Dukie07:
I'm curious about your screen-name......are you currently a junior at Duke?
Sorry, got side-tracked with RL. Sort of in order to questions asked:
The students were suspended because school codes dictate any student arrested on a felony is suspended, I believe.
Again, I do think the possibility of reprisals against all students by a lynch-mob mentality may have prompted the suspension of games, etc. Add to that, prior warnings to coach/team about behavior. Undeniably, there was underage drinking going on in a university-owned premises. I really don't see that he had a choice. Yes, some of the team members were not there, but most were.
I am not a Duke student, I am the parent of a Duke junior.
I am more appalled by the treatment the team received at the hands of other students and faculty than I am at the administration's stance.