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Take Your Humanities Buddy to School Day

Cute article from Duke U's daily paper about Take Your Humanities Buddy to School Day.

The event was designed to bridge the growing gap between the science majors who "actually contribute to society" and the humanities majors who "pretty much just jack around all the time, but in a cute way."

Also:

They were talking loudly and overtly about the nuances of Rembrandt-era impressionism, as if desperately trying to come to terms with the fact they haven't learned diddly-squat since they've been at Duke. The poor things wouldn't know a derivative if it jumped up and bit them in the a--. It's sort of endearing, though, how they stick together for support like that."

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