Lacrosse players face old charges (Nifong retaliates against Duke Lax)

News & Observer ^ | April 25, 2006 | Benjamin Niolet and Joseph Neff

[JLS]

Now she's letting her near senile father make a fool of himself on television, every night.
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I have not seen him on any of the shows, I don't think it is worth the time. But I suspect she is not letting him but rather in the spirit of Locomotive Breath's post on behavior, he is behaving just as you might expect. From what I have read about his appearances, he does not sound very sober.

He is either senile or a druggie or an alkie etc and all of a sudden these TV people what to talk to him. So he goes on and talks and talks and talks etc. She probably could not shut him up, if she wanted to.

[stands2reason]

Wisdom is earned the hard way; it's not innate. Most kids are still foolish at age 20, especially those whose hormones are running rampant and those who've lived safe lives and haven't had the opportunity to earn that wisdom.

[rawhide]

He is either senile or a druggie or an alkie etc and all of a sudden these TV people what to talk to him. So he goes on and talks and talks and talks etc. She probably could not shut him up, if she wanted to.

I cannot say I agree with you. Please do not accuse him of being a druggie or an 'alkie', based on the way he talks and acts. Sure he may some senility, but consider his age. And consider this: the father no doubt loves his daughter very much, and this media attention is very hard on him. I would think he is worn out about it, and it shows in his voice and demeanor. And I think he is very sad about his daughter, what he is finding out about her. I say give the old guy a break, and not drag him into this. I feel sorry for him.

[stands2reason]

Nothing is for free.

[Miss Behave]

Thank you.

[Locomotive Breath]

I said something about Alpha Phi Alpha. Is that what you're referencing? It's a historically black traditional frat to which xoxo had put up a link. Duke has a chapter and so does NCCU. The other one with which I'm familiar is Omega Psi Phi.

IIRC Alpha Phi Omega is a service organization open to all.

OT:

I'm not sure that engineers have a frat as such, but engineers have honorary society Tau Beta Pi which is the Phi Beta Kappa equivalent. If you look in front of the Hudson engineering bldg at Duke you'll see the "bent" which is the symbol of PBK.

Bent

The pledges are made to go out and polish the bent each year. It also leads to a lot of "let's get bent" jokes.

Electrical engineers have Eta Kappa Nu. The initiation ceremony is a hoot. Everyone assumes an identity: "Brother Ohm", "Brother Volt", etc. We could never do it without cracking up. Oops! I gave away the secret ceremony. I guess I'm out. The Civil Engineers have their own as do the Mech. E.'s, etc.

[Locomotive Breath]

Your lips to God's ear.

[don'tbedenied]

There was no planning by the "strippers" the AV was whacked out of her mind in the back of a police cruiser when the rape idea hit her. She may have child custody issues, other legal problems or simply wanted to avoid being thrown in the drunk tank. Viola! Rape.
Her story and Kim's have never matched up well, the lack of DNA has caused all kinds of new ideas to come out of her head--brooms especially. The einey, meeney, minny moe line up bought her/Nifong some more time before the inevitable collapse of the story.
I keep reminding everyone that the alleged perps had private detectives on this very early. They know who the AV is, where she was, what her problems were and are. All the witnesses, including Kim, gave statements to the defense very early on.
I am very interested in a suggestion in an earlier post that Nifong has arrested the AV's brother and he is being held hostage to keep the AV from bailing out. Any backup on this?

[Locomotive Breath]

Well I mean for anything other than menial labor or worse. As easy as it is to check a criminal record these days, anyone who doesn't deserves the employee they get.

I've heard that cops have stopped eating at places where they don't see the food prepared in front of them for just the reasons you mention.

[Miss Behave]

"... and this media attention is very hard on him."

Bump. There are too-smart-by-half junior gumshoes everywhere.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Jezebelle-check that link: associated cities)

DURHAM, NC
PORT ORCHARD, WA
CONCORD, CA

Didn't you find an arrest record for a CGM in WA? (or was it a dream,LOL)

[Locomotive Breath]

p.s. Pi Tau Sigma is the engineering honor society for Mech E.s

[stands2reason]

You have freepmail...

[investigateworld]

>>>Your lips to God's ear<<<

Amen!
This clown has perverted justice for a personal gain.
Series Biblical prohibitions against that. (On a lighter note, Jiminy Cricket has been going around Pleasure Island trying to scarf up bail money for you know who - or so I'm told)

[Dukie07]

Who knew there were different one's for each branch of engineering? Guess you've figured by now my student is an ME... Thanks for the lesson, all.

[stands2reason]

Please don't feed the troll, the thread is long enough as it is.

[stands2reason]

Please do not post personal information here. I've requested your post be pulled.

[Locomotive Breath]

OT: Well they make great resume' stuffers and that's about it. The funny thing is that they are all almost completely based on GPA so it's an all or nothing proposition. If an engineer takes enough social sciences and humanities he/she can get into Phi Beta Kappa as well. So a Mech. E. could simultaneously get into Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, and Pi Tau Sigma. Good grief - Greek letter overload.

[stands2reason]

Buchanan Blvd.

Trinity Avenue.

Duke Street.

Durham Freeway.

Fayetteville Street.

Cornwallis Road.

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Make your point, troll. I've had it with you.

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