Articles by M&M staffers/ Edited and compiled by Rose Fox
Alyssa
Alyssa's RC group, the “Mardi Gras Girls”, is a motley collection of girls from all over the United States from states such as Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Texas, and from all Duke TIP campuses such as Texas A&M, ASU, and Kansas as well as some first years.
Alyssa Johnson, 22 years old, was born and raised in Delco, N.C., “. . . a very, very small town,” with around 1,500 residents. A recent graduate from UNC Pembroke, Alyssa received a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education, focusing on psychology. She said, “I want to be a counselor one day.” But before she gets her Master’s degree, she will begin work in Lumberton, N.C. as a 4th or 5th grade teacher.
Although Alyssa did not get into Duke TIP, she was accepted into an AG (Academically Gifted) science camp that she went to for two years. Alyssa still wanted to experience TIP, though, and since she was an RA in college, she thought being an RC would be perfect for her.
According to Alyssa, our RC group is "extremely happy all the time" which is very true. Walk down our hallway at any given time and you will hear singing, laughing, and, most often, screaming. "The tight connection, we're all like family, and RC group nights," said Hailey Gilman, when asked about her favorite part of our RC group. Both of Hailey's sentiments are shared by other members of the group, especially about RC group nights.
RC group nights are the highlight of the week for most TIPsters. It’s the one night a week where the TIPsters get to choose exactly what they want to do with their RC group. This term the Mardi Gras Girls went to Myers hall and watched television while making friendship bracelets and ate Choo Choo’s.
“My favorite group night was the mall!” said 3rd year, Natalie Gideon. We went to the mall the second week and shopped ‘til we dropped, and this week we plan on having a spa night where we do each other’s nails and order food. RC group nights are extremely fun and are spent with the people at TIP you are closest to.
Alyssa said she’ll definitely miss the girls and claimed, “This term feels like it’s flown by!” One of Alyssa’s girls, Natalie, agreed with this and noted, “The people in our RC group are the bomb!” This sentiment was shared by Katie Eisel who said, “I’ve had so much fun! I can’t believe it’s almost over!” My RC group is awesome and everyone in it is so close. Third year Hailey Gilman said, “I like the family feel to it and the fact that we didn’t even know each other and we were best friends on the first day.”
Alyssa's RC group, the “Mardi Gras Girls”, is a motley collection of girls from all over the United States from states such as Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Texas, and from all Duke TIP campuses such as Texas A&M, ASU, and Kansas as well as some first years.
Alyssa Johnson, 22 years old, was born and raised in Delco, N.C., “. . . a very, very small town,” with around 1,500 residents. A recent graduate from UNC Pembroke, Alyssa received a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education, focusing on psychology. She said, “I want to be a counselor one day.” But before she gets her Master’s degree, she will begin work in Lumberton, N.C. as a 4th or 5th grade teacher.
Although Alyssa did not get into Duke TIP, she was accepted into an AG (Academically Gifted) science camp that she went to for two years. Alyssa still wanted to experience TIP, though, and since she was an RA in college, she thought being an RC would be perfect for her.
According to Alyssa, our RC group is "extremely happy all the time" which is very true. Walk down our hallway at any given time and you will hear singing, laughing, and, most often, screaming. "The tight connection, we're all like family, and RC group nights," said Hailey Gilman, when asked about her favorite part of our RC group. Both of Hailey's sentiments are shared by other members of the group, especially about RC group nights.
RC group nights are the highlight of the week for most TIPsters. It’s the one night a week where the TIPsters get to choose exactly what they want to do with their RC group. This term the Mardi Gras Girls went to Myers hall and watched television while making friendship bracelets and ate Choo Choo’s.
“My favorite group night was the mall!” said 3rd year, Natalie Gideon. We went to the mall the second week and shopped ‘til we dropped, and this week we plan on having a spa night where we do each other’s nails and order food. RC group nights are extremely fun and are spent with the people at TIP you are closest to.
Alyssa said she’ll definitely miss the girls and claimed, “This term feels like it’s flown by!” One of Alyssa’s girls, Natalie, agreed with this and noted, “The people in our RC group are the bomb!” This sentiment was shared by Katie Eisel who said, “I’ve had so much fun! I can’t believe it’s almost over!” My RC group is awesome and everyone in it is so close. Third year Hailey Gilman said, “I like the family feel to it and the fact that we didn’t even know each other and we were best friends on the first day.”
