Duke Crux

BY HANNAH Z. [The] Truth that Loves It was around 2015 when the slang term, “savage,” became widespread. It was also in 2015 that my friends decided I should bear that title, given my tendency to make harsh, albeit honest, criticisms about other people. Unaware, however, that someone could be upset by my behavior, I […]

BY ANNA NORTHUP PHOTOGRAPHY BY JACK MYHRE Angry, Uncertain, and Insecure Junior year of high school. I’m an ardent atheist, but not a satisfied one. Having walked away from the church years earlier, I had embroiled myself in an eating disorder and struggled deeply with self-image, destructive thoughts, and obsession with food. I had pulled […]

BY DAVID ELIAS PHOTOGRAPHY BY MATTHEW BRAGUE God’s Living Word During my senior year of high school, God changed my heart and mind in a mighty way that I do not fully understand. He ignited an intense desire in me to seek truth and understanding—to seek Him. This thirst was so strong that I often […]

BY JOEY LI PHOTOGRAPHY BY MELANIE PARK “Just be yourself” is one of those phrases that has become common parlance for a mode of living. The idea is often attributed to Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) in the quote, “Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” Wilde likely did not say this quote verbatim, though he espoused […]

BY JUAN LASSO VELASCO PHOTOGRAPHY BY JACK MYHRE My father’s work during his time in Colombia took many different forms, yet they all had one key aspect in common: they all involved consistent interaction with other people. My father knew that in order to succeed at his work, he needed to be good at “dealing […]

BY TIM KOWALCZYK There’s No Duke but Us I’ve written elsewhere on our habit of abdicating responsibility for the problems in our community. In brief, we’re only too happy to complain about Duke’s problems—peer pressure, work-hard play-hard, social expectations—but shrink from doing anything to fix them. They are “Duke’s” problems, or “collective” problems. In a […]

BY ABBY FRANKLIN All the Controversy When Ken Ham and Bill Nye debated creationism in 2014, both religious and non-religious people watched eagerly. Some were on the edge of their seats, waiting for their favorite debater to crush the other. Others bit their nails in horror, afraid that everything they stood for would be misrepresented. […]

Why white denialism of systemic racism dishonors Christ BY BRIAN GRASSO Nearly all of my close friends in high school were white, and at times, it was possible to count the total number of black students at my school on two hands. My high school had about 2,500 students. The conspicuous absence of black students […]