Duke Failed to See Gravity of Rape Case, Report Says

NEW YORK TIMES ^ | May 9, 2006 | KAREN W. ARENSON

[hophead]

Duke University officials, from the campus police to the highest administrative levels, failed to grasp the seriousness of an accusation that white lacrosse players raped a black woman at a party in March and did not respond quickly enough, said an outside report released yesterday. The report, by William G. Bowen, a former president of Princeton University, and Julius Chambers, a former director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., cited "a gap in communications that is extraordinary," noting that the Duke police force had failed to alert administration officials to the racial component of the case.

[School of Rational Thought]

Clearly racist administators for not treating actors differently based on race. Unfortunatley this is what passes for realty today.

[Elsiejay]

Duke University administrators grasped with unseemly alacrity the lies that they wished to grasp, and they will apologize the day before hell freezes over.
Being liberal means never having to say you’re sorry.

[Publius6961]

Duke Failed to See Gravity of Rape Case accusation, Report Says

There, I fixed it.
Even after the fact, the New York Slimes can't get it right.

[ishabibble]

This is classic CYA from the officials at Duke. What parent in their right mind who hand over their kid and fork over the outrageous tuition to have these people guide their child for four years?

The NYT is nothing more than a PR firm for liberal losers.

[the anti-liberal]

Yes - list of original "Group of 88":

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Abe, Stan (Art, Art History, and Visual Studies)
stanley.abe@duke.edu 919.684.2487 F 919.684.4398

Albers, Benjamin (University Writing Program)
albers@duke.edu 919.660.4371

Allison, Anne (Cultural Anthropology)
anne.allison@duke.edu 919.681.6257 F 919.681.8483

Aravamudan, Srinivas (English)
srinivas@duke.edu 919.684.2640

Baker, Houston (English and AAAS)
houston.a.baker@vanderbilt.edu

Baker, Lee (Cultural Anthropology)
ldbaker@duke.edu 919.681.3263 F 919.681.8483
http://www.duke.edu/~ldbaker/

Beaule, Christine
cbeaule@duke.edu 919.660.7065

Beckwith, Sarah (English)
ott@duke.edu 919.684.8705, 2741 F 919.684.4871

Berliner, Paul (Music)
paul.berliner@duke.edu 919.660.3322

Blackmore, Connie (AAAS)
connie.blackmore@duke.edu 919.684.2830, 5140
F 919 684 2832

Boa, Jessica (Religion & University Writing Program) ?

Boatwright, Mary T. (Classical Studies)
tboat@duke.edu 919.684.3189 or 5076 F 919.681.4262

Boero, Silvia (Romance Studies)
silvia.boero@duke.edu 919.660.3100

Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo (Sociology)
919.660.5618

Brim, Matthew (University Writing Program)
matthew.brim@duke.edu 919.660.4381

Chafe, William (History)
william.chafe@duke.edu 919.684.5436 F 919.681.7670

Ching, Leo (Asian & African Languages)
lching@duke.edu 919.684.5240, 4309 F 919.681.7871

Coles, Rom (Political Science)
coles@duke.edu 919.660.4310 F 919.660.4330

Cooke, Miriam (Asian & African Languages)
mcw@duke.edu 919.684.2312, 4309 F 919.681.7871

Crichlow, Michaeline (AAAS)
michaeline.crichlow@duke.edu 919.684.2830

Curtis, Kim (Political Science)
kcurtis@duke.edu 919.660.4320 F 919.660.4300
http://www.duke.edu/~kcurtis/

Damasceno, Leslie (Romance Studies)
ljhd@duke.edu 919.660.3100, 3120 F 919.684.4029

Davidson, Cathy (English)
cathy.davidson@duke.edu 919.684.8472 F 919.668.1919

Deutsch, Sarah (History)
sarah.deutsch@duke.edu 919.668.2746

Dorfman, Ariel (Literature & Latin American Stds.)
adorfman@duke.edu 919.684.6432, 6054 F 919.684.8749

Edwards, Laura (History) l
edwards@duke.edu 919.668.1435 F 919.681.7670

Farred, Grant (Literature)
grant.farred@duke.edu 919.668.1754 F 919.684.3598

Fellin, Luciana (Romance Studies)
fellin@duke.edu 919.660.3117

Fulkerson, Mary McClintock (Divinity School)
mfulk@duke.edu 919.660.3400, 3458

Gabara, Esther (Romance Studies)
egabara@duke.edu 919.660.3100, 3112

Gavins, Raymond (History)
raymond.gavins@duke.edu 919.684.2508 F 919.681.7670

Greer, Meg (Romance Studies)
mgreer@duke.edu

Glymph, Thavolia (History)
thavolia@duke.edu 919.668.1625
http://www.duke.edu/web/africanameric/
faculty.html#Thavolia

Hardt, Michael (Literature)
hardt@duke.edu 919.684.3408

Harris, Joseph (University Writing Program)
joseph.harris@duke.edu
http://www.duke.edu/~jdharris/

Holloway, Karla (English)
karla.holloway@duke.edu 919.684.8993

Holsey, Bayo (AAAS)
bayo.holsey@duke.edu 919.684.4067

Hovsepian, Mary (Sociology) ?

