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Yesterday, President Bush announced an ambitious plan to grant temporary worker status to illegal immigrants. These three-year visas represent a step in the right direction towards finding a solution to the illegal immigration dilemma that has been plaguing U.S. immigration policy.
As the 21st century continues to dawn, America and Duke face great challenges. A slow economy is hurting their abilities to make ends meet, security has become an ever-present concern, and, on the worst of days, the Subway lines are so long that it's not even worth it. But beyond these relatively minor concerns are two issues that promise to hound the United States and the University for years to come, intertwining the two institutions' histories in a delicate ballet of renewal and redemption: the simultaneous rebuilding of Iraq and building of the West Campus student village.
Last week, Campus Council voted to reclaim $35,000 in student programming fees from Duke Student Government's Student Organizational Finance Committee that it had given to SOFC last year. This move will benefit student groups by providing more options and needed flexibility in the funding process.
At its meeting last Thursday, the Arts and Science Council approved a new certificate in Policy Journalism and Media Studies. This new certificate adds yet another option for students and will provide the University with a new program for students to acquire valuable, real-world skills.
Last Thursday, a group of protesters blocked traffic at the intersection of the traffic circle and Chapel Drive, preventing buses and other vehicles from reaching or leaving Main West Campus. Ostensibly, this protest was against the war in Iraq; however, in practice, this demonstration accomplished almost nothing, because the protesters did not have a well-defined purpose for blocking traffic, because it is unclear whom or what they were trying to influence by protesting and because the war in Iraq essentially ended Wednesday, a day before the protest was staged.
Now that the war in Iraq is almost finished - with coalition forces occupying Baghdad and several other major Iraqi cities, with the power of Saddam Hussein's regime crumbling, and with the grateful Iraqi people tearing down statues of Saddam - the most difficult part of the coalition's campaign in Iraqi begins as it starts rebuilding a country ravaged by years of tyranny.
When Divinity School officials approved a "conduct covenant" for the school's small, intimate community last month, they intended to forge a bond among students, faculty and staff that ensures adherence to the school's Christian roots. Instead, they overstepped their roles to create a system that promotes isolation, alienation and even harassment of Divinity community members.
It wasn't supposed to end like this. Six months ago, the women's basketball team was ranked tops in the country and was the odds-on favorite to win the national championship. Nearly all of the previous year's players were returning, and they were joined by the nation's best freshman class.
Last Tuesday, 30-plus student protesters stormed a Duke Student Government legislative meeting and accused the organization of inefficiency and ignoring student concerns about the war in Iraq. The protesters criticized DSG for voting down a resolution condemning a unilateral military effort and for not devoting a large enough portion of previous meetings to discussion on the topic. While the protesters' right to express their views should be respected, their methods were undemocratic, and many of their criticisms were baseless and unwarranted.
Tomorrow, U.S. News and World Report will release its annual rankings of graduate and professional schools, and, as usual, administrators across the University will decry the rankings as unhelpful and inaccurate and will deny that they pay any attention to what the rankings are, since they focus on improving the quality of the schools, not on improving the schools' rankings. In fact, however, the rankings are the single best tool that students have to help them make their choices about which graduate and professional school to attend, and, despite their protests to the contrary, University officials surely place a great deal of stock in these rankings.
In the wake of a fight early last Sunday morning after which Duke Student Government President Joshua Jean-Baptiste and two other Duke students were charged with assaulting a North Carolina Central University student, Jean-Baptiste should resign from his post as DSG president.
Almost everyone agrees that the current undergraduate academic schedule, where many classes are clustered during the middle of the day on Tuesday and Thursday, is inadequate, first because it limits students' ability to take the courses that they want and second because the high volume of classes creates numerous logistical strains, such as crowded eating places and buses. The only debate is about how to alter the schedule to alleviate this situation.
President George W. Bush has rarely shown much concern for the dangers and complexity of environmental degradation, and he proved his position again last week as he and Republican Senate leaders again proposed drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Not only is the 1.5-million-acre area of northern Alaska a protected environmental treasure, but the administration also lacks a strong and convincing rationale for setting up oil drilling there. The Senate wisely and narrowly voted down the proposal, but it could come up again this session and, if it does, the Senate should vote similarly.
After a rapid and successful beginning to the campaign against Iraq--with coalition airstrikes against Baghdad and other areas of Iraq and in which ground troops have raced across the desert to within less than a 100 miles of the Iraqi capital--U.S. and British forces suffered their first significant casualties this weekend.
Duke Student Government has a clear role: To serve as a liaison between the students and administration on issues that affect the campus or are directly related to students. Unfortunately, DSG often oversteps this role by meddling in residential life--the province of Campus Council--or programming--the Duke University Union's job. But today, DSG is totally disregarding its role by considering a resolution condemning the war in Iraq.
Student Affairs does not have the best track record for well thought-out plans, but the latest news to emerge from its offices--substantial changes to how the residential adviser system works--is by far the worst change to residential life in recent memory. Eddie Hull, director of residential life and housing services, and his boss, Larry Moneta, vice president of student affairs, should act immediately to reverse the plans, which will do nothing except hurt student life.
Following President Nan Keohane's announcement that she will step down in June 2004, the committee in charge of finding a replacement has wasted no time. This past week, it sent a questionnaire to several top candidates both inside and outside academia.
Once the run-off for Duke Student Government is completed the week after spring break, the newly elected executive board should promptly begin organizing and working toward the year ahead. An effective executive board must start working in March to plan for the next year, and with the myriad challenges facing DSG next year, this pre-planning is more important than ever.
Students today have an opportunity to vote in the Duke Student Government elections for the six executive board positions and on two referrenda concerning whether the student activities fees should increase. Undergraduates should seize this opportunity to vote and make their voice heard in DSG next year.
Two candidates running for Duke Student Government president stand out above the rest, Matthew Slovik and Taylor Collison. Although either would make an excellent DSG president, Collison stands out above Slovik both because of his broad understanding of the issues DSG will face next year and because of his overarching vision for the organization.
