Paul was erudite, accomplished and revered. But he also was down to earth and fun – so much fun -- to be around.
Y*** Class of 2021. A t-shirt that means the mythic gates have opened to me! But I will never pass through to Elysium.
Duke didn’t become a premier academic institution by gutting the things that work. The TWP works well in its current form.
The university administration sent a clear message with this email: throwing cardboard on a smoldering bench poses more of threat to students than sexual violence.
We leave mentally ill students dealing with these awkward, confusing and intolerable feelings 24/7 on their own, without the peer support they so desperately need.
Most important, we are proud to be Jewish at Duke, and we revel in sustaining and growing the warm and supportive community that exists for all Jewish faculty, staff and students.
'Working in the States is a dream come true, regardless of the odds that I might not get a working permit to start my career after graduation, I decided to do everything I can to make it happen.'
My relationship with men scared me. When I started dating a boyfriend, I felt lost—who was I without men to impress? What was my value if it was not getting men to want to kiss me?
For the first time, Latinx organizations at Duke have all united to further the interests of the Latinx community. These “demands” serve as accountability for the many times Latinx students tirelessly advocated for a more equitable campus. They are hardly demands, they are a plea for the respect and acknowledgement of marginalized students.
Please also do everything you can to protect survivors. When you go to say their name, say their abuser’s instead. Make sure you aren’t ripping them apart more than they already have been.
It will be the highlight of your day to see the girls you sat with at Marketplace on campus. Ask them to lunch. Actually follow through on it.
Everything we can do to flatten the curve — knowing eventually we will all be infected — we should.
Duke is allowing high-risk activities but then barring until January 18 the main reason students are here on campus – which is to engage in the very low-risk activity of attending in-person class. How does this make sense?
Is the safety of those around you worth standing room at a game?
Given that Stuart’s association with Duke later in life was entirely voluntary and unofficial, his physical presence on campus solidified him in our minds as a sort of intellectual par excellence.
It is risible that the University asks students to pay over $81,000 per year yet refuses to guarantee basic freedom of expression.
The numerous talented students and faculty that spoke at our recent Speak Out event demonstrate the far-reaching relevance and potential of a disability studies and health humanities education, from medicine to engineering to the arts. These collective perspectives cannot be overlooked.
Rather than waste time debating a veto for SSI recognition, we urge DSG to join the 30 US colleges and universities whose student governments have adopted the International Holocaust Rememberence Allience working definition of antisemitism.
Is advocating for marginalized communities an interest of yours or necessary for your survival on campus?
The development of health humanities and disability studies as areas of study is a key step in the process to bridge the gaps set by a strictly scientific, biomedical view of illness, health and disability.
