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The wealth gap at Duke: Share your experience with The Chronicle

By Shannon Fang | January 26, 2020

The Chronicle wants to hear about your thoughts and concerns with wealth on campus.

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The Black Tile offers upscale student-made cuisine, all from a 300 Swift apartment

By Alex Leo-Guerra | January 23, 2020

Four courses prepared with the precision of an esteemed chef for $15, a rotating menu with profits going to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, merely six seats per dinner and all of it in an apartment at 300 Swift—meet The Black Tile.

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FEATURE  |  THE KUNSHAN REPORT

Word soup for the soul

By Aryan Poonacha | January 17, 2020

Speaking with someone in your native tongue asserts a familiarity between speakers that few other cultural commonalities can so readily and directly establish.

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Guitars and California burritos: The journey of Duke alum Cosmos Lyles, founder of Cosmic Cantina

By Chris Kuo and Charlie Zong | January 14, 2020

Cosmos Lyles is not only the founder of Duke staple Cosmic Cantina. He was a triple major at Duke, and he loves to play guitar and invent useful gadgets. As his friend says, "He’s such an original thinker. He always figures out his own way of doing things.”  

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What's the best hot chocolate on campus to cozy up with? The definitive ranking

By Preetha Ramachandran and Alex Leo-Guerra | December 9, 2019

A cup of hot chocolate can be a great means of relaxation. Take in the flavor and you can often feel at ease, relaxed with the comfort of cacao’s liquid embrace and imparted with a sense of warmth within your soul. There are many places to get it on campus, but do you know which one is best?

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FEATURE  |  THE KUNSHAN REPORT

Acclimatization: Making China our second home

By Johanna Crane | December 6, 2019

Even working through all the inevitable challenges that come with such a multicultural experience, I can’t think of anywhere I’d rather be.

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Behind the scenes: Meet the most important administrator you've never heard of

By Nathan Luzum | December 1, 2019

Richard Riddell has won a Tony Award and serves in one of the University’s most powerful administrative positions. But if you survey Duke’s student body or a gathering of theater aficionados, few would be able to recognize him.

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Looking back through the archives at Duke's discontinued abortion loan fund

By Chris Kuo | November 26, 2019

It became the hottest topic of The Chronicle opinion pages, the epicenter of a verbal firestorm between incensed Duke students.

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'It's not Shooters': Sights and sounds of a Saturday night at Duke Coffeehouse

By Maria Morrison | November 19, 2019

Upon approaching, I could make out the sound of drums, a guitar, a voice. Despite the bitter cold, three people stood outside, one taking long drags from a cigarette and blowing out smoke that was carried away by the wind. Beside them, the window emitted a lime green light reminiscent of a Disney villain’s color of choice. “The Coffeehouse wants to be an alternative to mainstream social culture,” says Booking Manager Will Atkinson. “It’s not Shooters.”

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FEATURE  |  THE KUNSHAN REPORT

Start-Up University: Going beyond a 'Duke education in China'

By Charlie Colasurdo | November 15, 2019

There is an ambitious agenda for crafting a campus culture that strikes to blend Duke’s traditions into the local context of China, establish new traditions, and to create a unique university identity.

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At the Wellness Center, the Steinway brings joy to many

By Sarah Xu | November 14, 2019

The piano at the wellness center sings for nine seconds and 11 milliseconds. But in its impact on the Duke community, the piano sings for far longer. 

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Nugget may be a 'rockstar,' but don't forget about Keith

By Chris Kuo | November 8, 2019

Ordinarily, Upchurch comes to campus wearing white tennis shoes, white shorts and a white custom-made Nugget t-shirt, but today’s colder weather means he’s donned light blue jeans and a sweater.  A steady stream of students flows into the building, anxious to escape the cool drizzle outside, and many of them—a pair of wrestlers, a girl with Beats headphones draped around her curly hair—pause to bury their hands in Nugget’s heavy, golden pelt, which smells, according to Upchurch, like “buttered toast.” 

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Q&A: Duke sophomore interviews Pod Save America hosts, discusses students' role in politics

By Nick DeParle | November 6, 2019

Sophomore Nick DeParle sat down with the hosts of the podcast, Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor, to discuss the role of college students in today’s politics.