Let’s cut right through this dook bull. Dook prides itself (and always have) on having an inordinant amount of “people from the north.” This melodious group think they are “bad medicine” when addressing their basketball team. They’re not bad. They just look bad, sound bad and mostly stink badly.

Harrison Barnes committed to North Carolina for many reasons. I suspect the principle reason was, he simply wants to be a winner.

OK, let’s get one thing straight… “Percent admitted” is not really an indicator of selectivity… Trust me, every idiot in my high school (not in NC) with above a 1200 on the SAT and a vague interest in basketball applied to UNC. I don’t think the applicant pools really overlap as much as you’d like to think..

“However, for a kid who “reads Warren Buffet” it should be pretty obvious that while Duke is the overall better academic institution they do not compare to Kenan-Flagler.”

Be honest with yourself, the top firms are not recruiting at UNC like they are at Duke, “business school” or not. Last year when the sh&t hit the fan, top firms recruiting for internships were narrowing their lists. Morgan Stanley only recruited on campus only at Harvard, Yale, Wharton, and Duke. I realize this has tons to do with perception / legacy issues, but it’s really self-fulfilling. Maybe 20 years ago Duke wasn’t at that level, but the perception of being a top 10 institution has drawn top students and professors to the school. Maybe Duke doesn’t have an accounting major, but you can learn that stuff in a month on the job. Point is, if you want to get a job at a top firm in “business,” you go to Duke, hands down.

That being said, I don’t think you’ll Mr. Barnes making corporate finance deals anytime soon. If I had a chance to be a pro ball player, I would’ve wanted to go where MJ went, too.

also another flaw in JM’s argument above:

“…institutions that place an emphasis on athletics over academics. Duke has to struggle to contend with those types of programs just like Stanford…”

Stanford isn’t exactly “struggling” with athletics considering they’ve won the Sears Cup each year other than the inaugural one…which, incidentally was won by Carolina.

Furthermore it stands to reason if Carolina had a smaller student body similar to that of the private schools referenced above, there’s a good chance you would likely see very similar overall admissions data.

You clearly aren’t either a Duke or UNC alum or you wouldn’t be parroting such nonsense. Did you know, JM, that UNC is more selective of its out of state applicants than Duke is of their applicant pool i.e. it’s more difficult to get into UNC as a non-resident than to get into Duke?

I’m an alum of both Duke and Chapel Hill. Ironically, my experience was that Chapel Hill’s intellectual environment was as rigorous as Duke’s without all the elitest nonsense.

Don’t be so smug (or dumb) as to conflate “private” with superior. The best State institutions — UNC, Michigan, UVA, Berkeley, UCLA — are every bit at good as the best private institutions.

But if you want to believe otherwise, it simply proves my point of misplaced elitism.

And this from Capitols front-n-center mission,”…creativity & commitment to the community brick by brick…”. That is the only thing giving me hope that Jim plans to revamp/redistribute. If not, may drive time day-part data (lunch included) eventually force his hand.

It’s not that I agreed with you all the time (as someone nicely states above), but… I’ve been a techie immersed in all kinds of media for most of my life and seen the Triangle through much growth. The Lunch Break occasionally hit on something quite different/special that represented the unique demo – where old school and new school trains often clash – better than any other outlet. You know this. I’m sure you’ve heard similar comments many times, but I needed to vent after finally giving up on the new format. I’m going back to podcasts and web content until local media can catch up again. It’s a shame when leaders can’t see through the followers. Here’s to you staying true… and to another on-air presence in North Cackalacky soon.

The same people that label Duke elitist are the same ones that label Harvard, Yale, Stanford etc…elitist. Seems like some people use derogatory words when they are jealous of the academic abilities of others. Typical.