Charlottesville is a watershed moment for our country. It calls on all Americans, particularly white Americans like myself, to take a long, hard look at the beliefs we hold and the institutions we cherish.
He could walk into a room visibly dejected after a tough test or a hockey loss, and, as long as we got him to crack just a little bit of a smile, the mood of everybody else around him would improve.
Little things like that would just make you smile.
Michael Doherty was someone who had the ability to light up any room merely with his presence.
As Vice President for Student Affairs, I’m proud to work with many people who serve students in various ways. Our work covers health care needs, support for student programming, and response to a broad array of incidents and crisis.
We are working with Duke’s Center for Advanced Hindsight to develop interventions geared specifically to the first 90 days of school, when a disproportionate number of assaults occur.
As a 1967 Law School graduate, I was appalled at the ordeal Jane Doe was put through, so gratuitously and unnecessarily, by the Office of Student Conduct.
Every day as I pass the new Student Health Center, I stare at the beautiful Steinway and Sons grand piano in the atrium that costs at least $60,000. I see posters for making your own personal Aromatherapy. I walk through the stunning, yet over-the-top, West Union dining hall.
Such reckless and absolute claims insult not only athletes, but also anyone who does not specialize in one of your thirteen chosen fields.
You’ll still get into med school.
Dear Editor, The Duke LGBTQ Network, representing Duke's LGBTQ alumni, their families, and allies, read with dismay that President Brodhead was "pleased" by the so-called repeal of the harmful HB2 law.
Rejecting the natural gas plant is the right thing to do, and is best for Duke and its stakeholders.
It’s a fact I enjoy repeating that until the 20th century there were no universities in Venice.
Duke must know there is a battle for our lives and planet being fought right now.
I am responding to the Editorial Board's March 25 column "(Purchase) power of donors." In the column, the authors made a disturbing reference to the Duke lacrosse scandal, mentioning that the scandal highlighted "sexual assault, gender privilege and racial discrimination" at Duke.
Duke should be wary of building such a plant on campus at a time when the Trump Administration expressed a disinterest in the environment and the EPA is in peril.
As an influential university, we must be careful and critical about which people we entertain as intellectual leaders.
During these years, certain factions on university campuses have attempted to “out liberal” each other and in many cases, created a climate of intolerance unless one mirrors the political beliefs of these factions.
We ask the administration to again stand for its students and values of inclusivity by standing against President Trump’s revised executive order issued on Monday.
Through my dancing I felt the pride of my ancestors and the warmth of grandparents I never had the chance to meet.
