Morning Five: 07.06.11 Edition

nvr1983 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:15:43 +0000

Duke will be undergoing a significant transformation after losing Kyrie Irving, Nolan Smith, and Kyle Singler and to help get the team ready they are heading to China and Duabi in August. Although we wouldn’t read too much into results for the Blue Devils playing on the other side of the planet it will be interesting to see how they integrate all the new pieces (particularly Austin Rivers and Quinn Cook with returning guards Tyler Thornton, Seth Curry, and Andre Dawkins). The Blue Devils are definitely a step below Kentucky and UNC at this point in the season, but they have enough talent to be a [...]

SEC Diversity = Blondes and Redheads?

rtmsf — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:04:34 +0000

One of the most amusing anecdotes in a book about Greek life in the South called “Pledged” goes something like this:

State U. is a pretty liberal, relatively tolerant school and when one sister at State U. was asked if there was diversity in the [sorority] house, she responded: “Oh sure, we’re diverse, we have blonde, red and a lot of brown-haired girls. I think we also have a Spanish girl.”

As anyone who has ever lived there recognizes, racism in the South is a lingering unspeakable that infests itself into nearly every situation (good [...]

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Morning Five: 07.06.11 Edition

SEC Diversity = Blondes and Redheads?