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Radical 'Randys'

By Matthew Noles and Mitchell Murphy | September 4, 2019

Although Radical ‘Randys’ dominate discussions with talk of “big structural change” or wholesale “swamp draining,” their rhetoric and actions are typically impractical, counterproductive and alienate others. In contrast, centrism and compromise, by design, work well within our political system and typically result in tangible progress.

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Taking time for ourselves

By Shirley Mathur | September 3, 2019

I remember the individual moments and days that seemed to stretch on forever. This leads me to wonder, how did those seemingly unending moments fade away from my immediate recollection so fast?

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Rethinking the Duke smoking ban

By Nikhil Sridhar | September 3, 2019

Duke claims that it has considered the health effects of tobacco consumption and the various groups that will be affected by this ban, yet such consideration must necessarily entail a more moderate approach.

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Lessons in limitation

By Liddy Grantland | September 2, 2019

There is a limit to how much we can work, how much we can carry on our own, how much we can do without needing rest, love, and help. All our limits are different, and all are valid.

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Ecosocialism or bust

By Annie Yang | September 2, 2019

Yes, climate change is driven by human activity—but not just any human activity.

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Toast to the scatterbrains

By Sana Pashankar | August 30, 2019

The bigger mistakes I make stem from the smallest of things: not cleaning my room, not checking my email, or not putting my keys and wallet in the same place every day.

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Hunting for my tradition

By Akshaj Turebylu | August 30, 2019

Learning Indian history revealed where I belong in the world. And my own search has given me something special: a fragment of my traditional culture.

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On flip flops and the male foot

By Sami Kirkpatrick | August 29, 2019

There was a time that I too sported the Adidas slide in any and all informal settings.

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Centrist 'Chads'

By David Min | August 29, 2019

The middle ground between a truth and a lie is still false; just because particular compromises may bring about beneficial outcomes does not suggest in the slightest that moderation is necessarily correct.

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Sippin' on a Kitty Hawk mule this year

By Gretchen Wright | August 29, 2019

I want more ludicrous successes, more feeling like I’m doing it right, more blissful days away from it all, more nights with my friends laughing over ridiculous wins.

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The Duke buffet

By Elliott Davis | August 28, 2019

I'm sure the past couple weeks have felt exciting, exhausting, and overwhelming. As you'll discover, those feelings won't be going away any time soon.

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Sorry first-years, but Duke is not your home

By Felicia Chen | August 28, 2019

It takes time to grow into a life at Duke.

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DSG statement regarding the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game

By DSG Executive Board | August 28, 2019

Athletics’ business agreement with Chick-fil-A is in conflict with Duke’s present commitment to continue support for the queer community.

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The Unlicensed Ethicist: Political correctness

By Lena Yannella | August 27, 2019

Because it is so easy to alienate others by being overly self-righteous, confrontation can come off as obnoxious and detract from the cause. The goal should be to persuade and enlighten, not assert moral superiority.

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Finding Duke again

By Alex Frumkin | August 27, 2019

If you had asked me one week ago if I was excited about coming back to Duke, I would have told you I still didn’t plan on coming back—I was clinging to fantasies of job acceptances like they were winning lottery tickets.

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What happened to my attention span?

By Margot Armbruster | August 26, 2019

The memory of my concentration feat now makes me curious about attention spans—how potent mine was as a child, how it’s since frayed, and how I can work on building it back up.

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My weekly 75-minute dilemma

By Veronica Niamba | August 26, 2019

Duke, you need to do more.

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Introducing: The Community Editorial Board

By Community Editorial Board | August 23, 2019

With this rebranding and clarification, we see an opportunity not only to continue our mission of enriching dialogue and holding our campus accountable, but also to expand the breadth of perspectives and issues included within The Chronicle’s pages.

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College advice column, hold the pressure

By Leah Abrams | August 20, 2019

As you’re going through it, each moment feels all-consumingly important, unbearably significant. Some of those moments actually are. But in hindsight, at least to me, they all add up to a beautiful blur of lessons.