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Everyday at Duke, I find myself amazed to see such talented and interesting individuals, nuanced in many ways. Rarely do I find an art major who solely cares about art, an engineering major who does nothing but engineering, or a literature major with extracurriculars only in writing. Diversity is a prided attribute of this campus, and it’s what makes Duke well-rounded and interesting.
In America, over 45.3 million people live in poverty, and an additional 97.3 million people have an income twice below the federal poverty line. Of the children in poverty, half will be on food stamps before they turn 20, including nine out of ten African-American children. The shocking reality lies in that 48 percent of individuals America are in poverty or have low income.
Up until the 21st century, winning a war has usually been a matter of physical strength. From the European guns used to conquer the Native Americans to the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima, a clear pattern emerges: the side with better weapons, more innovative technology and greater manpower wins. Winning is measured in discrete terms, through the amount of units of individual soldiers or territory one posseses. With these long-held conceptions of war, it is unsurprising that we approach the global War on Terrorism in the same manner today.
