Recess Columns

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What's your next audition?

The book, described as “absolutely indispensable to any aspiring or even mildly ambitious actor,” caught my attention, because I loved not only acting but also the butterflies that accompanied me...


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Duke Horizontal

Once upon a time, I was a freshman. I thought the memories would remain perfectly clear, waiting patiently these past four years for my eventual nostalgia and recollection.


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The Best of Frenemies

“Duke” is such a loaded word. I’m not even referring to that one national sex scandal, that other national sex scandal or that other national sexism scandal.


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Duke, Horizontal

“You think about sex like a man.” My male friend assures me that this is the reason for my column’s popularity, perhaps its very existence.


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Duke, Horizontal

To be perfectly honest, I’ve been procrastinating this column. Over the past few days, I’ve tried forcing myself to engage in a few minutes of earnest thinking about booty calls or Skype sex or...


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Duke, Horizontal

Given my place of residence along LaSalle, Maxxx (personally pronounced Max-X-X-X) may be considered just my friendly neighborhood adult emporium, like the Cheers or Central Perk of novelty sex shops.


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Duke, Horizontal

Someday, a few generations from now, long after I’m gone, my great-grandchildren will unearth the albums of Tailgate photos I’ve left behind.


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Duke, Horizontal

I rarely write like an advice columnist, but I hope I bring more people under the banner of normalcy and acceptability, if only by parading the endless list of my and my friends’ abnormalities.


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Duke, Horizontal

The Pill is another opportunity to play parental charades. If you’re hoping that your parents’ insurance will foot your birth-control bill, you need a reasonable justification for taking it.


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Duke, Horizontal

This PowerPoint and its author are not crusaders for feminine principles any more than they are an appropriate medium for discussing profound gender-based symptoms in Duke’s hook-up culture.


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Duke Horizontal

Within my vast inventory of socially awkward behaviors and habits, I have a tendency to accidentally “out” virgins.


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Duke Horizontal

All freshmen make regrettable sexual errors. At a rate far higher than their upperclassmen counterparts, freshmen have sex in East Campus common rooms, wake up too many mornings in section and...


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New bucket list of promiscuity

Upon arrival at Duke, incoming freshmen are informed that the essence of their collegiate career can be broken down into four prerequisites: driving the East Campus circle in the wrong direction,...


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The Philosopher Jests

My legacy is not safe. It’s not politically correct. It’s not satisfied with the norms of society. Maybe some people aren’t ready for it, but I believe that one day this world will be ready for...


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The Village Elder

Time and my Duke education are gradually shaping me into a real human being, but sometimes college fights back. Looking toward my final year in the playpen, I feel stuck in the limbo of college’s...


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How to (Not) Make It In America

Hopefully you are all following my epic job search and its less-than-astonishing pitfalls. With no better options, I’ve now been forced to lick the long shaft of HBO. Luckily they have a new show I...