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[McMD]

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Don't worry Burns, we will be safe when the helo picks us up from JMH. It's armed with missiles! (and some other fancy guns)

 

[RunnerMD]

Is anyone else ready to start school already? I'm so bored! I wish we had the option to take 1 or 2 classes over the summer to lighten the load in the fall.

 

[McMD]

Is anyone else ready to start school already? I'm so bored! I wish we had the option to take 1 or 2 classes over the summer to lighten the load in the fall.

ditto. I'm so ready to be out of the lab and back in the classroom. I'm about to take one of these PhD's out I'm so tired of their b.s.

 

[MrBurns10]

Is anyone else ready to start school already? I'm so bored! I wish we had the option to take 1 or 2 classes over the summer to lighten the load in the fall.

No way. I'm looking forward to having two months off after I quit my job.

McMD, you think the military would let me "borrow" a few smoke grenades? I figure if someone tries to mug me, a little smoke wouldn't hurt him and would give me time to get out my concealed nunchuks or throwing star (good idea on those, Q).

 

[McMD]

No way. I'm looking forward to having two months off after I quit my job.

McMD, you think the military would let me "borrow" a few smoke grenades? I figure if someone tries to mug me, a little smoke wouldn't hurt him and would give me time to get out my concealed nunchuks or throwing star (good idea on those, Q).

I think we can work something out, Burns. I'm thinking tear gas will be much more effective though. After we gas him, we'll get hoisted up to the helo, then hover really low so the guy goes flying away. Word will then get around not to mess with us b*tches.

 

[MrBurns10]

I think we can work something out, Burns. I'm thinking tear gas will be much more effective though. After we gas him, we'll get hoisted up to the helo, then hover really low so the guy goes flying away. Word will then get around not to mess with us b*tches.

That's badass, I'm glad I know you. Local criminals will feel the wrath of Red Tide!

Which reminds me, I was thinking about it and I think our band is really missing a lyre and a recorder (you know, that sorta-flute instrument we all had to learn in elementary school). Recruitment of new band members must continue.

 

[McMD]

That's badass, I'm glad I know you. Local criminals will feel the wrath of Red Tide!

Which reminds me, I was thinking about it and I think our band is really missing a lyre and a recorder (you know, that sorta-flute instrument we all had to learn in elementary school). Recruitment of new band members must continue.

I have a million recorders I will donate to Red Tide.

BTW, when I was under the influence the other night, I said "Red Tide" instead of Red something (don't remember what I was actually trying to say...), anyways, I laughed and no-one knew what I was laughing about. Awkward!!

 

[QofQuimica]

I have a million recorders I will donate to Red Tide.

BTW, when I was under the influence the other night, I said "Red Tide" instead of Red something (don't remember what I was actually trying to say...), anyways, I laughed and no-one knew what I was laughing about. Awkward!!

I totally HATE it when I make jokes that only my imaginary internet friends would understand....

 

[Endee]

That's badass, I'm glad I know you. Local criminals will feel the wrath of Red Tide!

Which reminds me, I was thinking about it and I think our band is really missing a lyre and a recorder (you know, that sorta-flute instrument we all had to learn in elementary school). Recruitment of new band members must continue.

So now its Red Tide, band by day, vigilante gang by night?

 

[QofQuimica]

So now its Red Tide, band by day, vigilante gang by night?

Our first order of business is to crash McMD's wedding. Chocolate fountain, baby!!!

 

[McMD]

www.clubcontinental.com It's not really the place for vigilante gangs.

 

[QofQuimica]

www.clubcontinental.com It's not really the place for vigilante gangs.

Wow, it looks awesome, McMD. Your wedding is going to be so beautiful. I don't remember if I said it already, but if I did, congrats again to you and your fiance. 🙂 What are you going to do for your honeymoon?

 

[dancer4]

Is anyone else ready to start school already? I'm so bored! I wish we had the option to take 1 or 2 classes over the summer to lighten the load in the fall.

