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Why Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' doesn’t need the country charts

By Will Atkinson | April 9, 2019

Nearly 16 years ago, OutKast released “Hey Ya!,” a single that stands as one of the biggest hits of the new millennium. For all its ubiquity today, though, “Hey Ya!” was deceptively revolutionary: Blending an acoustic guitar-driven hook with a funk bassline, rapped breakdowns and an atypical time signature, the song seemed to signal a new dawn for genre — or, rather, the lack thereof. 

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'What We Do in the Shadows' television spinoff is bloody good fun

By Jack Rubenstein | April 8, 2019

The 2014 film “What We Do in the Shadows” brought needed fresh energy to the vampire genre through its mockumentary set-up and brilliant deadpan humor. It never received a wide U.S. release, and its legacy is that of a cult classic: a film with a small but devoted following. 

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Duke Dining Challenge crowns the Loop the best restaurant on campus

By Jack Rubenstein | April 4, 2019

Which spot makes the best food at Duke? That’s a question the “Duke Dining Challenge,” a March Madness-style bracket on the popular Facebook group “Duke Memes for Gothicc Teens,” tried to answer.

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MFA | EDA student discusses distinction project on ectodermal dysplasia

By Miranda Gershoni | April 4, 2019

Duke established the two-year MFA | EDA program in 2011, drawing in a diverse range of photographers, videographers and other artists. The program's annual thesis exhibition, celebrating the work of the 2019 class, is on display now from March 18 to April 13 around Duke and Durham.

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J. Cole returns home with inaugural Dreamville Festival in Raleigh

By Christy Kuesel | April 3, 2019

Rapper and producer J. Cole grew up in Fayetteville and released his first mixtape in 2007. Now, he’s returning home for the first-ever Dreamville Festival.

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AMI Faculty Filmmaker Spotlight showcases professors' latest projects

By Alizeh Sheikh | April 3, 2019

Students often come to know their professors over the course of a semester-long class, where instructors serve more as mentors and advisors than writers, researchers or filmmakers. 

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RECESS  |  STAFF NOTE

How I learned to stop worrying and love the arts

By Jessica Williams | April 3, 2019

So, this is my last editor's note ever. I've reported for The Chronicle since the first month of my freshman year, and have thought about what I'd write in this specific piece since then. During the last few years, I'd occasionally wonder: What infinite wisdom will I be able to impart in my last words as a graduating senior? 

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Visiting Vienna-based artists discuss campus architecture and sculpture and video work

By Joel Kohen | April 2, 2019

Vienna-based visual artists Markus Hanakam and Roswitha Schuller recently visited Duke to work with the Building Duke Bass Connections project and to present some of their own work. 

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Gusteau's restaurant to open in Ruby, headed by Chef Alfredo Linguini

By Staff Reports | April 1, 2019

Connoisseurs of fine art and fine dining rejoice. 

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On fatness, 'Shrill' and taking up space

By Nina Wilder | April 1, 2019

I’m fat. When I was younger, I preferred to use descriptors that minimized my body like chubby or curvy or plus-sized, but now I’m 20 years old, five-foot-ten and weigh over 250 pounds. My fatness is undeniable. 

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'Queer Eye' season three embodies message of self-love in a new location

By Kerry Rork | April 1, 2019

After much anticipation and perfect to distract from the onslaught of midterms and papers, the newest season of Queer Eye finally made its way to Netflix March 15. And with a move from a home base in Atlanta to one in Kansas City, Missouri, this season may just be the best one yet. 

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Stop trying to figure 'Us' out

By Miranda Gershoni | March 28, 2019

When Jordan Peele announced he was working on a new movie following the release of “Get Out,” it seemed like the flood of internet conspiracy theories on his first film just took a new shape. And after a $70 million opening weekend that broke the box office record for an original horror movie, fans looked online to help explain the lack of answers provided in “Us.” 

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Escaping into reality television

By Sydny Long | March 27, 2019

Over spring break, I made an unforgivably heinous choice: I decided to start watching “America’s Next Top Model."

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La Dispute's 'Panorama' explores how to navigate a loved one's grief

By Alexandra Bateman | March 26, 2019

Part of a fringe sub-sub-genre lovingly dubbed “The Wave,” La Dispute is a divisive entity with a fiercely loyal following and a way with words. 

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Duke University Union announces Old Duke headliner

By Christy Kuesel | March 25, 2019

3OH!3 and Sammy Adams will headline Old Duke this year, Duke University Union told The Chronicle Monday. 

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'To Survive on This Shore' exhibit honors histories of trans and gender non-conforming elders

By Alizeh Sheikh | March 25, 2019

Walking through the Rubenstein Library gallery, one can’t help but be drawn to the photographic portraits now lining the walls, its subjects staring directly out at the viewer as though asking you to approach them. 

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LDOC headliner is announced for April concert

By Christy Kuesel | March 21, 2019

This year’s concert headliner is rapper Aminé, the LDOC committee announced Thursday.

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RECESS  |  LOCAL

Artists showcase their work at Durham's monthly Third Friday event

By Ashley Kwon | March 21, 2019

The Friday of spring break, downtown Durham was bustling with artists and people who came to see performances and artwork.

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RECESS  |  LOCAL

'Best of Enemies' film telling story of Durham desegregation premieres at the Carolina

By Christy Kuesel | March 20, 2019

In 1971, civil rights activist Ann Atwater and KKK leader C.P. Ellis struck up an unexpected friendship that led to school desegregation in Durham. Now, their story is coming to the big screen. 

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RECESS  |  STAFF NOTE

On unruly bodies and how to cope with being in-between

By Alizeh Sheikh | March 20, 2019

When I began questioning my sexuality as 13 or 14 year-old, the imperative question was “Why am I the way I am?”