My closest childhood friend-since the second grade to be exact-finally came to Duke for a visit.
When Young Trustee results were announced in late February, my friends-both male and female-were shocked.
Around this time five years ago my family and I packed the car and left Missouri for Blue Devil Days.
I think all "normal" students at Duke secretly, or openly, wish they were merit scholars, specifically Robertson Scholars. I fess up to my envy-they have it made.
Until last year when Duke Student Government and InterCommunity Council named Ben Abram, Trinity '07, Duke's newest Young Trustee, my impression of the post was overwhelmingly negative.
Every year at Christmas I manage to get into some sort of political debate. I swear that I play no part in this arrangement.
When I told my friends I would be MIA for a week, they responded with disbelief. No fair. You can't skip school to gamble.
The approaching holiday season makes me sappy, so when choosing a column topic for this week-finals, Karl Rove, how the Republican debate on YouTube got me all riled up, Durham's water crisis,...
Free food courtesy of quad council... RA programming event on internships... First panel discussion of the week, it has something to do with global health...
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.
