Twice a week, The Chronicle editorial board meets to decide the content of the editorials that appear in this space every day. Today, as a special pre-spring break treat, we take you behind the scenes to give you a taste of the inspiring, heated clash of ideas that underlies each and every one of our carefully crafted opinions:
Ed: Oh magic 8-ball, was the Bryan Center originally slated to be a parking garage and switched over to a student center at the last minute?
Magic 8-ball: Yes.
Devin: Will THE TOSSED SALAD MEN make a successful bid for the positiong of young trustee?
Magic 8-ball: Ask again later.
Jon: Magic 8-ball, will DSG elections one day be decided by traders on the NASDAQ/AMEX exhange?
Magic 8-ball: Very doubtful.
Jon: Because they aren't worth much?
Magic 8-ball: Yes.
Devin: Will the Chapel, in an unprecedented feat of architectural irony, topple and crush the Divinity School?
Magic 8-ball: Yes, definitely.
Devin (to University editor): Let's get a reporter on that, pronto!
Ed: Will tenting begin before Labor Day next year?
Magic 8-ball: Outlook good.
Ed: So at K-ville, they'll let you pitch your tent wherever you want and they'll let you skip checks at will, but they don't take American Express-until next year?
Magic 8-ball: It is decidedly so.
David: Will the four surviving Duke lemurs studying abroad in Madagascar decide to cut their trip short and request housing on West Campus, citing species-specific health requirements?
Magic 8-ball: Yes, definitely.
David: Will they get stuck in Trent?
Magic 8-ball: It is decidedly so.
Devin: Will THE TOSSED SALAD MEN make a successful bid for the position of young trustee?
Magic 8-ball: Cannot predict now.
Adam: Will next year's commencement speaker actually have a job when he addresses the new graduates?
Magic 8-ball: No.
Adam: So will it be Bill Clinton?
Magic 8-ball: Cannot predict now.
Kelly: Will Eric Weisman one day be a very successful president of the Teamsters Union?
Magic 8-ball: Most likely.
Devin: Will THE TOSSED SALAD MEN make a successful bid for the position of young trustee?
Magic 8-ball: Without a doubt.
Devin: Finally! I hate long debates.
Ed: Will The Chronicle endorsement ever have the slightest effect on any election?
Magic 8-ball: Why don't you ask Jeri and Lino?
The whole board: Will the Duke men's basketball team be going to San Antonio later this month, by any chance?
Magic 8-ball: Hell yeah!
The Chronicle editorial board, staff and our magic 8-ball hope you have a great break!
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