OPINION
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COLUMNS
auf Wiedersehen
By George Mellgard | May 1, 2017Each memory feels distinct yet somehow still able to influence me at every turn.
Each memory feels distinct yet somehow still able to influence me at every turn.
When I first came to Duke, I knew I wanted to take the pre-medicine route. I enjoyed both sciences and the humanities and thought the path of a doctor was most suited for exploring my interests.
Essentially, we used a country rather than experienced it.
I hope that every group will begin to actually explore what each candidate has accomplished and the extent of their institutional knowledge.
When I got accepted early into Duke, I could not pronounce “Krzyzewski”—let alone spell it. My friend had told me some kid named Jabari was going to be in my class.
With a semester of writing behind me and my final semester at Duke ahead, I turn once more to self-reflection for my first column. Last semester, I tackled a range of organizations and issues in the hope of finding truth in each one.
There is a dangerous precedent in conflating the fight for proper understanding of mental illness with the violation of university policy.
If you do meet [The Duke Men's Project], you will find not a bunch of liberals ready to shove their “feminazi propaganda” straight down your throats.
Just because something is associated with Greek life does not make it a exclusive symptom of Greek life.
As long as [DUSDAC] leaves the general student body out of the conversation, students will continue to be misinformed about their dining experience and a productive conversation will remain out of the question.