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Arts & Entertainment

North Carolina angers Hollywood with anti-LGBT law

By Zachary Landau | The Duquesne Duke Last Thursday, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed into law a bill that prevented employers and businesses from discriminating based on one’s race, religion, age, and sex. However, the law does allow for discrimination based on sexual orientation. In addition, this law will prevent an ordinance in Charlotte from going into effect that would have prevented discriminatory practices … Continue reading North Carolina angers Hollywood with anti-LGBT law

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Columns, Sports

2016 March Madness to be extraordinarily mad

By Andrew Holman | The Duquesne Duke The NCAA Selection Show is still three days away, but honestly the millions of brackets that will be filled out in the coming week are already busted. It’s March and that means madness is brewing, but this year it’s going to be the truest definition of madness. Unlike 2015 where three dominant No. 1 seeds (Duke, Wisconsin and … Continue reading 2016 March Madness to be extraordinarily mad

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Staff Editorial: Facing bullying head on

By Duke Staff In a small school in North Carolina, a 9-year-old boy was told rather than to express himself and his interests, to instead “leave them at home” because they acted as a “trigger” for bullies. Grayson Bruce of Chandler Elementary School in Raleigh, N.C. was being bullied at school for wearing a blue book bag with a character from one of his favorite … Continue reading Staff Editorial: Facing bullying head on

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