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Ghost campus

By Carol Apollonio | March 23, 2020

Campus is immaculate in a way that is only possible in human places devoid of people.

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Duke University Contract Workers United statement to Administration regarding coronavirus crisis

By Duke Contract Workers United | March 17, 2020

They are happy to claim us when touting their status as #1 “Best Colleges for Food in America.”

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DKU is a bad bet on the future of China

By Reiss Becker | March 9, 2020

Of course I’m an outsider. And I do feel privileged to attend a university that respects my rights. But the force of a critique cannot be deflected just by pointing out that its origins are external to the subject’s immediate context.

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A considered defense of the english major

By Akshaj Turebylu | March 6, 2020

Gabriel Garcia Marquez learned from Faulkner, Caryl Phillips draws on Wuthering Heights and Shakespeare is omnipresent. Without a proper understanding of the history of past literature we have no foundation to understand the literature of now.

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After nihlism

By Nicholas Chrapliwy | March 6, 2020

These are meanings you construct on top of the black soil of nihilism, moving past the room you could easily sit and mope in.

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Mi Gente endorses Valeria Silombria for DSG president

By Mi Gente | March 5, 2020

The Mi Gente 2019-2020 Council unanimously decided to endorse Valeria Silombria for Duke Student Government President because of her commitment to engaging with historically underrepresented groups on campus and in the Durham community.

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Students of the Caribbean Association endorses Valeria Silombria for DSG president

By Students of the Caribbean Association | March 5, 2020

We believe that Valeria is an excellent advocate for a variety of Duke students.

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How DukeEngage made me a socialist

By Nathan Heffernan | March 4, 2020

The longer I worked at Larkin Street, the more I understood that the solution to this problem is fairly simple. To get rid of homelessness, provide everyone with a home.

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A love letter to Duke Basketball

By Gretchen Wright | March 4, 2020

There is no feeling in the world like chanting “Our house” in Cameron with a thousand other Crazies. Stomping, clapping and yelling so forcefully that my joints ache, my fingers sting and my throat burns, feeling the vibrations coming through the air and bleachers, resonating throughout my whole body.

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Why inclusive language matters

By Liddy Grantland | March 3, 2020

God made me in her own image. There is nothing wrong with who I am. But the language we use for disability—in church and beyond—assumes that there is.

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Vote in North Carolina

By Carrie Wang | March 3, 2020

For now, to strategically play within the rules of the system, registering as a North Carolina resident is the best option.

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We need to make the Poles more accessible

By Jordan Diamond | March 3, 2020

I’m afraid that the Poles, while certainly nice people with a rich culture and history, are too inaccessible for most voters.

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34 credits

By Carol Apollonio | March 2, 2020

Amidst all this labwork, all this collaboration and experimentation, all this frenzy to publish and patent, is anyone asking why, if you students are the ones who have to produce all this new knowledge and solve all these problems, why you have to pay us?

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#NoPresidents2020

By Annie Yang | March 2, 2020

Every four years, millions of people look for someone to save us, but we, the people, are the ones we’ve been waiting for.

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Duke admin to fix all problems—on February 30

By Monday Monday | March 2, 2020

Duke’s Independent Housing reform worked closely with BIG SAD on this project, which was inspired by the frat guys who went to Me Too Monologues in order to use their performative feminism to pick up women.

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Vote Val for DSG President

By Community Editorial Board | March 2, 2020

Valeria has demonstrated an ambitious and expansive vision in which she deeply desires a connection with a diverse range of student groups across campus and proactive initiatives.

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Weinstein’s conviction is a milestone, not the finish line

By Rebecca Torrence | February 28, 2020

I cannot be satisfied with this decision because millions, likely even billions, of women who have experienced sexual, emotional, or physical violence remain unvalidated. Because the trauma of an assault cannot be reversed by a jury’s ruling.

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Major madness: What does data on English majors say about preprofessionalism at Duke?

By Amy Fan | February 27, 2020

By the class of 2018, English had dropped to the 19th most popular first major, with 21 first majors and 30 total majors.

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Let’s talk about faith

By Margot Armbruster | February 27, 2020

I could talk about gender violence and homophobia with these people, I realized, without ever getting my tongue around the only healing thing I know.

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Let the good times roll, just not in my Airbnb

By Lena Yannella | February 26, 2020

Alcohol is not an excuse for bad behavior, even though it is often used as such, especially on college campuses. “I was so drunk, I barely remember.” Yeah right, you seriously don’t remember ordering five pounds of boneless spicy barbecue wings and waking up to find 16 missed calls from the Heav Buffs delivery guy.