The independent news organization of Duke University
A Swastika or a Noose left under the cover of night is not how a scholar communicates, but how a coward seeks to inflict harm on others while avoiding any costs to themselves.
I loved my Duke experience and am a passionate supporter of our great university. However, this decision by the Duke administration is terribly misguided, despite the good intentions behind it.
Sleeping outdoors in the cold winter months can indeed open one’s eyes to the plight of those who do it not for fun and camaraderie, but because they have no other choice.
Even if the positions of the candidates on these issues were truly unknown, Mr. Markis’ conduct would still be inappropriate as it would have primed voters to think about the particular issues deemed salient by Mr. Markis rather than who would make the best overall Young Trustee.
There are many children in the world that literally dream of attending college someday, but many never even get past middle school before they have to start working to help maintain their families.
How does a video of a candidate chomping down on vegan hot wings or dancing along to 2010 bangers aid my decision to elect a member of the Board of Trustees?
What kind of workplace do you want for you and your colleagues? What changes do you want to see?
The point is that the Crazies are Duke. Without us, there is no show. With us there is a show, no matter how good the team.
We are not “only interested in Duke basketball if we are undefeated.” There are several hundreds of students sleeping outside on this crisp thirty-eight-degree night that would be (and have been, trust me) rolling their eyes in response to your letter.
What I’m saying is that the “guilt,” if there is any to be found, lies in many different places.
It is unacceptable to allow human beings to live in the conditions many individuals have described.
The $280,000 we’ve each paid in tuition is clearly insufficient; students must be more appreciative of the opportunities that Duke gives them.
Last night I witnessed with embarrassment a “TV-side” student section that was empty from the baseline extended!
North Carolina’s clean energy future will continue to be shaped by productive and collaborative work between utilities, customers, communities and other stakeholders seeking to bring about real change.
In the fall of 1963, Reuben-Cooke was one of five brave black students who entered the Trinity College of Arts of Sciences.
How can Duke reconcile its mission of preparing students for the future with investment strategies that indicate tacit approval for an industry whose practices directly threaten that future?
To say that gay students are welcome and are to be supported without calling for a clear path for them to be ordained as they are called by God to serve as pastors is to say “We will take your money and offer education but we will not give voice to opening the path for you to use the education for which you paid.”
It seems to me that students should have a seat at the table rather than merely being solicited for input by a body in which they have no part.
Palestinian and other students at Duke should not be retraumatized as the educational institution responsible for their growth hosts Tzipi Livni.
It is misguided and counterproductive to ban vaping because it is an important, less harmful alternative to combustible cigarettes for addicted smokers who cannot quit.
