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Duke students have lived their whole lives being told they are smarter and more interesting than the average person. Opinion columnists dare to challenge this and say: “Untrue! Our opinions are just as boring as everyone else’s.”
Home was a place I had worked tirelessly and pleaded fervently to leave as soon as I was old enough to realize that the option existed.
Commitment takes dedication, and dedication isn’t efficient.
As a rule of thumb, this is exactly what gratefulness affords us: a better perspective. By pinpointing what is most important to us, daily battles feel relatively insignificant.
After being a staple of dining for Duke students who loved underseasoned chicken for 15 years, Panda Express served its last rice bowl last May, leaving a gaping hole that has been under constant renovation ever since.
Singing the blues is an essential ingredient for anyone who wants to prepare for the way life is.
There are definitely better fried chicken sandwiches out there, like at the Popeye’s at RDU or Cane’s on Franklin Street. But the Pitchforks sandwich is bewitchingly delicious, easily accessible and better than its on-campus competitors.
With reports of a cool-down in consumer spending coming out of last week's Black Friday, I imagine more people will forgo store-bought gifts — not out of protest, but out of necessity.
I don’t know why I have cared more about my physical appearance since coming here, but I do reckon it's something to do with the overall preppy, classy appearance of the Duke student body.
The QS requirement is unnecessary, and doing away with it would give non-STEM students like me more freedom to pursue our academic and career interests.
We have been in the educational system all our lives; how much more can we gain from being a student for one to two more years?
The thing about op-eds is that either an article echoes the overwhelmingly agreed view and did not convince anyone new, or it is an unpopular, hot take … and the article did not convince anyone new!
When applying to college you want to set yourself apart and not be common. This helps you stand out from the pack. But in everyday life, you shouldn’t have to be distinct in order to be accepted.
The problem with the administration’s current shuttle model is its prioritization of the bare minimum — keeping students safe on-campus — without respecting any other concerns about students’ time or needs.
Ultimately, forgiving someone is not about them; instead, it’s about us — it’s about our choice to rise above the pain that they have caused us, but only when we are ready, if we are ever ready.
The new buses feature state-of-the-art spears positioned at the front and side of the buses to perfectly skewer any cyclist or skateboarder who dares to brave Campus Drive.
Getting swag almost feels like being a lab rat pressing a pellet dispenser again and again — sometimes you get a treat, sometimes nothing and sometimes, frankly, a piece of shit that you have to figure out what to do with.
I have long held the notion that the 'median' grade is a mathematical formula that possesses no justifiable presence while defining grade thresholds.
You’re doing yourself a disservice by committing to twenty academic pursuits you don’t even like, to reach an impossible standard of success defined by everyone else but you.
A 15-minute campus is just one decision away.