A long time ago, the young ____1____ and the old ____2____ welcomed into the world a healthy baby ___3___.
It's elementary school all over again with this "choose your own adventure"-style column. Please do not read this column from start to finish.
Eyebrows furrowed in confusion, shoulders shrugging, exasperated sighs -- often times, undergraduate students remain without an answer to the inescapable question, "So, what are you going to do after you graduate?" For William Walker, associate professor of biomedical engineering (BME) and electrical and computer engineering, the answer came before his fourth year as an undergraduate at Duke University. "Between my junior and senior years, I got a research fellowship to do work at Duke," Walker said.
Contrary to what you may think, you're not too old to be celebrating Halloween. That is, of course, unless you're a fourth year.
Halloween costume shopping If there is one inevitable it is that we grow older each day. However, there is one day of the year where aging seems to have no effect --- Halloween.
Hygiene is annoying. Don't misunder- stand me; it's a vital part of what makesus human and frankly, when it doesn't happen, the results are unpleasant.
We talk about him all the time; we know him as "Mr. Jefferson," "TJ" or sometimes, "Tom." Yet, how much do we really know about the founder of our University? There are many generalizations that people associate with the third president of our nation, but they are exactly that -- generalizations. In order to truly get to know Thomas Jefferson, we should try to get to know him on a deeper, more personal level. So let's take a closer look at our founder in a form that displays who he really is -- a résumé. Thomas Jefferson Marital Status: Married to Martha Wayles Skelton.
Fast-paced horses, swinging mallets and tailgates -- sounds like a polo match. The concept of polo is similar to other competitive sports: get the ball in the goal. But, trying to score atop a thousand-pound animal with a mallet only a little larger than the ball while other players and horses are trying to bump you out of the way complicates matters a bit.
I am the first to admit that I am not the type of person you could accurately refer to as "intellectually curious." This is not to say that I am without interests.
So I was rummaging in my fan-mail bag this morning, and I happened to stumble upon a rather derogatory letter by a student named "Dan." Now, this wasn't my first hate letter -- far from it.
"Would you drink out of that?" fourth-year College student Meredith Powell asked a group of young children Friday afternoon. They responded with a resounding and definitive, "No!" Powell, an art history major, had just shown the children a picture of a work of art by surrealist Meret Oppenheim.
Have you ever wished you could trade that "long-time-no-see, buddy" in for a much cooler "what's up dude"? I know I have ... a lot.
We don't really know why we wanted to go to Disney on Ice. We just knew we wanted to attend. And the price was right, $12 for "100 Years of Magic." That's only, like, $0.12 per year of magic, for those of you who aren't good at identifying a bargain. The premise was a simple one: In just two hours, performers were going to present 100 years of Disney's best music and magic, and they were going to do it on ice.
Alderman: Phew, am I glad that week is over. The work never ends! McCormick: Dude, I feel you.
When wandering in the Newcomb Hall basement, one might notice films being shown in the theater. Quite often, these films are ones created by students who are a part of the University's Film Makers Society (FMS). For instance, a movie called "Roskosmos" premiered last weekend in Newcomb, which drew a crowd of about 100, fourth-year College student and Vice President of Production for FMS Steve Robillard said. There are about 60 active members in the society, but many more students are associated with FMS, working on projects at different times during the year, Robillard said. "We're really just trying to encourage student film in any shape or any form," Robillard said.
Things are getting weird. My life is usually confined pretty clearly within walls of unpredictability.
With the recent violent crimes and burglaries in which members of the University community were victims, some question the degree to which students feel safe at the University.
This weekend, the University will undergo an "invasion of the parents," also known as Family Weekend.
The task seemed simple enough: Spend a week "living on air." No credit cards, no trips to the ATM, no pulling that dough out of my wallet, no rendezvous with Ben Franklin, Abe Lincoln, John Adams or any of my friends of old.
I've been getting the same old question a lot lately: "Where are you living next year?" My response is invariably, "Quit being so nosy.
