Duke MBA Games
Erik Duisenberg `02
Issue date: 5/14/01 Section: Sports
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“Hop in a Winnebago with 8 other people and travel through five states to get where?” I asked when Ethan Spencer first approached me about a road trip. In answering my question I got some vague stories about “the greatest trip while I was at Johnson” and Special Olympics and something about golf. Being the pushover that I am, I figured it was worth a try so I pawned off my Destination Johnson student on Rich Fahey, scrambled to get ahead in my class work, and signed on.
Joe Marchesi, Susie Welgos, Dave Bloom Ethan Frank, Kerstin Ramstrom, Brian Thomas, Ethan “’Bago Boy” Spencer, Carol Chan and myself climbed aboard Wednesday afternoon and headed out to Darden in Virginia for our first evening. 8 hours on the road? 10 hours? Hard to tell or remember. Needless to say, there are some liberties one can take while traveling in a Winnebago that are less available, or legal, then when traveling by car. The trip flew by and in no time we were meeting friends and acquaintances at Darden who set us up for the night. After a tour of the finer pubs near Darden, we awoke Thursday to a round of golf at Birdwood followed by another 5 hours of driving to reach our final destination at Duke.
The Fuqua Students had set up a welcoming party at their student-owned bar on campus. Not exactly the Statler Lounge, but pretty nice as dive bars go. There we met our hosts, other teams, other Fuqua students and Superman & Superwoman, the Fuqua student cheerleaders of the MBA Games elected by their classmates to wear superhero costumes all week long. After a few hours of socializing, our hosts eventually led us to our lodgings, an apartment graciously lent to us by an out-of-town student.
Friday began with an early golf tournament at Duke’s club. Our group was split up and paired with others from the games. Marchesi and myself, who had never played 18 holes of golf between us, got a chance to play with one of Duke’s better (and more patient) golfers. After many laughs, 12 missing golf balls and a pretty good score, thanks to our partner Greg, Team Cornell opted to rest up Friday afternoon and go big for the opening nights activities at Duke’s nearby barn. In many ways the barn party was beyond description. Possibly upstaged by only the pyrotechnics display, Team Cornell continued to reinforce the tradition of enthusiasm and friendliness that has characterized road trips in the past.
Joe Marchesi, Susie Welgos, Dave Bloom Ethan Frank, Kerstin Ramstrom, Brian Thomas, Ethan “’Bago Boy” Spencer, Carol Chan and myself climbed aboard Wednesday afternoon and headed out to Darden in Virginia for our first evening. 8 hours on the road? 10 hours? Hard to tell or remember. Needless to say, there are some liberties one can take while traveling in a Winnebago that are less available, or legal, then when traveling by car. The trip flew by and in no time we were meeting friends and acquaintances at Darden who set us up for the night. After a tour of the finer pubs near Darden, we awoke Thursday to a round of golf at Birdwood followed by another 5 hours of driving to reach our final destination at Duke.
The Fuqua Students had set up a welcoming party at their student-owned bar on campus. Not exactly the Statler Lounge, but pretty nice as dive bars go. There we met our hosts, other teams, other Fuqua students and Superman & Superwoman, the Fuqua student cheerleaders of the MBA Games elected by their classmates to wear superhero costumes all week long. After a few hours of socializing, our hosts eventually led us to our lodgings, an apartment graciously lent to us by an out-of-town student.
Friday began with an early golf tournament at Duke’s club. Our group was split up and paired with others from the games. Marchesi and myself, who had never played 18 holes of golf between us, got a chance to play with one of Duke’s better (and more patient) golfers. After many laughs, 12 missing golf balls and a pretty good score, thanks to our partner Greg, Team Cornell opted to rest up Friday afternoon and go big for the opening nights activities at Duke’s nearby barn. In many ways the barn party was beyond description. Possibly upstaged by only the pyrotechnics display, Team Cornell continued to reinforce the tradition of enthusiasm and friendliness that has characterized road trips in the past.