I am a biologist by training, but I do not think that biology, or medicine, or any of the life sciences, will solve global health problems by themselves.
One thing I have come to realize about Duke over the years is that some times, you just need to get the hell out of Dodge.
It is often said that at least Mussolini made the trains run on time. While this might not be entirely true, Italy's former fascist dictator managed to modernize the train system and make it a...
It all started in August when the Burmese military junta quintupled fuel prices overnight.
Sometimes I wonder if I've made the right choice. It's not that Duke is awful or anything, but I often feel like I drag a $160,000 anchor around with me, like I face higher expectations because of...
The Republican Party seems exceedingly melancholy. Not everywhere, mind you-congressional Democrats are so riven by internal strife as to provide only token opposition on many issues-but when it...
I decided to get a hold of Roberto Bazzani, the head line monitor, to see if he could shed some more light on the proposed changes. What I found was that I had several misconceptions about the new...
Some students say that segregation in Jena is not unlike racial segregation here at Duke.
If you thought the $30-million lawsuit against Durham was the end of the lacrosse litigation, think again.
I told myself I wouldn't do this. I promised that this column would be a football-free space this year.
Somewhere on the Mongolian plain, two small children are playing in a cozy yurt filled with brightly colored fabrics. Looking for a toy, the two-year-old boy grabs a fat, brightly painted porcelain...
I've got a clean slate. Karmically speaking I'm somewhere between a baby and a Brown resident.
An open letter to Phail Wynn, vice president for Durham and regional affairs: At their annual meeting in 1964, the Board of Trustees declared that "the Modern University has both the opportunity...
I was sitting at the bar the other night complaining to a friend about how late my homework was going to keep me up.
The interim report that responded to the February CCI report made clear that eliminating selective housing is not in prospect.
The history of Duke University is the history of class struggle. I don't mean struggle in class, like my experience in Math 121 (by the way, I actually betrayed my own advice from my last column...
I know Priya Patel. Yes, the Priya Patel. You know, the one who had a goal post land on her head on Saturday. And she happens to be one of my very best friends here. So, needless to say, Saturday...
Between this column, spam, TAing and my family requesting to know if I'm still alive, I get a lot of e-mails. By far, the best e-mail I got this week, aside from the YouTube video of a University...
There is a term in philosophy, prima facie, which is used when some statement is immediately self-evident. For instance, it is prima facie true that two and two make four.
I am a very deep sleeper. Two years ago, I slept through the Death Cab for Cutie concert in Cameron despite the fact that, awake, I found the noise levels painful.
