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"Lip Sync" was a major highlight of the year but held somewhere in the back of "new dorms" (edens, I guess). I remember drinking directly from the spout of a "beer truck".
One of my roommates was the daughter of an extremely well-to-do alumni. He still gives millions to the University. She had multiple issues involving kleptomania, cheating, not showing up for exams etc. (not including her unbelievable records for sleeping with entire frats before moving on to the next, but the admin didn't care about that). She was a permanent fixture in Dean Sue's office but never managed to get into trouble. I'm sure she would have except for who daddy and daddy's buddies were. The stories around the Duke heirs (some I witnessed) was even worse. Depending on who these guys are has a lot to do with what Dean Sue was willing to do to them.
While I was there she was busily moving successful high spirited frats to unattractive housing either on east or in new dorms to bring down their rush numbers. From what I hear she has succeeded mightily. I would be interested if some of the richer frats like the Betas, SPes and SAEs kept their west campus spots. I still think Brodhead was behind keeping all parents out of the loop though.

The stories around the Duke heirs (some I witnessed) was even worse.

I verify that.

While I was there she was busily moving successful high spirited frats to unattractive housing either on east or in new dorms to bring down their rush numbers. From what I hear she has succeeded mightily.

With the goal of making Main West less of a concentrated party atmosphere and so as to reduce the number of incidents with which she had to deal. So now the parties have been forced off campus and she has this to deal with a serious rape case. Memo to Dean Sue: Study the Law of Unintended Consequences.

I always wondered why they didn't take a small slice of Duke Forest on the other side of NC 751 and make it "Fraternity Row". The national chapters would have built Duke a ton of housing for free and then the frat guys could make all the noise they wanted without bothering anyone but themselves. Free enterprise at work. A concept too difficult to master for the socialist university.