Two easy steps to college success
By Joe Cox | October 21, 2005Not only do I not really like people who don't drink and do drugs, but I also don't really trust them.
Not only do I not really like people who don't drink and do drugs, but I also don't really trust them.
Last week was anti-environment week in Washington.
Growing up, my sisters and I made a sport out of journal-reading.
To the casual political observer, the Republican Party has seen better days. After the excitement following the re-election of President George W.
Rarely is there a graceful way to admit mistakes to 15,000 people, but occasionally it is necessary to stand up in front of that exceptionally large crowd, take a deep breath and start to apologize.
It's a problem the administration can't fix, and one that most students don't really understand.
As part of the Duke Community Standard, every student pledges: "I will not lie, cheat, or steal in my academic endeavors, nor will I accept the actions of those who do.
One year ago today, Phil Kurian, Trinity '05, published the now notorious column "The Jews" in which he attacked the "shocking overrepresentation" of Jewish students at top universities throughout...
Newspapers, which almost always offer information about the past, have a strange resistance to remembering what happened before today.
The appearance of fliers last week saying "Stop Self-Segregating" on the Class of 1948 bench has rekindled campus debate on the issue of "self-segregation.".
One October, many years ago, when I was young and the earth was new, my father pulled me aside and said: "Son, don't you grow up to be a Boston fan. Those teams will break your heart.".
In the 2:30 mass exodus from BioSci a few weeks ago, I caught a waft of woodsy, piney cologne-the kind Abercrombie advertises on rippling male models in flannel boxers and Santa hats.
In the spring of 1975, Associated Students of Duke University presidential candidate Rick Glaser ran on the issues of increased communication, revamping the distribution of student fees and...
Last week, I started doing something that made me realize the semester was in full swing. I started worrying. Not about tests or papers or deadlines, but about my courses for next semester.
I'd like to think I am more than a piece of paper, but any glance at a job or summer internship application tells me I'm not.
The Nicholas Institute's inaugural Environmental Summit on Sept.
We tend to think of everyone as being exactly what we expect, given the heterosexual majority,-that is, identifying as either male or female and attracted to the opposite gender.