The Jews
By Philip Kurian | October 18, 2004You are not required to complete the work, yet you are not allowed to desist from it. —Pirkei Avot (The Book of Principles), 2:21 Such describes the Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam. Perfecting,...
You are not required to complete the work, yet you are not allowed to desist from it. —Pirkei Avot (The Book of Principles), 2:21 Such describes the Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam. Perfecting,...
SIR ELTON enjoyed dazing through fall break, sitting comfortably numb on his ass while time caressed him and he watched The OC and popped Pringles by the case.
The strangest thing happened to me. But first, let me provide some background info so that you have a sense of where I’m coming from.
“Democrats: Always standing up for what they later realized they should have believed in.”.
What came first, the cynicism of the student body or those equally negative and detrimental opinions expressed in The Chronicle editorial pages.
This past weekend was probably some of the best four days of my life. How cliché, I know; just bear with me.
Welcome home! Welcome home!” I have never had such a homecoming greeting as I received when I arrived in Israel one week after graduating from Duke last May.
The final question of the Oct. 8 presidential debate was addressed to President George W.
As a Resident Advisor on East Campus, I can tell you that one of the hottest topics among students is the alcohol policy—particularly its infamous amnesty clause.
As the Palestine Solidarity Movement approaches, students—pro-Arab, pro-Israeli, non-partisan and those who fall under more than one of these categories—should begin to think of the...
It is a hard thing to watch your friend fade away. It is the hardest thing I can imagine—to see day by day as she slips from the world of the living into the long night of silence.
Pasha Majdi himself has admitted that “a major problem with all Duke Student Government elections is that they basically amount to who can put up the most posters on campus with a stupid...
After going to high school in Chapel Hill, I was fortunate enough to escape the sprawling southern claws of its collegiate counterpart.
It was Career Day. Most of the first graders came donning ties, briefcases or police caps. Esther Lee wore a dress—the one with purple flowers—because her mom wore one that day, too.
It is common knowledge Duke’s academic curriculum has been to provide a strong liberal arts education firmly grounded in well-grounded academia.
“I got love for my brother, but we can never go nowhere unless we share with each other. We gotta start makin’ changes…”.
What follows is part one of my two-part political series. Since it is election season and every channel is covering politics, I figured that I should do a “political column.
Voter registration has been all the rage on this campus and across the country.
Last weekend’s Homecoming demonstrated the extent of the usefulness of the greek system: greek alumni had a place to get trashed on campus.
In 1997, a French movie called La Haine (Hate) about the lives of three young men in a Parisian housing project was released.