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Now I occupy space, because I deserve it. I deserve to have people listen to my opinions just as I listen to theirs. I don’t have to sit in silence while others choose the narrative of discussion.
In its efforts to create a greater sense of equity, the University engaged in a conversation that omitted the same people who are absent from its buildings and memorials: the workforce.
Take this quiz to see if you can get to class on an electric scooter without getting injured.
They’re done when they’re plump and golden. You’re done when you’ve had at least three.
Staring blankly into the search bar, you wait for inspiration to strike your hovering fingertips. Infinite possibility glares across the screen.
One should never think they are doing “charity” work when engaging in Durham.
Every day we sanitize our institution’s history we compound the consequences that will surely become its legacy.
Whether we acknowledge it or not, we all size each other up based on our achievements. Not because we want to judge others—but because we want to know where we stand.
What the University needs at this moment is greater commitment to comprehensive and sustainable public transportation, not a yuppie trend.
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.
For the duration of the command, you are the personification of a wood two by four.
What I’m seeing online is edgy reality television where I can sign Bill Clinton's birthday card and watch people bully each other on the internet in the name of a moral high ground.
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.
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?
Yes, climate change is driven by human activity—but not just any human activity.
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.
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.
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.
There was a time that I too sported the Adidas slide in any and all informal settings.
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.