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The five stages of first-year grief

(02/23/22 5:00pm)

Ever since coming to Duke I have felt like there are 40 tabs open in my brain at once, all of them incoherently unrelated and as soon as one is closed, another immediately opens. I believe that being a first-year is unique in this way—you are always working to understand this new way of living while simultaneously grieving your old way of living. Even if college was immediately everything you wished for and more, you still have to face, conquer, and make peace with adjustments from your old way of living.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2022/02/02232022-bokesch

Duke does not have a proper arts requirement

(02/02/22 5:00am)

Cutting a roll of film perfectly in a dark room. Signing your initials to the bottom of a completed painting. Bowing at the end of the opening night of a play that you worked three months on. Completing the final rotation of a pirouette you have been learning forever. Editing that last bit of blue sky to pop against your photo’s subject. There’s no better feeling than seeing the final version of art you create come to life. 

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2022/02/02022022-bokesch

Duke 2022: What’s in and what’s out

(01/12/22 5:00am)

It is no secret that Duke is often given a bad rep for being too rigorous, not caring about its students, and so on and so forth. But, if anyone knows how to harp on this school the best—it's Duke students. A trend that was circulating on Instagram as of late was people posting their “ins” and “outs” for the new year—ins being things that they hope to keep or things that they hope happen during 2022 and outs being things that they want to leave behind in 2021. So, in the spirit of the new year and the start of a new semester, I have curated a much-needed list of ins and outs specific to Duke for 2022. 

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2022/01/01122022-bokesch

Where to go on Duke's campus when you are tired of Duke campus

(12/06/21 5:00am)

I am only three months into my time at Duke, yet already disillusioned with being on campus 24/7. Sure, the American gothic architecture remnant of castles makes going to class easier, but it is arguably natural to see the same scenery every day for months and start to feel  stuck, no matter where you are. With Duke’s parking passes that often put your car at a 10 minute walk from your dorm, I find that the C1 bus is the closest feeling I can get to going somewhere. Whilst hurtling from east campus to west campus, I can imagine I am headed to a glorious mountain weekend or beach sunset or better still, on a tour bus in the countryside of France. All it takes is one unheeded speed bump to jerk me back to my reality of riding down Campus Drive for the fifth time that day. For times like these, when we are stuck here but tired of being here, I’ve curated a list of places to go on Duke campus when you’re tired of Duke campus.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2021/12/12052021-bokesch

No one at Duke knows the Grateful Dead

(10/28/21 4:00am)

“Does anyone listen to the Grateful Dead?” I was in my dorm’s study room or common room when I asked this question—my memory evades me—but either way know there was a good number of people around. I was met with blank stares. So, I started asking almost anyone I met if they knew who the Grateful Dead band was. The overwhelming majority had no clue and I slowly stopped being surprised. 

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2021/10/10282021-bokesch

How to play tennis

(09/23/21 4:00am)

If my burnt-out-by-age-15 competitive tennis career taught me anything, it was to always put the ball in the other person’s court. I vividly remember sweltering South Carolina days with my Pitbull (Mr. Worldwide, not the dog) look-alike coach shouting this concept at me and eight other kids from the comfort of his courtside umpire chair. In theory, always putting the ball in the other person’s court with 100% success means that they will eventually lose. They will volley the ball into the net, overhit the ball and send it hurdling over the back fence or miss the ball completely. You are sure to win.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2021/09/09152021-bokesch