03/19/2020 By Ollie Gratzinger | Editor-in-chief I’ve found that sometimes — rarely, but sometimes — life falls into place in such a way that makes me wonder if it’s all been predetermined. Sometimes, people and places and things all fit together like puzzle pieces made to be connected, like a fixed point in time, like lines in a poem. At the risk of sounding too … Continue reading We’re all stories in the end: editor-in-chief bids adieu
03/19/2020 By Hallie Lauer | News Editor Bruce Springsteen, in his Broadway show, said, “there’s nothing like being young and leaving someplace.” And while I have to agree with The Boss, I’ve never been good at goodbyes — particularly goodbyes that come too soon. Whether I want to or not, though, I have to say goodbye. Goodbye to Duquesne, and to College Hall Room 113, … Continue reading It will never be “that time of year again”
03/19/2020 By David Borne | Sports Editor When I first got to Pittsburgh four years ago, I don’t think I ever expected to fall in love with this place the way that I have. I didn’t know much about the city before I moved here. I knew about all the bridges, and was aware that it rained a lot. That’s about it. But out of … Continue reading Borne says bye: sports editor ready for next step
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 care. While students at the University of Pittsburgh were blocking traffic to protest for a higher minimum wage, Duquesne students were…watching Netflix in bed? While students at Carnegie Mellon University … Continue reading Keep up the good work, DU
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 in just under 800. I’ve been thinking about this column for a long time. I knew I’d eventually have to undertake that task of monumental compression. I knew it would … Continue reading A newspaper is worth fifty thousand words
By Rebekah Devorak | Opinions Editor “All good writing is swimming underwater and holding your breath.” I pinned that F. Scott Fitzgerald quote onto the side of my desk that sat in a pod in the middle of the room. It was the first day of my junior year, and it was the first day – the first real day, at least – of my … Continue reading Saying goodbye is the hardest thing to do
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