OPINION
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COLUMNS
Larry Moneta? NOT an idiot.
By Greg Czaja | April 5, 2006I like to think I know Larry Moneta better than most students.
I like to think I know Larry Moneta better than most students.
Duke is, in fact, the only thing that keeps this city alive. As the number-one employer in Durham and the city's only major draw, if we were to pull out, instead of worrying about town-gown...
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For the past two weeks, the Durham Herald-Sun has been filled with articles and angry letters from community members, many blaming the Duke student body for their appalling, dangerous, racist...
One morning this past November, police found the body of an Appalachian State student in the trunk of an abandoned car. The student was one of my friends from high school, and we had maintained our...
As we all know, Duke has been going through a pretty rough stretch recently. What with the lacrosse controversy, protests, negative media coverage, dragons, drive-by shootings and Duke parking, the...
Let me begin by apologizing to Durham residents for the transgressions of my fellow students. To be clear, my apology is not for the alleged crimes of the Duke lacrosse team-I can apologize only...
So I have been formulating an editorial in my mind for the past three years about our Alma Mater, the song to which only people in the Duke Chorale know the words. In this editorial, I was going to...
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It is unfortunate that many Duke Students have never seen the classic movie Network. There is a great scene in it where fictional anchorman Howard Beale tells his television audience to get up, run...
Earlier this week, the Duke men's lacrosse team captains issued a statement denying that a sexual assault occurred at a party thrown at their off-campus house on March 13, 2006. A police...
Last week, members of the men's lacrosse team were asked to submit to DNA tests to determine whether any of them had been involved in the rape of a woman at a party March 13 at a residence shared...
If you've listened to the chatter on this campus over the past week, it's obvious that the casual air that usually permeates it has been replaced by concerned looks and heated discussions. And...
In any given Duke Student Government race, there are certain types of qualified individuals. There are outsiders who feel DSG needs reform, insiders who feel they have more experience and leaders...
Although I graduated from Duke in May, I am currently at UNC Law, still living in Durham and still missing the Gothic Wonderland. This past Saturday night, days after the lacrosse story appeared...
Almost all the candidates for DSG executive positions this year are qualified and could do a great job in the positions they're running for. They can all sell themselves, and I'm not here to do...
We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families. Philip Gourevitch may have been writing about the 1994 Rwandan genocide, but the title could just as easily be applied to...
Hello, boys and girls! It's about that time of year again, and there'll be no National Championship to get classes cancelled for you. So here's the most important Midterm of your career: I The...
Around this time last year, I was sitting in a high school newsroom, querying staff as to the precise meaning of mysteriously oft-referenced "brackets." People actually watch college basketball,...