Look we get it - you hate Duke. That's your prerogative. You may be "on the side of" the lax players and "against Nifong and Gottlieb", but the real reason you're here is to use this incident to bash the university itself. As I said, we get it. Do you have anything else, as in new and original, to contribute? Or are you here just to vent your spleen against an organization you hate? If it's therapeutic for you go right ahead.
You know, I have not chosen to respond to your ignorance since you revealed you know nothing about academics and sports a few weeks back. But I will this one time since you addressed me on this issue.
Arrest records are forever. They can limit what you can do in life. That is why in every reasonable jurisdiction and particularly in college towns the police try to bend over backwards not to unnecessarily arrest college students for just the types of things these students are being targetted for. The police most places do not want to give someone trying to make something of their life an arrest record. The police every where else arrest losers who are not going any place in the life more readily because the cost to the arrestee is far less.
Now that fact that you have, as you revealed in your foolish rant about athlete admission at Duke, a sophmoric idylic view of Duke has nothing to do with the growups here discussing this case. A couple of decades ago, I hypothesized that the strain of liberalism associated with dicrimminating against males and in favor of females would not last because women have a propensity to produce sons. I still think that is basically true, but certainly a segment of the Duke families are such stupid liberals that they are willing to sacrifice their sons in the name of liberalism. And yes, I believe they are idiots.
College is about broadening your horizons and openning doors for people. Duke is apparently indifferent to its students having doors slammed in their students faces due to Durham arrest records for trivial matters. It is great that you foolishly support your school no matter what. But for people who have children at Duke now or are considering Duke this a reality.
I personally had no problem with Duke until it became clear Duke was willing to take people's money but sacrifice their children's futures. It really is not Duke, but rather the Duke administration and faculty. To bad you know so little about academics that you can not separate Duke, basketball or whatever sport you are a fan of and this issue.