Tuition at Duke will run about $36,000 next year. Throw in room and board, food, stripper expenses, etc., and you’re looking at $50,000 a year. For that cost, you expect a full-service organization that is able to call on all kinds of external forces to get you exactly what you need to succeed at all times.

(Now that’s service: Thor, the god of thunder, is a Dukie.)

Case in point: when Clemson went ahead of Duke’s baseball team Sunday on a two-run homer in the top of the 11th, a Duke team official rushed onto the field with a text message claiming lightning nearby. The game was delayed and then suspended when rain eventually fell. Because Duke never batted, the home run came off the board. The game ended in a tie.
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