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Riders on the storm: Cyclists benefit veterans

Charlotte Shields-Rossi & Rebecca Jozwiak & Josh Imhof | a&e editor & multimedia & features editor Last weekend, Jason Wylie planned to spend 24 consecutive hours on an exercise bike. An Iraq and Afghanistan veteran and ultra-marathon runner, Wylie is no stranger to a challenge, especially when it means supporting fellow veterans. “I’m sure I’m going to get tired, but at the end of the … Continue reading Riders on the storm: Cyclists benefit veterans

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The 20th anniversary of 9/11 calls for responsibility with Afghanistan

Zoe Stratos | opinions editor Sept. 9, 2021 Nearly 20 years ago, Americans all across the country watched in horror the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, leaving nearly 3,000 people dead in New York, Washington and Shanksville, Pa. Four commercial airliners struck the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. The bravery of the passengers, the workers and our first responders … Continue reading The 20th anniversary of 9/11 calls for responsibility with Afghanistan

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Duquesne Political Science Department pays tribute to 9/11

Kellen Stepler | features editor Sept. 9, 2021 As college students, generation Z was too young to recall and comprehend – or even be alive for – the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. On Sept. 8, the Duquesne Political Science Department, the Political Science Club and Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society held a panel discussion called “The Afghanistan War and the 20th … Continue reading Duquesne Political Science Department pays tribute to 9/11

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Duquesne grad and veteran launches Congressional bid in Tennessee

Kailey Love | Photo Editor Duquesne alum Todd McKinley is upholding the university’s longstanding and ongoing history of service by announcing a run for Congress in Tennessee’s first district. After retiring from a 20 year career in the Army on Nov. 1, 2016 as a Sergeant First Class, which included tours in Iraq, Afghanistan and serving as a member of the White House Communications Agency … Continue reading Duquesne grad and veteran launches Congressional bid in Tennessee

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Duquesne professor joins Army Reserve command staff in DC

Raymond Arke | News Editor Duquesne’s mission statement is all about service. One Duquesne professor takes that statement to heart, serving not only Duquesne’s community but also serving the country as a major general. Lewis Irwin, a Duquesne political science professor, is on sabbatical this semester as he serves as Deputy Chief of Army Reserve at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Irwin has spent a … Continue reading Duquesne professor joins Army Reserve command staff in DC

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Those Who Served: Stories from Duquesne’s past and present student veterans

By Seth Culp-Ressler | Features Editor It’s Veterans Week on the Bluff. Building from the midweek Veterans Day, the Duquesne community is coming together for talks, movie screenings and breakfasts, all to honor and thank those men and women who have served our country. Keeping in line with that sentiment, we at The Duke thought it appropriate to pay some respects of our own in … Continue reading Those Who Served: Stories from Duquesne’s past and present student veterans

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Staff Editorial: U.S.’s revolutionary twitter shut down

By Duke Staff Can a Twitter account start a revolution? Probably not your Twitter, but the U.S. government may have achieved this in Cuba. Launched in 2010, the U.S. Agency for International Development overtly created a network similar to Twitter called ZunZuneo. The program, now dissolved, operated through the country’s text messaging system to bypass government-censored Internet access and sendt coded, politically satirical messages to … Continue reading Staff Editorial: U.S.’s revolutionary twitter shut down

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