On Monday, September 29th, Duke University announced their limited-time “The Winter I Turned Ugly” tours. The Oh Well’s social scientists found that the announcement is just in time to ride the coattails of UNC’s success, whose popular The Summer I Turned Pretty walking tours debuted this August.
You may be asking: “Are these tours for a sequel to The Summer I Turned Pretty filmed at Duke?”
No. It has nothing to do with the show. It’s just what happens when you attend Duke.
While the series hasn’t announced a spinoff of the hit show, Duke still yearns to cash in on its popularity with a tour that showcases how ugly you will become there.
Jeremiah? Belly? Who the hell are they? Duke has Jeremy, a 5th year senior who’s more than happy to give you a tour of his own.“Belly” is just another nickname for the freshman 15 resulting from Duke’s swanky dining halls. These are only a few of the sights visitors may see at Duke’s new attraction.
The tours will run for the length of basketball season and feature Krzyzewskiville, or K-ville for short, where Duke students must camp out for weeks in order to receive basketball tickets. No one is uglier than a Duke student who’s had to live in a tent for weeks.
“Last year, I had no time for skincare while living in K-ville. I could barely afford it anyway, with tuition and whatnot,” says aspiring tour guide, Chet Blunderworth III.
“We hope to show prospective Duke students and their families all that Duke has to offer: the good, the bad, and the ugly,” says Duke President Vincent Prince. “I actually went to UNC’s The Summer I Turned Pretty tours and thought to myself, ‘we could do this too, only colder, and uglier.’”
Tour guide slots are open to all Duke students. Competition for who can best represent the ugliness of Duke is fierce.








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