-By Natalie, Hailey, and Katie
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Elizabeth
My RC group consists of 22-year old RC named Elizabeth Perkins, better known as EP, eight fourth-year girls and two third-year girls. During RC Group Nights, we choreographed dances, decorated cookies, took trips DownTown, and went roller-skating with the fourth year boys.We quickly bonded over one thing: Boys. Actually, it was the Male Staff: RC's, TA's, and the PA. "Our RC group is pretty much obsessed with all male staff . . . in a good way," Emmie, a fourth year, said.
Everyone in our RC group makes an effort to get along, even if we don't all agree on things.
We've shared laughs, secrets, inside jokes, food, and clothes; making memories that will last forever.
By Yolanda
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Nicole
By far, I have the biggest RC group. There are 14 of us in all: Ashton, Elizabeth, Sara, Ellie, Natalie, Amber, Monique, Rachel, Brittany, Madelyn, Kelly, Katie, Kristen, and I. Our RC group leader is Nicole, and she is well loved! She is often affectionately called the following nicknames: Cobra, Nikki, Nick, NICKOLAH!!!, Nickasaur and Twank. She, amazingly, answers to all of them. MY RC GROUP IS LOVE!
By “Scheirer”
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Carrie
My RC is Carrie Nazzaro. She is a 21 year old who is attending the University of South Carolina and is majoring in English. In addition, she is the Residential Hall Leader along with Geoff Toy. She attended Kansas University in her first term at Duke and came back for the remaining three terms. Other than all the cover information on Carrie, she is a great person with an amazing sense of humor. She also has an infectious laugh that always increases as pitch. She also enjoys talking with her group in the hall before bedtime and enjoys sharing jokes with them too. As an inside joke, Carrie and her group call themselves "The Legit 10!"
All the girls in the group (some pictured, right) have different personalities that mesh very well together. Caroline New said, "It's really great to see all the diversity in the group, and we all get along very well." All the girls are from different states such as Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
Along with hanging out in the hall together, RC Group night is a highlight to everybody's weeks. In recent week, we have gone downtown to get ice cream from Ben &Jerry's and coffee from Starbucks and gone to see Harry Potter 6 the day after it came out! This week, we are going to the mall to buy some cute stuff before we go home. All of these activities are very fun and they all helop everyone bond together better.
Carrie's RC Group is one of the most fun groups here. There are girls from all over who bring their personalities into a circle of friendship. When I leave TIP until next summer, I will definitely miss all of them, but I know that I will stay in touch with them due to the strong bonds that I have created over the past three weeks with all of them!
By Alex
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Adam
Adam Sharpe is . . . rather difficult to describe. As a member of his RC Group, I feel I know him pretty well. It’s easy to make a biography about him. He’s probably about 5’9”, he has blue eyes, his hair kept short and he’s covered in hair and itchiness to the point that his nickname, (given to him by RC Geoff, but quickly adopted by his RC Group), is Papa Bear. He goes to the University of Georgia and is looking for a degree in broadcast journalism. He says he wants to report from inside a war zone, to get the truth out there despite the risk to himself. It’s easy to say that this is his third year as a staff member of Duke TIP,but Adam can’t really be put into words.
I should know. I tried. I asked people from my class what they thought about Adam. The general consensus seemed to be “I don’t really know him that well, but he seems really cool.” Hailey Gilman expounded to say that he’s “one of those guys that’s really loud and goofy and doesn’t care who knows it. He’s very sure of himself.” This can be made clear from the activities he leads at Duke TIP. “MAN-swers,” “High School Musical 3,” “Acoustic Sunset,” “Project Runway,” “High School Musical 2,” and “Cow Appreciation” are among the evening activities in which Adam had a hand.
Christopher Nesmith, a member of Adam’s RC Group attempted to describe him. It was kind of anticlimactic. “Adam is a character. I guess you could say, uh… He’s just Adam. Completely Random. Completely random.” I concur with Chris’s opinion of Adam. How do you describe a guy like Adam? Everyone always seems to be too far from or too close to him to really describe Adam well. That’s the thing with Adam. Either you don’t know him at all, or he’s like your big brother. Or, as in 12 special cases, your papa bear.
