January 31, 2005
With sincere apologies to my older daughter, who cites Christina Hoff Summers in support of the proposition that it's amazing "how well behaved" college students are, some news about her alma mater, the Harvard of the South:
For the past five years, the homemaker has endured the future leaders of America vomiting in their yards, "hanging out" buck naked on their balconies and chanting during apparent rituals. . . .
Besides the weekly "it's Friday!" celebrations, members of university-recognized frats host unofficial off-campus parties, as do some renegade groups that have dumped their university and national affiliations but function like fraternities with none of the rules. . . .
Freshman Lisa Bonnifield criticized Duke administrators and the neighbors for being uptight. "What else do you expect us to be doing playing chess?" she said, before a friend dragged her over the campus wall.