YES!! By the way... had an early morning epiphany on my way to work- for those of you planning to be in miami by mid-summer, we should all meet up for happy hour... after all, this is critical to our survival, right? And what better way to ensure that than to tackle it together? 😀

 

[RunnerMD]

YES!! By the way... had an early morning epiphany on my way to work- for those of you planning to be in miami by mid-summer, we should all meet up for happy hour... after all, this is critical to our survival, right? And what better way to ensure that than to tackle it together? 😀

Hi Dancer! You should join Red Tide with us! And I agree about happy hour. We should meet somewhere in the grove...

 

[dancer4]

Hi Dancer! You should join Red Tide with us! And I agree about happy hour. We should meet somewhere in the grove...

hhmmmm- currently, my only TRUE talent seems to be hunting for apartments (this is unbelievably difficult!) so i fear i'd bring nothing to the famous red tide... however, i'll gladly be part of y'alls cheering section- could this count for participation?

as for the grove, brilliant! can't wait. seriously, this was my favorite friday pastime in undergrad. and my newfound love for peach beer and friday relaxation leads me to believe the best is still to come... w/ that in mind, might as well start early

 

[McMD]

Wow, it looks awesome, McMD. Your wedding is going to be so beautiful. I don't remember if I said it already, but if I did, congrats again to you and your fiance. 🙂 What are you going to do for your honeymoon?

Thanks Q! I'm really excited about the wedding, and thanks for the congrats!! Ha!...the age old question...the honeymoon...I really hate answering this question because it seems so strange to other people...BUT....my fiance is gone right now, gets back a week be4 the wedding, then leaves again 4 days AFTER the wedding and will be gone until I move to Miami. In September, he leaves to go overseas and will be back in April, out of the Navy in May....THEN we will go on our honeymoon!!! haha. So basically, we have NO idea where we're going. His dad owns a travel agency, so I'm sure it will be somewhere cool. But it won't be until the summer after my first year of med school. I know, you probably think we're crazy...but we're not, we didn't realize he'd be gone so much before and after the wedding...but now that we know, we just deal with it. haha.


Dancer, find any good apartments?...I can't start my search until after the wedding, so probably the last week in May or first in June. I hope this gives me enough time!!

 

[gujuDoc]

Oh yeah, McMD I just realized I never said congrats. CONGRATS on the wedding, and may both of you be blessed for all your days!!!!!! 😀

 

[McMD]

Thanks Guju!! May you both be picked up by the helo if you decide to go to Miami. I will see to it. haha. Sorry Burns, you may have to give up your seat!

 

[foodlover]

This Red Tide insanity has to end...I saw this today and immediately thought of the Florida crew on SDN!


Sea Creatures Spare Nothing, Especially Not the Glitter, in 'Red Tide Blooming'

Taylor Mac, the first recipient of the Ethyl Eichelberger Award, has taken a page from Charles Ludlam's Theater of the Ridiculous to concoct an over-the-top kitschfest that pokes fun at anything from Lynne Cheney to television weathermen to religious fundamentalism, exposing a lot of flesh along the way (some of it dyed bright green).

"Red Tide Blooming," at P.S. 122 (part of the award, for work that exemplifies its namesake's "larger-than-life style," is a production there), uses the Coney Island Mermaid Parade as a loose inspiration for a wild camp spectacle that spoofs current politics and popular culture. Imagine being on Christopher Street in the middle of a Halloween parade with a distinctly aquatic theme (and don't forget tons of glitter), and you'll have some idea of the experience of watching this platform-heeled musical extravaganza.

Mr. Mac, who also wrote and directed "Red Tide," plays Olokun, a hermaphrodite sea creature (thanks to some not-so-sturdy duct tape in strategic naked anatomical areas) whose mission in life is to find similar "freaks." He is assisted in his quest by the media-centric Lynn (Bridget Everett), clad in hot pink down to her bra. Then there's the evangelical weatherman Colin Clement (an effectively unctuous Todd D'Amour), who is recruited by the Collective Conscious, an evil acid-green sweater deity (don't ask), to terrorize the public with reports of a plague of Red Tide algae.