James, Sherman (Public Policy)
sjames@duke.edu 919.613.9257

Kaplan, Alice (Literature)
alice.kaplan@duke.edu 919.684.4228

Khalsa, Keval Kaur (Dance Program)
keval.khalsa@duke.edu 919.660.3373

Khanna, Ranjana (English)
rkhanna@duke.edu 919.668.2548
http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/WomensStudies/
secondary/rkhanna

King, Ashley (Romance Studies)
aek2@duke.edu 919.660.3123

Koonz, Claudia (History)
ckoonz@duke.edu 919.684.3941

Lasch, Peter (Art, Art History)
pedro.lasch@duke.edu 919.684.3308 F 919.684.4398

Lee, Dan A. (Math) ?

Leighten, Pat (Art, Art History, and Visual Studies)

919.660.6979 Fax 919.660.2821

Lentricchia, Frank (Literature)
frll@duke.edu 919.684.6172

Light, Caroline (Inst. for Crit. U.S. Stds.)
clight@duke.edu 919.668.1945

Litle, Marcy (Comparative Area Studies)
marcy.litle@duke.edu 919.660.4353 F 919.684.8749

Litzinger, Ralph (Cultural Anthropology)
rlitz@duke.edu 919.681.6250

Longino, Michele (Romance Studies)
michele.longino@duke.edu 011.33.1.55.42.82.52 (France)

Lubiano, Wahneema (AAAS and Literature)
wah@duke.edu 919.681.2843
http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/2006/09/
nifongs-strange-bedfellows.html

Maffitt, Kenneth(History)
kmaffitt@duke.edu 919.681.3982 F 919.681.7966

Mahn, Jason (University Writing Program)
jmahn@duke.edu 919.660.4355, 4368

Makhulu, Anne-Maria (AAAS)
annemaria.makhula@duke.edu

Mason, Lisa (Surgical Unit-2100)
lbmason@duke.edu

McClain, Paula (Political Science)
pmcclain@duke.edu 919.660.4303
http://www.duke.edu/~pmcclain/

Meintjes, Louise (Music)
meintjes@duke.edu 919.660.3339

Mignolo, Walter (Literature and Romance Studies)
wmignolo@acpub.duke.edu 919.668.1949, 2151
http://www.duke.edu/literature/www.duke.edu/
~wmignolo

Moreiras, Alberto (Romance Studies)
alberto.moreiras@duke.edu 919.668.1950

Neal, Mark Anthony (AAAS)
man9@duke.edu 919.684.3987
http://newblackman.blogspot.com/

Nelson, Diane (Cultural Anthropology)
dmnelson@duke.edu 919.684.2069

Olcott, Jolie (History)
olcott@duke.edu

Parades, Liliana (Romance Studies)
lparedes@duke.edu 919.660.3124

Payne, Charles (AAAS and History)
cmpayne@duke.edu 919.684.5764
http://www.duke.edu/web/africanameric/index.html

Pierce-Baker, Charlotte (Women’s Studies)
cpierceb@duke.edu 919.684.5683

Pebles-Wilkins, Wilma ?

Petters, Arlie (Math)
petters@math.duke.edu 919.660.2812 F 919.660.2821

Plesser, Ronen (Physics)
plesser@cgtp.duke.edu 919.660.9668 F 919.660.2525
http://www.cgtp.duke.edu/~plesser/

Radway, Jan (Literature) ?

