OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letter: Happy birthday, Raj. We love you.

By Duke Dhamaka | April 15, 2020

Raj filled our days with endless jokes, happiness and love.

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OPINION  |  GUEST COLUMNS

Unlocking history to guide the present

By Molly Mendoza and Ruth Fetaw | April 15, 2020

Especially at a time like this, as we witness marginalized populations suffering the most in times of crisis, we need to take action in our own community in a more informed way.

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OPINION  |  GUEST COLUMNS

Keep the Bull City strong: Support the Duke-Durham Fund

By Derek Rhodes | April 15, 2020

While these small businesses wait and ponder their next steps, we should all consider what flash of hope we might be able to provide to the people who run them. 

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OPINION  |  STUDENT VOICES COLUMNS

Asian Americans, bite the hand that feeds

By Annie Yang | April 15, 2020

What should Asian “Americans” do at this moment? The answer is not to reassert our “Americanness” or how much we deserve to have a slice of a bloody pie.

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OPINION  |  GUEST COLUMNS

Making small steps toward change, one op-ed at a time

By Isabelle Adler | April 14, 2020

In coming to terms with my own hypocrisy, I realized that I am a living, breathing example of why it is so difficult for Duke students to have vulnerable conversations about mental health.

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OPINION  |  STUDENT VOICES COLUMNS

You could make this place beautiful

By Liddy Grantland | April 14, 2020

What I want you to know, loves, is that when things are really bad–and sometimes they’re really bad–people can still make things. Things can still grow.

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OPINION  |  STUDENT VOICES COLUMNS

The silver lining

By David Min | April 14, 2020

What will ultimately be an economic and public health disaster for many is merely an unanticipated bull market for investing and extended vacation for others. 

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OPINION  |  STUDENT VOICES COLUMNS

Quarantine got you feeling frisky? Here's how to ethically watch (free) porn

By PASH | April 13, 2020

Many—if not most—sexually active students have lost access to their usual partners and sexual networks during this time, meaning that the number of horny Duke students has increased exponentially, especially if the posts on the Gothicc Duke Confessions page are any indication.

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OPINION  |  STUDENT VOICES COLUMNS

What would it take to make an A during a global pandemic?

By Lily Levin | April 13, 2020

The past couple of days have been a master class in how to take action without actually listening. 

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OPINION  |  GUEST COLUMNS

Workers deserve a better response

By Chris Huebner | April 13, 2020

We were all calling to demand respect and dignity for all of Duke’s workers, for everyone that the university relies on to function: including contract workers, adjunct faculty and graduate workers.

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OPINION  |  STUDENT VOICES COLUMNS

Postmodern education: Zoom University and the issue of presence

By Nicholas Chrapliwy | April 13, 2020

Postmodern and poststructuralist thinkers had a lot to say about education and how it should change, and I can’t stop thinking about how urgent their sometimes vicious critiques have become.

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OPINION  |  GUEST COLUMNS

Here for you, IRL

By Dalia Dichter | April 10, 2020

We owe our community so much more than 12 lighthearted photos—we need to take mental health more seriously than that.

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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letter: Keep Learning, Keep Teaching, sure, but mostly, Keep it Real

By Rebecca Vidra | April 10, 2020

I don’t know about you, but sneaking peeks of my colleagues’ kids and my students’ cats has helped me to realize that we are all real people, all dealing with various challenges in various ways and are worthy of so much grace.

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OPINION  |  GUEST COLUMNS

'They let you do that?' Why more Duke students should consider taking leave

By Carson Termotto | April 10, 2020

Duke should encourage students to explore opportunities not provided by the university, and not go out of their way to isolate students who want to diversify their background. 

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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letter: Remembering laughter, love and light with Grey

By Astrid Giblin | April 9, 2020

In the last hand-written letter you wrote me, you said, “The highs showed me what life can be, and the lows showed me that I was alive.” 

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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letter: Genuine, thoughtful, brilliant: Friends remember Grey

By Ioana Camui | April 9, 2020

It makes sense for you to have felt like you did not fit in, because you did not—you were extraordinary. 

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OPINION  |  GUEST COLUMNS

It's okay to admit we don't know

By Jack Kochansky | April 9, 2020

All that I’m asking is for us as today’s voters and tomorrow’s leaders to help put the substance and the facts back into our political discussions. 

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OPINION  |  STUDENT VOICES COLUMNS

Best of Duke: Irrefutable, 100% accurate edition

By Gretchen Wright | April 9, 2020

I would give so much to be able to share one more brownie sundae, to steal one more handful of French fries from someone else’s plate, to split one more chocolate chip cookie in half. 

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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letter: 'A one of a kind soul': Remembering Grey Spector

By Dina Daas | April 8, 2020

Each and every witty joke, eye-opening conversation and beautiful sentiment that could only come from our very own Greyson Spector. I’m just sorry we couldn’t have a lifetime of you.

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OPINION  |  STUDENT VOICES COLUMNS

Keep learning—at any cost

By Gino Nuzzolillo | April 8, 2020

We don’t need business-as-usual Duke—we need more flexibility, more grace, more reminders that our academic productivity isn’t more important than our ability to survive.