[Locomotive Breath]

So I get this from the Duke U. Annual Fund

The Duke Annual Fund Highlights

It came as an e-mail but I'm giving you here the link to the same information

Here's the letter I wrote in reply

I am a three-time Duke grad. My wife is a two-time Duke grad. We will not be contributing to the Annual Fund or any other aspect of Duke because of President Richard Brodhead's disgraceful treatment of the Duke Lacrosse team and its coach.

Get back to us when Richard Brodhead is no longer President.

Sincerely,

XXXXXXX XXXXX

E '79. G. '81 '84

Here's the pablum I get in reply

Mr. XXXXXX,

Hello! Thanks for your e-mail and for your support of Duke. This has been a difficult spring for everyone affiliated with the university.

While you may not agree with his positions, I know based on my interactions with him, that President Brodhead has weighed every decision in this rapidly-evolving case with the upmost care and concern for all parties involved. He also made it clear in every public statement that the charged students are innocent until proven otherwise. I do hope you will consider judging the university's response in its entirety once this situation has come to a clearer resolution. If not, I'd be happy to code your record so that you will receive no further solicitations.

Thanks again for your e-mail and support.

Best,

Hank Woods

Just about the nonresponse response I expected. And that's "Dr. XXXXXX" to you Hank.

[abb]

LB, I'd follow that email up with a phone call just to let 'em know how you REALLY feel, lol...

[JLS]

You might have felt someone had actually responded a bit to you had Hank Woods not claimed that Brodhead cafefully considered each decision.

For cancelling a sports season alone, he should be fired. Does he cancel classes and screw all the kids in them out of tuition, if another classmate is accused of a crime?

[maggief]

Dr. Locomotive Breath,

Great letter. :)

Re: The reply ...

(Brodhead) made it clear in every public statement that the charged students are innocent until proven otherwise.

What bullsh!t! He fired the coach, cancelled the remaining season, and suspended the charged students. Innocent until proven guilty, my @ss.

Meanwhile, over at NCCU, Je$$e has promised a full scholarship to the AV whether she's lying or not. Twisted.

[Sue Perkick]

President Brodhead has weighed every decision in this rapidly-evolving case with the upmost care and concern for all parties involved. He also made it clear in every public statement that the charged students are innocent until proven otherwise.

Oh please. Oscar Mayer couldn't mass produce that much baloney. All he cared about was political correctness & pandering to certain factions in the community. He couldn't throw these boys (as well as the coach) under the bus fast enough. Broadhead will be a dark cloud hanging over Duke University as long as he is president.

[RecallMoran]

He also made it clear in every public statement that the charged students are innocent until proven otherwise.
_______________________________________________________
Dear Hank and Brodhead:
^%&%$*&$*&^%*&^##%$%##@$#@%$&^$*&^%*%^7**&^%^&$%#$&@@%^^#$$ and the horse you rode in on. If they were innocent why was the lacrosse coach fired, why were the new black panthers on campus, and why have you whined about "campus culture" at every opportunity? You make me sick, you hypocritical *&^%*&^%.

[Fido969]

And that's "Dr. XXXXXX" to you Hank.

Hank is clearly a liberal with a lot of edujamacashun, but no common sense.