Guest column: Open letter on bench burning
(02/10/22 5:00am)
To the Administration of Duke University,
The independent news organization of Duke University
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To the Administration of Duke University,
I am a low income minority student, a label that I am neither proud of or ashamed of. At least, that's what I want to believe, but understandably it’s more complicated than that.
I grew up in Florida, which is a state infamous for its peculiarity. Among all peculiarities, a common one is that some Floridians’ first kiss was one of their cousins. Disclaimer: not everyone in Florida goes around making out with their relatives (@Alabama), but it was a quirky fun fact about a few too many people I knew. However, no matter how many times I heard the same “we were just fooling around” story, I always first felt shocked, then afraid, and ultimately, repulsed. My extreme reaction told me that this shouldn’t be happening.
I am rich on campus.
Around a month ago, I met a man from Lubbock, Texas, outside the Cook Out on Hillsborough Road.
A former Duke doctoral student who sent University of California, Los Angeles campus members a video referencing a mass shooting last week had previously displayed concerning behavior to students in Duke’s philosophy department that went unaddressed by faculty, according to current and former graduate students.
Students who tested positive for COVID-19 last weekend isolated themselves in their dorm rooms after Duke reached maximum capacity in isolation housing on Jan. 29, according to an email from Student Health obtained by The Chronicle.
With both Duke and Florida State entering Thursday’s contest at Cameron Indoor Stadium off the back of necessary wins, the stakes are high for whose momentum will continue and whose will falter once again this season. Here are five things to look out for as the now-unranked Blue Devils take on the Seminoles.
Last Friday, fans of longform conversation podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience” opened their Spotify apps to a surprise: entire days’ worth of Joe Rogan content had disappeared.
Most of my articles for The Chronicle are filled with flowery language and complex sentences. They match the style of other stories on the site. Rather than express our messages in simple terms, we Chronicle writers often express ourselves in complicated ways.
After each Duke men's basketball game this season, check back here for the Player of the Game and more. Today, the Blue Zone breaks down Theo John's performance and the rest of the Blue Devils' last-second loss to Virginia:
Run by the Duke Band Alumni Association, the Duke Band Guest Conductor Game Day Experience gives Duke fans the chance to conduct the pep band at any home men’s basketball game.
Three recent Duke alumni and future physician-leaders were recognized as Samvid Scholars in October.
The median price of a Durham home in December 2021 was up 33.3% from the year prior according to the latest market trend report compiled by Triangle MLS, a subsidiary of the Raleigh Regional Association of Realtors.
After trading schematic blows for nearly 40 minutes, Duke finally had the upper hand. It thought it had the perfect weapon to slay the Cavaliers. It turned out the Blue Devils were gripping tightly to a double-edged sword.
Duke’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic has raised a number of concerns among the student body and the Durham community. Many have criticized Duke’s strict measures to avoid the spread of disease in classrooms while also allowing popular events, such as basketball games, to continue. If Duke’s administration prioritizes attendance at these games over core academics in regard to its COVID-19 policies, what does that emphasis reveal about its attitude towards the Duke experience—which should presumably be focused on educational opportunity?
The world of advertising has been undergoing a radical transformation over the last few years, with many mascots facing massive changes in the name of progressiveness. We’ve seen Barbie made more body-positive, and Aunt Jemima Syrup renamed. And recently, to much public scrutiny, we saw the M&M mascots redesigned to be more gender-neutral. With all of these changes, I believe it is time for Duke to make the same moves towards a more inclusive society and make the Blue Devil mascot less sexy.
Riding the high of Saturday’s monstrous win in Chapel Hill, Duke entered Monday night with all the momentum.
No. 7 Duke had a short break between its 20-point Saturday win in Chapel Hill to a 7 p.m. home tipoff against Virginia. The Blue Devils came out flat and allowed the Cavaliers to jump out to an 8-2 lead to start. They battled back, but Virginia holds a 34-29 lead at the half. Here’s five of our observations from the opening 20 minutes.
Duke men's basketball hits the road for Clemson looking to rebound from a home upset to Virginia. In anticipation, the Blue Zone takes a look at a player from both the Blue Devils and the Tigers who can be a difference-maker come Thursday evening: