Megan Trotter | News Editor For many students the first week of college means adjusting to a home away from home, but for commuters it means cramming their things into a backpack and traveling to a new campus. To accommodate the newcomers who don’t live in the dorms, welcome week has taken a new form. This year, the Duquesne orientation team spearheaded a new program … Continue reading Orientation accommodates commuters
Eliyahu Gasson | Opinions Editor The political space seems to attract objectively strange people. One recent example is Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a member of the prolific Kennedy political dynasty. Kennedy launched his 2024 presidential campaign on April 9, 2023 as a Democrat. Upon realizing that his chances of winning the Democratic Party nomination were slim to none, he announced that rather than challenge Joe … Continue reading Weird endorses weirder
Kaitlyn Hughes | features editor Thousands of spectators sat silent in the stands, waiting. Waiting for the scores to come in. Waiting to see if history would be made. Then, the women’s USA gymnastics team won the gold, and the stadium erupted. Duquesne Alumna Vanessa Perdomo got to see it in person. She choked up, tears filling her eyes as she realized she had achieved … Continue reading Pittsburgh to Paris: Duq alumna covers Olympics
Sean McKean | Staff Writer The Duquesne women’s soccer team took on the Bowling Green Falcons at Rooney Field on Sunday afternoon, and were victorious by a final score of 2-0. Margey Brown and Mackenzie Muir were the two goalscorers. Brown’s came in the first half while Muir’s was in the second. Lindsay Krafchick was the lone player with an assist. Muir also led the … Continue reading WSOC defense grounds Falcons in tight contest
Megan Trotter | News Editor On March 25, Duquesne students Mia Marinelli and Brooke Martineck boarded the Brottier Hall elevator on the sixth floor while live streaming the new episode of the Bachelor on their phones. They hit the button for the 14th floor expecting to go up. They did not. The elevator stopped around 9 p.m. with five Brottier residents and one visiting guest … Continue reading “Going Down?” students stuck in Brottier elevator
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Isabella Abbott | Features Editor Coming to Duquesne, the only thing I was certain would be a part of my college journey was the rowing team. I started as an undecided liberal arts student athlete with no dream job and no sense of belonging within a major. I watched countless teammates introduce themselves on the first day of practice stating their major and what they … Continue reading Bella says bye: Features editor graduates
Paige Parsons | Staff Writer Whenever someone asks how school is going, I respond with: “Every bad day in college is a good one because it’s not high school.” College is difficult, there’s no way around it, but it was also a new start. The workload is intense and overwhelming no matter the major, and that’s definitely something that took some getting used to at … Continue reading Time flies: a reflection on my freshman year
Emma Polen | Editor-in-Chief When I got to Duquesne, I did not know a single soul. Thanks to The Duke, I have 4,000 new friends. There was Sally Power – a woman who’s helping other women in need, one top at a time. She started a women’s clothing thrift business out of her husband’s death and hasn’t stopped making her storefront the most affordable, accessible, … Continue reading Em & Em bid farewell to late nights at The Duke: 10 exclamation points later…
Naomi Girson & Emma Polen | Staff Writer & Editor-in-Chief Imagine a place on Duquesne’s campus with bright colored flowers blanketing the ground, buzzing bees and delicate butterflies, all for a student to enjoy right here on the Bluff. It may sound too good to be true, but Duquesne is planning on embedding a sensory garden on campus in an effort to bring more nature … Continue reading Is Duquesne getting a sensory garden?
Hannah Peters | Staff Writer While we have made great strides in terms of women’s equality, one aspect that has yet to catch up and often goes unnoticed is representation in medical and scientific research. Up until 1993, women were not required to be included as participants in clinical research. In fact, a 1977 FDA policy even barred women of “childbearing potential” from early-phase clinical … Continue reading On women’s representation in clinical trials
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