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Letter: In response to "Ecosocialism or bust"

By Darren Fogarty | September 6, 2019

Chalking our future up to either “devolv[ing] into fascism” or embracing “eco-socialism” presents a false choice. A more nuanced view for addressing climate change is in order.

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Letter: Video analysis research at Duke

By Carlo Tomasi | June 13, 2019

I would like to make a clarification and an apology concerning a recent Chronicle article on recording thousands of students' faces.

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Letter: The reality of merit scholar programs

By Michael Gillespie and Alex Rosenberg | April 23, 2019

Your editorial regarding merit-based scholarships at Duke lacks much contact with the reality of these programs.

Previously, the Graduate School did not cover gym fees for graduate students after their third year.

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Letter: You're invited to Pay-Ville

By Austin Wadle , Hannah Borenstein , Jarron Bowman and Sage Lachman | April 17, 2019

Last week marked a historic victory for the Duke Graduate Students Union, SEIU Workers United Southern Region Local 27.

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Letter: How will Duke address sexual harassment?

By Laura Lieber , Marc Brettler , Mark Goodacre , Jennifer Knust and David Morgan | April 12, 2019

We were delighted to see your April 11 article, “Duke joins higher education partnership to combat sexual harassment.”

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Letter: Contingent faculty are marginalized

By Jane Gabin | April 5, 2019

Reading Wednesday's Chronicle, I saw an opinion editorial on “The invisible labor of marginalized faculty.”

Donald Trump (pictured here in Raleigh) was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States Friday morning.

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Letter: Stop scolding Democrats for finally caring about Ws and Ls

By Quinn Edwards | April 1, 2019

A recent piece by the editorial board attempts to navigate the crowded field of 2020 Democratic candidates in a wandering diatribe that feels more bitter towards democratic voters interested in securing victories than substantive in insights.

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Letter: 59 RAs ask for housekeeping staff to return to their original schedule

By Group of Resident Assistants | March 29, 2019

As 59 Resident Assistants, we write to urge that residential housekeeping staff return to their original schedules.

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Letter: The price workers pay for no student benefit

By Hadeel Hamoud | March 25, 2019

Every morning, as I rush out for my 8:30 class, I’m greeted by Tim and Martha, the housekeepers for my dorm.

The proposed Durham-Orange Light Rail would have stops near Duke University Medical Center and on Ninth Street.

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Letter: Light rail falsehoods

By E. Roy Weintraub | March 20, 2019

I have read with increased incredulity the spate of letters to the Chronicle about Duke’s supposed last minute refusal to support an environmentally nonsensical light rail stop at Duke Hospital North.

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Letter: Wake up, Duke. Our housekeepers are being exploited

By Jacob Glasser | February 26, 2019

President Price, for seven months now, our residential housekeepers have been unnecessarily working on weekends.

The Durham-Orange Light Rail Line, proposed in 2013, will extend 17.1 miles, spanning from Chapel Hill through Durham.

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Letter: Durham needs a partner in Duke

By Damon Seils | February 26, 2019

As chair of the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization, which coordinates transportation planning in the western Triangle, I have the privilege of working with leaders of Durham and other local governments to plan the region’s transportation investments.

Students took over the Allen Building in 1969 to demand racial equality on campus, one of many organized student efforts to influence administrators.

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Letter: The 50th anniversary of the Allen Building Takeover

By Fredessa Hamilton | February 22, 2019

Thank you for soliciting our memories on the 50th anniversary of the Allen Building takeover. One of this past week’s events nearly brought me to tears.

Duke students will move into Krzyzewskiville Saturday for the start of black tenting.

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Letter: Why did you tent?

By Audrey Ellis | February 21, 2019

I don’t just tent for the Carolina game. Yes, the game is usually the highlight of the tenting season, but I wouldn’t tent if I didn’t enjoy spending time bonding with 11 of my friends.

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On Ilhan Omar, anti-Semitism and Israel

By Spencer Kaplan | February 21, 2019

I’ll start with a thought experiment. The recent Chronicle editorial board piece that addressed the Ilhan Omar controversy included the following line: “The tweet drew some deserved criticism for her admittedly ill-conceived wording, and Omar subsequently offered an apology.”

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Letter: Demonizing Israel isn’t legitimate criticism

By Doron Ezickson | February 20, 2019

In the name of upholding freedom of expression against pro-Israel lobbies, the opinion piece by the Duke Chronicle editorial board, "AIPAC and the Blockade on Critiquing Israel," engages in a series of offensive and inaccurate accusations.

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Letter: Light rail reflects Duke-Durham relations

By Kevin Primus | February 14, 2019

Have you ever noticed how billion-dollar infrastructure projects often live or die according to the ego of one white male?