I'm a couple of years older than you are then, what class were you? This happened during my time at Duke but not my freshman year. Also, that columnist? Was a wanker. And not funny. He lived in BOG and it's one thing to write a humor column, it's quite another to use said humor column to air personal grievances. It's even worse when you are the un-named target of said grievance but anybody who knows you can figure out that it's you (and the author does not know you and does not even bother trying to talk to you.) And when the reason for said grievance is based on a falsehood, it's really, really bad, at least for a few days. If it had been bad for longer than a few days, I would have filed complaint with Dean Sue to get him removed from writing that column. And the people who did know me (and were angry with me) at least had the decency to talk to me about it. I was able to convince them that the "offending party" was not me. It's wasn't much of an offense, but it got blown out of proportion because of that wanker. Can you tell I do not have fond memories of BCG? They guy before him? Was funny. He originated the column but I don't remember his initials. I met him once though. He was a senior when I was a freshman and was the basis for the character played by Andrew McCarthy in St. Elmo's Fire.
Actually, I'm forgetting one. There was the original guy. Then TAB. Then BCG for my final two years. I think the food fight was my junior year which makes you Class of '87, OPK?
Unless BCG didn't instigate the food fight. But in my memory the wanker and the food fight starter were the same guy.
That was my senior year. Yeah, BCG was my year and he phoned in that column second semester of what was also his senior year. It was full of complaints about anybody and everybody that got on his nerves. Every week. It was tiresome. I remember thinking at the time that I should have tried to get the gig. Everybody read that column and it was so, so, so bad by the end of his tenure. I hope the next person The Chronicle chose was better.
I was probably still too clueless to know much about the objects of his rantings. But that as you describe is both unprofessional and unnecessary.
Anonymous snark has a limit.
(Except for my postings on DBR, of course, which taps from an unlimited well of seething and discordant grievances. It's a hobby.)
Festivus is still 5 months away...
Much of Monday, Monday eluded me during my undergrad years.
Nothing incites bodily violence quicker than a Duke fan turning in your direction and saying 'scoreboard.'
I'm a very lucky person. Day 2 of family bike trip is in the books. Nice ride, not very long. Rest of the day was spent hanging out. Dinner was Ginger Lime grilled chicken, tomato watermelon salad, and rice.
Day 3 will add a couple more to the group - a couple of BiL Alan 's sisters will be joining us.
Mt Mansfield, 4393 ft, the peak happens to be in our wee town of Underhill, though often Stowe gets the miscredit...but we begin pretty much at sea level, not sure if Kansas cheats like many Western states do, e.g. Denver is flat as a board, but is at 5280 feet...a foot high gopher hill there could be called a 5281 ft peak I suppose..