By Dan
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Nataneal
RC groups are a part of TIP no matter which campus you go to. At UGA there are 12 RC groups with a range of 8-14 kids in each group. Each RC group has one RC that is in charge. Nataneal is the RC for the second year boys, but only a few of them. There are eight boys in Nataneal's RC group, making them one of the smallest RC groups at UGA. Nataneal is 19 years old and is currently in college. On his days off he usually sleeps and goes to work out. Ironically, Nataneal can't swim, even though he lives near the water. This is his first year working at Duke TIP and he said he enjoys it a lot. The kids in the RC group come from all over America, mainly in the south-east. One boy named Rajat comes all the way from Texas. Rajat is in the robotics class, and he loves every second of it. RC groups have RC group nights once a week, and it's usually different every week. On RC group night, the group gets to skip activities and do something else of their choice. For example, Nataneal's RC group went to downtown Athens their first night, Walmart their second night, and then to the movies to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince their final night. When Nataneal's group went downtown, they walked around for about an hour and a half, visiting various shops. First they went to an old indie-record shop and a couple boys bought old records from there. Then, once finished at the store, they headed over to Five-Guys and Starbucks. They sat around the tables drinking coffee, eating burgers, and having a great time. "I loved downtown," Robert said. "The shops where cool and Five Guys was great." The next week, they all decided to go to Wal-Mart in order to get clothes for the upcoming dance. They were there for about 45 minutes before they went to Zaxby's for a late night snack at 10 o'clock. The third and final night the boys decided to go see the 6th Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. There also happened to be two other RC groups at the theater, so Nataneal's RC group joined up with them. Although some thought the movie was great, most of them disagreed, saying it was nothing like they thought it would be.
By Gunner
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Tessa
“Get it ladies! Those are my girls!” Tessa White, a first year RC, yelled from the audience as her RC group danced to “Redneck Woman.” Even though she was pretending to be their stage mom, Momma T is more like a big sister to us than anything.
Tessa was born in Spain and speaks fluent Spanish, which you wouldn’t guess based on her long blonde hair and blue eyes. She attends Notre Dame and is majoring in Political Science/History. She’s a very chill person that takes a very enthusiastic approach to her duties as an RC and is very protective of her girls, which she calls Tessa’s Belles.
Dance parties in the hall, meetings in Theo’s room, advice sessions, and running away from creepers are not only half of the things we’ve been through together. Some of our RC group nights include eating delicious cheesecake at the Last Resort, going shopping in downtown Athens, and going to see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Also, we ordered food and hung out with Francisco’s group, but that soon turned into a gaggle of girls sitting in a circle, all busting out in laughter, while the boys left them to their Cokes and Choo-Choo’s.“Our group is very interesting and we have a lot of inside jokes,” Sabrina Marasa, one of the RC group members, said. When asked what words describes our RC group, Tessa replied with “mommalicious.” This is probably referring to the 99 cent babies that all of the girls bought at the Dollar Store to truly become “redneck women.”
Whether we’re singing about honky-tonks while walking past the bars in Athens, screaming in the movie theaters, or getting answers about our new "father," Tessa's RC group will always stand out in a crowd.
By Madeline
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Denisse
The RC group known as the “groovy ladies” has a total of 11 members, the majority of whom are third-years. Denisse, the RC of the hall, conducts nightly meetings and executes behind-the-scenes work. Born in Puerto Rico, Denisse is an International Business major at the University of Georgia. She is a first-year RC and describes the experience as “really great,” although she admits that “it’s a lot more work than I expected.” Despite this, Denisse would like to return next year as an RC. The members of the “groovy ladies” are all content with their hall mates. Cassidy Bingham, a fourth-year from Florida, explained, “It’s not like we’re all soul mates, but our personalities mesh together very well.” Many of the girls in the group like the same musical bands, including the rare “indie” Mypace group Never Shout Never. Olivia A., a third year, agreed. “I love it,” she said, noting that she has a lot in common with most of the girls. “And even if we don’t, it’s fun to talk about opposing opinions.” Like many other RC groups, the “groovy ladies” have their own traditions, jokes, and quirks. Most of the girls periodically burst into song while walking, the tune of which changes between established recordings and custom-made songs dedicated to various RCs on the UGA campus. For TIP’s scavenger hunt, the girls created the “velociraptor” dance, which impressed RCs Adam and Nicole and was later part of the Blue Team’s cheer for TIP’s Brek-Fest. In the short amount of time given in a term, the “groovy ladies” RC group has developed a strong friendship which will no doubt last beyond the boundaries of the UGA campus.
By Rose
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Elizabeth
My RC group consists of 22-year old RC named Elizabeth Perkins, better known as EP, eight fourth-year girls and two third-year girls. During RC Group Nights, we choreographed dances, decorated cookies, took trips DownTown, and went roller-skating with the fourth year boys.We quickly bonded over one thing: Boys. Actually, it was the Male Staff: RC's, TA's, and the PA. "Our RC group is pretty much obsessed with all male staff . . . in a good way," Emmie, a fourth year, said.
Everyone in our RC group makes an effort to get along, even if we don't all agree on things.
We've shared laughs, secrets, inside jokes, food, and clothes; making memories that will last forever.
By Yolanda
~~~
Nicole
By far, I have the biggest RC group. There are 14 of us in all: Ashton, Elizabeth, Sara, Ellie, Natalie, Amber, Monique, Rachel, Brittany, Madelyn, Kelly, Katie, Kristen, and I. Our RC group leader is Nicole, and she is well loved! She is often affectionately called the following nicknames: Cobra, Nikki, Nick, NICKOLAH!!!, Nickasaur and Twank. She, amazingly, answers to all of them. MY RC GROUP IS LOVE!
By “Scheirer”
~~~
Carrie
My RC is Carrie Nazzaro. She is a 21 year old who is attending the University of South Carolina and is majoring in English. In addition, she is the Residential Hall Leader along with Geoff Toy. She attended Kansas University in her first term at Duke and came back for the remaining three terms. Other than all the cover information on Carrie, she is a great person with an amazing sense of humor. She also has an infectious laugh that always increases as pitch. She also enjoys talking with her group in the hall before bedtime and enjoys sharing jokes with them too. As an inside joke, Carrie and her group call themselves "The Legit 10!"
All the girls in the group (some pictured, right) have different personalities that mesh very well together. Caroline New said, "It's really great to see all the diversity in the group, and we all get along very well." All the girls are from different states such as Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
Along with hanging out in the hall together, RC Group night is a highlight to everybody's weeks. In recent week, we have gone downtown to get ice cream from Ben &Jerry's and coffee from Starbucks and gone to see Harry Potter 6 the day after it came out! This week, we are going to the mall to buy some cute stuff before we go home. All of these activities are very fun and they all helop everyone bond together better.
Carrie's RC Group is one of the most fun groups here. There are girls from all over who bring their personalities into a circle of friendship. When I leave TIP until next summer, I will definitely miss all of them, but I know that I will stay in touch with them due to the strong bonds that I have created over the past three weeks with all of them!
By Alex
~~~
Adam
Adam Sharpe is . . . rather difficult to describe. As a member of his RC Group, I feel I know him pretty well. It’s easy to make a biography about him. He’s probably about 5’9”, he has blue eyes, his hair kept short and he’s covered in hair and itchiness to the point that his nickname, (given to him by RC Geoff, but quickly adopted by his RC Group), is Papa Bear. He goes to the University of Georgia and is looking for a degree in broadcast journalism. He says he wants to report from inside a war zone, to get the truth out there despite the risk to himself. It’s easy to say that this is his third year as a staff member of Duke TIP,but Adam can’t really be put into words.
I should know. I tried. I asked people from my class what they thought about Adam. The general consensus seemed to be “I don’t really know him that well, but he seems really cool.” Hailey Gilman expounded to say that he’s “one of those guys that’s really loud and goofy and doesn’t care who knows it. He’s very sure of himself.” This can be made clear from the activities he leads at Duke TIP. “MAN-swers,” “High School Musical 3,” “Acoustic Sunset,” “Project Runway,” “High School Musical 2,” and “Cow Appreciation” are among the evening activities in which Adam had a hand.
Christopher Nesmith, a member of Adam’s RC Group attempted to describe him. It was kind of anticlimactic. “Adam is a character. I guess you could say, uh… He’s just Adam. Completely Random. Completely random.” I concur with Chris’s opinion of Adam. How do you describe a guy like Adam? Everyone always seems to be too far from or too close to him to really describe Adam well. That’s the thing with Adam. Either you don’t know him at all, or he’s like your big brother. Or, as in 12 special cases, your papa bear.
