Duke Blue Planet BLOG

KYLE SINGLER
Major: Visual Arts
Favorite Class at Duke: Adolescence
Mac or PC: Mac
Favorite Place to Study: Perkins Library
Spring Class I’m Most Excited About: Narrative Sequential Art

ELLIOT WILLIAMS
Major: Undeclared
Favorite Class at Duke: Anthropology of Race
Favorite Place to Study: Krzyzewski Center
When I’m Not In Class, I’m Reading: Drive
Spring Class I’m Most Excited About: Modern Africa Through Film

BRIAN ZOUBEK
Major: History with a Certificate in Markets and Management
When I’m Not In Class, I’m Reading: The Art of the Deal
Favorite Class at Duke: Social Psychology of Business
Mac or PC: PC
Spring Class I’m Most Excited About: Business in Literature

GREG PAULUS
Major: Political Science with a Certificate in Markets and Management
Favorite Class at Duke: Financial Accounting
Spring Class I’m Most Excited About: Organizations/Management
Favorite Place to Study: Krzyzewski Center
Mac or PC: Neither

DAVE McCLURE
Major: Sociology and History with a Minor in Psychology
Morning or Night Class: Morning
Favorite Class at Duke: Environment/Health of China and India
Favorite Place to Study: Perkins Fourth Floor Stacks
Spring Class I’m Most Excited About: British Isles/Middle Ages

LANCE THOMAS
Major: Visual Arts
Favorite Class: Intro to Graphic Design
Mac or PC: I’m a Mac Man
Favorite Place to Study: McClendon Tower
Spring Class I’m Most Excited About: Black Theater Workshop

MARTY POCIUS
Major: International Comparative Studies and Psychology
Favorite Class at Duke: Comparative Approaches to Global Issues
Mac or PC: PC!!!
When I’m Not In Class, I’m Reading: DaVinci Code
Spring Class I’m Most Excited About: Sports Ethics

GERALD HENDERSON
Major: Psychology
Favorite Class at Duke: Intro to Theater
When I’m Not In Class, I’m Reading: The Sweet Spot
Morning or Night Class: Night
Spring Class I’m Most Excited About: Intro to Evolutionary Anthropology

OLEK CZYZ
Major: Undeclared
Favorite Place to Study: Krzyzewski Center
Favorite Class at Duke: Chemistry, Technology and Society
Mac or PC: PC
Spring Class I’m Most Excited About: Intro to Painting

STEVE JOHNSON
Major: Economics
Favorite Class at Duke: The International Economy: 1850-2000
Spring Class I’m Most Excited About: Caribbean – 18th Century
Favorite Place to Study: Bostock Library
When I’m Not In Class, I’m Reading: Mere Christianity

MILES PLUMLEE
Major: Undeclared
When I’m Not In Class, I’m Reading: The Space Trilogy
Favorite Class at Duke: Sports Finance
Mac or PC: Mac
Spring Class I’m Most Excited About: Contemporary Issues in Education

JON SCHEYER
Major: History
Favorite Class: History of World Wars
When I’m Not In Class, I’m Reading: Delta Force
Mac or PC: Mac
Spring Class I’m Most Excited About: Intro to Italian

JORDAN DAVIDSON
Major: Psychology and Political Science
When I’m Not In Class, I’m Reading: The Hour I First Believed
Favorite Class at Duke: American Dreams/American Realities
Favorite Place to Study: Bostock Second Floor
Spring Class I’m Most Excited About: Intro to American Political Thought

NOLAN SMITH
Major: African and African-American Studies
Favorite Class: African-American Women in History
Mac or PC: Mac
Favorite Place to Study: The Link
Spring Class I’m Most Excited About: Human Development

Happy New Year to all our Duke fans!  I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and that 2009 is filled with health, happiness, and lots of Blue Devil championships!

Our team’s holiday season was a mix of business and pleasure.  After the Xavier game, our players and staff got to go home to celebrate the holiday season with their families.  Coach K has always been a big believer in having our players have a break around the holidays.  He wants to them to connect and celebrate with their families as well as get refreshed for the challenges of the ACC season.

We got back together as a group on the morning of the 27th and began our preparation for the games ahead.  This time, right after the holidays, is one of the most important times of the year.  Because there are no cIasses and the rest of the student body is away, you have the opportunity to really focus on basketball and improving individually and collectively.  I always loved this time as a player and I believe our guys do as well.  Our team worked very hard prior to the New Year often practicing twice a day.  We really focused on fundamentals and improving in all areas of the game.  Our team really took advantage of this time.  I think our guys know that we have the toughest schedule in the country and that we need to be prepared for the challenges ahead.

The ACC is again the toughest conference in the country.  We have three teams ranked in the Top Five in the country and on any given night you can lose to anyone in the conference.  Our guys are excited to see how we stack up against the competition!

I hope all our Blue Devil fans share in our excitement and will support our guys throughout 2009!  As always, we appreciate your support and encouragement.  Before I go, I wanted to give a special thanks to the energetic and loud crowd at our Davidson game and to all the Crazies who have already set up their tents in K-Ville!

Go Duke!

Steve Wojciechowski