Day: April 28, 2024

Making Hard Work Worth It: 2024 DKU Awards Winners

Photos by Ann Tong DKU held its fourth annual Academic Awards ceremony on Friday, April 27. The opening remarks from Dean of Undergraduate Studies Marcia France described the ceremony as an opportunity to acknowledge DKU’s top academic performers from this year. France, who will be leaving her position as Dean

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2024 Athletic Awards: The Complete Winners Lineup

Photos by Yifei Li DKU held its second annual Athletic Awards ceremony on Thursday, April 25 to acknowledge the athletic highlights of the past academic year. In an opening address, Dean Van velzer said the athletics community has a “supersized role, critical in the life of a university”. He highlighted

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Viral Deception

Did you know that your body requires alkaline water to be healthy since any other type would change the internal pH levels? No? Because it does not. This is simply one of the many false medical tiktoks spread online, with this specific one claiming that one brand of water is

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On Trial: Student Governance at DKU

Student governance is not a foreign topic to university students. The constant wish for smoother communication between administration and students is an omnipresent feeling no matter which university you attend. The case for a DKU student government In a relatively new and small community like DKU, many students feel a

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The Blassroom

The Inconspicuous Red Box Connecting CCT East to the North Waimai Box is a winding path of stone, marble strips, and uneven gray tiles. Offshooting from the edges lay the Undergraduate Residence Halls, neatly spaced like the two ends of a zipper. Dozens of trees line the walkway, along with

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Journal Entry #312: A View from the Train Seat

October 18 There is something missing. The rice paddies roll past, each one as vacant as the last, each one a framed portrait of my train car. Cars sulk. Houses loom. Shops flicker. Not yet as signs of abandonment, but silently, as if no one was inside.  The only company

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