The privilege of exams
(11/24/14 11:19am)
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We think we are exceptional. And it is true.
For nearly two decades, Oscar Dantzler has seen his role at Duke as not just the Chapel custodian, but also as a caretaker of the University and its students.
The Arts and Sciences Council received updates on Duke Kunshan University and the review of Curriculum 2000 at their monthly meeting Thursday.
Female freshmen have probably noticed an unusual device in their residence hall bathrooms—an automated sanitary product disposal container attached to the walls inside the stalls.
I received a lot of hate during The 40% Plan campaign—in The Chronicle, the Weedicle, on Facebook, and in person. I didn’t enjoy it, but to be clear, I can’t complain about it. You don’t play football and then grumble about being tackled. But I mention this fact for the question it raises—why bring this upon myself? Indeed, the “why are you doing this?” question was one I received repeatedly throughout the campaign. I was a second-semester senior, with his next four years planned out, launching a campus-wide movement for a very esoteric and seemingly random amendment to a student government constitution. Didn’t I have anything better to do with my life?
Some students at the School of Law, Sanford School of Public Policy and Fuqua Business School now have to walk a little further from their parking spots.
Turning left off Duke’s East Campus, Durham’s Main Street is a straight shot for a stretch. Try it—go as far as you remember. There’s Brightleaf, bustling on the right, Shooters tucked behind other bars, the Federal, James Joyce. This is well-worn pavement for students at the University, each inch a faded memory.
North Carolina has the second most heavy equipment thefts in the country, according to a report published by the National Insurance Crime Bureau.
When Duke announced the construction of Duke Kunshan University in the Jiangsu province of China in 2010, our University community was left with many unanswered questions. Some of these questions include: How would faculty be mobilized, how sustainable would the research be, if the program is targeted toward English speaking Chinese students, would there be enough incentive for Chinese students to pay Duke tuition without the benefits of living abroad, would Chinese students pay Duke tuition given the much lower cost of attendance at Chinese universities and what sort of intellectual freedom could Duke students and faculty exercise? Now it’s October 2013, and the Duke in China reference sheet, which was last updated in 2012, said the campus would open in the 2013-2014 school year pending the approval of the Chinese government. Yet, we are still without answers.
November 10 was the day the economic turmoil of the past year and a half hit home for many Duke undergraduates.
I found today's Chronicle article on eating disorders especially moving. Unfortunately, many of the people closest to me have struggled with these problems, and so I could not help but reflect on what I consider to be one of the most disturbing issues among young women today.
The face of Duke student housing shifted seismically last year, and students are still adjusting to the new lay of the land.
A light rail connecting Durham and Orange counties is scheduled to be completed over the next 12 years. The track—proposed by Triangle Transit—will contain three stops bordering the University’s campus.
The era of one-ply toilet paper in Duke restrooms is coming to the end of its roll.
Through the public flogging of Kappa Sigma, Duke has congratulated itself for its progressivism, yet on precisely the issues of systemic racial injustice so routinely raised in the scandal’s aftermath, our campus remains devastatingly silent.
Housekeeper Sebastiana Flores says that she was subjected to racial discrimination and harsh working conditions.
Some residential housekeepers are upset after an investigation completed Spring 2012 found insufficient evidence to validate harassment and discrimination accusations against Linda Schlabach, who formerly served as Edens Quadrangle’s senior housekeeping supervisor.
For the past two years over Thanksgiving break, I have enjoyed the hospitality of a friend who lives in Chapel Hill. My friends, who were also marooned at Duke, affectionately call this the “Mariakakis Dinner.”
To kick start our three-day weekend, some friends whom I’ve had the fortune of knowing since freshman year planned a hike through Eno River State Park. On a Friday afternoon charmed by a beaming sun that had silenced the growling thunders of previous days, we bundled ourselves into two cars and travelled to Bobbitt Hole Trail.
Nearly every day since my sophomore year of high school, I have carried a U.S. Constitution in my left-hand pocket whenever I go out. People often ask me why. They’re usually fairly incredulous when they ask. It strikes many as odd, and I understand their reasoning. It strikes a few as honorable. Despite my brother’s warnings not to do so (I think the phrase he used was “social strike-out”), I’m going to tell you just one of the many reasons why I do this.