Pilar Kelly

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OPINION  |  STUDENT VOICES COLUMNS

Duke is on the wrong side of labor union history. Here’s its chance to get it right

By Pilar Kelly | September 27, 2022

I urge the university to voluntarily recognize DGSU and thus signal a new age in labor relations. Duke has the power to symbolically depart from its part in the story of worker oppression– the beginning of which starts on the same plot of land that graduate students plant their table today. 

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OPINION  |  STUDENT VOICES COLUMNS

SLGs or QuadEx? Why not both!

By Pilar Kelly | September 13, 2022

QuadEx should be embraced as an addition, not a substitution, to community at Duke

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

‘Masked and excited to be there’: COVID-19 cases remain low after parents enjoy an in-person family weekend

By Pilar Kelly | October 26, 2021

After a virtual family weekend in 2020, families had the opportunity this year to visit campus and catch a glimpse of student life. And the following week, there was a negligible difference in the number of COVID-19 cases among students due to majority compliance. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

'University resources are being wasted': DSG waste audit finds most Bryan Center Plaza waste is missorted

By Pilar Kelly | September 29, 2021

In analyzing only the trash and recycling bins, Duke Student Government members found that some 40 to 50% of waste in any given bin is missorted. In other words, almost half of a given recycling bin’s contents from the Bryan Center Plaza should actually be landfilled.

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NEWS  |  LOCAL NATIONAL

Mayoral candidate Sabrina “Bree” Davis to run campaign centered on crime prevention, fighting poverty

By Pilar Kelly | September 6, 2021

Davis said that she feels so strongly about fighting poverty because she has had to overcome obstacles many Durhamites experience today: food and home insecurity, underemployment and gun violence.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Students audit campus waste, hope to improve composting infrastructure

By Pilar Kelly | April 14, 2021

Student volunteers got their hands dirty last week during a waste audit coordinated by Duke Student Government and the Environmental Alliance.

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FEATURE

A strange introduction to Duke: First-years look back at the fall

By Pilar Kelly | April 9, 2021

The Class of 2024 started college during the deadliest pandemic in a century. Many of them experienced their first day of college in their childhood bedrooms. With the times turbulent and the future uncertain, they had a beginning of their Duke experience unlike any class of first-years before. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Out with the old: DukeHub 2.0 brings redesigned site, new features, some initial bugs

By Pilar Kelly | January 25, 2021

Duke’s website for registration, grades, financial aid and more got a fresh look at the end of 2020. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Community outreach, online events: Student political groups gear up for an election during a pandemic

By Pilar Kelly and Hattie Halloway | September 17, 2020

With a presidential election just around the corner, Duke’s student political groups are working to mobilize the youth vote amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Dine-in, mobile ordering, Merchants on Points: Options for dining safely during the pandemic

By Laura Boyle and Pilar Kelly | September 10, 2020

Stepping inside West Campus' main dining hall reveals the strange new world of eating at Duke.

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