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.
We believe that Valeria is an excellent advocate for a variety of Duke students.
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.
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.
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.
I’m afraid that the Poles, while certainly nice people with a rich culture and history, are too inaccessible for most voters.
For now, to strategically play within the rules of the system, registering as a North Carolina resident is the best option.
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.
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.
Every four years, millions of people look for someone to save us, but we, the people, are the ones we’ve been waiting for.
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?
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.
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.
By the class of 2018, English had dropped to the 19th most popular first major, with 21 first majors and 30 total majors.
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.
In tandem with calling out the atrocious behaviors of controversial speakers, we are calling on all members of the Duke community to hold the root of the problem accountable.
Anti-Semitism is dubbed ‘history’s oldest hatred’ for a reason.
But what form does consent take while dancing on a night out?
I am hyper-aware that the 24 hours afforded us each day never feels like enough.
Even the more “common” mental health struggles like anxiety and depression are downplayed under the guise of Tumblr-esque self-care treatment methods like bubble baths and tea drinking breaks.
