As alumni and prospective students arrive on campus, this month presents a rare moment of convergence between past, present and future members of the Duke community.
Shattering one’s blue-colored perspectives of campus life should thus be forefront in the minds of prospective students who are set to flock to Duke over the next few days.
The first step to honestly address the ills committed against African Americans is to accept and acknowledge America’s troubled history with race.
Rather than turning their backs to the current outstanding problems with the University, former students should face them head on in an honest confrontation of their own complicity, for only then can the University make amends for its past and move on to a better future.
It is without a doubt that passionate student activists will continue to remind current students, alumni and the administration, that milestones like the Silent Vigil should not be a one-time occurrence.
“Sometimes people’s dreams compel them to act in ways they would usually call irrational, and they decide they must wrench themselves and others from complacency.”
As opinion journalists dedicated to commenting on the state of the University, we condemn the actions of those like Freeman who seek to destroy—whether intentionally or unintentionally—local journalism through self-serving capitalistic purposes.
All in all, President Price expressed a great sense of enthusiasm in his work, which many Board members felt was akin to seeing a first-year student come alive at Duke with fresh, optimistic eyes.
Addressing the issue of rising tuition costs, President Price described the precarious financial balancing act the University currently faces related to cost and revenue considerations.
On Sunday, the Editorial Board held an hour-long interview with President Price. Over the next three days, we will use his responses as a lens to examine three topics pertinent to the University: institutional accountability, monetary topics and Duke’s future trajectory.
President Donald Trump’s most recent overture to his voter base has come in the form of restrictive tariffs being imposed on imports of steel and aluminum entering the United States.
Although recognizing the importance of young black voices like 11-year old black activist Naomi Wadler within the mainstream media is a step in the right direction, the conversation still needs to include many more people of color in order to truly be representative of the gun reform movement.
Although each candidate running for their respective position is undoubtedly uniquely qualified to lead their peers, we strongly encourage the student body to vote for Ihionkhan for VP of of Durham and Regional Affairs, McKinney for VP of Services and Sustainability and Bhatia for VP of Academic Affairs this coming Thursday.
The mechanisms of control and debarment wielded by institutions like Duke help maintain education as an expensive commodity, subsequently keeping it only attainable by certain wealthy and powerful classes.
Given the egregious institutional wrongs committed by universities like Duke, some form of reparations program would do well to atone for our role in oppressing people of color.
Brown's death is less of a sign of racism fading into the murky shadows of time and more of a reminder that the mantle of justice she carried now rests squarely on the shoulders of the current generation.
This type of jingoistic and ultranationalist rhetoric is by no means a stranger to Duke’s hallowed halls and we have a duty to our Muslim peers to confront it whenever it rears its head.
At a time of increasingly tense security competition, the aggression that John Bolton has embodied throughout his career only heightens the risk of a conflagration.
At the end of the day, Duke cannot be characterized or stereotyped as a school full of students who are wired to work hard and grind all day, and we should not advocate for students to be wired in such a way.
At a university where some tent for weeks on end to earn tickets for college basketball’s biggest rivalry, we should question whether the sporting events that bind us together exploit some of our very own classmates.
