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North Carolina has joined states across the country in considering bills that oppose LGBTQ+ rights, and Duke students are fighting against them.
For the past four years, the mobile group messaging app GroupMe has been the popular choice of social media connection for incoming classes at Duke. The app provides a forum where newly admitted students can share their excitement and concerns as college approaches.
As coronavirus vaccines become widely accessible for the Duke community, juniors Anne Crabill and Ishaan Kumar are teaching a topical house course that explores the politics, history and societal implications of immunizations.
On March 13, 2010, Duke University Police Department officer Jeffrey Liberto shot and killed 25-year-old Aaron Lorenzo Dorsey of Durham. The Chronicle’s coverage of the story at the time did not extend beyond interviews with and statements from representatives of Duke and DUPD, and The Chronicle neither covered the legal proceedings nor gave Dorsey’s loved ones a chance to tell their stories.
Marketplace and Trinity Café closed down March 27, after several Marketplace dining staff tested positive for COVID-19. The two eateries reopened on April 12. Julia Anderson, who has worked at Marketplace for 36 years, said she spent the time relaxing and wrapping her head around the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Class of 2024 started college during the deadliest pandemic in a century. Many of them experienced their first day of college in their childhood bedrooms. With the times turbulent and the future uncertain, they had a beginning of their Duke experience unlike any class of first-years before.
To mark the end of this year like no other, we’re seeking submissions of photos, videos, audio files and other media documenting the last year in Duke’s history. There are no format requirements: You can send anything from a professional photo of students hanging out on the quad to a grainy 3-second Snapchat video of a socially distanced meal or a Zoom screenshot of a remote class. Submissions are due Friday, April 16.
Legal aid organizations have stepped in to help tenants fight eviction, and tenants have come together in collective grassroots organizing.
The Duke Initiative for Urban Studies is interested in increasing appreciation for urban studies on Duke’s campus, and its members are advocating for a formalized program in the area.
Duke announced last week that students would be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine starting April 1, but many students have been receiving their COVID-19 vaccinations in a variety of other ways.
It’s not every day that you open your phone in the morning and laugh at a tweet from one of your city’s Twitter accounts.
The undergraduate Young Trustee election process used to resemble a full-blown political campaign. This year, the process will look radically different.
Almost exactly a year after Duke shifted to remote learning, Christina Wang was taking a nap when she received a call from senior Jason Scharff, DSG attorney general. She had been elected the 2020-21 DSG president, beating junior Carlos Diaz, with 52.2% of the votes.
In graffiti and group messages, social media and online petitions, many students have expressed anger with fraternities and their members.
Students reflect on a week of on-campus isolation.
Amid the many changes on Duke’s campus necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic, one old sight reliably persists: a smiling canine face and her familiar owner. The beloved dog-owner duo—Keith Upchurch, Trinity ‘72, and Nugget, his 10-year-old golden retriever—have promenaded through Duke’s campus since 2012. Since Upchurch retired from the Durham Herald-Sun in 2016, they have visited the University almost every day.
Junior Ysanne Spence hopes to bring intentionality, strong connections and a compassionate spirit to her role as president of Duke University Union.
As we near the one-year anniversary of Duke’s March 10, 2020, announcement that classes would move online, we’re stepping back and considering how much our campus and community have changed.
The COVID-19 pandemic upended Duke students' college experience. As part of our one-year retrospective, we spoke to students about how the last year has affected them.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, discrimination and violence against Asians and Asian Americans in the United States have increased, fueled by rhetoric like “Chinese virus” or “Wuhan virus” that taps into centuries-long tropes of Asians as disease carriers and invaders. Some students shared concerns about the safety of parents and family at home, and many reflected on the ways that stereotypes about Asians have affected their experiences as Blue Devils.
