Letter: Academically driven undergrads exist, despite claim

I think I speak for many Duke undergraduates and Chronicle readers who are sick of Stuart Rojstaczer's whiny and insulting columns. He seems to have nothing better to do than belittle the intelligence of undergraduates at Duke, saying that "Intellectually, undergraduate life at Duke is weak," and referring to Duke as "less than a serious place" academically. Just because some of his hydrology students may not be the most intellectually driven undergrads does not mean that such people don't exist. If the esteemed professor does not believe that this University is a serious place for education, then why is he still here? Can he not get a job at a "serious" university? He may have some good points, such as the presence of grade inflation, but his columns have mostly contained self-righteous complaints about Duke and Duke students. Giving a faculty member a column is an excellent idea, but The Chronicle should find someone with a little more substance and fewer whines than Rojstaczer.