Ryan Growney

Apr 8, 2026, 8:00 PM In 1764, Immanuel Kant published an essay with the curiosity-piquing title of "Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime." It discusses what Kant deems “feeling of a finer sort,” the positive emotions that go beyond simply making us happy. It’s free of the “philosophicalese” that pervades his more academic writing, and was originally published in a newspaper in his hometown of Königsberg.

Opinion | Campus Voices Apr 3, 2026, 10:00 AM Chances are, you’ve seen a guy cutting hair by West House after stepping off the C1 on East Campus. That would be me. If you were to walk into West House, this is what you’d see: the West House lobby, whose furniture serves as a waiting room. A wooden chair beside trash cans. A wide open door. And me, the West House Barber. This is my story.

Poke a hole in the soil, about six inches deep. Gently place the pink beet seedling inside. Flick some more soil into the hole. Keep the seedling’s leaves above the surface. Rinse and repeat — there’s still a whole tray of yellow beets that need to be planted. How else would a handful of French students, a Pratt alumnus and a Swiss tourist spend their Friday afternoon? Situated six miles off West Campus, the Duke Campus Farm (DCF) sits on a one-acre plot of land.