The atmosphere is Pee-wee Herman's playhouse meets Mardi Gras: the place is festooned with schools of tropically bright paper fish, with seahorses sprinkled on fake tree trunks. The flamboyant onstage antics, with a Coney Island chorus of waddling whale-size mermaids (the penguinlike gait of the anything-but-little mermaids' sequined tails is highly amusing), become increasingly bizarre.

They include a subplot involving a "tanorexic" East Village slum landlady named Slavaskia (Ruby Lynn Reyner, a downtown fixture), whose Pamela Anderson-scale breasts have minds (and mouths) of their own. Towering over everyone in fishnets, platforms and a platinum bouffant wig is Constance Faubourg (Bianca Leigh), a cross between Martha Stewart and Tammy Faye Bakker as channeled by John Waters. You get the picture.

The madcap momentum of "Red Tide" is quite entertaining for the first half of the show, but eventually the tide becomes just a tad too high: more gratingly shrill than endearingly silly. With all the genital-baring gender-bending acrobatics going on, the usually inspired Basil Twist seems to have his puppeteer's hands tied; his talents are used only for animating the sweater deity, a sacrificial stuffed hippo, a wave of blue-haired ladies and Slavaskia's generous endowments.

Still, if this is the kind of thing that floats your boat, "Red Tide" is a frothy whirlpool.

 

[unfrozencaveman]

Hi Dancer! You should join Red Tide with us! And I agree about happy hour. We should meet somewhere in the grove...

I think I'm banned from the Grove, lest I break a hip in Sandbar trying to limbo with the rest of the barely-legals.

 

[McMD]

This Red Tide insanity has to end...I saw this today and immediately thought of the Florida crew on SDN!


Sea Creatures Spare Nothing, Especially Not the Glitter, in 'Red Tide Blooming'

Taylor Mac, the first recipient of the Ethyl Eichelberger Award, has taken a page from Charles Ludlam's Theater of the Ridiculous to concoct an over-the-top kitschfest that pokes fun at anything from Lynne Cheney to television weathermen to religious fundamentalism, exposing a lot of flesh along the way (some of it dyed bright green).

"Red Tide Blooming," at P.S. 122 (part of the award, for work that exemplifies its namesake's "larger-than-life style," is a production there), uses the Coney Island Mermaid Parade as a loose inspiration for a wild camp spectacle that spoofs current politics and popular culture. Imagine being on Christopher Street in the middle of a Halloween parade with a distinctly aquatic theme (and don't forget tons of glitter), and you'll have some idea of the experience of watching this platform-heeled musical extravaganza.

Mr. Mac, who also wrote and directed "Red Tide," plays Olokun, a hermaphrodite sea creature (thanks to some not-so-sturdy duct tape in strategic naked anatomical areas) whose mission in life is to find similar "freaks." He is assisted in his quest by the media-centric Lynn (Bridget Everett), clad in hot pink down to her bra. Then there's the evangelical weatherman Colin Clement (an effectively unctuous Todd D'Amour), who is recruited by the Collective Conscious, an evil acid-green sweater deity (don't ask), to terrorize the public with reports of a plague of Red Tide algae.

The atmosphere is Pee-wee Herman's playhouse meets Mardi Gras: the place is festooned with schools of tropically bright paper fish, with seahorses sprinkled on fake tree trunks. The flamboyant onstage antics, with a Coney Island chorus of waddling whale-size mermaids (the penguinlike gait of the anything-but-little mermaids' sequined tails is highly amusing), become increasingly bizarre.

They include a subplot involving a "tanorexic" East Village slum landlady named Slavaskia (Ruby Lynn Reyner, a downtown fixture), whose Pamela Anderson-scale breasts have minds (and mouths) of their own. Towering over everyone in fishnets, platforms and a platinum bouffant wig is Constance Faubourg (Bianca Leigh), a cross between Martha Stewart and Tammy Faye Bakker as channeled by John Waters. You get the picture.

The madcap momentum of "Red Tide" is quite entertaining for the first half of the show, but eventually the tide becomes just a tad too high: more gratingly shrill than endearingly silly. With all the genital-baring gender-bending acrobatics going on, the usually inspired Basil Twist seems to have his puppeteer's hands tied; his talents are used only for animating the sweater deity, a sacrificial stuffed hippo, a wave of blue-haired ladies and Slavaskia's generous endowments.

