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No wonder people say Duke’s student body is the most diverse it’s been in years...
Campaigning is a worthwhile action, but we should not consider it the most valuable or impactful. To do so would be to ignore the necessary and difficult community work of showing up for people consistently and reliably, and holding local officials accountable for deeply local issues.
Honestly, I don’t want to read your paper, or anyone else’s. I want to go pony riding, or to a movie, or out to eat.
Because sexual misconduct is tragically ongoing, there should be more talk about what to do in its wake.
These extra six weeks will be torture for all at Duke—and our Instagram followers.
“In all the time I’ve been doing this work, change feels more on the horizon than ever.”
Being an English major shouldn’t just mean we know how to read Shakespeare—we should be equipped with a deep understanding of the diverse set of human experiences through memoirs, be able to see flaws in our own communities and thought patterns through satire and fictional dystopia.
Dear Ms. Yang, Your recent column made me laugh out loud. In case it was not a spoof of PC culture run amok, please note the following...
For a student body that likes to talk about the benefits of diversity, it’s bizarre that so many people’s career values converge into a few specific values.
Ask questions. Peel back the layers.
The entire social impact industry functions largely as a thin moral cover for an unjust economic system.
Are you all only interested in Duke basketball if we are undefeated? This is a great team who are busting their butts on defense and getting better every week.
Almost every student who shared their experience with me discussed feeling a dismissive or careless attitude from the provider.
We’re trying to break down those barriers around sex, making healthy conversations and relationships an accessible and normal aspect of our lives.
As it stands, the University has abdicated almost all responsibility for community-building to students, as though independent houses and selective living groups are equally equipped with the resources to rise to the occasion.
We are worried as heck about losing ourselves, about losing our friends, about losing our identity. We are afraid that we aren’t good enough. We are terrified of what others think. I sure am.
If irony is the space between appearance and reality, the troll lives and moves about exclusively in irony.
Duke Kunshan is premised on a dead consensus.
Blindly stating “Cats was terrible” says more about your inability to form an original thought than how good or bad the film was.
Pushing for less wasteful food production and distribution remains important, but no good when we continue to view food as ubiquitous and disposable.
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