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Despite its current state of disrepair, Duke can leverage the prime location of Central Campus to create one, coherent, walkable campus that serves as a gateway between Duke and Durham.
As we ease into the rhythm of the new academic year, I find myself, once again, in the company of my old friend, social anxiety.
So, in the next few months, I'm not going to demand from myself that I join 12 labs and save the world, but instead, fall down, get back up and try again.
Fearing for your own life or the life of a loved one is possibly one of the most terrifying feelings you will never want to experience.
Imagine a world where all those students really were in touch with their creativity, and were able to solve problems effectively — those students would own the future.
We must keep events like Burning Man in check and accountable for their impact, encouraging them to strive for better.
President Price seems to have forgotten that most students at Duke do not speak broke. Therefore, I, Monday Monday, champion of the vernacular of the common (top 1%) man, have taken it upon myself to translate the announcement into more accessible language.
On a day of remembrance such as Sept. 11, I hope you will be remembered for a legacy of advocacy.
Eating at Panda Express was both a fundamental part of my Duke experience and a respite from all things Duke.
We had our first day of classes ripped apart by reports of a shooting less than 30 minutes from campus — a shooting that sent our brothers and sisters at UNC into lockdown.
Although particle physics seeks to describe the most fundamental aspects of the universe, the fundamentals of physics themselves are always subject to change in response to new information.
I realized that while I felt I was being polite, I was actually apologizing for the kindness people showed me instead of appreciating it.
As a self-proclaimed anti-STEM student, I started to see the benefits of pursuing the STEM path at Duke and how my own path lacked these advantages.
Duke is an elite American college and thus must be politically correct 100% of the time; this professed commitment to diversity is directly at odds with the latent goal of perpetuating the university in its intended form.
Increasing legislator pay would not prevent self-serving politicians from running for office, but it would introduce a financial incentive that would both increase the pool of candidates and provide a counterweight to the perverse incentive of special interests.
The roughly 5,000 new first-years at UNC, some dear friends included, experienced their welcome-to-college hurrah running for cover in the basement of their nearest building as they decided whether to text home.
The day of the shooting at UNC is a day I will never forget ... It was the first time that I looked at the news and said, “Wow. It could have been me.”
To make a life is different from making a living.
By offering a synopsis of this legislative session, we hope Duke students will recognize how the decisions being made in that building are directly impacting their lives and others around the state.
Duke University has an obligation to provide guidance and resources around reproductive health which meet nationally-accepted standards of care.