Since starting university, I’ve been asked many times by people from my parents’ and grandparents’ generations if any of my friends are engaged or married. Those questions always shocked me, and my answer that most of my friends were not even in relationships would always shock them back. In my
Filming for the upcoming Chinese sci-fi odyssey film “The Decisive Moment”, or 群星闪耀时 (When the Stars Shine) in Chinese, directed by Zhang Disha, moved the cast and crew to DKU’s campus for filming on Wednesday, September 11th. Chinese actors Gao Ye, Huang Bo, Wu Lei, and Sun Yang were alongside
Boycotting corporations whose products are the default mental image of the commodities they offer isn’t as hard as some people make it out to be. It’s no surprise that many are quick to assume “boycotts don’t work” when contemporary society tends to either use them as a suggestion or call
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
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
by Jas Santos and Mary Mulualem Photo by Jas Santos The pressures of attending a college hundreds or thousands of kilometers away from home are a point of connection between many students at Duke Kunshan University (DKU). Even more difficult: the academic pressure faced by students entering into such fast-paced
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
Kunshan, China — 172 people participated in the DKU running club’s fourth Park Run of 2024 at Dayu Bay (大渔湾), with most participants finishing the 5 kilometer run within 90 minutes. The morning of April 6 began cloudy and rainy, but as running club members began setting up for the
When Jamie Lee Curtis posted year-old pictures of Palestinian children holding each other after an air raid by Israeli bombs and falsely claimed the images were instead the aftermath of a recent Hamas attack on Israeli children, I was reminded of why I could never truly support a celebrity who tries to get involved in politics.
There is no denying we live in an era of change. From social change, to climate change, to power ex-change. 200 years ago, the average person on Earth only changed their clothes once every several weeks. And now? Change seems to inspire a more rapidly moving lifestyle. Advancements in technology
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