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The last year has seen a wave of protests on college campuses. From Yale to Missouri, students have garnered a fair share of attention for demonstrations against institutional racism and microaggressions, prompting nationwide discussions about race, higher education and free speech.
After graduating from Duke in 1992, JJ Ramberg moved to New York City in search of a job—a familiar yet precarious position for any young graduate.
Riley Mangan works at the Human Vaccine Institute on mother-to-child transmissions of HIV. Modestly dressed in a plain sweater and jeans, he speaks with a smart earnestness; the phrase “boyish charm” was invented for guys like him.
In the Juanita Kreps and Lyndhurst Galleries at the Center for Documentary Studies, large black and white photos are suspended from the ceilings.
Junot Díaz often doesn’t enjoy writing. In fact, he avoids writing whenever possible and wishes that he wasn’t born with such a strong talent in fiction.
Department Of bills itself as “Duke’s only intentionally comedic publication,” and this claim does not stretch the truth. Unlike its Ivy League peers, Duke has never boasted a consistent humor publication.
For two nights, Duke allowed its students to let the potent twinge of nostalgia run wild with a ‘90s movie marathon orchestrated by Freewater Presentations, a branch of the Duke University Union.
This past week, Hoof ‘n’ Horn began its fall show in Shaefer Theater—kicking off the group’s 80th anniversary season.
Seen in a live setting, Whitney looks almost inside-out. At the front of the stage, where rock convention suggests the lead singer should be standing with guitar in hand, Julien Ehrlich sits hunched over a drum set, a coat draped over his shoulders and a microphone dangling from above.
A few minutes before 8 p.m. Thursday evening, a small congregation had formed around the door of Small Town Records.
“Have you ever heard of the paper bag test?” That is the way Steven Cozart begins his interviews for “Pass/Fail”, a series of illustrations that was awarded the 2016 Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize by the Center for Documentary Studies.
In a year when politics in North Carolina have turned absurd and grotesque, one can take comfort in knowing that political cartoonists are here to keep us sane. The panel discussion titled “Bathroom Banter” was held on Friday, Sept.
Last Friday night, Duke NeuroCare, an on-campus organization devoted to raising awareness about neurological and psychiatric disorders and their prevention, hosted a talk by Sgt.
In my four weeks at Duke, I’ve sometimes been asked what has surprised me about the place, what I didn’t expect to experience.
Media-ville, a showcase of industry leaders in media and entertainment, returns to Fall Career Fair Sept.
Duke University and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists will be hosting a political cartoon and satire festival from Sept.
Bringing a decidedly British sensibility from across the pond, the Castle Theatre Company will be performing "Much Ado About Nothing" at Duke and Durham Sept.
In a way, the beginning of a new semester is like a renaissance. The renewal of friendships, the rebirth of school spirit and the resurgence of academics surround the campus.
If you have never heard the name Saul Williams, you have been missing out on one of the most important legacies in the history of modern art.
The Oscar-winning movie “Birdman” boasts leading roles played by some of the biggest names in Hollywood—yet the first voice an audience hears at the start of the film is not that of Michael Keaton or Emma Stone or Zach Galifianakis. Rather, it’s the voice of Antonio Sánchez, whose face never appears but whose hidden touch guides every scene. “I was like, ‘Oh my god, that’s my voice,’” Sánchez, who composed and recorded the score for “Birdman”—which consists almost exclusively of drums—said of seeing the movie for the first time.
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