Ashwin Bhirud


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The Duke Chronicle
OPINION

From you to me

All right, I'm a little miffed, you know, like Duke students at a T.I. concert. I thought the school knew the meaning of a standard bartering agreement, but apparently I was mistaken.


The Duke Chronicle
OPINION

Basketball diaries

A peculiar incident occurred a couple weeks ago, one that you may or may not be familiar with. A somber fall from grace for some and a rare pleasure for others, it may be cited as one of the most...


The Duke Chronicle
OPINION

Dear sir or madam

In an unbecoming move representative of a gradual digression into another gender, I am resigning my membership from the League of Masculine Brave Souls and Die Hard Bruce Willis Fans, an...


The Duke Chronicle
OPINION

Ashton Kutcher, modern savior

Times are tough. And in these trying times, it seems no one is trying hard enough. The political climate is palled by the gloomiest of clouds. With a forecast of "nothing but trouble," and an...


The Duke Chronicle
OPINION

Not obnoxious at all

In theory, it seems like it would be difficult to convey anger effectively on this piece of grayish, smelly newsprint. Real fury is three-dimensional; can you see my banging fists and hear my...


The Duke Chronicle
OPINION

A Self-Loather No More

As a freshman three years ago, if I had been told I would be onstage for three minutes in an essentially Indian culture performance-type celebration, I, an accomplished self-loather, would have...


The Duke Chronicle
OPINION

What would Finland do?

As the bottomless bookbag of ACES opens its jaws and you take the courageous leap into the academic abyss, think about this: In the near future, Trinity administrators could force you to take less...


The Duke Chronicle
OPINION

Stop the red marker

I am extremely disillusioned with the president of the country of the United States of America. Am I allowed to say that? Am I allowed to be extremely disillusioned with him? I mean, I don't want...


The Duke Chronicle
OPINION

A Nash-ural alternative

After the unabashed success of Nasher Noir, with more than 1,500 (1,500?!) students essentially teetotaling to the delight of the Durham community's Thursday night, faulty rationale follows that...


The Duke Chronicle
OPINION

I am talking; hear me roar

I know this sounds really crazy, but a girl came up to me in front of the Chapel and said, "Persuade me in a 500-word, well organized, cited argument, oral or written, to believe your point of view."

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