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By Mike Dickison | January 19, 2005As a TA, undergraduates often ask me how a simple letter grade is supposed to summarize their understanding of a whole field of scholarship.
As a TA, undergraduates often ask me how a simple letter grade is supposed to summarize their understanding of a whole field of scholarship.
Given the choice, would you rather 'settle for a traditional work experience out of college' or 'join Infosys" inaugural class of U.S.
The vilest creature in the Sarah P. Duke Gardens can"t chase you, fondle your breasts, or steal your bling and sling it for crack.
Once in a very great while, senior administrators will backtrack on a bad decision or policy.
The whole Indiana Jones series is stupid.
In Meet the Fockers, Robert De Niro"s character tells Gaylord what he thinks is most important in a man"s life: his legacy. In many ways, he aptly describes the psychology of a second term president.
I"ll readily admit: I"ve been looking forward to this moment all year.
I played against the Temple men"s basketball team. The game took place after last semester's exam week on Cincinnati"s Delta flight 1103, en route to my sweet home Alabama.
There is fat on your hands. As you read this column, someone is on his or her hands and knees on a bathroom floor, inducing vomit, and it"s your fault.
Y ou would invest in a major pharmaceutical company?' I asked my boyfriend incredulously. He gave me a meek smile and a shrug as he said, 'Yeah, I might.'.
Duke graduate Aubrey McClendon has donated over $6 million to Duke, and the University holds him and his wife Kathleen in extraordinarily high esteem.
Apparently, we Duke students are the smartest people in the world, nay, the universe, maybe even Research Triangle Park.
The ruffled skirts of Indian Summer have been swapped for stained, days-old running pants.
No matter how much some ladies doth protest, a woman's beauty best predicts her spot in the social hierarchy at Duke, and at no time is this fact more naked than during Sorority Rush.
From Yale to the University of North Carolina, liberal academia is being challenged by a new generation of conservative leadership.
Red Bulls and sweatpants, all-nighters in Perkins, frantic fingers cranking out last-minute papers.
“The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.”.
I am extremely concerned about the Scott Peterson trial.
Well it’s finals week, the panic is spreading like an overeager cancer, and we have to reveal ourselves.
aThat Christoph Guttentag admits some zany kids into Duke this year. We have more than our quota of amiable high achievers and are sorely in need of some charismatic nutjobs to shake things up.