Fighting Fit

Last weekend was my second-last sojourn with the army: there’s gap between phases over December and January such that by the time they restart in February I should be far, far away. I’d told my recruiting sergeant-major that this might happen, so he didn’t seem too fussed. In fact, his eyes positively lit up when [...]

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Four Carolina students, four thousand miles away from Chapel Hill, in one of the world’s greatest cities. What do we do? Bash Duke and bask in our love for all things sky blue, obviously.
 
 

It’s been a hectic weekend: I had a friend (Libby Longino, Carolina ‘10) visiting from her studies in Geneva, an alumni event Sunday, [...]

I was living vicariously through my Carolina friends last night. It’s strange – I’ve been reading, discussing, and thinking about the possibility of Obama being elected since back in 2004, when I didn’t know much about the US, Red States or Blue States, but did know that charismatic speech from a youthful mixed race senatorial [...]