By Dan
~~~
Nataneal
RC groups are a part of TIP no matter which campus you go to. At UGA there are 12 RC groups with a range of 8-14 kids in each group. Each RC group has one RC that is in charge. Nataneal is the RC for the second year boys, but only a few of them. There are eight boys in Nataneal's RC group, making them one of the smallest RC groups at UGA. Nataneal is 19 years old and is currently in college. On his days off he usually sleeps and goes to work out. Ironically, Nataneal can't swim, even though he lives near the water. This is his first year working at Duke TIP and he said he enjoys it a lot. The kids in the RC group come from all over America, mainly in the south-east. One boy named Rajat comes all the way from Texas. Rajat is in the robotics class, and he loves every second of it. RC groups have RC group nights once a week, and it's usually different every week. On RC group night, the group gets to skip activities and do something else of their choice. For example, Nataneal's RC group went to downtown Athens their first night, Walmart their second night, and then to the movies to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince their final night. When Nataneal's group went downtown, they walked around for about an hour and a half, visiting various shops. First they went to an old indie-record shop and a couple boys bought old records from there. Then, once finished at the store, they headed over to Five-Guys and Starbucks. They sat around the tables drinking coffee, eating burgers, and having a great time. "I loved downtown," Robert said. "The shops where cool and Five Guys was great." The next week, they all decided to go to Wal-Mart in order to get clothes for the upcoming dance. They were there for about 45 minutes before they went to Zaxby's for a late night snack at 10 o'clock. The third and final night the boys decided to go see the 6th Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. There also happened to be two other RC groups at the theater, so Nataneal's RC group joined up with them. Although some thought the movie was great, most of them disagreed, saying it was nothing like they thought it would be.
By Gunner
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Tessa
“Get it ladies! Those are my girls!” Tessa White, a first year RC, yelled from the audience as her RC group danced to “Redneck Woman.” Even though she was pretending to be their stage mom, Momma T is more like a big sister to us than anything.
Tessa was born in Spain and speaks fluent Spanish, which you wouldn’t guess based on her long blonde hair and blue eyes. She attends Notre Dame and is majoring in Political Science/History. She’s a very chill person that takes a very enthusiastic approach to her duties as an RC and is very protective of her girls, which she calls Tessa’s Belles.
Dance parties in the hall, meetings in Theo’s room, advice sessions, and running away from creepers are not only half of the things we’ve been through together. Some of our RC group nights include eating delicious cheesecake at the Last Resort, going shopping in downtown Athens, and going to see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Also, we ordered food and hung out with Francisco’s group, but that soon turned into a gaggle of girls sitting in a circle, all busting out in laughter, while the boys left them to their Cokes and Choo-Choo’s.“Our group is very interesting and we have a lot of inside jokes,” Sabrina Marasa, one of the RC group members, said. When asked what words describes our RC group, Tessa replied with “mommalicious.” This is probably referring to the 99 cent babies that all of the girls bought at the Dollar Store to truly become “redneck women.”
Whether we’re singing about honky-tonks while walking past the bars in Athens, screaming in the movie theaters, or getting answers about our new "father," Tessa's RC group will always stand out in a crowd.
By Madeline
~~~
Denisse
The RC group known as the “groovy ladies” has a total of 11 members, the majority of whom are third-years. Denisse, the RC of the hall, conducts nightly meetings and executes behind-the-scenes work. Born in Puerto Rico, Denisse is an International Business major at the University of Georgia. She is a first-year RC and describes the experience as “really great,” although she admits that “it’s a lot more work than I expected.” Despite this, Denisse would like to return next year as an RC. The members of the “groovy ladies” are all content with their hall mates. Cassidy Bingham, a fourth-year from Florida, explained, “It’s not like we’re all soul mates, but our personalities mesh together very well.” Many of the girls in the group like the same musical bands, including the rare “indie” Mypace group Never Shout Never. Olivia A., a third year, agreed. “I love it,” she said, noting that she has a lot in common with most of the girls. “And even if we don’t, it’s fun to talk about opposing opinions.” Like many other RC groups, the “groovy ladies” have their own traditions, jokes, and quirks. Most of the girls periodically burst into song while walking, the tune of which changes between established recordings and custom-made songs dedicated to various RCs on the UGA campus. For TIP’s scavenger hunt, the girls created the “velociraptor” dance, which impressed RCs Adam and Nicole and was later part of the Blue Team’s cheer for TIP’s Brek-Fest. In the short amount of time given in a term, the “groovy ladies” RC group has developed a strong friendship which will no doubt last beyond the boundaries of the UGA campus.
By Rose
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