Still, if this is the kind of thing that floats your boat, "Red Tide" is a frothy whirlpool.

They took our ideas!!

 

[dancer4]

Thanks Q! I'm really excited about the wedding, and thanks for the congrats!! Ha!...the age old question...the honeymoon...I really hate answering this question because it seems so strange to other people...BUT....my fiance is gone right now, gets back a week be4 the wedding, then leaves again 4 days AFTER the wedding and will be gone until I move to Miami. In September, he leaves to go overseas and will be back in April, out of the Navy in May....THEN we will go on our honeymoon!!! haha. So basically, we have NO idea where we're going. His dad owns a travel agency, so I'm sure it will be somewhere cool. But it won't be until the summer after my first year of med school. I know, you probably think we're crazy...but we're not, we didn't realize he'd be gone so much before and after the wedding...but now that we know, we just deal with it. haha.


Dancer, find any good apartments?...I can't start my search until after the wedding, so probably the last week in May or first in June. I hope this gives me enough time!!

not to worry- actually, most realtors keep telling me "you're kinda early... nobody wants to hold an apartment from now until mid-summer" etc, etc.

but, for when you do take this on (and for anyone else on the hunt) here are some REALLY good sites to check out:

1. http://miami.craigslist.org/
2. www.propertyoptions.info

and one other thing (sorry if i'm overwhelming you! told yah this was my newfound talent 🙂 )- go to http://www.law.miami.edu/ifp/new/2006_Guide.pdf

it's a guide for the UM law students- gives a great breakdown of miami areas, real estate contacts, search engines, etc. but, of course, for the next few weeks, just ENJOY planning your wedding (congratulations!)- you really should be fine 🙂

 

[786]

Does anyone know how long the wait is for a JMH parking decal?

For those of you who don't have a decal, how do get to campus if you don't live right across the street from the hospital or in walking distance?

I have heard the train is not safe at night?

 

[MrBurns10]

Does anyone know how long the wait is for a JMH parking decal?

For those of you who don't have a decal, how do get to campus if you don't live right across the street from the hospital or in walking distance?

I have heard the train is not safe at night?

Uh oh, could someone give me the phone number for the traffic office? McMD, this is your punishment for possibly kicking me out of the helo!

 

[labelwhore]

the no. is 305 243-6280, (ask for daisi which i think is extension 2)
when i spoke to her she told me the wait would approx. be 3 months but i believe the time period is variable
its safe to say if you put your name on the list right now, youll be money when school starts

 

[Hurricane95]

The train is fine as long as you ride it during daylight hours (no later than 7pm the max during the summer daylight savings time, during the winter, 6pm). Hopefully that will get me by for the first two years because I dont think you ever really have to stay too late at the med campus. Any studying that needs to get done at school during late hours will take place at the gables main campus richter library. Seriously you could prance around the gables campus at 4 in the morning without a single worry, its safe there. Third year if I have to do some rotations later during the night or something I might consider driving there on occasion, Ill have to see.

 

[McMD]

Burns, have you decided on schools??...I posted the parking number like 3 bazillion times a couple of months ago (when there wasn't a wait for parking decals)...ask frozen!! I hope the chopper can fit in the garage....we may need to borrow a few spaces, should I call for multiple decals?

 

[MrBurns10]

Burns, have you decided on schools??...I posted the parking number like 3 bazillion times a couple of months ago (when there wasn't a wait for parking decals)...ask frozen!! I hope the chopper can fit in the garage....we may need to borrow a few spaces, should I call for multiple decals?

haha I know, that's why I figured you'd injure me or something for asking again. I haven't made a final decision yet (withdrawing from schools post-acceptance scares me), but I'm pretty sure I'll choose UM. I'm on the waitlist for my top choice so if I ever got off of it I'd go, but I think I'd be very happy at UM. That's where my gut is telling me to go, and I'm a strong believer in instincts dictating or at least aiding decisions. I'm going down to miami in about a week and a half to start looking for places and to visit the school again (is anyone going to be in town?)...assuming I don't hate it when I'm down there again, UM it is. and I think the helo would fit in one space just fine being streamlined and all...it's getting it into the garage that might be a challenge the first few times.

