Lysa Chen


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Being Gregor-ious

Returning to Duke after a semester abroad comes with mixed feelings. No news there. On one hand, if you're like me, you're looking forward to catching up with old friends-the Chick-fil-A ladies,...


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I am not a history major

More than 40 million turkeys are slaughtered and sliced each year as we commemorate our forefathers' safe journey across the Atlantic Ocean, and those mothercluckers deserve it. (Hey, you try and...


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The other column

Forgive me, father, for I have sinned. I have followed in your footsteps. On a winter weekend in the first grade, my mother flew across the country for a business trip, leaving my dad to watch me...


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Tale of two cities

They lie, you know. In films and television shows set in this fine city of London, you always get that mini montage of the protagonist and his entourage teasing the guards at Buckingham Palace,...


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A fresher start

By the time my parents divorced and at 8 years old, I'd gotten used to the idea of being an only child, and I liked it.


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Will trade column for food

It is trying times like these that make people stressed and cantankerous. And it is when people are stressed and cantankerous that the Germans start wars.


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Take two

I am thinking this column from my kitchen sink. I am thinking this column from my kitchen sink, because if I crawl down from the counter to hunt for a pen and paper, I may lose my leg. That is what...


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A walk on the wild side

Growing up, I had no desire to run around in parks, splash in puddles or make mud pies. I never even felt the urge to torture an ant or two with a magnifying glass (mostly because I was much too...


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The great escape

I have an addictive personality. By that I do not mean everyone I have ever met incessantly follows me around begging for more time in my presence.

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