[Locomotive Breath]

And here's the Raleigh News and Observer's take.

http://www.newsobserver.com/100/story/437299.html

notice they don't mention the credibility of the accuser as being a problem. It's all Duke's fault

[snip]
according to a committee that included Julius Chambers, a veteran civil rights attorney and former chancellor of N.C. Central University

[snip]

Chambers said it was disturbing that officials seemed to doubt the woman's story at first.

"You don't just discount the complaint because of who made it," he said.
[snip]

[darbymcgill]

"You don't just discount the complaint because of who made it," he said.

Only if your Paula Jones, Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen Wiley, etc..etc..

And yes, there is a dependent variable...