If Dana Marks were a cupcake, she would be a chocolate one with chocolate icing. At least, that’s the cupcake her husband Jay O’Berski brought her from Au Bon Pain after dinner one night.
When I first found out I’d be working on the Obama campaign, I was purposefully playing a fourth or fifth round of FIFA to avoid thinking about my future.
Explore organic local farming through the lens of Durham's Four Leaf Farm
Allahu Akbar. God is most great. The phrase is engraved in shimmering calligraphy on my ring. And every time a well-intentioned shopkeeper or taxi driver (why are they always smiling old men?) asks...
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My sixteenth birthday present from my parents was a new car.
Almost 15 million Venezuelan voters went to the polls for the first truly competitive presidential race in 14 years.
Raleigh-based Lillian’s List aims to take back the General Assembly Nov. 6.
“You ARE libertarian. Live free,” reads the wall behind Gary Johnson’s podium in Reynold’s Theater. Truthfully, under your cloak of political indifference, past the narrow political constructs of...
As North Carolina struggles to choose between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama in this year’s presidential election, the state is much more certain about its choice for governor.
Some polls confirm that health care is a pressing voter issue, trailing the economy and jobs.
The following two pieces are excerpts from a foreign policy debate hosted by Prof. Peter Feaver's "Foreign Policy of the 2012 Elections" class, held on Oct. 9, 2012
What do Duke, the College of the Ozarks and the University of Scranton have in common? They are all listed in the Huffington Post’s list of the most politically apathetic colleges—at the top of...
In real life, Michael Munger positively pops off the pages.
In 2009, lifetime Laurinburg resident Ira Edge graduated from UNC-Pembroke with a degree in chemistry. Upon graduation, Edge looked for work at local manufacturers as a chemist with long-term plans...
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Duke men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski led Team USA to its 14th gold medal—the second under his leadership—with the help of two other Blue Devils: associate head coaches Chris Collins and...
Senior Abby Johnston and junior Nick McCrory made waves in London this summer as the latest Duke-affiliated athletes to medal in the Olympic Games.
Nearly two years after its inception, the Arab Spring rages on.
The building at 301 East 9th St. is inconspicuous. Two blocks off of Charlotte’s main street, the space is a balance between an old warehouse and an abandoned office space. Loading docks in the...
