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'Duras Song' combines music, literature and theater in an electric artistic experience

By Bennett Gillespie and Tina Qian | January 25, 2024

"Duras Song," a musical experience centering the life and work of French artist Marguerite Duras, revitalizes the literary and musical power of Duras' words and creates a powerful message of childhood and memories, love and loss and traces of violence and colonialism.

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RECESS  |  LOCAL

NC Museum of Art reflects on legacy, memory and dreams with ‘The Surrealist Impulse’

By Bennett Gillespie | November 23, 2023

“The Surrealist Impulse” provides a thought-provoking exploration of a major cultural movement by showing its impacts on art throughout the decades. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Our Urban Future paints bike lanes on Campus Drive, protests Duke’s approach to safe biking infrastructure

By Bennett Gillespie | November 8, 2023

Using duct tape, a stencil and temporary paint, OUF members gathered in front of the Rubenstein Arts Center and graffitied what safer bike lanes and bike-friendly infrastructure along Campus Drive would look like. 

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NEWS  |  LOCAL NATIONAL

RDU approves contract for expansion of main terminal

By Bennett Gillespie | November 5, 2023

RDU approved a $30 million contract Oct. 19, providing funding for the finalization of Terminal 2’s design plans, which will focus on alleviating congestion before the security checkpoint as passengers check in and enter the main area of the terminal.

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NEWS  |  LOCAL NATIONAL

Carl Rist looks to advance affordable housing initiatives, economic reform in bid for Durham City Council

By Bennett Gillespie | November 2, 2023

Rist was the third-highest polling candidate in Durham’s primary municipal elections on Oct. 10, garnering 17.63% of the vote. He will face Nate Baker, Javiera Caballero, Khalilah Karim and Monique Holsey-Hyman in the general election on Nov. 7 for the Council’s three at-large seats.

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RECESS  |  CAMPUS

Weathering the storm: Sights and sounds from the Engineering Master’s Talent Show

By Bennett Gillespie | September 30, 2023

The Engineering Master’s Talent Show, hosted by Duke’s Engineering Master’s Programs' Dance Club and Music Club Sept. 22, was a sterling display of the many talents Pratt students have honed outside the classroom. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Student-led sexual assault prevention organizations SHAPE and SAPT merge, streamline training

By Bennett Gillespie | September 27, 2023

The merger aims to streamline sexual assault prevention at Duke, making services more effective and easier to access.  

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

DSG adds new positions to Senate staff, cabinet, EVP operations

By Bennett Gillespie | September 25, 2023

The implementation of new positions to "engage with spaces" that DSG historically hasn't was one of DSG President and senior Isaiah Hamilton's goals for his term.

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RECESS  |  CAMPUS

Duke student band Weekend Therapy talks inspirations, origin stories and plans for the future

By Bennett Gillespie | September 24, 2023

Weekend Therapy, the Duke student band that opened last semester's LDOC concert, synthesizes a unique rock and R&B sound – and has some exciting plans in the works.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE

'Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake’ is a triumphant return to a magical world

By Bennett Gillespie | September 17, 2023

While it occasionally strains under the weight of its admittedly bizarre core concept, “Fionna and Cake” makes it clear that the ingredients making “Adventure Time” special haven’t gone anywhere.

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