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Culture

09

Counterpoint: Rivalry Comparison

 Okay Ben, I see you wrote a lot of fancy words with some fancy reasoning behind it. However, simply put, you are wrong - for three basic reasons:

    

  ACC fans are nuts.

When I was at UNC, we beat Duke and my classmates turned a car over on Franklin Street. And danced on it. (They were subsequently arrested, we're not heathens.) But the car got it simply for having a Duke sticker. And when UNC won the NCAA Championship this year, thousands of people flocked to Franklin Street to set fires and make their parents proud. 

     

And, to begrudgingly give them credit, Duke students spend days camping out in the elements, not showering, to get into their cramped, little stadium. They're loud and crazy too. But whatever... they're Duke, I don't care what they do.

     

  We're on each others' turf.

You talk about the difference in states. Well, it's much more intense to ...

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counterpoint, basketball

Local

08

The South is Alive with the Sound of Music
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You may or may not know, but some pretty great music acts come through North Carolina. I have had the pleasure of attending three fantastic concerts lately from three of my favorite bands. Here are my totally-uninformed-by-any-musical-talent reviews:

Spoon

Price: $30s

Venue: Carolina Theater in Durham

This is a really cool venue. It's a historical theater, complete with balcony and box seats. We sat ...

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music, north carolina, venues