We're back! Back in this Gothic Wonderland that we call Duke. Things will, at first, seem as if they have started off on a different foot (namely, the right one). Soon after the realization that...
Flying back to Durham this weekend, I spoke with the middle-class mother of a precocious fifth grader. Her son had attended a rigorous and disciplined private school for his first few years of...
At Duke, there's more to a pre-game than the first shot of the night; and it takes little more than a dry hump on the dance floor to announce to sorority sisters or flat mates, "Let the games begin."
Apart from accommodating those who live to drop and add, Syllabus Day has the added benefit of gradually reacquainting students with the idea of attending daily classes.
I am now in my third year at Duke. Like most who arrived in '04, these years have provided strong impressions and wonderful memories. I have had the privilege and pleasure of teaching hundreds of...
Online Exclusive 1/2: It's official. Even Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong has succumbed to the reality that many Duke students knew all along. The members of the men's lacrosse team did...
Last night, during a short break from thinking about starting to study for finals, I contemplated doing something that would drastically change my life. I knew it would be for the best, and yet...
Now as this is my idea, I'll be the president of the organization. In fact, I'll be vice president, secretary, communications director, treasurer, logistics coordinator, student liaison,...
DukePlays would like to take this opportunity to wholeheartedly agree with the Beastie Boys. As Jon Detzel pointed out in the Dec. 7 column, "Go 'play well' with yourself," Duke students are never...
Online Exclusive 12/26: There has been no shortage of developments in the lacrosse case since The Chronicle suspended daily publication Dec. 11. Some developments have been encouraging, like...
In theory, it seems like it would be difficult to convey anger effectively on this piece of grayish, smelly newsprint. Real fury is three-dimensional; can you see my banging fists and hear my...
Three years and $310 million in the making, the medical school's newly cemented partnership with the National University of Singapore is huge, even by Duke standards.
Let's get one thing straight-the worst thing Duke students can do is give in. Since March, our "campus culture" has been under assault from the media, from Durhamites, from critics around the...
After all, college is far from the real world, and we are far from grown up. If I were really grown up, I would not have to hesitate when asked to call a professor by his first name or offer my...
The calendar says it's only December, but this past weekend in Cameron Indoor Stadium, it felt a lot later than that. And although it may seem early to make any long-term judgments on this very...
Unleashing the power of the Internet, poor schoolchildren in Ghana can learn about AIDS; professors can re-transmit research otherwise lost in dense academic journals; and perhaps most importantly,...
Many concepts behind elite colleges are somewhat paradoxical-the most notable message being that you will benefit from exposure to a diverse body of students, all of whom are in possession of the...
(Yes, I know this is my second "holiday gimmick" column in three weeks. But hey, it's the holiday season. And I know you'd rather see this than The Train II.)
Career pathways, leveraging your network, resume-building experiences. I'm not sure where this mad chasing of the external indicators of success ends (presumably with a really nice funeral, some...
There is absolutely no single logical reason why we shouldn't have a Christmas tree on the quad and a Nativity scene in the Bryan Center. Eighty-five percent of our nation is Christian and every...
