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(03/26/12 4:00am)
I participated in the Refugee Panel discussion held on March 21, 2012 and the next day The Chronicle published an article entitled “Exhibit depicts refugees’ concerns,” where I was paraphrased in the reporter’s own language: “After his parents left Tibet to settle in India, Norbu said he and other refugees were perceived as a threat or drain to the Indian economy and looked down upon by others. Tibetan refugees often live in fear of persecution or deportation.”
(03/23/12 4:00am)
I was happy to read in Tuesday’s article, “Sexual assault policy changes raise questions,” that the Office of Student Conduct is finally taking steps to create a uniform harassment policy. Instead of extending the statute of limitations for sexual misconduct and harassment from one year to two, the Office has decided to reduce the statute of limitations for sexual assault and rape from two years to one. As Dean Bryan himself writes, “I have reviewed all sexual misconduct cases reported to my office for disciplinary action over the past 10 academic years, and 96 percent were reported in less than a year after the incident.” This reduction to the statute of limitations would have only affected 4 percent of all reports! For students who are concerned about the change in policy, do they really want the statute of limitations to be set at one year seven months 23 days fours hours and 51 minutes (which to my understanding is the longest time a survivor has taken to file a report)? We should be happy, in fact grateful, for achieving 96 percent efficiency; not many production lines achieve that these days.
(03/22/12 5:19pm)
I am writing to applaud the University’s decision to provide more funding to BSAI weekends. Thanks to the true champions of equality at the Black Student Alliance, this university is finally on its way to achieving some level of racial justice. The only problem is that it just isn’t enough. How can $20,000 adequately fund events for one weekend a year? More money is needed because BSAI weekends are something that can be enjoyed by students of every race and culture. Who wouldn’t want to celebrate black culture, even though it’s based on having a certain skin color? A more open mind can think of it as a celebration of a culture with origins in a continent that most of us are afraid to go to.
(03/21/12 4:00am)
I have to say I was taken aback by the advertisement on the back page of your March 16 issue of The Chronicle. For those who missed it, the portrayal of President Obama as a mob boss smoking a cigar surrounded by his cabinet members in a nightclub is in my opinion offensive. It would not be offensive if it was a political caricature or someone’s political opinion voiced in the paper, but to see it as a paid advertisement is regrettable and reprehensible. The advertisement by Young America’s Foundation also shows our country’s attorney general seated in the dark shadows of this government gang; a reprehensible image for the nation’s chief enforcement officer and undeserved! Free speech should not be hindered, but PAID speech is quite another thing. I cannot believe that The Chronicle is so hard up for cash that it would publish an advertisement of this type.
(03/20/12 10:47pm)
I was incredibly saddened to read about the recent vandalism at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens. As an alumna and annual donor to the gardens, I consider them as a part of “home” at Duke—an indelible part of the Duke experience that everyone shares and enjoys in different ways. Although no suspects have been identified, I couldn’t help but wonder if angry students or fans had taken out their anger on the gardens after our loss to Lehigh.
(03/16/12 4:00am)
Since my submissions to the letter column in the past have most often been a complaint about something or other, I thought I’d mention something great about Duke that is, I think, not mentioned enough: Lilly Library.
(03/15/12 4:00am)
For many years, as a delegate to the Arts and Sciences Council, I rose to ask the dean of faculty to estimate the highest amount of debt a Duke senior might carry when leaving the University. I was always told that the dean would get back to me with that figure, but it never happened. Then, about six years ago, the dean answered my question on the spot. Thanks to a newly established policy, the most debt a Duke student would have to accumulate, he said, was $20,000.
(03/14/12 4:00am)
After reading Duke’s definition of hazing in a recent Chronicle article (“More than 10 groups investigated for hazing” on Feb. 22), I have another organization to add to the list of offenders. I can’t believe I didn’t see it before, but I hear that’s common—you get so wrapped up in being a member of the group that you’re blind to how unacceptable what you’re being asked to do really is. In my case, that group is Duke University itself.
