Last year, the so-called "Group of 88" famously asked what a social disaster looks like. They probably meant this rhetorically. But in my estimation, it would look exactly like the arbitrary,...
Sitting in my commons room, surrounded by my peers with a plate of fancy desserts at my elbow and Dean Sue sitting on a couch to my left, I find myself wrestling with the same question it seems the...
So far this year, Duke sports have yanked me around better than a $5 hooker. The highs and lows have been unbearable. At the moment, we stand as the best men's soccer team in the country and the...
As a freshman three years ago, if I had been told I would be onstage for three minutes in an essentially Indian culture performance-type celebration, I, an accomplished self-loather, would have...
And like nearly all of you, I was shocked and dismayed by the outcome of that election. It's hard to imagine what-if anything-49 percent of Durham residents were thinking when they voted for...
It is not often we have the power to change our future in meaningful ways, but Tuesday's election has given us that opportunity. The choice is between reinvigorating the status quo ante in support...
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." I'm sure we all heard this line chanted in a sing-song voice on the playground as kids. But even in elementary school, the...
With the digital revolution, we now exist as two entities. There is the "digital" self, who writes with the swiftness of the Internet and the anonymity of an IP address, and the "real" self, who...
Yesterday, Chronicle columnist David Fiocco raised important questions about the strategy of Professor Jeffrey Sachs and the Millennium Village Project. These questions, however, are not new, nor...
America's elite universities are taking turns melting down under the intense media-scandal spotlight. For reasons founded and entirely unfounded (the distinction is rarely attempted), mass hysteria...
Basketball season starts Sunday, and it won't be long until Krzyzewskiville springs to life outside Cameron Indoor Stadium. I'm personally a big fan of K-Ville, but it's time to give it a facelift...
It sounds awfully ambitious, but this is what economist and former World Bank President Jeffrey Sachs claims. His basic premise is that with enough money, we can solve any development problems. In...
Back in elementary school, when all we had were 50 minutes to make recess count, we did everything our little hearts desired. There were soccer players and jump-ropers, kids who colored and others...
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the most stupendous, most resplendent, most beautacious, most splendiferous, most spectabulous, most unbelievable, most exquisital, most majestic, fantastic and...
You're forgiven if you didn't notice, but the "war on terror" is over. It ended Friday, Feb. 3 of this year, when the Pentagon issued a report that outlined in broad terms America's strategic...
In civilized society, and in America more than all other nations, we make every reasonable effort to prevent the occurrence of this horror. When it does happen, it is largely the sad product of...
This past weekend, Duke played host to our aquatic friends from just north: the Naval Academy. In case you didn't notice, these are the dashing young men in uniform who have more discipline in...
The Lacrosse scandal. Everyone attributes it to that event that may or may not have occurred last spring. That's why all these new student organizations for this or that cultural group are cropping...
In 239 days, Mike Nifong has sullied his 27-year career with the Durham District Attorney's office. During that time, Nifong has been roundly criticized for procedural and ethical violations.
"John Kerry needs to learn that the men and women serving in Iraq aren't there because they didn't study hard or do their homework. They're smart, patriotic, exceptionally well trained and...
