Student speaker Leah Rosen will deliver poem at Commencement ceremony Sunday (05/09/19 4:21am) Hanging on the wall of her bedroom back home is a poem that senior Leah Rosen wrote in fourth grade. Titled “Where I’m From,” it lists trademarks of her childhood—rainy days in the Pacific Northwest, weekend soccer games and a growing love of medicine fostered by her parents. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/05/duke-university-student-speaker-leah-rosen-will-deliver-poem-at-commencement-ceremony-sunday
Don’t wait: The expansive impact of leading an ethical life (05/03/19 4:00am) Another year is coming to a close, providing a time for individuals and groups on campus to reflect on the time that has passed and plan for the year ahead. Many of us will soon depart campus for internships or summer employment where the traditional realm of academic integrity might not be quite as relevant. Rather than being faced with the decision to copy a problem set or plagiarize a paper, we step out of the Duke bubble and are confronted with the tangible byproducts of leading an ethical life in very different environments—the ones we all hope to enter following graduation—the ‘real world,’ as they say. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/05/duke-university-the-expansive-impact-of-leading-an-ethical-life
Former Duke men's basketball commit Boogie Ellis decides on Memphis (05/02/19 4:31pm) The Blue Devils' Class of 2019 commitments kept coming, sparking conversation as to who would become the odd man out. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/05/duke-mens-basketball-commit-boogie-ellis-memphis
Being brave, Duke and beyond (05/02/19 4:00am) Graduation is a week away and everyone keeps telling me the same thing: that the real world is a disappointing place, cramped with crowded subway commutes and crushing expectations and occasional heartbreak stirred in with bills that have to be paid on time. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/05/duke-university-graduation-lean-in-be-brave
Price offers condolences to UNC Charlotte community after shooting kills 2, wounds 4 (05/01/19 10:06pm) President Vincent Price sent an email to the University offering condolences to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte community after a gunman opened fire on the UNC Charlotte campus Tuesday afternoon. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/05/duke-university-vincent-price-statement-unc-charlotte-north-carolina-shooting
How to curb loneliness and increase happiness using social media (05/03/19 4:00am) Ever find yourself mindlessly scrolling through social media, seeing all your friends but still feeling lonely? Duke researchers are working to combat digital loneliness—with another social media app. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/05/duke-university-scientists-look-into-how-apps-can-curb-loneliness-and-increase-happiness-center-for-advanced-hindsight-wisdo
H.A.G.S.! (05/01/19 4:00am) There are a couple of things I want to get off my chest in my last column of the year. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/05/duke-university-hags-end-of-year
Mueller report discusses Duke alum Stephen Miller, finds he drafted Comey's termination letter (05/02/19 4:40am) Stephen Miller, Trinity '07 and a senior policy adviser to President Donald Trump, features consistently in special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/05/duke-university-alum-stephen-miller-robert-mueller-report-james-comey-donald-trump-russia-investigation-drafted-termination-letter
'I mostly just felt shock': Four juniors win Goldwater Scholarship for math and science research (05/01/19 4:00am) Four Duke juniors were recently selected for this year's 2019 Barry Goldwater Scholarship. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/05/duke-university-i-mostly-just-felt-shock-four-juniors-win-barry-goldwater-scholarship-for-math-engineering-and-science-research
Don't ovary-act: Lessons in design (04/30/19 4:00am) Have you ever thought about what it takes to get a synthetic uterus through the TSA screening line at the airport? Neither had we—until we handed our documentation to the agents at RDU, scrambling to explain ‘Why, Sir,’ we were carrying bundles of pink gel and latex tubing in our backpacks. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/04/duke-university-engineers-female-simulation-dont-ovary-act
Statement on behalf of Baldwin Scholars and alumnae (04/30/19 2:48pm) Earlier this month, the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Dr. Gary Bennett, informed Colleen Scott, director of the Baldwin Scholars program, that Scholars would permanently lose access to the Baldwin office and meeting space—an environment that has fostered a supportive community and valuable collaboration for hundreds of students over the last fifteen years. Instead, this space would be converted for use by the Kenan Institute of Ethics, and the Baldwin Scholars program would move into a shared space in Smith Warehouse with no designated Baldwin area. The purported reason for doing so was to consolidate all Undergraduate Scholars and Fellows into one space. Neither the director of the program, program staff, nor Baldwin Scholars were consulted during the decision-making process and, in effect, were told we would be evicted from the space at the end of this academic year. We condemn this decision and ask that Duke University preserve our rightful space. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/04/women-empowerment-duke-statement-on-behalf-of-baldwin-scholars
David Rubenstein’s private equity firm is pushing poor people out of their homes (04/29/19 4:23am) I’ve written for The Chronicle’s Editorial Board for almost my entire time at Duke. I’m proud of so many of our articles and can’t express in words how profoundly I love my Board members. Finally, after what’s felt like a lifetime, I’m leaving the University for good and have little intention of returning. In lieu of the traditional senior column full of memorable anecdotes and/or spiteful resentment, I wanted my first by-line to be this important editorial that failed to get published this year. In writing this introduction, I am thinking of and mourning the countless lives lost to the violence of capitalism and those who were displaced by cruel opportunists like David Rubenstein. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/04/carlyle-group-david-rubenstein-kennedy-center-poor-people-getting-kicked-out-of-homes
Who killed Durham-Orange light rail? The answer may be more complicated than just Duke (04/29/19 7:00am) This story is part one in a two-part series about the Durham-Orange light rail. Part one will focus mostly on the non-Duke actors, and part two will concentrate on Duke’s reasons against signing the cooperation agreement. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/04/duke-university-who-killed-durham-orange-light-rail-the-answer-may-be-more-complicated-than-just-duke
No better office (04/29/19 4:00am) Most 20-somes don’t have the chance to choose where they work. For many college students, the job hunt is littered with rejections of “I’m sorry” and promises to “keep in touch.” https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/04/duke-basketball-cameron-indoor-no-better-office-mitchell-gladstone-senior-column
Why I stuck around (04/29/19 4:00am) Four years ago, I believed I was destined to be a sports journalist. I would spend my after-school hours poring through Duke’s journalism options, and when I first arrived on campus in 2015, I prioritized signing up for the Chronicle’s sports section. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/04/why-i-stuck-around-duke-ben-feder-senior-column
The Chronicle regrets the error (04/29/19 2:14pm) The Chronicle regrets the error. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/04/the-chronicle-regrets-the-error-likhitha-butchireddygari-senior-column
A fairy tale I never imagined (04/29/19 4:00am) A week or two after Duke won the men’s basketball national championship in Indianapolis in April 2015, I was in my room at my childhood home 10 minutes from campus when I googled future Final Four sites. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/04/duke-university-basketball-a-fairy-tale-i-never-imagined
The time I became a real journalist (04/29/19 4:00am) Here is what you do not know about the press section of the Supreme Court of the United States. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/04/190429-doan-senior
A labor of love (04/29/19 4:00am) I fell into arts journalism as a fluke, more than anything. I knew I wanted to write for the Chronicle coming into college, but I didn’t know which section I wanted to write for—or even, honestly, that there were different sections. And I certainly didn’t know that you could devote an entire section to a hodgepodge of music and film reviews, artist profiles and the most recent cultural happenings on and off campus. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/04/duke-university-recess-a-labor-of-love
Just my luck (04/29/19 4:00am) The good people of the editorial section told me I could have 800 words to talk about my Duke Chronicle experience in no uncertain terms. 800 is a weird number. It enables one to say both a little and a lot. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/04/190429-sid-senior