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When the new West Union opens in Spring 2016, it will feature a pub to serve as the central location for students to drink and hang out on campus—a need that has been filled for the past several years by the Armadillo Grill and, more recently, The Loop Pizza Grill. But not too long ago, students had a less mainstream way to kick back with each other after a long stint at the library or to celebrate a basketball victory.
Two one-act plays, From the Boot of Timberland and Good Brother, written by mother-daughter pair Robin Marshall and Monet Marshall, respectively, are being presented together at Common Ground Theatre for the upcoming production by the MOJOAA theater group called “In Their Shoes: An Evening of Theatre Exploring Violence Against Women.” The plays each stand alone but have been combined to elicit additional meaning from each. Together, they illustrate the painful reasons why domestic violence must be stopped.
Are you a freshman who just moved in? Do you spend the majority of your time in Perkins? Are you what the hipsters would call “mainstream”? If you answered yes to any of the above, then you probably roam campus in some of the more obvious and populated spaces. Nothing wrong with that, as Duke is filled with nifty places to study, sleep, live and play, but here’s a handy list of the most underrated places on campus compiled by a highly scientific crowd sourcing and general asking-around methodology.
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This Monday, students attended the first classes held at Duke Kunshan University—a school that Duke has been developing and planning to open since 2009. The stretch of time in between saw many landmark occasions for both universities, as well as numerous delays, construction issues and controversy. DKU's progress is still unfolding even while programs start, as five out of six of the campus' buildings are still under construction and a master's in management studies program will begin next semester.
At the Night at the Nasher event last Saturday, part of the Orientation Week schedule, hundreds of freshmen crowded into the Nasher’s lofty central atrium to mingle among many installations at the art museum. The event is annually the first time that freshmen attend a formal event together and most are dressed in their finest, flowing through the current exhibits this year including “Rauschenberg: Collecting and Connecting” and “Containing Antiquity.”
More than 1,700 freshmen filled Duke Chapel at Wednesday’s Convocation ceremony, listening to speeches about seeking out their purpose at Duke and finding ways to make the campus home.
The Class of 2018 arrived on East Campus missing a traditional component of the campus landscape: house benches.
Meet Cannon Palms, an incoming Gibert-Addoms resident from Greenville, South Carolina. This is the final installment of a summer blog series profiling one Class of 2018 member from each of the 14 East Campus dorms.
Meet Brooke Huang, an incoming Jarvis dorm resident from nearby Cary, NC. This interview is part of a summer blog series profiling one Class of 2018 member from each of the 14 East Campus dorms. Look out for the rest of the blogs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays leading up to Orientation Week.
Meet Anuhita Basavaraju from Jericho, New York, an incoming East Residence Hall (formerly known as Aycock dorm) resident. This interview is part of a summer blog series profiling one Class of 2018 member from each of the 14 East Campus dorms. Look out for the rest of the blogs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays through Orientation Week.
Meet Ricardo Alvarez-Estarellas, an incoming Bassett dorm resident from Ponce, Puerto Rico. This interview is part of a summer blog series profiling one Class of 2018 member from each of the 14 East Campus dorms. Look out for the rest of the blogs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays leading up to Orientation Week.
Meet Lucila Houttuijn Bloemendaal, also known as Luci, an incoming Randolph dorm resident. This interview is part of a summer blog series profiling one Class of 2018 member from each of the 14 East Campus dorms. Look out for the rest of the blogs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays leading up to Orientation Week.
Meet Marie-Martine Uwera, an incoming Wilson dorm resident from the Musanze District in Rwanda. This interview is part of a summer blog series profiling one Class of 2018 member from each of the 13 East Campus dorms. Look out for the rest of the blogs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays leading up to Orientation Week.
Meet Hannah McMullan, an incoming Belltower dorm resident from Bayonne, New Jersey. This interview is part of a summer blog series profiling one Class of 2018 member from each of the 13 East Campus dorms. Look out for the rest of the blogs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays leading up to Orientation Week.
Meet Eddy Torgas, an incoming Brown dorm resident from Miami, Florida. This interview is part of a summer blog series profiling one Class of 2018 member from each of the 13 East Campus dorms. Look out for the rest of the blogs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays leading up to Orientation Week.
Meet Hunter Michielson, an incoming Giles dorm resident from Spotsylvania, Virginia. This interview is part of a summer blog series profiling one Class of 2018 member from each of the 13 East Campus dorms. Look out for the rest of the blogs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays leading up to Orientation Week.
Meet Ademola Olayinka from Jonestown, N.C., one of the few incoming residents to Epworth, Duke's smallest dorm. This interview is part of a summer blog series profiling one Class of 2018 member from each of the 13 East Campus dorms. Look out for the rest of the blogs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays leading up to Orientation Week.
Meet Diana Arguijo, an incoming Alspaugh dorm resident from Rindell, North Carolina (just 30 minutes from Duke). This interview is part of a summer blog series profiling one Class of 2018 member from each of the 13 East Campus dorms. Look out for the rest of the blogs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays leading up to Orientation Week.
Meet Stephen Childs, an incoming Southgate dorm resident from Naples, Florida. Stephen is returning to his freshman year at Duke after taking a medical leave last Fall. This interview is part of a summer blog series profiling one Class of 2018 member from each of the 13 East Campus dorms. Look out for the rest of the blogs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays leading up to Orientation Week.
