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On Monday, a storm of sorts hit Duke’s campus. Justin Robinette, a junior and former chair of Duke College Republicans, alleged that his sexuality played a role in his impeachment by the organization’s executive board. Following this statement’s publication, a flood of reactions was unleashed from all angles, and responses poured in from across campus.
Monday night, I stood on tiptoes in an oversized Duke blue T-shirt, surrounded by classmates on the floor level of Lucas Oil Stadium. We were all nervous. My entire body geared for battle, I chanted familiar cheers at the top of my lungs.
We all seek it. It is a major reason that a significant number of Duke students, myself included, have chosen to join selective living groups. Without it, we become painfully aware that we miss it. Alumni warn that forging it in the real world often takes significantly more effort than it does at Duke. It can be an elusive concept that drives administrators crazy; indeed, many conversations on the state of campus culture focus on how to best create it.
“I’m so fat!”; “Ugh, my love handles are definitely showing in this picture… dieting starts now!”; “I can’t eat that—gotta look good in my swimsuit, you know?”
Duke’s entering Class of 2009 contained the highest percentage of Asian students that the University had ever enrolled, at least at the time.
If you could go back to freshman year, what would you do differently?
