I purchased my prized memorabilia for $30 at a silent auction in Tulsa last year. Silent because everyone was stunned someone would cough up 30 bones for the piece.
I received a nice little e-mail from Duke the other day entitled "Senior Class: Save the Date." Obviously, the subject line got me excited.
Don't get me wrong-I love Duke. But this is the second time I have made the transition from living in Africa to living on campus. For all of us returning from summers of exploration and service at...
To the Class of 2011: You probably don't know it yet, but you are the luckiest Dukies on earth. Whereas the rest of us only have three, two or (gasp!) one year left, you still have all four. What I...
The following is an excerpt from President Richard Brodhead's convocation address to freshmen, delivered in the Chapel Wednesday:
I don't think anyone would question that it was a watershed moment for the University. All of us dealt with the repercussions of the lacrosse case, whether we were students being harangued by...
Last night, hundreds of eager Harry Potter fans and their parents lined the streets in anticipation of a first look at the series' grand finale, but the scene was much different a few days ago,...
This summer, Duke undergraduates are in Kenya, India and Durham working with underserved populations. Duke faculty are researching cures and vaccines for AIDS and other infectious diseases that...
The things I love about Turkey generally make no sense to me. Take the baked potato vendors, for example: Each stall offers the same bizarre toppings of sausage, peas, corn, cabbage and mayonnaise.
At last week's disciplinary hearing for Mike Nifong, Mecklenburg County Assistant District Attorney Marsha Goodenow detected a possible positive outcome. "If this case," she testified, "has caused...
More than just another pretty face on campus, Scotty Shaw could appropriately be called one of Duke's most inspiring students. Scotty's life epitomizes the notion that anything is possible. For...
Closure is in the air for the lacrosse case. Just this week, Reade Seligmann told MSNBC that former Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong's disbarment "provided our family with a lot of closure" and...
It was Sunday afternoon in Alanya, Turkey, and something was going on. Cars draped with Turkish flags careened along the narrow streets, ricocheting through hairpin turns like pinballs. Bombastic...
WASHINGTON - Four months ago, Duke's Kenan Institute for Ethics held an afternoon conference addressing "Knowledge In The Service of Society." I covered the event for my work-study job, and it was...
Attention everyone: The dog days of summer are about to begin, and with them all the animosity and vitriol that can only be inspired by 95 degrees and 80-percent humidity. So in honor of...
Anyone who is still following the NBA finals at this point in the season has probably heard the analysts' predictions. Sure, the Cavs might last five or six games against the Spurs, but in the end...
For those of us who have followed the lacrosse case closely, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper's affirmation of our classmates' innocence brings with it strange new questions. What will...
"No, no!" said the Queen. "Sentence first-verdict afterwards." - Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Now that the injustice of the lacrosse case has been corrected, let us not forgot...
I've taken to waking up early here, much to my regret. Nights in Alanya aren't as peaceful as they once were, and I could use the extra sleep.
Like many young Americans, I have run smack-dab into a wall of political ineffectualness. Whereas in high school I wrote essays on the mistreatment of women under the Taliban regime, and in college...
