I am a cold, cold person. No, not of the ice queen variety-more of the ice cube-without-proper-outerwear ilk.
Take the liquor out of its hiding place, put that fish bowl full of condoms back on your coffee table and throw those crisp, unused textbooks back in the closet where they belong. We've survived...
When I was a kid, I picked my nose. Sometimes I even picked my nose while digging potatoes out of the woods behind my house to throw at the neighbors. Afterward I often unloaded whole pockets full...
As I type this-wearing my K-ville Resident shirt from last year-I feel like a fraud. Coach K, if you're reading this, I'm sorry. I didn't go to the Blue-White scrimmage last Saturday. And to make...
uick, hide the booze! Mommy and Daddy are here for the weekend. Marketplace employees, keep the grade-D meat-product in the freezer; we're bringing out the filet mignon tonight. Everyone, remember...
The University of Iowa's history department and Duke's history department have a couple of things in common. Both have made national news because neither has a Republican faculty member. And both...
Whatever the Romans might have thought, your alma mater is not your mother. Although private universities in particular have broad range to act "in loco parentis," they are not your parents. And I,...
I've seen a lot of gay pride recently, what with coming-out day, those "love=love" Duke University Union shirts and J.K. Rowling's decision to out Dumbledore (forcing all children aware of the fact...
The scariest portion of any job application is a little section that should be simple: references.
A lot of people would argue that die-hard fans should never leave a game early, but I just couldn't take it anymore.
A big part of the fun of writing a column is poking fun at the people you disagree with-something I've done quite liberally in the past.
When I participated in Sigma Chi's Derby Days Lip Sync sophomore year, the venue was Shooters and the atmosphere felt more like a strip club than a friendly dance competition.
Botany intrigues me, but trees, more so than the grasses, orchids, mosses and ferns, offer a sense of grandeur. Riding through southern Virginia this past weekend, soft white cotton-candy clouds...
Here's a phrase I never thought I'd begin a column with: Good going, Tar Heels.
In the media room inside Cameron Indoor Stadium, the walls are adorned with large print photographs of the men's and women's basketball teams.
This message has been a part of my life for a while now, so it no longer comes as a surprise. In fact, each semester as registration approaches, I expect it.
In fact, Tom swears that the vets have so much trouble getting pandas to mate that they actually have to show the animals wild videos of pandas mating so the captive ones know what to do (which is...
I've lived in three different residences in the past six months, and in each place I've shared my space with a cat or dog.
By the end of the week, hundreds of enthusiastic students sported WISER T-shirts.
It has come to my attention that some people don't like my column because it seems like I think I know everything.