Thanks for the number, labelwhore.

 

[McMD]

I'm thinking top floor of the parking garage will do. It is an open space, correct?

I'm thinking Red Tide has a major influence on your decision. You woud be at the Miami campus if you do so choose to attend UM, correct? I won't be in Miami in a week and a half, but I WILL be in Orlando at my bachelorette party in a week and a half....I'm so excited!! (Though not excited about the drinks that people will be stuffing down my throat, nor the massive hangover I will have while traveling back to Jacksonville the next day....ugh!) 👎

Oh yeah Burns, I thought about you when they arrested the guys for rape at Duke, I'm hoping you weren't a victim. 🙁

 

[unfrozencaveman]

I did it. I just withdrew from everywhere. It's finally official. I'm a hurricane.


If I may shift gears for a moment gentleman, coach Ditka vs. a hurricane, who would win?

Ditka.

Hold on, Hold on, Hold on. The name of the Hurricane is Hurricane Ditka.

 

[McMD]

ooooohhh...I'm going with Hurricane Ditka.

Congrats caveman. I still haven't withdrawn from one school, I'm almost afraid to. haha. I should probably do that, huh? Either way, I'm definitely a Hurricane!!

 

[unfrozencaveman]

I'm oddly really excited!!

 

[RunnerMD]

I am soooooooooooooooo excited to start school. Right now, I have been on a conference call for 20 minutes, yes 20 FREAKING minutes, and take a guess at what we've learned in 20 MINUTES.

Today, we've learned about this new form of technology called the "internet," which is comprised of various "websites." Each "website," is composed of various "webpages." And on these "webpages," there are things called "hyperlinks," also known as "links." If you click on a "hyperlink," it will take you to another webpage. (I know this is alot of vocab to pile into one conf call, but wow the technology is AMAZING!)

Suprisingly enough, we have now been going over how to navigate a website using hyperlinks for 24 MINUTES. Uh oh...someone just talked about uploading a document and it has caused all kinds of panic. We're saving this for next week.

Sorry for the rant. Thank GOD for mute codes. Did I mention that I'm ready to quit?

 

[MrBurns10]

Oh yeah Burns, I thought about you when they arrested the guys for rape at Duke(

ok I have to rant about this (not to you! just in general). Skip over if you don't want to see/hear/read a frustrated Burnsie.

Man, I can't tell you how sick and tired I am of this media attention. I'm like, find another f-ing story! ESPN.com thinks it's "breaking news" to mention that the police recently requested to interview some of the players before the indictments, the players called their lawyers, and they advised them not to speak. Oooooh. And it's the first time I've realized how profit-driven media services are. ESPN.com had an article titled something about how the accused's classmates defend them, but all they do is talk about the tuition of their high schools and how rich their neighborhoods are. That's not relevant news at all, and don't pass it off like it is to incite more hatred against the players.

I am also really frustrated with people all over the nation but especially in Durham (and I promise this isn't directed at you) a) assuming these two guys are guilty just because they're rich white kids (although I admit, I assumed they were guilty when I first heard the news), and b) lumping the entire Duke student body into the stereotype of "rich, white, priveleged, and stuck-up." The vast vast majority of Duke students do community service...and enjoy it! And never a peep from the Durham community. But the minute something like this happens or supposedly happens, we're all suddently selfish and too priveleged to care about Durham or its citizens.

Yes, some athletes and off-campus frats make too much noise and drink too much beer and are disrespectful of neighbors, and that's something that needs to change. But that happens at colleges everywhere, and some people need to stop looking at this as a problem with Duke students or the lacrosse team and realize it's a problem that needs to be addressed on a societal level. This could have happened anywhere, and, unfortunately, it does happen everywhere.

Whew, end rant. Sorry about that...I promise that wasn't directed at you. I guess I just wanted to get the other side of the story out. Don't believe everything you hear on the news!! Continue on.

