Tag Archives: College Life
Does Your Study Area Face a Door, Window, or Other Distractions?
by Laura Today I finally finished a monster paper that I had been furiously working on for the past several days. Because of this monster, I was unable to take the time to go the campus wide study break last … Continue reading
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Mission Stay On Couch=Epic Fail
by Laura Anticipating a few days without visitors, we decided to stay local for fall break and attempt to do absolutely nothing. However, Harold discovered that it was Parent’s Weekend at Duke, and the related events were right about at … Continue reading
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RDWe’reBetterThanU
by Laura The Daily Beast recently revealed a ranked list of the country’s smartest places. Apparently, I should pat myself on the back for choosing to be a part of the most intelligent metro area of them all – the … Continue reading
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UNC Media Center, I Blame You
by Laura I knew I should never have trusted a lighter shade of blue. At Duke, our library provided a model academic climate. We had books, study rooms for the serious learner, coffee shops with comfy chairs for the slightly … Continue reading
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Overheard in the Halls: Homecoming Edition
by Laura Harold will be updating the blog with his Homecoming report shortly – but in the meantime, here’s a few highlights: A Half-Century Club member after my own heart, commenting on a lecture about reading: “For me the library … Continue reading
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What Will They Think of Next?
by Laura Back in 2000, Duke did some remodeling and unveiled an improved K-ville*. The campus was especially in awe of the ethernet connections in the lamp posts. This provided a much-needed way to connect laptops to the Web, because … Continue reading
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Is UNC Really the Pits? (Hardy-Har, Har)
by Laura Some readers have been begging us* for more insight into life at Carolina, especially versus Duke. Since I went to Duke as an undergrad, you will naturally have concluded that I will be much too busy polishing my … Continue reading
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It Wouldn’t be Back to School…
by Laura …without an a capella showcase to start off the semester right. Several alarming items to report: Christian a capella groups are still ruining songs you used to like by turning lines about love and being alive … Continue reading
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