Abolish fall break
By Heidi Smith | October 4, 2022Inherently, fall break isn't a horrible idea, but in practice it falls rather short.
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Inherently, fall break isn't a horrible idea, but in practice it falls rather short.
He recognizes that we human beings are not just broken; we are beautiful and gifted as well.
I peeked into rooms that seemed, at least at a glance, impossible: a study space so large I couldn’t see the other end, a classroom with all the desks on the ceiling, and an affordable campus dining option.
Sure, killing is an inevitable part of battle, but perhaps one could argue that, at least for the last year of the war, the American execution of every, well, enemy execution, can be inextricably traced to the Duke name.
Despite being an elite university, Duke sure knows how to treat its students like children.
Their exhibitions of hysteria represented an attempt to seize masculine power, and it was the doctor’s job to return them to their natural feminine state---keeping them captive in their sickness.
But if you measure the value of school based on the number of facts you can whip out of your pocket, then I suppose you really didn’t understand the assignment.
The institutional system is designed to be as inefficient as possible in dealing with human concerns... In other words, the bureaucratic maze is not a fault of the system but the system itself.
At an institution like Duke, finding people like you can be hard but you are making a generational path for others by doing so. Your future descendants are thanking you right now, so seize your opportunities and make them proud.
I urge the university to voluntarily recognize DGSU and thus signal a new age in labor relations. Duke has the power to symbolically depart from its part in the story of worker oppression– the beginning of which starts on the same plot of land that graduate students plant their table today.
To many countries, she not only represented the companion of time and space, but also the spiritual bond—an embodiment of history, tradition and values.
809 is the number of Jewish students who are forced to make the choice: go to class, or go to synagogue.
It felt selfish at points to put myself out there and advocate for an issue that felt like it only concerned me, but the people around me assured me that my own cause is still worth fighting for.
Who's allowed to mourn the queen? How are they allowed to do so?
Our campus – and all campuses – should have ways of connecting with others that are actually pleasant to use.
The Duke Today article is a quintessential example of the institution’s infantilization of students, antagonism towards advocates, dismissal of constructive criticism, and to be frank, perpetuation of patriarchal defenses.
If Duke truly wants to be allergen-friendly, we should at least recognize more allergens than just peanuts and tree nuts.
The thing about being constantly forced to confront your lack of a permanent residence is that you’re also forced to reconcile with the fact that you’re not as important to the trajectory of others as you might think. Life goes on regardless of if you’re there or not.
Empathy is now not the pure act of altruism or cherishing but the norms that dictate one’s tie to a group or a person.