Columns
Another journey down, on to the next chapter
By Andrew Holman | Sports Editor One day you are unpacking your life into a dorm room hoping to find your home away from home, and before you know it, you are picking up your […]
Year: 2017
Arts & Entertainment
The plight of a disabled gamer against time
By Grant Stoner | Staff Writer I hate being sick. Unfortunately, my disability has the capability to turn minor colds into full-blown pandemics, only curable through a proverbial cocktail of antibiotics and steroids. Very rarely […]
News
News editor Addeo says adieu
Brandon Addeo | News Editor When my eighth grade teacher asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, it gave me pause. Obviously, every young person at one point wanted to be […]
News
Duquesne students raise funds to combat Somalian famine
Raymond Arke | Asst. News Editor A dire United Nations report showed more than half the population of Somalia is in danger of starvation, and Duquesne students half a world away are helping out. Cynthia […]
Sports
Athletics continues to alter identity, reaches deal with Nike
By David Borne | Staff Writer Duquesne Athletic programs will sport a bit of a new look next season. Last week, athletic director Dave Harper announced the university’s new seven-year partnership with Nike. While there […]
Opinions
Keep up the good work, DU
By Kaye Burnet | Editor-in-Chief When I started at The Duke, there was a generally accepted notion ever-present in the newsroom: Duquesne students don’t care about anything. School sports? They don’t care. Politics? They don’t […]
Opinions
A newspaper is worth fifty thousand words
By Seth Culp-Ressler | Features Editor 51,701 words. That’s an average of about 850 words over the span of 61 total articles, profiles, features and columns. Now it’s my job to sum all that up […]
Arts & Entertainment
What does “Gamer” mean in a more mainstream world
By Craig Taylor | Staff Writer Gamer. It’s a word that is so common among video game enthusiasts and gaming media that few people even think about. Most would simply define the word as “someone […]
Arts & Entertainment
Duquesne student’s poetry book covers love and pick-up lines
By Sean Armstrong | Staff Writer Often times poets and the poetry they write are seen as overly serious and dramatic. Makeem White, a freshman at Duquesne University, lacks that overly dramatic aspect to his […]
News
Science supporters take over Oakland for march
Zachary Landau | Asst. Editor Editor Five thousand people gathered in front of the Cathedral of Learning April 22 for the Pittsburgh satellite March for Science. The event mirrored more than 500 marches across the […]