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Living in abundance, then, is living with peace of mind. Only by defying the scarcity mindset — by sharing our knowledge with others, by helping one-another and by letting go of feelings of jealousy and remorse — can our Duke community live in harmony.
We devote a lot of attention to our athletes, scientists and entrepreneurs on campus, but it’s about time we offered the same respect to our musicians.
This is an unprecedented time for the state of our world. We are in an existential crisis. So we are going to Climate Commit, and we are going to do it hard. Harder than ever before.
Eating this dish feels like bathing in a health-and-wellness ocean of chlorophyll and vitamin C.
Pursue a passion and paradoxically, you’ll live.
As my infinitely wise psychiatrist told me, instead of thinking of all the ways something could go wrong, think about how it could go incredibly right.
Diversifying Duke is an issue of and not or. Striving for economic diversity does not mean we shouldn't also strive to make campus racially diverse as well.
In simple terms, DEI in the college process essentially attaches a certain “value” to our race, which backtracks the progress made by civil rights activists decades ago.
By letting go of monitoring the telltale signs of my peers’ political beliefs, I came to appreciate the input of every member. We had all come to class prepared, asked tough questions and treated each other with dignity.
We no longer find fault in a general crudity towards the words we speak and discount the value of politeness.
There’s a jack-of-all-trades aspect to clinical year that’s necessarily uncomfortable — in this environment requiring frequent shifts from specialty to specialty, change is the only constant.
If Duke, and our peer institutions, decided that the main basis for undergraduate admissions was students’ ability to play ping pong, suddenly every ambitious high schooler in the country would be practicing their serve.
My decision wasn't just about choosing to stay; it was about investing in the sense of home that Duke had become.
It’s possible to not be passionate about your job and find passion in other endeavors. You’re probably going to enjoy your life a lot less, though.
The New York Times casts us into the roles of pugilistic adversaries within the theater of a class-based struggle.
Despite its current state of disrepair, Duke can leverage the prime location of Central Campus to create one, coherent, walkable campus that serves as a gateway between Duke and Durham.
As we ease into the rhythm of the new academic year, I find myself, once again, in the company of my old friend, social anxiety.
So, in the next few months, I'm not going to demand from myself that I join 12 labs and save the world, but instead, fall down, get back up and try again.
Fearing for your own life or the life of a loved one is possibly one of the most terrifying feelings you will never want to experience.
Imagine a world where all those students really were in touch with their creativity, and were able to solve problems effectively — those students would own the future.