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Drop out now

(04/20/05 4:00am)

Hey, undergraduate. All you learn at college is how to drink, have sex and memorize trivia. In a few years, nobody will care which university you went to, what your grades were, or what you studied. All that knowledge you’re trying to cram into your head will have evaporated, except for random snippets that emerge on quiz night at the local bar. Your college texts will sit on your shelf, and you’ll never open them again. When you turn 30 you’ll throw them out. What a colossal waste of time and money it will seem. How bleak. So why are you here?

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2005/04/drop-out-now

That '70s show

(03/23/05 5:00am)

Dude, that was such an awesome show. I used to watch it all the time when I was a kid. Yeah, the one where those hillbilly brothers raced their cool car on back roads, just ahead of the law. They always escaped. I wanted to be just like those Clinton boys.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2005/03/70s-show

Instant peace in the Middle East

(02/16/05 5:00am)

Three years ago, House Majority Leader Dick Armey; (R-Texas); said on MSNBC’s Hardball that the Palestinians should be expelled from the occupied territories. He was happy with the idea of a Palestinian state, as long as it wasn’t in Israel. There are, he pointed out, “many Arab nations that have many hundreds of thousands of acres of land,” and they should give some to the Palestinians.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2005/02/instant-peace-middle-east

Get better grades

(01/19/05 5:00am)

As a TA, undergraduates often ask me how a simple letter grade is supposed to summarize their understanding of a whole field of scholarship. Just kidding! They usually ask 'How did I get a B? I"ve never had a B before in my life!' Then they cry. This is why TAs keep tissues handy--we learn this in our 'training' as teachers.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2005/01/get-better-grades