http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/2006/09/arrogance-of-starn.html
You're sure to be disappointed if you believe that individual Duke professors will cease exploiting Mike Nifong's procedurally dubious targeting of three Duke lacrosse players. In recent weeks, Peter Wood went out of his way to seem to slander Reade Seligmann, while adding unsubstantiated allegations against the team as a whole. Then Wahneema Lubiano conceded that she and other members of the Group of 88 were fully aware that "some would see the [Group of 88] ad as a stake through the collective heart of the lacrosse team." Friday's Herald-Sun features the latest in this pattern, an op-ed from Orin Starn.
Starn denounces the alleged arrogance of Duke athletics as part of his campaign to transform Duke into a watered-down version of Haverford. In the process, he imitates the Times' Duff Wilson in superficially presenting both sides of the legal case while actually offering a one-sided interpretation hostile to the players. No wonder Herald-Sun editor Bob ("Eyes Wide Shut") Ashley rushed the piece into print.
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Two days after Durham Police Chief Chalmers gave his press conference, absolving his officers for employing racial slurs, and assuring the public of his confidence that his officers did not violate drunk driving laws, I remain amazed by the transparency of Mr. Chalmers words of absolution. [end exerpt]
What happens to a prof who can't get any (or enough) students to sign up for his/her classes????