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When I arrived for Orientation Week, I was surprised to find Duke asleep in the room. He was about as big as I thought he'd be, which is pretty impressive since I was conjuring up the image of Mighty Joe Young all summer...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Learning to Deal With a Planned Marriage | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...Duke had moved into the room early because he was on Dorm Crew the week before, and he had already claimed a bottom bunk. I was not going to object, given the nasty squint he gave me when I introduced myself. I didn't realize that he couldn't see without his contact lenses, but I felt a little more relaxed a few minutes later when I helped him escape after he had locked himself into the bathroom...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Learning to Deal With a Planned Marriage | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...Duke didn't quite fit the jock stereotype. Sure he wore sweats and a baseball cap all the time--the standard jock outfit (he soon stopped wearing the cap after Glenn started a rumor that it covered his bald spot). But Duke had a part-time job, spent more time studying than anyone I knew and went to bed no later than 12:30 a.m. on weeknights. The only bad part is that when I slumped into bed an hour or two later, Duke was already snoring gale-force winds...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Learning to Deal With a Planned Marriage | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...Duke could deal with my ever-growing piles of laundry lying about the room, I figured I could deal with a little snoring...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Learning to Deal With a Planned Marriage | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...have some great memories of my first year:our wine cooler' and cheez whiz party whichevolved into a pineapple fight that nearlydestroyed our room; Duke singing "Hey Jude" infalsetto in time with his walkman, unaware thatothers could hear him; the Mets winning the WorldSeries over the Red Sox; Ben participating in hisfirst-ever snowball fight...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Learning to Deal With a Planned Marriage | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

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