Rankin, Tom (Ctr for Documentary Studies)
tsr2@duke.edu
http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/AAH/faculty/tsr2

Rego, Marcia (University Writing Program)
marcia.rego@duke.edu

Reisinger, Deborah S. (Romance Studies)
debsreis@duke.edu 919.660.8435

Rosenberg, Alex (Philosophy)
alexrose@duke.edu 919.660.3047, 3050
http://www.duke.edu/~alexrose

Rudy, Kathy (Women’s Studies)
krudy@acpub.duke.edu 919.684.4063

Schachter, Marc (English)
marc.schachter@duke.edu 919.660.2421

Shannon, Laurie (English)
lshannon@duke.edu 919.684.2741

Sigal, Pete (History)
peter.sigal@duke.edu 919.684.3551

Silverblatt, Irene (Cultural Anthropology)
isilver@duke.edu 919.684.3516

Somerset, Fiona (English)
somerset@duke.edu 919.684.5275

Stein, Rebecca (Cultural Anthropology)
rlstein@duke.edu 919.684.5611

Thorne, Susan (History)
sthorne@duke.edu 919.684.8945

Viego, Antonio (Literature)
antonioviego@yahoo.com 919.668.2687
duke.edu/womstud/~aviego

Vilaros, Teresa (Romance Studies)
teresa.vilaros@duke.edu 919.660.3108

Wald, Priscilla (English)
pwald@duke.edu 919.684.6869

Wallace, Maurice (English and AAAS)
mwallace@duke.edu 919.684.3939

Wong, David (Philosophy)
dbwong@duke.edu 919.660.3046

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Posted here http://crystalmess.blogspot.com/2006/09/dear-cowards.html

[outofstyle]

It shows EXACTLY what the liberal mindset is: ignore the truth and view it through the best liberal political view.

Unbelievable! The story is not that four white guys were railroaded and falsely prosecuted in a race baiting scam. The story is that Duke is racially insensitive.

[Wingy]

You DID notice that this story is from a year ago?

[ladyjane]

the Duke police force had failed to alert administration officials to the racial component of the case.

So the 'racial component' made it more serious?

Are they saying that black on white rape is commonplace and a white on black rape is news?

[Robwin]

Ok, I am no lawyer, but we have some very intelligent and informed people on the Freep (some of them might even be lawyers), and I want to know if the 3 who were accused have any chance of filing civil law suits against:the woman who made the accusations; (2)Nifong;(3)the Gang of 88; and/or (4)the University. Defamation of character, filing false police reports, slander, hell, anything.

Yes/No? Anyone?

[Proud_USA_Republican]

There is going to be multi-million dollar civil suits flying all over the place. Nifong, numerous other parties, and the university are going to get hammered as they so richly deserve. All are going to quickly try to reach some quiet settlement claiming it “would be in the best interest of all parties”, but if I was the accused, I would be unleashing hell on all of them. No matter how much damage is done, the one thing I hope is that this is the start of a major backlash against the culture of “hate crime” legislation and reverse discrimination against whites that created this entire mess.

THe only thing I feel sorry for are the students who are going to watch their dream of going to Duke and tuition shoot through the roof as the University has to pay all the damages. But they can always bite the bullet and go somewhere else.

I hope the Duke88 are driven into the hills never to be heard from again. But the fake indian proved how hard it is to drive these liberal lunatics from their jobs as professors at these schools.

[ken21]

university males were castrated a long time ago.

males go with feminists or they don’t get tenure, etc.

[rabscuttle385]

Oddly enough, a page on the Department of African African American Studies at Duke (http://www.duke.edu/web/africanameric/supporters.pdf) containing the list was deleted.

[CWW]

Yes — you would have a good defamation case against the so-called victim. But as bad an actor as Nifong is, the immunity bar you would have to overcome to sue him under sec. 1983 for violating their civil rights is VERY high and will be difficult to overcome.But I’d take the case in a heartbeat.

[tsomer]

Seems to me they responded too soon.

I hope these kids should sue the school and the stooges who signed that libel they published.

Oh this could be delicious!

Even cold.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Yahh, what a shocker. The majority are all English Lit, History (libs love to be able to rewrite it to push their agenda), political science (completely biased towards democrat mindset), art, and I'd bet a million dollars the ring leaders of this liberal circle jerk are Pierce-Baker, Charlotte (Women’s Studies) and Rudy, Kathy (Women’s Studies).

[the anti-liberal]

I kept coming up against that myself in my search.

[keepitreal]

According to the NAACP, Duke should have moved more quickly to ruin these young men’s lives.

[the anti-liberal]

That's a good bet.

What does that mean, anyway - 'Women's Studies'? Imagine a 'Men's Studies' class. And isn't it gender biased, non-inclusive, and whatever other terms are used to describe others doing this?

[ArmyTeach]

She was part of the politically correct witch-hunt that destroyed the lives of these students, and now she dares whine that she is not protected by the University from the consequences of her rush to judgment?
Boys, reduce them all to financial ruin!
And don’t event think about returning to Duke. The name in anathema.

[Calvin Locke]

It's probably a defensive measure against additional liability. "We took all down all Duke web sites, statements, etc. voicing support for the now dropped charges immediately after..."