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(10/21/14 11:36am)
Established in 2000 and revised in 2004, Duke’s curriculum, according to the Trinity website, is designed to “better prepare our students for leadership roles in the increasingly knowledge-based economy and pluralistic, globally interconnected world.” Accordingly, the Trinity requirements emphasize values like “interdisciplinarity,” “knowledge in the service of society” and “diversity.” Yet, the world today is very different than it was a decade ago. Thus, we commend Provost Sally Kornbluth’s initiative to review the curriculum and develop a new strategic plan, and today we weigh in on the debate.
(10/20/14 8:59am)
If we learn nothing else from the current Ebola outbreak, it will be that even epidemics are political and that ethical people—not uncaring markets—will give us the solutions for future problems.
(10/17/14 9:27am)
This year’s homecoming may be bittersweet for some recent alumni. Duke has undergone and is still in the process of renovating multiple areas on West Campus where the days of yesteryears were spent. Gone are the days of Alpine Bagel, Chick-fil-a and other food offerings housed in the West Union—students instead meander to the glass structure next to the Bryan Center, otherwise known as Penn Pavilion. Perkins Library is also undergoing renovations and soon construction will begin on a new Student Health and Wellness Center.
(10/16/14 8:35am)
As students start coughing with the onset of autumn chills, they will be relieved to know that construction of the Student Health Wellness Center is scheduled to begin this Spring. Like seemingly everything about Student Health, a cryptic shroud of mystery surrounds the Center. The relationship between students and the system meant to ensure their health is not an overly flowery one, and questions linger about how this newest construction project on campus will address key concerns.
(10/15/14 1:30pm)
Today marks the end of this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month—a month dedicated to celebrating the rich culture, history and accomplishments of Latinos. At Duke, the Latino student population is on the rise—this year, a record 10 percent of the Class of 2018 is Hispanic, as compared to 7 percent last year. Yet, issues of integration and diversity persist. Today, we turn to the state of Latino diversity at Duke.
(10/10/14 8:36am)
Construction strikes yet again, this time with a facelift to the Bryan Center as a new project will replace the main entrance near the plaza with a glass facade. Set to begin in March, the renovations will expand the major thoroughfare to improve the flow of foot traffic and increase natural light in the Bryan Center. While the end product may improve the external aesthetics of the 1982 riot-proof building, the disruption to students from yet another campus closure deserves some thought.
(10/09/14 8:43am)
“North Carolina is this year’s ground zero in American politics,” Dan Balz of the Washington Post said. With less than a month before Election Day, political gurus across the country are tuning in to the U.S. Senate race in North Carolina, where Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan and Republican challenger Thom Tillis, current Speaker of the N.C. House, are locked in a tight race. According to a USA Today and Suffolk University poll released Wednesday, Hagan leads Tillis 46.8 percent to 45.4 percent—less than two percentage points. The results in North Carolina could rebalance the partisan majority in the Senate, and students should tune in and engage as the candidates sprint towards the November 2 finish line.
(10/08/14 8:44am)
“You don’t know what you’ve got 'til it’s gone,” say the famous lyrics of the 80’s rock band Cinderella. In many ways, the catchy chorus aptly describes the mobility we so often take for granted. In many cases, it is not until the onset of an unfortunate injury—perhaps a sprained ankle or a broken arm—that we reflect upon and appreciate the gift of mobility. These considerations are especially pertinent at Duke, where a sprawling campus makes even able-bodied travel across three campuses a significant task.
(10/07/14 10:13am)
In yesterday’s editorial, "The paths not taken," we discussed the prevailing culture of pre-professionalism and encouraged that it be pursued with caution. Today’s editorial assesses the social construction of value and begins to reconceptualize what “value” may mean for different individuals.
