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In Lamu, a small island off the coast of Kenya, the streets are way too narrow for cars, so 4,000 donkeys pace the roads, transporting goods and defecating. The town, like much of the coast, is upwards of 90 percent Muslim.
I'm shocked and dismayed that President Nan Keohane declined to sign the anti-intimidation petition. The petition's goal, according to the American Jewish Committee, was to affirm that campuses are places of debate, not of propagandizing one viewpoint at the silencing of another. This petition was necessitated by the rise in intellectual and physical intimidation on campuses in the past year with respect to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unfortunately, debate over this conflict has too often spilled into expressions of outright hatred, often directed against Jews more than Arabs and Muslims.
The Confederate flag debate dribbles on. South Carolina's only Fortune 500 company is duking it out with the state's most visible flag supporter, Maurice Bessinger, whose barbecue restaurants feature a nauseating display of Confederate flags. Read Sunday's Washington Post if you care for the details; I don't. However, because many at Duke hail from places far away, I would like to offer a few insights unavailable to most outside people South Carolina.
This year's Israeli independence day took on a more sober tone for the University's Jewish community.
Danny uses his swastika like a blunt weapon. Walking through the city streets, he flashes a t-shirt bearing the symbol's crooked fingers at a couple of passing black men--his eyes grin with sadistic glee when they recoil in outrage. Danny beats up a young Yeshiva student and vandalizes a synagogue with a group of skinhead punks. But at home he sheds his clothes, like a bizarre Superman, to reveal a talis--a Jewish prayer garment--and Danny begins to study Torah.
Israeli artist Uri Katzenstein-best known for his outlandish use of atypical artistic materials-spoke yesterday at the Center for Documentary Studies. He allocated the majority of his lecture to a discussion of his artistic style.
Chris Rock once joked that the reason why "whitey" designated February as Black History Month was because it is the shortest month of the year. Considering how often race relations has been in the spotlight, one could say that although the second month may be short on days, this year it has been long on evidence that race still dominates much of the political landscape.
Two weeks ago, Recess Senior Editor Norbert Schürer told me that he thought I might replace him as "the most hated man at Duke." What had the two of us done to attract so much Blue Devil bile? I had just written a column in The Chronicle that was critical of some of the attitudes we hold about our basketball rivals, three years after Norbert Schürer enraged the Duke community when he called our "disgusting" Cameron behavior "a large scale exercise in group hysteria and group identification."
In a letter published Jan. 26, Justin Ford chastises The Chronicle for denouncing the Confederate flag that currently flies over the South Carolina state capitol as a "banner of racism." According to Ford, the flag "is about heritage, not hate." No doubt most of those who support the flying of the flag would agree. But many other people understand the flag as a symbol of slavery and racism, and this interpretation is equally valid. The interpretation of the flag's supporters is not privileged just because it is "their" flag.
American History X is a flawed film. Its goals seem at times murky, the characterization borders on two-dimensional, the dialog is choppy, the cinematography is predictable and the plot development is contrived. That being said, director Tony Kaye has given us a profoundly compelling movie that invites us as viewers to think and question.
Guten Tag. Sit down and have some milk and cookies with Arthur Denker. Sure, he's a little cranky, but he could be your crotchety old grandpa. Maybe he'll endear himself to you with his atrocious war stories while you do your homework at his house. After all, how often do you get to meet your friendly neighborhood Nazi War Criminal? If you're at all like Todd Bowden of Apt Pupil, he just might become your sick obsession.
As Tom Leyden reaches out his right hand to introduce himself, a faded tattoo becomes visible.
I think it was Mary-Lou Retton who once said, "A society's worth can best be judged by its graffiti." Or maybe it was Jean-Paul Satre-I always get those two confused. Whoever it was, I agree with them. Unless, of course, it was Mary-Lou Retton, because I've always said existentialism is for pansies. Or is that Entertainment Tonight? Oh boy, I gotta quit snorting kitty litter, it's really starting to brill my kain cells.
A lot has been said already about the whitewashing of the queer pride slogans on the East Campus bridge by the Department of Facilities Management. What concerns me here is not the incident itself-which Tallman Trask has publicly admitted was "an error in judgment which cannot be condoned"-but the debate about whether or not, in the context of students painting slogans on University property, the University frustrated a legitimate expression of free speech.
Two recent incidents on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus have raised the specter of anti-Semitism and brought to the fore questions regarding the line between free speech and good taste in a university environment.
Most students would laugh at the thought of a former Bunch of Guys member being the artsy type.
From staff reports
I have a minor confession to make. It's not one that will distinguish me from the majority of tax-paying citizens, nor will it jeopardize my chances in the 2016 presidential elections, nor will it even cost me my position as a campus journalist.
