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The Storm

Published by John Markis
The cool breeze of the Danube River swept through my long, brown hair. Wearing my black Duke windbreaker and faded …
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A Direct Impact

Published by Melissa White
It was my first real day at work. The previous day, I had shadowed the person I would be filling …
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A marble tomb in the middle of a large room that looks slightly like a greenhouse: a sloped glass ceiling with a clear blue, late-afternoon sky above. The floor is marble as well and there are green bushes and leafy plants around the tomb. The back wall is glass and, past some trees, the city of Belgrade is barely visible.

Two Vignettes from the Same Day

Published by Matthew Griffin
The scene by the marble tomb was too quiet, too peaceful. Outside the late-afternoon sun burnished the trees and tall …
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No Task Too Small

Published by Shaiv Kittur
When I decided to apply to DukeEngage last semester, I expected that I would dramatically change lives. I thought I …
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America, The Great Deceptor

Published by Jeremy Carballo Pineda
“Este es el mejor país en todo el mundo, sin duda…”   The validity of this statement is something that …
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Where are you really from?

Published by Shreyas Gupta
I was born in post-apartheid South Africa and moved to the US within months of 9/11. My childhood adventures in …
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ICE Machine

Published by Alexander Frumkin
On our first day at my internship in Miami, the law firm’s human resources coordinator said that immigration law is …
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Kid Gloves

Published by Nicolas Aldana
All right, that’s it. Kid gloves are off. I’m so tired of feeling like a child, I thought as I …
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