(03/13/12 4:00am)
On behalf of Path of Hope’s Board of Directors, staff and clients, I would like to thank the Duke chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, a national coed service fraternity. We were fortunate enough to be on their list of places to volunteer. On Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, this group came out and really did some amazing hard work around our eight-acre campus. We are a 28-day residential treatment facility in Lexington, N.C. for 12 men and six women suffering from the addiction of alcohol and drugs. We also have a women’s halfway house. Eleven women can stay for up to a year and positively re-enter society with a new-found life of recovery.
(03/01/12 5:00am)
We, the Duke Students for Justice in Palestine (DSJP), are extremely concerned with Tuesday’s editorial “No student funds for ignorant rhetoric.” The Chronicle Editorial Board misinterpreted our poster without any framework of factual basis and uses this interpretation to question our motivations and intentions for holding Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW). We also note with concern that not a single member of DSJP was contacted regarding the editorial prior to its publication. This calls into question the journalistic practices of the board. The chief effect of The Chronicle editorial has been to derail productive and insightful discussion.
(02/29/12 5:00am)
This week’s Monday, Monday column satirized last week’s Honor Council YBTT campaign. Although humor is humor and lies largely in the realm of personal taste, we would like to defend YBTT on its principles, which were purposefully misconstrued in order to produce an, at times, entertaining column.
(02/27/12 5:00am)
As a professor and a genetics researcher at Duke, I would like to offer my point of view concerning some of the issues raised by the Potti affair. First, I should emphasize that my knowledge concerning this incident is based on various news articles and commentaries in scientific journals rather than inside information. Second, since 2004, I have been in the same department as Joe Nevins, and I have great respect for his contributions as a scientist and as a member of the Duke community.
(02/27/12 5:00am)
The Heroes and Villains Library Party on Friday, Feb. 24, was a truly superhuman undertaking—a good time for the entire Duke community, weaving the Libraries’ rich comic book collection into an evening of fun and sophisticated entertainment for all.
(02/24/12 5:00am)
As an Israeli who has been involved in Palestine/Israel issues for years, and who has lived on both sides of the Green Line, I find yesterday’s column by Samantha Lachman deeply naive. She saw one side of Israel: the side the government wanted her to see.
(02/24/12 5:00am)
Samantha Lachman’s opinion piece, “My apartheid spiel,” criticizes Duke Students for Justice in Palestine’s upcoming week of events for the eighth annual, internationally-coordinated “Israeli Apartheid Week.”
(02/23/12 5:00am)
I am a feminist. And if you know me well, you know that I’m not afraid of those words. For me, the passion that those words invoke is reminiscent of women’s long journey for equal opportunities, a journey to which I owe an enormous debt of gratitude.
(02/08/12 5:00am)
Blue Devils United is proud to endorse Olly Wilson for Young Trustee. While we feel that all three candidates have the breadth of experience that makes them deserving of the position, we believe Olly shows he is the most knowledgeable about the unique challenges facing our University in the years ahead and successfully articulates why he would be the best student representative on the Board of Trustees.
(02/07/12 12:19pm)
The Duke Panhellenic Association enthusiastically endorses candidate Olly Wilson for Young Trustee. All candidates running for Young Trustee are well versed in a variety of undergraduate experiences. However, we feel that Olly represents a unique breadth of experience that will accurately represent our organization, as well as Duke’s undergraduate student body.
(02/07/12 5:00am)
The Baldwin Scholars enthusiastically endorse Olly Wilson for the position of undergraduate Young Trustee. After meeting with all three candidates, all of whom were very impressive, we felt that Olly’s values and priorities were most aligned to those of our organization. The Baldwin Scholars are committed to supporting agents of change on campus who work to create a more inclusive environment for all. Olly has shown himself to be an advocate for social causes on campus through his work leading the Blue Devils United and the Triangle Collaboration Initiative. Moreover his leadership with the Council for Collaborative Action indicates his ability to unite campus leaders on pertinent social culture issues.
(02/07/12 5:00am)
As Duke expands its reach internationally and embarks on new paths of opportunity domestically, it is important that we elect leaders with a critical eye toward the future, that can contribute useful critiques and suggestions when important decisions need to be made. We urge the student body to make an informed decision in electing this year’s Young Trustee, as this individual will be responsible for helping to ensure the future growth and success of our beloved University.
