Sex and alcohol
(04/25/07 4:00am)
It being the last day of classes and all, I doubt there is a better time to admit it: I think sex and alcohol are two of the very best things in life. Seriously.
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It being the last day of classes and all, I doubt there is a better time to admit it: I think sex and alcohol are two of the very best things in life. Seriously.
With the year starting to wind down, and my days left at Duke numbered, I have a confession to make: I hate the phrase "simple faith."
I have always had a strong affinity for a good action/adventure story. My first books were mostly fantasy tales full of mysterious characters and lofty destinies. As for movies, my favorites ranged from Star Wars to Braveheart. What seemed to unify my picks was a type of mission theme: stories where the outmatched but impassioned "good" stood courageously against the dark and dominating "evil."
Although a number of factors went into my decision to come to Duke, I think what finally tipped the scales was the type of student our school seems to attract. And now, after four years of meeting some of the most ambitious and incredible students imaginable, I can confidently say that despite our diversity, we Duke students are still all unified by one common trait-a drive to be the best at everything we do.
In our current world of suicide bombers and nuclear warheads, there is one word that scares me more than any other: fundamentalism.
There are few things I understand less than the widespread fear of "entering the real world" among my fellow seniors. Our lives may have been fairly predetermined up until now, but isn't this the point when we can finally begin pursuing all our lofty aspirations? Isn't graduation the day when we can at last stop studying the world's problems and start solving them?
I feel there is no better way to start my column for the semester than to share the reason why I have chosen to write it. Simply put: I think I missed a lot in my first few years here at Duke, I think it may have been different if I would have known then what I know now and I hope that by sharing the lessons I have learned you might be able to make more of your Duke experience than I did. Though that pretty much sums it up, a little background might be helpful.