Staff Editorial

In this issue we spend four pages on political content and intend to provide comprehensive live coverage next week of the presidential election.

This election is a monumental one. We face two possibilities: The first female president and a continuation of ideals of the current administration or the re-election of a former president who, since holding office, has racked up 34 felonies and launched an insurrection after losing in 2020. It’s a slim margin with Vice President Kamala Harris at 47% and former President Donald Trump at 46% as of Oct. 27, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

This will be the first presidential election that many college students will be able to participate in. Wading through all the information, deciding what issues are important to you and then making an action plan for Election Day can be an incredibly daunting task. We hope that our work helps make all of that a bit easier by providing vital context as is the function of journalism in our democracy.

The Duke is dedicated to conveying timely and factual information to you, our readers. We aim to provide the most detailed coverage we can so you can make informed decisions and opinions about the community you live, work and play in.

On Election Day, as our staff goes to vote, we will be covering events at polling places around Allegheny County. We will remain prepared throughout the day to report anything newsworthy that pops up across the area from protests to parties.

We will publish that day on our website, duquesneduke.org and on our Instagram feed. We will also run our coverage in our next print issue hitting the shelves on Nov. 7.

Being an active citizen in public discourse requires a foundational knowledge of the world and your community’s events. For many Duquesne students, The Duke may be one of the most easily accessible print news outlets. You can find us on newspaper racks across campus.

As a campus publication we know that the student body should be provided the same journalistic fervor that publications on the local or national stage offer.

Our publication needs to be meaningful, full of stories on issues that affect the everyday lives of you, the Duquesne community. By expanding our coverage beyond the bounds of campus we hope to engage the community with national issues and help students digest information that we feel is important for every American citizen to know.

If we did not cover the election as thoroughly as we can, we would be shirking our journalistic duty to the community, and we don’t shirk.