<p>[Commentary:</a> Carolina Blue - Editorial](<a href=“http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2003/02/20/Editorial/Commentary.Carolina.Blue-1462496.shtml]Commentary:”>http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2003/02/20/Editorial/Commentary.Carolina.Blue-1462496.shtml)</p>
<p>The biggest difference between Duke and UNC? Definitely the student body. From my experiences at the other end of Tobacco Road, the people are much more laidback and happy-go-lucky at UNC than at Duke, and for those that do drink Friday/Saturday nights at Duke seems to end in getting absolutely schwasted and hammered instead of socially drinking. The other day, I asked my Duke friend what she does for fun- she answered that she had absolutely no idea. “The extent of our hanging out seems to be while studying except for an occasional movie or something. lol even when we’re not studying we’re hanging out in study rooms half the time. the topic came up again at ben & jerry’s, and lisa came to the same conclusion. hardly seems worth it. there has to be more to life…right?” Her words, not mine. From what I’ve seen/heard, Duke and UNC, though colleges only a couple miles apart, are two completely different worlds.</p>
<p>Yesterday I was struck by how great Chapel Hill is- walking through the lower quad/Pit area, everyone was decked out in Carolina blue for our upcoming Elite 8 game (in which we completely dominated), the quad on such a gorgeous day was filled with people reading, playing frisbee, or simply hanging out, and… some type of benefit was going on in the pit where a Beatles cover band was playing. Now, I’m not entirely certain on what goes on at the Duke campus during the day as I’ve only been there at night, but needless to say there’s always something to do in Chapel Hill.</p>
<p>I’m not going to lie: I bleed carolina blue. I LOVE my school, the campus, the people, and of course our amazing basketball team. But just thought I’d give a Carolina student input :)</p>