Mihir Bellamkonda is a Trinity junior and a Managing Editor of the Editorial page. His column, "small questions," runs on alternate Tuesdays.
It is truly amazing how many rooftops the average Duke student has access to, if only they’re possessed of a bobby pin, a good pair of climbing pants, and a childish contempt for authority.
The Chronicle will be publishing endorsement letters for the 2021 Duke Student Government presidential election from Tuesday, March 2nd to Monday, March 8th at 11:59 p.m.
As most people on campus have probably heard, Megan Neely, previously the director of graduate studies for the Master of Biostatistics program, stepped down from that position after emails sent by her to students in the program went public.
You ask me for meaning. And I give you clothes.
When we speak or write or sing we aren’t just making vacuous noise. We are slinging around firehoses that yield not water, but instead pure, raw thought.
If to be human is to speak an opinion and to hear the opinions of others, then we are now, more than ever, vulnerable.
I think I’m going to talk to you about trees for a while.
Every toothbrush I touch becomes electric. Halloween is named after me. I used a number 4 pencil on the SATs and got a 1570. Elon Musk is my fairy godmother.
History isn’t the story of individuals so much as a vast battleground of economic, social and technological forces occasionally figurehead-ed by an individual.
From Patagonia to clown suits, we’re all saying something to each other. That’s worth paying attention to.
