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Greek life’s time is up

By Community Editorial Board | Yesterday

It’s time to confront the issue head on: IFC and Panhel’s time is up. 

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OPINION  |  STUDENT VOICES COLUMNS

Get the damn vaccine

By Community Editorial Board | September 21, 2020

Political disagreements with the Trump administration or ethical questions about vaccine distribution should not stop Duke students from protecting our community by getting vaccinated.

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OPINION  |  STUDENT VOICES COLUMNS

"It wasn't me!"

By Community Editorial Board | September 14, 2020

Being fearful of one another doesn’t drive the virus out. Rather, Duke students and the Durham community should rely on one another to slow the spread of Covid-19 safely and honestly.

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OPINION  |  STUDENT VOICES COMMUNITY EDITORIAL BOARD

Black lives matter

By Community Editorial Board | June 5, 2020

Black lives matter.

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OPINION  |  STUDENT VOICES COMMUNITY EDITORIAL BOARD

Vote Val for DSG President

By Community Editorial Board | March 2, 2020

Valeria has demonstrated an ambitious and expansive vision in which she deeply desires a connection with a diverse range of student groups across campus and proactive initiatives. 

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OPINION  |  STUDENT VOICES COMMUNITY EDITORIAL BOARD

Bolton's bad, but what about the rest of us?

By Community Editorial Board | February 25, 2020

In tandem with calling out the atrocious behaviors of controversial speakers, we are calling on all members of the Duke community to hold the root of the problem accountable. 

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OPINION  |  STUDENT VOICES COMMUNITY EDITORIAL BOARD

It takes a village: Lessons in collective action

By Community Editorial Board | February 17, 2020

To exclusively value individual achievement and to dismiss the role that support networks and larger structures have played in that achievement breeds narcissism and minimizes harm.

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OPINION  |  STUDENT VOICES COMMUNITY EDITORIAL BOARD

The virulence of xenophobia

By Community Editorial Board | February 13, 2020

This is not the first time we’ve seen the conflation of diseased bodies with political bodies—HIV/AIDS and Ebola were also racialized diseases that resulted in calls for travel bans.

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OPINION  |  STUDENT VOICES COMMUNITY EDITORIAL BOARD

In pursuit of presidential prestige

By Community Editorial Board | February 3, 2020

Campaigning is a worthwhile action, but we should not consider it the most valuable or impactful. To do so would be to ignore the necessary and difficult community work of showing up for people consistently and reliably, and holding local officials accountable for deeply local issues.  

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OPINION  |  STUDENT VOICES COLUMNS

Home is where the...

By Community Editorial Board | January 27, 2020

As it stands, the University has abdicated almost all responsibility for community-building to students, as though independent houses and selective living groups are equally equipped with the resources to rise to the occasion. 

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