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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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"People are not crimes."
By Luke A. Powery | October 3, 2022He recognizes that we human beings are not just broken; we are beautiful and gifted as well.
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Linguistics student accidentally rediscovers eldritch language
By Monday Monday | October 3, 2022I 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.
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Like lead-filled piñatas: the story of the Frangible Bullet Project, Duke’s largest military-funded research endeavor
By Monika Narain | September 30, 2022Sure, 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.
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Stop infantilizing us, Duke!
By Miranda Straubel | September 29, 2022Despite being an elite university, Duke sure knows how to treat its students like children.
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Beyond the yellow wallpaper: A look into gendered medical gaslighting
By Advikaa Anand | September 29, 2022Their 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.
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You didn't understand the assignment
By Linda Cao | September 28, 2022But 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.
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Humans stuck in Duke's institutional workshop
By Abdel Shehata | September 28, 2022The 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.
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Reflections on Latinx Heritage Month
By Anthony Salgado | September 27, 2022At 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.
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Duke is on the wrong side of labor union history. Here’s its chance to get it right
By Pilar Kelly | September 27, 2022I 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.
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A tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
By Sophie Ju | September 26, 2022To many countries, she not only represented the companion of time and space, but also the spiritual bond—an embodiment of history, tradition and values.
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Shana Tova! – Sincerely, Duke University
By Dena Levin | September 25, 2022809 is the number of Jewish students who are forced to make the choice: go to class, or go to synagogue.
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Pessimism is easy
By Ooha Reddy | September 24, 2022It 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.
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Who's expected to mourn the queen?
By Sydney Brown | September 23, 2022Who's allowed to mourn the queen? How are they allowed to do so?
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Why is GroupMe so terrible? The Windows XP of online communication
By James Gao | September 23, 2022Our campus – and all campuses – should have ways of connecting with others that are actually pleasant to use.
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How Duke is failing sexual assault victims
By Billy Cao | September 23, 2022The 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.
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What's so special about peanuts?
By Sonia Green | September 22, 2022If Duke truly wants to be allergen-friendly, we should at least recognize more allergens than just peanuts and tree nuts.
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Duke doesn’t want me. Neither does my home.
By Viktoria Wulff-Andersen | September 22, 2022The 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.
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All-time empathy is toxic
By Chi Nghiem | September 22, 2022Empathy is now not the pure act of altruism or cherishing but the norms that dictate one’s tie to a group or a person.