Ladies and Gentlemen: (Is this okay to say?) The guest column from the Duke Open Campus Coalition published January 20 brought back memories of my skirmishing with the nascent politically correct/multicultural radical scholars in the early 1980s as editor and publisher of Spectator Weekly.
Bennett Carpenter, the young author of a column published on January 19, has bought into the defeatist and, ultimately, racist notion that something called “white privilege” is enough to keep the black population in metaphorical chains.
Today is the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that has long been celebrated by many of my friends and peers.
I am a die hard Duke fan, class of '71. I attend basketball games regularly and love all the drama.
In trying to bring clarity to the debate over campus speech, Bennett Carpenter's column on January 19 makes several mistakes and omissions about the First Amendment. Carpenter says he cannot imagine how student activists could violate anyone's First Amendment rights.
Dear Mr. Mees, As an alumnus of a beloved university like Duke nearing his five-year reunion, I share in the nostalgia you must have felt upon returning to campus.
Duke basketball has the best fans in the world, bar none. Or at least we used to have the best fans in the world.
We don't know anyone, really. Our perceptions and ideas of others are often times false, based on snippets of half-listened to conversation, what others might have said about this or that person or what they may have said about themselves but that we misinterpret.
Having made the journey back to Duke for the first time since 1986, I took my son to see a plaque in the Bryan Center that had several names on it, among them my late father.
The November 25 article “Colleagues defend Califf amid criticisms of industry ties” does not provide a full picture of Dr. Califf’s lifelong commitment to patients, his reputation for being a person of great integrity and the scientific rigor he has insisted upon as a researcher his entire life. As members of Duke Cancer Institute’s Board of Advisors, and as individuals who have been profoundly impacted by cancer—Ellen having lost her sister and Estelle a 19 year survivor—we felt compelled to make sure that the Duke community fully appreciates the incredible contributions Dr. Califf had made to science and patient care.
The recent and deeply ugly disturbances on campus involving threats and racial slurs have coincided with a national wave of dissatisfaction with college culture.
As the President of the Graduate and Professional Student Council, I would like to clarify my statements concerning diversity training for graduate and professional students at Duke University.
As the November 20 article on Friday’s forum noted, the forum began with a prepared statement recounting fifty years of unanswered minority demands—a fitting reminder of the many brave people who have fought institutional oppression.
Reading “Vegetarian community growing rapidly in Durham,” written by Anupriya Sivakumar on November 12, it was great to see the issue of dining hall food choices brought up.
I wanted to share some thoughts I had in response to Tyler Fredericks’ November 12th column, “Safe words and violent spaces.” His column makes it clear that the “safe space” movement on campus ironically has made campus unsafe for the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority to conduct its philanthropy, unsafe for Brian Grasso (who refused to read “Fun Home”) to maintain his religious principles and unsafe for the Chronicle’s Editorial Page Editor Jonathan Zhao to express his political beliefs.
Dear President Brodhead, On behalf of the Duke LGBT Alumni Network, thank you for your strong and faithful support for the Duke LGBTQ community.
I’ve been out of the military for 20 years now, and I served two tours of duty in Iraq during desert storm/desert shield, one tour in Yugoslavia enforcing a no flying zone and a tour in Haiti to remove their military junta.
As a Miami football fan since childhood, Duke graduate and sports editor of The Chronicle during Coach Cut's second season in Durham, I have a unique perspective on every game involving the 'Canes and Blue Devils.
I read with great interest last Thursday’s editorial, “From gentrification to revitalization: what Duke can do,” regarding the recent growth in property values for some downtown neighborhoods.
Municipal elections influence crucial issues facing Durham residents including living wages, affordable housing, parks and recreation centers, downtown development, public transportation and safety.
