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(04/15/09 3:10pm)
This may be a bit surprising, given who the only president to have been a movie star was, but Hollywood and conservatives just don't get along, with liberal themes dominating films from Milk to Good Night and Good Luck. Seeking to rectify the imbalance, AOL News columnist Matt Lewis has offered three right-leaning movie ideas. The most entertaining by far is "Witness", which involves a writer during the early Cold War who catches a Communist spy with the aid of papers hidden in a pumpkin. N0, really, that actually happened. You'd think nothing here at dear old Duke could compete with that, but Lewis's third idea is everyone's favorite event from recent Blue Devil history:
(04/09/09 3:12pm)
Before I begin my list of suggestions, I must acknowledge the progress Duke has made since I began coming here. When I was a freshman, I had to ride all the way through Central on the C-2 bus if I wanted to go to West Campus on the weekends (20 miles in the snow, uphill both ways, etc.), the football team won about once every 20 games, and ARAMARK was feeding us cardboard in the Marketplace. We didn't even have Coach K in his boxers to entertain us.
(04/02/09 6:04pm)
A little over two months ago, President Barack Obama was inaugurated amid much fanfare and excitement. Since the time of Franklin Roosevelt, it has become customary for presidents to get their agenda started within the first 100 days of their administrations, a period that ends on April 30. Your fearless columnist, though, will be too busy studying for his econ exam or, more likely, procrastinating then, so we'll have to settle for a recap of the first 71 days:
(03/26/09 3:36pm)
I have sinned.
(03/19/09 3:34pm)
The Man doesn't want you to read this. The Man* doesn't want Chronicle writers to endorse candidates for Duke Student Government positions. Ha! Fie on The Man and his restrictions! Fie on the repression! Fie on people who point out that I don't know what the word "fie" means! Fie! Fie dollar! Fie-dollar footlong!
(03/05/09 4:37pm)
Dear Jeff,
(02/26/09 4:37pm)
Around campus:
(02/19/09 4:42pm)
I'm a bit of a history buff, particularly when it comes to military history. So, imagine my delight at the growing interest in World War II among Illinois politicians. First, there's now-former Gov. Rod Blagojevich:
(11/20/08 4:55pm)
I found this article on The Onion. It doesn't specifically mention Duke, but it involves a fraternity and the dateline is Durham. (The fraternity brothers are all white, which probably rules out NCCU).
(11/17/08 10:47pm)
The answers to a couple of the questions I posed in my most recent column are becoming a bit clearer:
(12/08/08 5:00am)
This time of year, anyone can write a retrospective of 2008, but what's the fun in that? You already know what happened. While everyone else bores you by rehashing the events of the previous year, your fearless columnist will give you the very first retrospective of the upcoming year.
(11/25/08 5:00am)
Another holiday season is upon us. I believe one of the great appeals of this time of year is its comforting predictability: We watch the same specials on TV, hear the same carols, see the same Christmas light displays, get sued by the same ACLU for displaying the same nativity scene on the same public property, and above all, visit the same relatives. It's been a while since you've seen them last, though, so here's a handy guide to what you can expect over the next few weeks.
(11/11/08 5:00am)
Friendly wagers and office pools, which I do not condone, are an American institution. Whether it's the Super Bowl or March Madness, these guessing contests, which are absolutely deplorable, have become ubiquitous. Why should sports have all the fun, though? It would be a shame for all the excitement over the election and the new administration to end now, so let's continue with a betting pool based on the future of our country-an affront to all that is pure and good and right (are you happy now, NCAA). Just fill out your answers below, and (if I remember) I'll give the winner a lovely prize at our fifth (or, if President-elect Barack Obama gets a second term, 10th) class reunion.
(10/28/08 4:00am)
In 1997, musician Dave Soldier, collaborating with Russian artists Vitaly Komar and Alex Melamid, published results from a survey to find out what types of music people most like and most dislike and combined them into "The Most Unwanted Song" and "The Most Wanted Song." According to them, the most popular song is a sappy, saxophone-infested pop number, while the most unpopular song possible features operatic rapping and a children's choir urging you to do all your Ramadan shopping at Walmart. Their experiment inspired me to do something similar by taking an unscientific survey of the most and least popular column topics and combining them into two mini-columns. As it turns out, the most popular topics included sports, Batman and the Olympics, while the economy, Iraq, student apathy and American Idol were less well-received.
(09/30/08 4:00am)
I have never been a big fan of country music. I can tolerate it, but there are some songs that are way too sappy for my taste. For example, there's one where the singer's daughter asks him to read her a story, and he says, "I don't know why they say grown men don't cry." If you burst into tears every time your kid asks you to read her a story, I can only imagine the psychological damage you'll inflict on her. Even more depressing is "Christmas Shoes," in which a little boy can't afford to buy shoes for his mother-who's dying-on Christmas Eve. If anything that sad occurred in real life, it might tear a hole in the space-time continuum. Still, it seems unfair to reject an entire musical genre based on a few songs, especially when that genre comes from the same part of the country that gave us sweet tea and fried Snickers bars. So, I tuned into WQDR, "Today's Best Country," for one of their "50-minute music hours" this weekend to see if they could win me over.
(09/16/08 4:00am)
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a great man. Unfortunately for Duke's administration, he wasn't the only great man in history. Except for Fall Break, Thanksgiving and Spring Break, the January holiday commemorating Dr. King is the only day Dukies get off. Memorial Day and Independence Day were only recently carved out of the summer session. Occasionally, proposals are made to commemorate other holidays the same way, with Veterans Day, Presidents Day or Good Friday among the more popular candidates. As someone who can never have too many days off, I wholeheartedly support this movement. Here are my suggestions:
(09/02/08 4:00am)
The following conversation takes place on Dec. 16, 2008, in the Oval Office. It is recorded by a taping device placed there by Richard Nixon, Law '37, which subsequent presidents forgot to remove. Please don't ask how it can pick up both sides of a phone conversation.
