In the October 22, 2015 edition, a Staff Editorial detailed comments then-Duquesne University President
Charles Dougherty made at a faculty town hall meeting. The article reported that Dougherty accused students who live off-campus as "liv[ing] a
libertine lifestyle" and described their situation as "mardi gras." The comments set off a fire-storm in the campus community and received coverage from national outlets such as
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
The Chronicle of Higher Education, the
Associated Press and others. A news article published in the March 29, 2017 edition highlighted concern from the Duquesne
LGBTQ community over the proposed addition of a
Chick-fil-A Express on campus.
Donald Trump Jr. mocked the upset Duquesne students on Twitter saying they were "#triggered." Further controversy developed when during an April 13, 2017 segment of "
Fox & Friends," anchor
Ainsley Earhardt appeared to plagiarize
The Duke's reporting. The
Society of Professional Journalists reported on Fox New's plagiarism, saying it "violates a core part of SPJ’s Code of
Ethics," and that "Fox News didn’t practice ethical
journalism standards. To do this to college students seem [
sic] even more wrong.” Reporting from
The Duke again received national attention in September 2017. After a graph detailing the
Student Government Association's budget was to be run in the paper, the SGA threatened to block the printing of the information. After
The Duke editorial staff refused SGA requests, the SGA filed for prior restraint with Duquesne University's Publication Board. The SGA request was denied and the paper printed the budgetary information. The incident received national coverage from the
SPLC and in
Politico's Morning Media newsletter. ==References==