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January 2015


Leisure

Out of Control: Patience is a virtue—even in the digital world

I’ve never pre-ordered a game. I would like to say that is because I’m patient when it comes to snagging the newest releases, but it usually comes down to the... Read more

Leisure

Reel Talk: Going for (Oscar) Gold

The Best Picture field for the Academy Awards boasts eight strong nominees without any true weak links. Oscar night promises intrigue and excitement with a true battle of titans, from... Read more

Leisure

CV: Bulldog Alley Alley Cats, Blind Phyllis

What’s the first thing you think of when you hear “the 1920s?” Many think of the great excess of the prohibition era, of the parties, of the wealth, of basically... Read more

Leisure

CV: Lupe Fiasco, Testuto & Youth

I’ll just come out and say it. I’m in love with this album. Lupe Fiasco’s Tetsuo & Youth has been a long time coming, and despite the controversies and delays—it... Read more

News

Interfaith dialogue remains strong on campus despite international turmoil

Despite violence perpetrated by Islamic fundamentalists in Paris, controversy over the religious practices of Muslim students at Duke University, and a year of attacks launched by Islamic terrorists in the... Read more

Voices

Wrong on so many levels: The Sorry State of our Facilities

When I was a freshman, I was a proud resident of New South 4, home to Jack the Bulldog. Jack was the floor pet and we all loved playing with... Read more

Voices

A Life Worth Living: Finding the Time to Find a Purpose

Leo’s grilled chicken has made many a day of mine. So has my International Finance professor. He’s one of those professors who initially seems to straddle the line between trying... Read more

Voices

Tired of Terror: Reexamining America’s Anti-Extremist Campaign

For almost my entire life, I have lived in a world that is nearly defined by terrorism and images of terrorism. My first week of second grade was interrupted by... Read more

Voices

Carrying On: Casting the Oscars in a new mold

Everything seems a little tidier in retrospect, the visceral immediacy of a moment a little muted in its distance from the present. The moment I’m thinking about occurred last summer,... Read more

Editorials

A stand against religious absolutism begins on campus

Last Thursday, Duke University regrettably reversed its decision to allow members of its Muslim Student Association to chant the adhan, Islam’s call-to-prayer, from the university’s monolithic chapel bell tower every... Read more