Greetings from Durham
By Kevin Lincoln | June 29, 2010I’m going to open up my greeting to you freshmen with a question that I hope gets some raised hands. How many of you wanted to come to Duke at least in part for Durham?
I’m going to open up my greeting to you freshmen with a question that I hope gets some raised hands. How many of you wanted to come to Duke at least in part for Durham?
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