Letter: Senior Giving Challenge? Let's step it up a notch
By Alfred Mordecai | January 29, 2020The $280,000 we’ve each paid in tuition is clearly insufficient; students must be more appreciative of the opportunities that Duke gives them.
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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.
We urge the University to move quickly to acknowledge the health crisis linked to vaping and ban the use of all e-cigarette products on our campus.
The integrity of our University demands an educational climate where free and open inquiry is encouraged and fostered, in and out of the classroom, even on the most controversial subjects.
A new art exhibit on campus included a painting of an abstract, but anatomically correct, female nude.
In an already contentious debate about the status of immigration in the US, we need people to be informed about and engaged with the issues Felicia addresses.
I'm not advocating we get rid of the trident, tail or ears, but surely we have outgrown that pinkish complexion. Besides, what kind of hellfire burn protection would be needed?
Understandably, never have I felt more disrespected than when Sami Kirkpatrick came to my palace and spat his article about JB’s Salmon onto the ground.
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.
I would like to make a clarification and an apology concerning a recent Chronicle article on recording thousands of students' faces.
Your editorial regarding merit-based scholarships at Duke lacks much contact with the reality of these programs.
Last week marked a historic victory for the Duke Graduate Students Union, SEIU Workers United Southern Region Local 27.
We were delighted to see your April 11 article, “Duke joins higher education partnership to combat sexual harassment.”