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10/15/2010 Countdown to Craziness - Images by Duke Student Publishing Co. Duke Chronicle
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Ridin’ dirty
It is hard to believe that this four-year journey is coming to an end. I’ve been in denial for the last couple of weeks, not quite sure what to say or do when people ask me how I feel about graduation. I usually just smile and say that I am excited, but I actually feel a lot like I did four years ago—anxious.
Dear Readers,
Dear Readers,
When Diego* was two years old, he immigrated to the United States with his parents from Oaxaca, Mexico. When he was 12 years old, he began working in the fields of North Carolina picking blueberries at five dollars per bucket. Years later, Diego’s family and countless others remain part of an industry with a long history of exploiting disenfranchised workers.
Dear Readers,
Mohsen Kadivar, an Ayatollah, dissident and Iranian exile who now teaches at Duke, dedicated his first book to his father. “A humble teacher,” Kadivar calls him, “practicing reason, religiosity, and Azagadi,” the last of which Kadivar translated to Towerview’s Connor Southard as “liberal-mindedness.” Kadivar, a cleric, embodies these values as an influential proponent of democracy in monarchic Iran. To Americans this association might seem bizarre. Today, we rarely consider religious leaders “liberally minded.”
We finish October wearing masks. Cloaked in cloaks, hair under wigs, eyes canopied by false lashes. Costumed masses will parade Franklin Street, unrecognizable. On Halloween, we experience the thrill of anonymity.
We have no 9/11 stories to tell. Like most Americans, we were far from New York, Pennsylvania and Washington D.C. that day. Like most children, we were hesitant in our responses to tragedy. At twenty and twenty-one, we feel we should have learned the practice. Certainly, as Editors of this magazine, we have a responsibility to remind our readers of September 11, 2001, to provide content that sheds light on its weight and its truths. So we have turned to individuals who are equipped to articulate that story. Ciaran O’Connor, Emma Miller and Cart Weiland share their experiences. Professor Pedro Lasch shares his artwork. And Lindsey Rupp shares the stories of those victims who once called this campus theirs. We hope their words will honor this anniversary.
The weather plans to turn cold tomorrow. By “cold,” we mean forecasts predict a drop to 56-degrees Fahrenheit in Durham. North Carolina routinely cushions us out of summer, remaining sultry and humid after the start of classes. But tomorrow, we will have to acknowledge that it really is September.
SMELL THIS MAGAZINE. Ink and glossed pages—32 of them—like all the Towerviews that came before. Although it might smell and sound like its predecessors, we hope you feel something is awry. You should; you see, this page begins Towerview’s 13th volume. But your editors have no cases of triskaidekaphobia.
After most students had long cleared campus to enjoy Spring Break, several notable Duke figures gathered in the Great Hall for a major announcement March 7.
The investigation into the accidental fall and death of senior Drew Everson has been officially closed.
In the Fall of 1969 before Trinity College admitted women, Hope Morgan Ward, a North Carolina native, stepped onto Duke Women’s College campus full of aspirations.
Three weeks after the tragic death of Duke Health Center employee Charlene King, administrators are evaluating security measures at off-site clinics.
Updated 12:57 p.m. May 5, 2010
A proposal to refresh the Acceptable Use Policy at Thursday’s Academic Council meeting raised more concerns than expected, leading to a lengthy and at times heated discussion about privacy and security of information on Duke servers.
The Last Day of Classes will see a few changes this year to promote a safer, healthier celebration.