P.S. I agree, the existence of Red Tide and yrodri's promise of t-shirts definitely entered into my decision. What are your plans for your bachelorette party? Should be fun!

 

[roboyce]

ok I have to rant about this (not to you! just in general). Skip over if you don't want to see/hear/read/ an angry Burnsie.

The only two Duke grads that I know are total jerks. They drive around in sports cars and live in gated communities away from the riff-raff. Typical private school rich kids...

 

[MrBurns10]

I did it. I just withdrew from everywhere. It's finally official. I'm a hurricane.


If I may shift gears for a moment gentleman, coach Ditka vs. a hurricane, who would win?

Ditka.

Hold on, Hold on, Hold on. The name of the Hurricane is Hurricane Ditka.

Congrats on the decision, frozey, that's excellent. You must teach me your ways of how to get the courage to withdraw. I think you just made Davis cry, though.

As for your question, it depends on the category of hurricane. Categories 1-4, I think Ditka wins, hands down. But category 5...I mean, that is some strong winds and much flying debris. Ditka doesn't have as much flying debris.

 

[MrBurns10]

The only two Duke grads that I know are total jerks. They drive around in sports cars and live in gated communities away from the riff-raff. Typical private school rich kids...

har har...don't you have a date with Paul Farmer to go to or something?

 

[WholeLottaGame7]

Don't let the lack of a furnished apartment fool you, it's soooo the "in" thing right now. I've got the fine Corinthian leather set in storage in the name of style.

And my private chef was taking her annual night off to spend with her 5 toddlers, so you might have missed her, too. It's so hard to find good help these days... 👎

The only two Duke grads that I know are total jerks. They drive around in sports cars and live in gated communities away from the riff-raff. Typical private school rich kids...

 

[unfrozencaveman]

Congrats on the decision, frozey, that's excellent. You must teach me your ways of how to get the courage to withdraw. I think you just made Davis cry, though.

As for your question, it depends on the category of hurricane. Categories 1-4, I think Ditka wins, hands down. But category 5...I mean, that is some strong winds and much flying debris. Ditka doesn't have as much flying debris.

Davis already sent me back an email, and there was crying involved for sure. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance. What can I say. They wanted me. You know, after all those other people.

 

[RunnerMD]

ok I have to rant about this (not to you! just in general). Skip over if you don't want to see/hear/read a frustrated Burnsie.

I am also really frustrated with people all over the nation but especially in Durham (and I promise this isn't directed at you) a) assuming these two guys are guilty just because they're rich white kids (although I admit, I assumed they were guilty when I first heard the news), and b) lumping the entire Duke student body into the stereotype of "rich, white, priveleged, and stuck-up."

Did anyone else see that the Duke guys had a 400k bond whereas a some teenage who was recently charged with murder only had a 50k bond? (the judge even suggested the bond be set as low as 25k). Don't they have some kind of standardized system?

 

[MrBurns10]

Did anyone else see that the Duke guys had a 400k bond whereas a some teenage who was recently charged with murder only had a 50k bond? (the judge even suggested the bond be set as low as 25k). Don't they have some kind of standardized system?

That's a good question. I want to say that they probably put the bond high enough so that you might think twice before paying it, but low enough that you can probably afford it. How this stuff works is you give the money to the court, then you get it back if/when you show up for trial. If you don't have the cash to give it all up front, then you go through a bail bondsman who has an agreement with the court that he'll pay if you don't show up. But the bondsman gets a fee as high as 10-15% of the original bond. So, I'm thinking that with criminals who come from poor families/backgrounds, asking 400K is impossible; they most likely wouldn't even be able to pay the fee. So they set the fee lower than they would for someone who is well-off and can afford to either pay for it up front or pay the fee to the bondsman. That's just a conjecture, though.

 

[WholeLottaGame7]

Did anyone else see that the Duke guys had a 400k bond whereas a some teenage who was recently charged with murder only had a 50k bond? (the judge even suggested the bond be set as low as 25k). Don't they have some kind of standardized system?

