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Return of the stripper

If I had known last week's Sex Workers' Art Show featured an "anal sparkler show" (set to the tune of "America the Beautiful," no less), I might have seriously reconsidered my decision to watch the...


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Midterms of endearment

It's around this time of the semester that students begin taking their midterms and start praying to the partial-credit gods, as one economics professor famously puts it. Arguably one of the best...


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Us, Them and It

Duke is mine. I really believe that. Granted, I'm not Richard Brodhead or a Young Trustee or Larry Moneta or Peter Lange; in fact I'm not anyone of particular power or influence around here.


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Fixing Duke service

The statistics say Duke students contribute more than 10,000 hours of service each year. Even with all those hours and people working, service at Duke is surprisingly fragmented, and the work often...


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Masochism: it hurts so good!

I was born, bred and raised in New York, lived there all my life and, despite everything Durham has to offer (insert your joke here), I have never contemplated living anywhere else.


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Now I can die in peace

When the dust settled three Sundays ago, and it was established that the New York football Giants would be the team charged with the daunting task of defeating the New England "team-of-destiny"...


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Unwelcome guests

I applaud the University's efforts to encourage a partnership between Duke and Durham. However, Duke's commitment to improving relations with Durham blinds our administration to certain actions of...


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The Cruise complex

In 1983's "Risky Business," Tom Cruise underpants-danced his way into America's heart. Then he had sex on a train with a hooker, making him a bona fide American hero.


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Social humility

Many of us have acted as if we are above the drought. We've paid $1.00 in food points for a shot of water at The Loop without displaying much care or concern.


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Cameron crazy no more

The Cameron Crazies are Duke's most unique, prized and egalitarian tradition (because where else do nerds get to seem so cool, if only for a time?).