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A statement from GPSG’s Director of Environment and Sustainability regarding Duke’s Climate Commitment

By Michelle Carter | October 3, 2022

I call for the administrators at Duke University to actively release their plans and updates for the implementation of climate and environmental concepts.

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Yesterday’s fear-mongering DukeAlert is indicative of the University’s failed attempts to address racial inequity

By Tashia Ethridge | September 28, 2022

Yesterday's DukeAlert is something that should weigh heavily on the minds of the Duke community.

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An open letter to Dean Bill Boulding on decency

By Jerry Chen | August 26, 2022

I am writing this letter to challenge your idea of a decency quotient and, more specifically, of recognizing DQ.

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Elegy for Peaches, the placemaker

By Jeff Nelson | August 24, 2022

Peaches the community cat, the placemaker—this is how I will remember her.

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Tribute to Janet Hill

By David Bowser | August 23, 2022

As the flags fly low on campus today (Thursday, August 18), please remember her and the great work she did helping to make Duke University what it is.

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Concerned driver for Duke vans

By Daniel Bradford | August 12, 2022

With only four to six van drivers, though, I anticipate wait times will be through the roof; some students and staff might end up taking the dangerous walk to their car or dorm/apartment late at night.

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Concerned alumni for the arts

By Alumni for the Arts | July 19, 2022

We are asking you, President Price, and Provost Kornbluth, to conduct an urgent, independent review of Duke Arts and Duke Performances, including talking with past staff so their institutional knowledge can be carried forward.

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Uvalde statement

By Mi Gente Executive Council | June 2, 2022

These people will never take away our Latinx beauty, our resilience, or our bravery.

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BSA Buffalo Shooting Statement

By Duke Black Student Alliance | May 26, 2022

Similar sentiments have been expressed for decades. Now is not the time for realization but mobilization.

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Letters: Tributes to Nugget

May 14, 2022

"I will miss Nugget, but I will live each day honoring her by remembering what joy an everyday interaction can bring into your life. She taught us how a positive presence can bring so much light into your day," Alex Leo-Guerra, a senior, writes.

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Letter: My guardian angel

By Dav King | May 14, 2022

I have muddied beliefs on an afterlife, but I know that somewhere out there Nugget is lying on a bench still getting pets from all kinds of people.

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Letter: A very friendly dog

By Daniel Hwang | May 14, 2022

Nugget served as a constant reminder that amid all the work you were caught up in, that home, comfort, and community were never too far away.

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Letter: The spirit of our years at Duke

By Charlie Zong | May 14, 2022

I thought that someday this summer, I would learn to shake her hand. I thought she might be there to see me graduate next spring. I thought we would always have more time.

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Letter to the Editor: Statement from 2022 student Commencement speaker

By Priya Parkash | May 10, 2022

This statement was sent to The Chronicle on behalf of Parkash by Dave Quast, senior vice president of Red Banyan, a crisis public relations firm.

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Letter: Thank you from Duke alumna

By Amy Unell | May 3, 2022

Although I recently resigned from my role as Senior Director of Arts Engagement and Partnerships, I will always be a champion of the arts, DEMAN, StudioDuke and your friend.

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An open letter to HRL Dean LoBiondo about mistreatment of students

By Dev Dabke | April 18, 2022

Though tenants are meagerly protected in North Carolina, doling out collective fines is illegal, besides being unethical and unfair.

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Letter: Honor Coach K's name

By Frank Osuna | March 23, 2022

I believe that Coach Krzyzewski also has pride in his family name.