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Author's note: I guess this is it. Four years at Duke, four years at The Chronicle, and two years of being variously profound and profane on the editorial pages are all coming to an end. I'm not sure whether to be happy or sad, but I guess I'll find out on May 16 how I really feel about leaving.
Despite the rain, it was a good weekend for the athletes in the Duke Invitational track and field meet.
The use of language in our society is something we don't think about on a regular basis. We use language, but we don't consciously think about that use unless we're writing something, be it a paper or a column like this one. This lack of second-guessing ourselves comes out in our speech. We don't use filler words in our writing. Unless, um, well, we just can't, you know, think of anything else to, like, say.
