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The Keeper of the Keys

Caroline McGeough
Lawson Kurtz
You’ve probably never heard of Bob Schmitz. But odds are good that you’ve heard the bass blasting from one of his rental properties—he boasts a portfolio of more than 270, ranging from frat houses to historic homes.
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Out of Africa

By Ryan Brown
Ryan Brown
West Africa is a world apart—one of two tangled languages and, for the non-native, warbled words. Our correspondent in Dakar files a dispatch from her study abroad experience.
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Blue Devil Crossing

Roger Dubay

By Christine Hall
Chase Olivieri
It's 8:52 a.m., and Roger Dubay, manager of the Sanford Deli, has been awake for nearly three hours, even though the deli has not yet seen its first rush of the day.
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Roadside Wisdom

Roadside Wisdom: John Burness

By Staff Reports
Chase Olivieri
Perhaps best known for his 17 years as chief mouthpiece for the administration, John Burness keeps a quieter profile these days, teaching a course on higher ed and the media—and the ways he’s manipulated both!—and penning a column for the Chronicle of Higher Education. On these pages, he reveals his most treasured traits and a deep-seated affection for the New York Yankees.
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The Devil's Details

Social activity  (0)

Sam Schlinkert
Beer, liquor, sweat, blood and whatever other social activity these kids spill at night form a frat runoff that must go somewhere.

O, Christmas Tree  (1)

Julia Love
Although these three entrepreneurs celebrate Christmas, the spirit of the season wasn’t their primary motivation for growing and selling organic Christmas trees. Visions of a greener planet danced in their heads.

Meditations On an Injury  (0)

Ben Cohen
The process of preparing in sports is one of compulsive preparation. It promises nothing, and it guarantees even less. So what happens when something goes wrong?

The Green Light

Lauren Dietrich

Vitamin Water Machines  (0)

Kevin Lincoln
As I get further into my tenure at Duke, I’m eating worse.This is why the Vitamin Water vending machines are the greatest additions to Duke’s campus since Edens Quadrangle.

The Realization That You Can Have Sex in the Stacks  (0)

Sam Schlinkert
The silence in the library is heavy and books that probably haven’t been touched in decades are calling out to you, throwing themselves at you. What you can do about it.

Editor's Letter

From the Editors  (0)

Chelsea Allison
Some people say that the best gifts are the gifts of self. Or that it’s the thought that counts. We’d like to respectfully disagree.

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