Cornell Business

Issue date: 5/3/00 Section: Sports

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So there we were: twelve exhausted, sleep-deprived, hungover people packed into a Winnebago for a 12 hour drive after three straight days of athletic competition and four straight nights of debauchery. As I-85 turned to I-95 turned to I-83 turned to I-81, each of us were left to ponder our trip to Duke for the Fuqua MBA Games and the lessons we learned along the way. Here are a selected few:

At 12pm Wednesday, we rolled the Winnebago (affectionately referred to as the "'Bago") out of Lot C with Charlottesville, VA, as our initial destination. After seven hours of Hearts, Cosmo quizzes, Taco Bell, and movie trivia, we met our hosts at Darden for the evening. We hit the town and provided Charlottesville with a unique look at how Cornellians unwind. One of our fearless captains, Peter "Two Drink Limit" Dukes, decided to perform a hair styling review of the men on the team. Dave "Bago Man" Shultz, Jonathan "Hometown" Alford, Chip "Excuse me, Miss?" Tatlow and John "Mountain Man" Kyles were subjected to hours of Peter parting our hair in the opposite direction with some hilarious results. Lesson Learned: Hair Parts Should Not Be Tampered With.

Anyone within earshot of the bathroom on Wednesday night can attest that Mr. Dukes had been overserved. As a result of his decisions, Peter spent the majority of the weekend on the bench. Lesson Learned: The MBA Games Weekend is a Marathon, not a Sprint.

Four Words: Fire in the Hole! Lesson Learned: Taco Bell is Not Recommended During Long Trips in the confined quarters of a Winnebago.

Thursday morning, those who were able golfed the spectacular course at UVA. Peter spent the time in a cold, dark room attempting to hold down his breakfast (It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature, Peter, and that includes the natural direction of your friends' hair). After golf and a brief walking tour of UVA, the squad was on its way to Duke. Unfortunately, our Duke host gave us directions to his apartment that were missing major turns and exits off highways. Basic information, wouldn't you think? It only took six trips back and forth past the Duke exits for us to break down and call him. Truth be told, he wasn't much help once we got a hold of him either. Granted, it can be difficult to figure out exactly where a moving object is at any given time ("We're passing Exit 274, no, 275A..."), but we weren't convinced he could have accurately pinpointed where he was if we had asked. Lesson Learned: When Giving Driving Directions, One Should Not Assume the Driver Has Knowledge of the Area.

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