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loveduke22 · 04-20-2008, 08:31 AM

I'm sorry you all weren't thrilled with Blue Devil Days...we work hard at admissions to make sure everyone enjoys it, so I hope you all submitted any comments/suggestions you have since alot of people seemed to not like it.

To the tour guide question...it's a volunteer organization. We do it because we enjoy it, love Duke, and want everyone else to basically

Here are my responses to a few of the questions/comments:

Why is all the grass dead? Yeah- the drought is probably a good explanation. We haven't been able to water and it hasn't rained much until about 3 weeks ago, SO hopefully it will get better/more aesthetically pleasing soon. I saw people out seeding this past week.

and how annoying is the bus to east? It can get pretty irritating, I'm not gonna lie. If you're at the bus stop after, say, 1:15-2:30 class or 2:50-4:05 class, you have to be a bit more aggressive to get on a bus, but in general, if you time it right you can usually just hop on and get where you need to go. It's sort of a necessary evil, but for the most part you get used to it.

And for those who say Duke has a lot of asians
Please go visit ANY UC and then come back
I felt like I was in a sea of white people
though the (relatively few) asians I saw were not the hardcore fobby ones you would see at most UC campuses (I'm from Ca): I hate that this discussion keeps coming on. IMHO any ethic background is sort of irrelevant. Everyone that goes here works hard and loves Duke. There are plenty of Asians, African-Americans, Caucasians, people from all over the world.

04-20-2008, 08:31 AM	#9
loveduke22 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,167	I'm sorry you all weren't thrilled with Blue Devil Days...we work hard at admissions to make sure everyone enjoys it, so I hope you all submitted any comments/suggestions you have since alot of people seemed to not like it. To the tour guide question...it's a volunteer organization. We do it because we enjoy it, love Duke, and want everyone else to basically Here are my responses to a few of the questions/comments: Why is all the grass dead? Yeah- the drought is probably a good explanation. We haven't been able to water and it hasn't rained much until about 3 weeks ago, SO hopefully it will get better/more aesthetically pleasing soon. I saw people out seeding this past week. and how annoying is the bus to east? It can get pretty irritating, I'm not gonna lie. If you're at the bus stop after, say, 1:15-2:30 class or 2:50-4:05 class, you have to be a bit more aggressive to get on a bus, but in general, if you time it right you can usually just hop on and get where you need to go. It's sort of a necessary evil, but for the most part you get used to it. And for those who say Duke has a lot of asians Please go visit ANY UC and then come back I felt like I was in a sea of white people though the (relatively few) asians I saw were not the hardcore fobby ones you would see at most UC campuses (I'm from Ca): I hate that this discussion keeps coming on. IMHO any ethic background is sort of irrelevant. Everyone that goes here works hard and loves Duke. There are plenty of Asians, African-Americans, Caucasians, people from all over the world.