Mona Tong is a Trinity senior and director of diversity, equity and inclusion analytics for The Chronicle's 117th volume. She was previously news editor for Volume 116.
The Chronicle’s Volume 116 made a commitment to promote racial justice within both the Duke community and our internal organization. Volume 117 has sought to continue and build upon these efforts.
The Chronicle asked first-years about their ability to find community on campus, how much the pandemic has affected their ability to find community, their experiences with COVID-19 on campus and their opinions on Duke’s COVID-19 policies and their impacts.
The Chronicle surveyed first-years about their interest in Greek life, non-Greek selective living groups and Living Learning Communities; their opinions on QuadEx and interest in tenting.
Duke service workers delivered a petition to Duke this month demanding hazard pay, back pay and more transparent communication from management about COVID-19 details and protocol.
On March 13, 2010, Duke University Police Department officer Jeffrey Liberto shot and killed 25-year-old Aaron Lorenzo Dorsey of Durham. The Chronicle’s coverage of the story at the time did not extend beyond interviews with and statements from representatives of Duke and DUPD, and The Chronicle neither covered the legal proceedings nor gave Dorsey’s loved ones a chance to tell their stories.
Legal aid organizations have stepped in to help tenants fight eviction, and tenants have come together in collective grassroots organizing.
Duke expects to admit 4.3% of Regular Decision applicants to the Class of 2025, which is lower than the Class of 2024’s 6% and the Class of 2023’s 5.7%.
Since its last conduct update Feb. 4, Duke has issued 111 additional sanctions on students that could be included on their disciplinary record, and this semester, there have been nine student hearings for alleged flagrant violations of COVID policies.
The remainder of Duke’s faculty and staff in Group 3 can register for the COVID-19 vaccine, and college students in congregate housing are projected to be eligible beginning April 7—though the exact date remains unclear and depends on the state government.
Wang is currently DSG vice president of equity and outreach. Her platform focused on ensuring greater equity, building a “Duke community for all” and implementing more student-centered resources. Ginjupalli is currently DSG vice president of campus life and hopes to give the student body more voice in DSG projects, promote connection among students and work closely with student groups.
Some students volunteer at the DNRC, a short-term care facility located less than a mile away from Duke's main hospital system.
