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Commentaries: Collectively failing

(01/15/04 5:00am)

Maryland doesn't get to town for thirty-five more days and yet fourteen tents stand as a testament to the mild insanity afflicting Duke students. This isn't basketball fever, rather a virus known as "collective action failure" that plagues Duke, the U.S. and the world. While most returned ugly, Cosby-esque sweaters on Boxing Day, tent number one decided to set camp and begin to wait for the Terrapins. Shortly thereafter more tents appeared upon the green increasing the K-ville's population to over 140 goofy students. Their rooms sit empty while they inhabit temporary housing reminiscent of some refugee camp, except that refugees would much rather sleep indoors. Tenting is fun and worthwhile but Duke does not have a bed-bug infestation forcing students into tent cities.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2004/01/commentaries-collectively-failing

Column: A thankfully failed candidacy

(04/09/03 4:00am)

My buddies John Edwards and John Kerry threw their hats into the presidential race ring. I was feeling a little left out, so I figured I might as well join in the political action. After launching a presidential exploratory committee, my advisors informed me that the constitution prohibits people of my age from running for that esteemed office. Stunned that the forefathers did not have enough confidence in me, I began contemplating a run the next powerful position in the U.S.A. So I declared my candidacy for Duke Student Government vice president of facilities and athletics.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2003/04/column-thankfully-failed-candidacy

Column: No need for that lung brush!

(04/03/03 5:00am)

April is everyone's favorite month. Spring weather finally secures a beachhead strong enough to defeat the wintry weather experienced earlier this week, and spring training finally ends. This April promises to exceed all past Aprils. Not only will the Chicago Cubs embark on their first exceedingly triumphant campaign since 1908, but also Duke University will experience the greatest earth month ever!

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2003/04/column-no-need-lung-brush

Column: If only lemurs were millionaires

(01/31/03 5:00am)

Two tender fillets sizzled slowly on the grill with eager Biological Anthropology and Anatomy students waiting for their dinner inside the compound. Hours earlier we had skinned the eland using only the stone tools we made for that purpose. The skeleton remained on the plain where it fell earlier. This unique experience that I treasure not only as a scientist-in-training but also as any human would, will not be available to future Duke students if the administration carries through with plans to diminish the BAA department to a mere shadow of its current self.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2003/01/column-if-only-lemurs-were-millionaires