As I've often stated, I consider myself a conservative, so I have not missed the fact that Duke's faculty is heavily weighted to the left. And I couldn't care less. You read correctly: It doesn't...
I am addicted to drama. And if the Nielsen ratings tracked the television viewership of college students-which they're going to start doing, incidentally-they would find that I am not alone. Like...
The loss of Elliott Wolf's server as a resource for watching and downloading movies, television shows and Duke basketball games left a void in many students' lives (especially the lonely ones)....
I should know better than to watch prime-time television. One show Friday night bothered my more feminist sensibilities-on Ghost Whisperer, a dead boy was haunting his mother and baby sister. The...
Duke is blasting ahead on a course of environmental sustainability by constructing greener buildings and developing new research facilities. But we have yet to make some more basic reforms-namely,...
To: Provost Lange and Academic Deans of Trinity and Pratt Re: Making Duke's First Semester Pass/Fail Academic culture is undoubtedly the toughest thing to change at a university. Whereas...
Duke announced Feb. 28 that it purchased 15 properties (12 houses and three vacant lots) adjacent to East Campus from local landlord Guy Solie. Such a small real-estate acquisition is not generally...
Last week was one of the worst at Duke during my four years on campus. First, we lost back-to-back ACC basketball games against unranked Florida State and UNC. Second, the women's basketball team...
Duke University Durham, North Carolina Executive Vice President Telephone (919) 684 6600 203 Allen Building Facsimile (919) 684 8766 Box 90027 MEMO: Self-Pleasure Guidelines Dear...
Lately, I've been having trouble with my Hate. For me, a lifelong Dukie and ABC (Anybody But Carolina) fan, this is very troubling. Usually, I can spew venom about Carolina on command. So why is it...
Growing up, I moved cross-country four times, lived in five different houses and went to five different schools in just as many years. This constant change of scenery left me without a solid base...
I was brought up as a Catholic. I grew up going to Mass every Friday, Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation; I mastered the art of whittling little crosses from dried palm leaves; I had guardian angels...
That's a wicked name.you could be like a Chinese superhero, man.Chinaman, Chinaman!...Got two chopsticks on his shirt, shooting noodles out of his wrist, catching bad guys with stale fortune...
Saying that Duke should rid itself entirely of ARAMARK Corp. when its contract expires this spring is like saying we need to stop nuclear proliferation. Students have demanded a change ad nauseum...
One night last year, I had an interesting experience while trying to help out one homeless man in Durham. As I walked out of Cosmic Cantina, he called out to me and my friend to ask for some money....
Spring break is quickly approaching, and that means only one thing-declarations of majors will soon be due. Now since the majority of you sophomores probably have not submitted your paperwork...
My senior year in high school, I was voted "Most Likely to Discover the Meaning of Life Through Differential Calculus." The following year, in college, I received an A in my calculus IV class. Five...
Public Law 103-160 sounds innocuous enough until one recognizes it as the infamous "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy of the U.S. military. Although Bill Clinton campaigned for president in 1993 with...
Sweatshops suck. Two weeks ago, when Duke's administrators announced a new initiative to ensure our apparel was not made in sweatshops I was happy. The administration was making a worthy pledge to...
It's just about here-springtime at Duke. In most places spring is a time for rebirth, rejuvenation, and of course some hot squirrel-on-squirrel action. But Durham typically does spring a little...