(10/06/14 9:26am)
Andrew Yang—founder and CEO of Venture for America, a program that encourages recent college graduates to pursue novel and entrepreneurial initiatives—recently published a piece in which he outlined the “six tracks” that he argues up to 70 percent of graduates from the nation’s top universities funnel into. Unsurprisingly, these six tracks encompass most of “The Big Four” industries Duke students are attracted to: law, finance, consulting and medicine. Yang adds Teach for America and graduate school to these four options to round out his six tracks. Is the pre-professional aspect of education disruptive to Duke liberal arts?
(10/03/14 8:02am)
It is midterm season, which means the frantic edge you normally hear in small talk is quadrupled. Busyness is conflated with productivity. None of us ever seem to have “time.” We are isolated in the one-human race going on in our minds.
(10/02/14 9:30am)
Robert Walker, a professor of social policy at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and an adviser to a United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty, discussed the conclusions of his most recent study with members of the Duke community Tuesday evening. Through the results of his study, “The Shame of Poverty,” Walker examined how individuals living in poverty identify with their economic status. He found that controlling for cultural definitions of shame, impoverished individuals in almost every country surveyed expressed some feeling of shame when reflecting on their poverty.
(10/01/14 8:48am)
Duke is not exactly a school of the fine arts. Rather than place them at center stage, Duke has conditioned the arts to accept a purgatory of being ever-present, but never quite motivating the average student to be involved. This week as you hustle off to midterms, brain racing and coffee in hand, we ask that you look around—you’ll find art in more places than you might expect.
(09/30/14 8:49am)
One thing that we often take for granted as busy college students is the food we eat. Our thoughts about food rarely extend beyond the occasional complaint about the choice of dining options on campus or the lack thereof. Only a select few think about where their food comes from, who made it and what goes into it.
(09/29/14 8:05am)
Students looking for their late night coffee fix in the library will notice something new this week on their way to the Von der Heyden Pavilion. “Queering Duke History: Understanding the LGBT experience at Duke and Beyond,” the latest exhibit in Perkins Library, commemorated its grand opening last Thursday and kicked off a semester-long series of events on campus that will highlight the last fifty years of the LGBTQ community. The exhibit’s opening is timely, coinciding with this weekend’s North Carolina Pride Festival parade on and around Duke’s East Campus that saw a large number of students, especially athletes, go out and show support for Duke’s LGBTQ community.
(09/26/14 9:30am)
As the University’s endowment reaches a new high water mark of $7 billion, we take a moment to pause and reflect on just how far Duke has come.
(09/25/14 8:51am)
“Get your child into the Ivy of her choice!” screams an ad for ThinkTank Learning, a thriving consulting service for imminent high school graduates. The price tag: only $600,000—that is, before the price of tuition, board, and room.
(09/24/14 11:02am)
One of the largest climate marches in history occurred this weekend in New York City, as an estimated 310,000 people came together to demand a coordinated, international response to climate change. The People’s Climate March was organized in response to the United Nations’ 2014 Climate Summit. Even U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon joined the protesters in the streets. Ban has openly expressed his hopes that the 2015 climate meetings in Paris will be more fruitful than the last.
(09/23/14 8:28am)
Yesterday, it was sunny and the air had replaced its earlier humidity with the crispness of an oncoming autumn. All across campus, business carried on as usual. The C1 took its usual load of students to and from East and West campuses repetitively. The coffee line in von der Heyden was as long as ever. Squirrels rummaged, oblivious to passerby, through the garbage bins. That Monday afternoon, we learned that two Duke students had died over the weekend. The sun still shone brightly.
(09/22/14 4:34pm)
It’s not often that a physicist, a varsity athlete, a senior in the throes of thesis writing and an electrical engineer gather to debate vociferously. These voices—echoing from tucked-away nooks and crannies around campus; from the political far left, right and dead center; from Seattle, Montana and Brazil—rise above the cacophonous din and duck under the quiet rumble to gracefully mold, shape and weave together. The result you see before you, printed on the back spread of The Chronicle. We are the Editorial Board, the independent voice of the student newspaper. And today, we invite all opinionated individuals with a flair for debate to join the fray.
