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Have you ever had an STI?

By Rebecca Torrence | 3 days ago

The first time I heard someone admit to having an STI was last spring.

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Digging at my roots

By Gino Nuzzolillo | 3 days ago

We know ourselves by knowing where we came from.

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Socially conservative, fiscally progressive

By Reiss Becker | 3 days ago

Does anyone remember 2008?

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Whining while opining

By Matthew Noles and Mitchell Murphy | 4 days ago

Duke objectively does care. It’s time to show some appreciation.

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Who's in your Duke community?

By Bella Miller | 5 days ago

While close staff-student friendships are considered unconventional at Duke, they shouldn’t be.

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Civic engagement: Intent vs. impact

By Honor Council | 5 days ago

As we form more communities and seek opportunities to make a difference in them, we should consider our motivations.

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The dark side of the 'Duke Difference'

By Pranav Athimuthu | 5 days ago

I’ve only been here for two months, but I’m already excited to see what the next Duke Difference moment will be. Because that phrase, to me, is what makes this place special. What makes this place a home.

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My family's religion

By Ishaan Ghosh | 5 days ago

My experiences over fall break reveal something important about my family’s religion: for us, religion was not mainly about praying to Gods or about following rules.

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What living with less pain could look like

By Liddy Grantland | 6 days ago

Pleasure activism makes room for two things to be true at the same time: for this body of mine to be the site of pain, but also the site of joyful and liberatory pleasure.

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'Loser now older loser' and other Duke Homecoming poems

By Monday Monday | 6 days ago

You had a diploma in your hand And a cap on your head. You applied to Big Three But went boutique instead.

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The myth of the marginalized conservative

By Nikhil Sridhar | 6 days ago

Of course, Duke is overwhelmingly left-wing, both in terms of student and faculty, but this is not uncommon at an elite institution. What is important is that, relative to those other schools, Duke does a pretty decent job at permitting and encouraging heterodox opinions, across the board.

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Knowledge (or lack thereof) of abortion coverage under the SMIP

By Sana Pashankar | October 11, 2019

After this wild-goose chase for information, I came to the conclusion that on campus, abortion coverage under the SMIP is not a topic that is well-known, well-investigated, or well-publicized.

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This is Duke

By Lily Levin | October 11, 2019

Racial separation then becomes a means of survival. My white peers and I self-segregate. Many of our minority classmates self-preserve.

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Does the house meal make the home?

By Gretchen Wright | October 10, 2019

But if this is no longer my home, is home now at Duke? If I can no longer claim “chicken goo,” then what is my new house meal?

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Sexual assault problem, WU fish: Check out the Opinion pieces you read the most in September

By Leah Abrams | October 7, 2019

In short, it's been a fall full of hot takes and rich discourse.

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How does Duke remember its workers? Part 3: Missing voices

By Alicia Sun | October 4, 2019

It’s a notable omission given that one of Price's goals is to “give recognition to those individuals whose labor was the foundation of the wealth that created Duke University and whose hands built our campus.” How can the Commission’s membership fail to include representatives of the very people they are trying to “recognize?”

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Losing—and finding—my religion away from home

By Akshaj Turebylu | October 4, 2019

As much as I love it at Duke so far, I can say one thing for sure: the food is bland. The spiciest thing I’ve had here was called “chili broccoli,” if that says anything.