"I am sure that I will look back years from now on all these beliefs and snap analyses of books and realize how young, naive and wrong I once was and how much I have lost in becoming old, wise and...
All semester I have been fighting the urge to write a political column, but with the first presidential primaries only six weeks away, I can no longer stave off the compulsion to pontificate.
Every single job interview I have gone through has included some variation on this question: "How did you choose Duke, and why was it right for you?"
In my last column, I focused on the lack of interaction between students and faculty in individual or small-group settings. Now I want to turn toward possible solutions.
The scariest portion of any job application is a little section that should be simple: references.
It's weird to acknowledge that I'm a senior. I certainly don't feel like a big man on campus around here.
It is the time of year for what I like to call a single-person collective action failure.
I entered Duke in 2004 with two extremely notable classmates, whom I must admit I pull for whenever I get the chance. The first is the lone senior on our men's basketball team:
Sometimes I wonder if I've made the right choice. It's not that Duke is awful or anything, but I often feel like I drag a $160,000 anchor around with me, like I face higher expectations because of...
During my first month as a Duke senior, I realized there is no imaginable scenario in which I might meet new people. Over the three short years I've been here my circle of friends has crystallized,...