The problem with a standardized system is that it would target lower-income people unfairly. Why should it be OK for rich people to go out on bond while poorer people are stuck in jail? (Besides the obvious reason that we're going to become doctors so we can do whatever we want and get away with it) I'm not sure exactly how it works, but since the purpose of bail is to make sure people show up for the trial, I'm going to have to go with MrBurns and say that the judge usually uses his discretion to determine an amount high enough to keep people around.

I'm bored.

 

[unfrozencaveman]

The problem with a standardized system is that it would target lower-income people unfairly. Why should it be OK for rich people to go out on bond while poorer people are stuck in jail? (Besides the obvious reason that we're going to become doctors so we can do whatever we want and get away with it) I'm not sure exactly how it works, but since the purpose of bail is to make sure people show up for the trial, I'm going to have to go with MrBurns and say that the judge usually uses his discretion to determine an amount high enough to keep people around.

I'm bored.

Yes, I think this is exactly the point-- the amount of money chosen for bail has to be a (fair) deterrant from escape. You might think twice if a gigantic portion of your money was tied up before you skipped off to Europe.

But, this brings up the media thing-- what a stupid and inflammatory thing (the bail comparison) to put in a news report!!! At this point no one is going to get a fair shake at justice. And Rob will have to spend a grossly disproportionate amount of his time yelling at the tv about how many channels the story is taking up.

And I agree burnsy. I get that the town-gown problem at Duke is quite a bit worse than other places, but it's pretty clear that this is getting extrapolated beyond the bounds of reason. It's not like everyone is down there like "hey look at me! I drive a mustang!"

 

[MrBurns10]

And I agree burnsy. I get that the town-gown problem at Duke is quite a bit worse than other places, but it's pretty clear that this is getting extrapolated beyond the bounds of reason. It's not like everyone is down there like "hey look at me! I drive a mustang!"

It's BMW, frozey. Only unattractive nerd-losers drive mustangs.

And see that's the thing...I went to a high school like that, and I can tell you that Duke was completely different, so much more down-to-earth and friendly (I hated my high school but I loved Duke). Sure there are rich kids who get whatever they want, but I really think they are the minority here. 75% of students are on financial aid. The biggest problem is what we talked about at dinner the other night, how most colleges are situated in communities with similar socioeconomic statuses; Yale loves new Haven and New Haven loves Yale, for example (at least, that's what I hear). When the median household income in your largely-minority community is less than the tuition of your mostly-white school (although Duke has the largest percentage of minorities of any private school, something the media always neglects to mention), there's inevitably going to be tension. It's really unfortunate, and I'm just not quite sure how to change that.

 

[MrBurns10]

Sorry to temporarily take over the thread with all this stuff. Umm, Red Tide rules! So, are people thinking of renting or buying in Miami?

Oh and frozey and I were discussing how this thread is almost exclusively UM-bound people. It's a bit odd, considering there are four schools in the state...

 

[RunnerMD]

Sorry to temporarily take over the thread with all this stuff. Umm, Red Tide rules! So, are people thinking of renting or buying in Miami?

Oh and frozey and I were discussing how this thread is almost exclusively UM-bound people. It's a bit odd, considering there are four schools in the state...

I'd like to buy. Right now, if I can find a good deal on a place in Miami, I'll buy it and attend that campus, but if not, then I'll be renting in Boca until I start at Miami (and then I could hopefully buy something).

 

[roboyce]

And I agree burnsy. I get that the town-gown problem at Duke is quite a bit worse than other places, but it's pretty clear that this is getting extrapolated beyond the bounds of reason. It's not like everyone is down there like "hey look at me! I drive a mustang!"

Yeah, seriously...I mean they could be saying stuff like "what am I going to do with my second Range Rover?"

 

[MrBurns10]

Yeah, seriously...I mean they could be saying stuff like "what am I going to do with my second Range Rover?"

Oooooh...ouch.

Rob 1, UC 0

 

[roboyce]

Oooooh...ouch.

Rob 1, UC 0

Let me just update that one for you:

Rob: 1, UC: 2,304,495,045

 

[MrBurns10]

Let me just update that one for you:

Rob: 1, UC: 2,304,495,045

You give her too much credit.