I can think of more than one occasion where I half-jokingly played around with the idea of dropping out of college during first semester. Who doesn’t?
I walked into the kitchen in my dorm, and I smelled the glorious aroma of noodles being cooked on the stove.
One of my math teachers in high school had a quote on her wall that said, “If the focus is on learning, the grades will follow.”
Turning down Heavenly Buffaloes in favor of Marketplace, looking underdressed and off-theme at a frat party, sparsely decorating your dorm room: these small sacrifices–seemingly minor–can take a social toll on financially-disadvantaged students when spending is so deeply ingrained in Duke culture.
When I first read my fellow columnist and co-worker, Lizzie Bond’s, latest column, my gut reaction was to issue a quick fortification of my previous case for Selective Living Groups—”A greater defense for SLGs” if you will.
We think you might already be a supporter of Effective Altruism, but just don’t know it yet. To find out, let’s go through four claims. These claims are based on Sam Deere’s article, “Four Ideas You Already Agree With.”
On Saturday, I was one of the many people who crowded into Cameron Indoor for a Duke vs. Virginia matchup that did not disappoint.
If you’ve ever knelt down to pick up a stray fortune cookie fortune littered on the ground, or gotten your knees dirty to search for a four-leaf clover in the grass, then you know the feeling that I’m talking about.
In November, Honor Council wrote about how to behave honorably in a global world. When I read it, I reflected on my own moral code and recognized the ways in which it was similar to that of others. Yet I also realized that my unique background and personal experiences have shaped my perspectives on life.
“You got your freshmen, ROTC guys, preps, JV jocks, Asian nerds, cool Asians, varsity jocks, unfriendly black hotties, girls who eat their feelings, girls who don't eat anything, desperate wannabes, burnouts, sexually active band geeks, the greatest people you will ever meet, and the worst. Beware of The Plastics.”
I am reminded of this line Marley roars at Scrooge in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol because a few days ago I received some very bad advice. Who wants to hear a student’s views on anything outside the Duke Bubble, someone insisted, when the Duke Bubble is the only thing students really know?
When Juliet proclaims her love for Romeo, she says, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.”
Picture this: your average first-year pre-med student. All shiny and bright because organic chemistry hasn’t broken their spirits yet.
Stressed by demanding workloads, job searches and social pressures, college students, including many of those on Duke’s campus, are vulnerable to deteriorating mental health.
On February 13th, 1969, tear gas hung thick in the air outside of the Allen Building. More than one hundred local police officers and National Guard troops had been called in to bring order to the protest; dozens of white students stood nearby to support their classmates.
During my first week of college one student asked me, “you’re Native? I thought we killed all the Natives.”
In the past few years, anti-politically correct (PC) movements have grown in popularity and vigor.
I’m what they call a “legacy,” but not the kind that gives me a leg up in university admissions.
As a Fall teaching assistant in EGR101, the new required engineering class for all first-years, the biggest question students asked me wasn’t about the materials, it was about what to take next semester.
For most Duke students, Thanksgiving was a much needed break from academic demands, internship applications, and general responsibilities that define our lives on campus
