Suffering an education
By Philip Kurian | November 1, 2004Moving minds, changing perception, provoking thought—these mantras have been my credo as an aspiring writer.
Moving minds, changing perception, provoking thought—these mantras have been my credo as an aspiring writer.
Soon “The Jews” will be forgotten and the ballots will be counted (hopefully).
I was people-watching on the Bryan Center Walkway the other day, and I saw a couple speaking to a friend of theirs at one of the tables.
Something strange was bound to happen. First, the night of Game 4 was the night of a total lunar eclipse, so the stars were in alignment.
So, the much-anticipated part two has arrived. Last time, we examined the kids who try to look smart in class.
Let’s start with a story this time. It’s the Saturday of Parents’ Weekend, and my folks are here to take in the UVa game.
So we had a little get together at the School of Medicine Oct. 25, and things got testy.
The Students Against Terror concert and rally occurred Oct.
So I used to open my eyes in the middle of the night freshman year because my roommate was playing “The Price is Right” theme song on his computer just to keep me awake.
Only fools deny that a powerful establishment with exorbitant privilege controls Duke University, the United States and the world.
Okay, so I’m not really going to talk about either topic. Instead, I am going to talk about my adventures in body sculpting, otherwise known as liposuction.
I know we are all tired of talking about sexual assault on Duke’s campus. We all know the statistics by heart: one in four women and one in 10 men will be sexually assaulted in their lifetimes.
In the past I have used my column to write about sex and to also write about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and I have received criticism for doing so.
How is a hawkish classical liberal to vote Nov. 2? For swing voters who largely fall into this category, this vote seems to be about whom to vote against rather than a vote in favor of someone.
“PSM! KKK!” Pro-Israel protesters chant behind the barricades while Hasidic Jews, the Neturei Karta, answer them with, “We are against the state of Israel because we are Jews.
Last year I got to take part in an illuminating exercise in the observation of human behavior—tabling at the Market Place.
For all the ballyhoo leading up to the Palestine Solidarity Movement conference, I was quite disappointed with this past weekend’s lackluster protests.
President Richard Brodhead and the reporters for this paper seem to think the Palestine Solidarity Movement’s 2004 conference went off last weekend without a hitch.
SIR ELTON does not want to draw attention to the fact that no one cares about him, but nothing makes him sadder and more prone to suicide than watching other people celebrate good times and crush...
No matter what you think of Philip Kurian’s Oct. 18 column “The Jews,” he did not deserve this. Kurian has been inundated by hate mail.