Column: How I spent my Saturday
(12/04/03 5:00am)
Recently I had the pleasure of seeing the Durham most students don't get to see over their undergraduate careers at Duke. I'm talking about the Durham neighborhoods where the mean income is scores below the national average, where houses are falling apart and dilapidated cars sit on the street. I'm talking about the Durham just a few miles from the stone walls of the Gothic Wonderland, that seems worlds apart in terms of appearance. You may be able to get a degree with honors and get a plush Wall Street job after Duke, but if you never ever see the Durham with abandoned houses and little kids spending their Saturday without their parents, you might as well have done nothing during your four years here.