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Audrey Wang is a Trinity first-year and a staff reporter for the news department.
Students, faculty and members of supporting organizations gathered at the front of the Duke University Chapel to protest recent changes to the Thompson Writing Program Sunday.
Head Line Monitors Caroline Bower and Cameron Jarnot presented updates on tenting policies at Wednesday night's Duke Student Government meeting.
The event aims to build community in Durham through material aid, complementing DMA’s other projects involving financial aid.
Duke Student Government senators could have overruled DSG President Christina Wang’s veto with a two-thirds majority Wednesday evening. Ultimately, there were only three votes to override the veto. With this vote, Duke SSI remains unrecognized but may still submit a new application through SOFC if it wishes.
On Sept. 13, third-year law student Andrea Guzman, second-year law student Kate Weaver and Shane Ellison, a lecturing fellow in the Law School and supervising attorney for the clinic, travelled to Fort Pickett, Va. There, thousands of Afghan refugees sleep on barrock cots or in trailers in a makeshift village.
Senators raised questions about the group’s role in educating the Duke student population given their explicit advocacy for Israel and how the group would communicate civilly with opposing organizations.
In a prior conversation between DSG senators and Mary Pat McMahon, vice president and vice provost of student affairs, Duke administration revealed that the University is putting a hold on plans to fill the vacant office space in the Bryan Center.
A new activist group that includes Black politicians and other local leaders aims to take action against the rising tide of gun violence in Durham.
DSG passed a resolution addressing a lack of adequate campus space for marginalized communities, prompted by the University’s decision to move the Career Center into the Bryan Center.
The funding request was initially tabled due to the lack of a final receipt of costs and the fact that the AAXcellence event would be held only a day after the Wednesday meeting.
