Sally Dukes

Let us say we come back to classes in the fall. One can speculate of course, and in a hypothetical scenario that we will be let free from our pens and onto the sacred ground of Blacksburg, Virginia, once more in the diminishing sun of a mountain autumn, one would assume that social distancin…

It isn’t surprising that the country has exploded into protests, but it is surprising how long it took. The deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor come after decades of police violence and centuries of oppression. Protests have broken out before, but this is something new. Anyone familiar with international relations has learned that the United States is not known for its widespread protests, particularly after the anti-war protests of the Bush Administration failed.

I loved my roommate during the fall semester of my freshman year. We got along great. We both hated cleaning and went to bed late and loved riding horses. She would talk about all of the interesting science stuff she was studying and I would pretend to understand her. Yet, I wish I’d never been placed with her. My roommate was an RA, though that wasn’t the issue.