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By Yoni Riemer | August 24, 2004A wise man once said, ignorance is bliss. (Which is ironic because only a ‘wise’ man would know this.
A wise man once said, ignorance is bliss. (Which is ironic because only a ‘wise’ man would know this.
So I said, “Supercollider? I just met her.” Oh, hi. I didn’t see you there. This column takes its title from an episode of hit Fox sitcom The Simpsons.
It’s the half-million dollar question: why did our University purchase 1,650 iPods and give them to incoming freshmen free of charge?.
Two city planners sit in a cozy office one autumn morning, surrounded by maps and blueprints. They have shared this office for some 20 years, working as steady custodians of a burgeoning city.
As someone that looks important due to his prime spot in the newspaper, where you can just see the headline after the crossword gets ripped out and the rest of The Chronicle gets ignored like the...
Don’t worry, first-years, I’m not going to offer you any half-hearted, painfully optimistic advice on how to best navigate your “undergraduate experience.
Consider yourself divinely touched. See, this column could have gone lots of ways.
To the Parents of the Class of 2008: Let the Learning Begin!.
Had Ronald Reagan shown his resum� to a political consultant fifty years ago, he probably would have been told to abandon any thoughts of a political career.
Upon exploring the ever-popular college section of Barnes and Noble, I found myself, once again, browsing through those infamous college books.
It’s 2:15 a.m., Monday morning, and I should be studying for tomorrow’s quiz. But if we’re here at Duke to learn, I’ve got something much more important to think about—and it all started when my...