have proof that homosexuality is a choice? Their theory must be proven before it can support an argument, and I certainly don't consider Alan Keyes an authority on the subject.
