Duke Parents and Students Share their Favorites

 

Shep '84, Madison '15 and Chase Moyle '17 show us their Crazie

 

Where did you live freshmen year?

Shep: Trent 2 East and BOG

Madison: Giles

Chase: Southgate

 

Favorite on-campus eatery?

Shep: The Oak Room (former dining venue in West Union)

Madison: Div School Refectory or Sitar in Penn Pavilion

Chase: Pitchfork Provisions

Favorite off-campus place to go?

Shep: Pete Rinaldi’s Chicken Palace (aka KFC, formerly at 806 Ninth Street)

Madison: DPAC

Chase: Bruegger's Bagels

Favorite class or professor?

Shep: Barney Jones for religion classes

Madison: I loved my public policy pthics course with Evan Charney. Also my Spanish and indigenous cultures class with visiting professor Catherine Walsh.

Chase: Markets and Management Studies Certificate classes

Favorite spot on campus?

Shep: The "Gardens Bowl" (the bowl-shaped field in the Sarah P. Duke Gardens) on a Sunday afternoon

Madison: I love sitting on the swinging benches in Few Quad on a nice day -- so quiet but gorgeous!

Chase: Duke Gardens

Did you tent/were you a Cameron Crazie?

Shep: Front row behind the visitors bench. Every game.

Madison: Yes, I blue-tented my freshman year. Everyone should do it once!

Chase: Yes, I spent three nights outside in the walk-up line without a tent

Where was/is your go-to study location?

Shep: 4th floor Perkins Library in the Stacks

Madison: Bostock Library, second floor Asian Reading Room or the back of the first floor in Perkins for a more social environment

Chase: Lily Library or the basement of Bostock

Favorite Duke memory (so far)?

Shep: Double overtime win vs. Carolina followed by 4-hour Springsteen concert

Madison: I don't think I can pick just one. I find so much joy in the small moments that could only occur on Duke's campus.  The intellectual conversations at the bus stops, the nights at Shooters with friends, cheering on Duke sports -- everything blends together and gives me an overwhelming sense of happiness.

Chase: LDOC (Last Day of Classes) 2014

Fill in the blank: “I am forever ________.”

Shep: Searching

Madison: Expanding my perspective

Chase: Improving

Why do you love Duke?

Shep: I discovered a passion for learning and a desire to make the world a better place. Great lifelong friends and a place that I love. That’s why I am #foreverduke

Madison: I love Duke because it offers a blend of academics and extracurriculars that don't exist anywhere else.  I think it is the people that make the place so special -- the student body and the faculty come together to truly create a "work hard, play hard" environment that challenges, excites and pushes me to be the very best I can be. Duke has become my home in the last three years, and I couldn't be more thankful for all of the things the university has given me.

Chase: Duke offers everything you could ever want to do in college.

 

Pola '85, Greg '85, and Jenny Chagnon '18 share their favorite campus spots

 

Where did you live freshmen year?

Pola: Jarvis

Greg: Wanamaker

Jenny: Pegram

Favorite on-campus eatery?

Pola: The Oak Room (former dining venue in West Union)

Greg: The Oak Room (former dining venue in West Union)

Jenny: Joe Van Gogh

Favorite off-campus place to go?

Pola: Satisfactions (old location)

Greg: Mr. Harvey's Bistro (on 15-501)

Jenny: The Regulator Bookshop

Favorite class or professor?

Pola: Film studies with Dr. Jane Gaines 

Greg: Film studies with Dr. Jane Gaines 

Jenny: Duke has a lot to offer when it comes to academics, but I am especially looking forward to taking advantage of the Center for Documentary Studies.

Favorite spot on campus?

Pola: The Ci

Greg: My senior year single room -- right next to West Campus bus stop.

Jenny: Duke Coffeehouse

Did you tent/were you a Cameron Crazie?

Pola: There was no tenting back then!

Greg: 1982-1985 were slim years for Duke Basketball -- no tents, no crazie

Jenny: After living in a household where morale was often based on how well Duke was doing in the latest basketball tournament, I am looking forward to finally going to games and participating in the craziness myself.

Where was/is your go-to study location?

Pola: Perkins Library sub-basement

Greg: Main room in Perkins Library

Jenny: Lily Library

Favorite Duke memory (so far)?

Pola: Hanging out on the quad with friends

Greg: Sneaking in to the natatorium for a midnight swim

Jenny: Being able to host my own show on Duke's college radio station, WXDU

Fill in the blank: “I am forever ________.”

Pola: Learning/discovering

Greg: Reminiscing about Duke experiences

Jenny: Engaging

Why do you love Duke?

Pola: Duke provided me an amazing base upon which to build, both intellectually and socially. I am Forever Duke because it will always be a part of me.

Greg: Watching my daughter begin her Duke experience (which is completely different from mine), I see that Duke is so many things -- no two Duke journeys will ever be the same.

Jenny: Limitless possibilities

 

Joanne O'Connor '92 and Emily Borland '15 get nostalgic about their favorite places to eat

 

Where did you live freshmen year?

Emily: Southgate

Joanne: Hanes II 

Favorite on-campus eatery?

Emily:   Dillo aka Armadillo Grill (R.I.P.)

Joanne: Oak Room (former dining venue in West Union) for waffle ice cream sundaes, yum.

Favorite off-campus place to go?

Emily: Costco

Joanne: Bruegger’s Bagels on Ninth Street

Favorite class or professor?

Emily: Marine Megafauna with David Johnston

Joanne: Masterworks of Music with Bryan Gilliam

Favorite spot on campus?

Emily: Swingy benches on the Bryan Cemter Plaza

Joanne: Bryan Center walkway between classes

Did you tent/were you a Cameron Crazie?

Emily: Black tenter!

Joanne: Yes – back in the dark ages before electricity was available in the line (although Domino’s did deliver)

Where was/is your go-to study location?

Emily: Bostock Library, third floor 

Joanne: Gothic Reading Room (with the other Political Science majors)

Favorite Duke memory (so far)?

Emily: Backpacking in Pisgah National Forest with PWild every August before Orientation Week. Also, studying abroad in South Africa.

Joanne: Four Final Fours; "The Shot" in 1992

Fill in the blank: “I am forever ________.”

Emily: Exploring

Joanne: Engaging with and celebrating Duke

Why do you love Duke?

Emily: I’ve made the most incredible friends here, and the Chapel isn’t bad to look at either.

Joanne: I love the deeply ingrained passion that Dukies have for knowledge, service, their fellow classmates and the university as a whole.