Knocking and entering
(04/10/17 4:11am)
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Is it hard to do? No. Is it hard for maintenance workers to do? Apparently.
Last spring, Duke introduced a new, more secure Wi-Fi network named Dukeblue. Almost one year later, I’m still asking, “Where’s the Wi-Fi?”
This year, Duke University was named the best college for food in America by The Daily Meal. It marks Duke’s highest ranking by the website in my four years here, and the truth is, dining has generally gotten better each year. But, some of dining options highlighted in the ranking are misleading or wrong.
With the upcoming election, there is a lot of talk on campus about making the students’ voices heard. Somewhere along the way, the people have come to believe that making one’s vote matter is the same as making one’s voice heard. Now, Duke students are not only encouraged to register to vote, but also to make sure that they’re registered in North Carolina, a swing state. This is particularly true for students who come from politically uncompetitive safe states. Unfortunately, this voting philosophy has been embraced by many even though it undermines the principles of our representative democracy.
All politicians start out as people, but along the way so many of them lose touch with those who elected them. Most, I assume, are good people who at some point let their own interests begin to trump those of their constituency. In this way, Duke Student Government is a microcosm of the failures of government.
When West Union opened last week, students suddenly had more than a dozen new dining options. There was one thing that was noticeably absent—soda fountains.
Much has changed globally and nationally over the course of this semester, but some would say not enough here at Duke. In light of this, my final column this semester brings me back to the subject of my first column this semester. That is, because in our world of growing uncertainty and unease, only one thing has become more certain: we need Donald Trump for President of Duke.
With Halloween behind us, the holiday season is coming at us full force. It means two months of sappy holidays and 25 days of even sappier TV movies. My saving grace this holiday season, as always, is Black Friday. And with the extension of Black Friday into Thanksgiving, I now have two days to be thankful this year.
College is an environment within which students can afford to make some mistakes and not have to suffer the consequences for the rest of their lives. And nothing says second chance quite like bookbagging, which means the opportunity to rectify last semester’s bad class selections. Or in the case of over 50 Pratt students, rectify a poor college selection by transferring to Trinity.
The Tab is my Donald Trump. It asks to be mocked—in fact, it likes to be mocked. Its provocativeness is self-serving: generate controversy, increase page views and make money. And just like Trump, it makes its money off the backs of those it disparages, although in the case of The Tab, it’s Duke and its students’ reputations that are left in tatters. My issue with The Tab is not its questionable motives and negative societal effect. My complaint is that tabloids are supposed to cover sensational and salacious news, and The Tab does neither.
The administration has been very responsive to threats on campus — that’s part of the problem. With the recurring armed robberies and thefts the last few years, Duke should enact preemptive controls to better protect the community. While responsive policies such as increasing security and lighting are appropriate, the administration needs to acknowledge the risks facing students and work to mitigate them.
As more Americans open up to Donald Trump’s presidential bid, I too have found myself swept up in the media-fueled Trump frenzy. You won’t see me wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, though, but not for a lack of contempt for the current state of politics. My priorities lie closer to home — we don’t need Trump for President of the United States; we need Trump for President of Duke.
There are hundreds of organizations and dozens of departments on campus, but what are they doing for students? Are they improving student life on campus or driven by other motivations? Are they deservedly the subject of student vitriol or is their work overlooked? This column, performance review, will seek to answer these questions and more.
With exams fast approaching, it’s time to finally start doing the semester’s assigned readings and reviewing teachers’ slides on Sakai. Now that you know what you need to do, you need to know where to do it. You’re looking to actually study, not just make people think you have it all together like you’ve been doing all semester.
Outside of sports, there are few social events on campus that bring students together. There are even fewer where the only person you need to know to get in is no one. Heatwave, President Brodhead’s Homecoming Ball and Last Day Of Classes are the first that come to mind.
The future. It’s all Duke administrators talk about these days.
Yik Yak, PornHub and Facebook—we all use them, except that we can’t a lot of the time we’re on campus. That’s because Duke is centrally located in a cellular service dead zone. This lack of access is only worsened by our insufficient wireless Internet that only sporadically extends beyond the walls of buildings. Students do not have the internet they deserve and actually need.
“You can’t complain about politicians if you don’t vote!”
I have a problem. My Tinder game is weak—nonexistent actually. This may seem trivial to some of you, but without Tinder, I can’t fully participate in Duke’s vibrant and rewarding dating scene. Without the matchmaking genius of Tinder, equaled only by the Millionaire Matchmaker, how will I find my future wife?
I want to talk about something important that affects everyone at Duke regardless of race or creed. This is an issue that has changed the way students make decisions daily.