What's your type?
By Janie Booth | March 8, 2019“Are you the shy one or the talkative one?”
“Are you the shy one or the talkative one?”
In my previous column, I highlighted some areas of improvement in the curriculum, including the BME Design Fellows, a great step in developing skills which could be used in the engineering industry, an area which was previously lacking.
In almost any conversation about future plans with my fellow students at Duke, I catch myself wondering how anyone is so sure about what they want to do with their lives.
Do you ever wonder if members of the Board of Trustees read the Chronicle?
Imagine this: Coach K sets his rules for the upcoming game—everyone must be at practice. Every day, on time, no exceptions. One afternoon, all of the team’s starters decided to show up an hour late to practice.
As a senior biomedical engineering (BME) and electrical and computer (ECE) double major, Duke BME was quite the experience.
A week or so ago, Duke fans across the nation sat down to watch our team, and you in particular, beat the Tar out of the Heels.
“Hey, how are you?” “Good, how are you?” “Good, thanks.” How frequently do you have this conversation each day? I’m guessing at least a dozen times.
Duke is partaking in a national crisis, and it’s only getting worse. It’s contributing to the enormous cost crisis engulfing the higher education system.
Duke has a culture of philanthropy—and that’s awesome.
“Finance bros,” “sell outs,” and “snakes”—these colloquial terms have found homes in our vocabulary, and we regularly make memes of these stereotypes in mockery.
Meeting new people usually starts the same way: after the hello, how are you and the what’s your name? people dive into slightly more personal questions such as, Where are you from? Where do you go to school? What are you studying?
An inscrutable mass of p-froshes descended upon Duke’s campus several weekends ago for the Early Decision Blue Devil Days.
I used to think that I wore makeup to make myself feel good. But when I realized I was afraid to leave my dorm room with a bare face, I had to admit there was something else going on.
There is no such thing as dialogue at Duke University. There exist only monologues in parallel.
If anyone were to ask what singular skill I am most proud of acquiring at Duke, I would respond that it is dealing with rejection.
It’s a tale as old as time: you enter a movie theater with the intention of escaping reality—at least for the duration of the film.
Tenting has been a phenomenon on Duke’s campus for over 30 years.
Duke-UNC is the big game. It’s one of the most storied rivalries in all of sports.
As you no doubt realize, yesterday at Duke was a day mostly dedicated to preparing for the Duke v.s. UNC men’s basketball game.