John F. Burness
john.burness@duke.edu
(919) 681-3788
Probably not a bad idea - but I wonder if it might be better contacting the members of the Duke 88 individually?
Someone (in the last week) or so posted their names and e-mail addresses.
I have to go find that post myself because I’m planning on sending out a few e-mails myself.
I have a better idea. Have each gang of 88 member voluntarily sign a life long allotment of 600 dollars per pay check, representing 200 per player. Each player would then get 17,600 dollars per month.
They should start by firing the 88 and seizing their assets.
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Not this.
Thanks,
AM
She now attends Syracuse in their accelerated law program. She has been on the Dean’s list every semester. Duke’s lost.
Sincerely,
Jim McClafferty
Dear Mr. Burness,
I am a lawyer and a former Professor. I write a national, weekly column. (My late cousin, C.L. Haslam, was decades ago the General Counsel of Duke.) I have been following the Duke "rape" situation closely.
I am particularly interested in the 88 Professors there who signed a public advertisement finding the three lacrosse players guilty before they had been brought to trial. My understanding is that exactly one of those 88 Professors has since apologized for his inappropriate public statement.
I am asking for your response to this situation on behalf of the University because I want the information to be accurate, but also because the University's response to the actions or inactions now of the "Duke 87" is an integral part of the story that should be told.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Cordially,
/s/
John C. Armor, Esq.
My feeling is that he will feel compelled to gin up some kind of response. As Mark Twain noted, it is unwise to get in a dispute with "someone who buys ink by the barrel."
Congressman Billybob
"My son is finishing his junior year here in Atlanta. He achieved a 2290 combined score (800 verbal) on the SAT, 2 gold medals for the National Latin Exams, was #1 in the nation on the National Geography Exam, and has numerous other awards and achievements. Needless to say, Duke is interested in him and has contacted him.
However, the shameful display by the 88 Duke faculty members in regards to the rape case, in direct contravention of those young mens basic American right of presumed innocence, and Dukes continued failure to issue any apology or retraction, indicates that the university does not adhere to basic values of decency and fairness.
Unless or until Duke takes some action to convince us otherwise, we will do everything in our power to dissuade not only our son but his friends and peers from having any association with the type people who administer and teach at your school."
/signed/