Posted on 01/10/2007 7:52:30 PM PST by freespirited
The following letter was submitted to The Chronicle, the campus newspaper at Duke:
To the Editor:
We, the undersigned Economics Department faculty members at Duke University, are cognizant of the fact that, to date, the only collective signed statement by faculty members concerning the events of last March was an advertisement in the Duke University Chronicle subsequent to protests and a forum on March 29, 2006. We are aware too that the advertisement was cited as prejudicial to the defendants in the defense motion to change the venue of the trial involving the three Duke lacrosse team members. We regret that the Duke faculty is now seen as prejudiced against certain of its own students.
1) In light of recent events detailed in court proceedings, it appears that there were a number of irregular acts committed by members of the Durham law enforcement agencies and District Attorney’s Office. We join with President Brodhead in calling for an investigation of those acts, inimical to students at our university.
2) We welcome all members of the lacrosse team, and all student athletes, as we do all our students as fellow members of the Duke community, to the classes we teach and the activities we sponsor.
Signed:
E. Roy Weintraub, Professor of Economics
Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Associate Professor of Economics
Charles M. Becker, Research Professor of Economics
Tim Bollerslev, Juanita & Clifton Kreps Professor of Economics
Vincent Conitzer, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Economics
Neil B. DeMarchi, Professor of Economics
Bjorn Eraker, Assistant Professor of Economics
Henry G. Grabowski, Professor of Economics
Daniel A. Graham, Professor of Economics and Law
Kevin D. Hoover, Professor of Economics and Philosophy
Shakeeb Khan, Associate Professor of Economics
Bahar Leventoglu, Assistant Professor of Economics and Political Science
Thomas J. Nechyba, Fuchsberg-Levine Family Professor of Economics and Public Policy
Pietro Peretto, Associate Professor of Economics
Curtis R. Taylor, Professor of Economics
Edward Tower, Professor of Economics
Huseyin Yildirim, Assistant Professor of Economics
Dukelax ping
Too little, too late. This groups silence was as damning as the faculty members who demanded the kids heads.
How many females teach Econ at Duke?
Bump
I disagree. I think this is a good sign. At least they said this, which is much better than silence. I respect people who can admit they were in the wrong, and while their silence was wrong, continued silence is worse.
If they had held their tongues in the first place instead of jumping on the PC bandwagon they wouldn't need to retract their support for the railroading of the Lacrosse players.
Still, I'm glad they put this letter out. Shove it down the throats of the feminists and race baiters at Duke.
If I recall correctly, none of the econ profs were among the "88" who signed that earlier letter.
Hmm. Good point. So this means the Duke faculty is taking sides.
inimical???
Looking at the list I see 10 other names that are obviously female and at least that many that could be either sex but who did not sign.
Crawling out from under a mildewed rock, these bold men and one single woman declare...what? That they don't want anyone to not like them? Academic CYA?
As the first poster said, "Too little, too late".
Live with that, you reality challenged Lefties!
dookie droppings
I thought Duke was a major university - so few professors willing to support the students?
The 88 super losers include one physics prof despite the fact that one of the kids has an absolutely ironclad alibi which includes an ATM receipt on the other side of town at the time the "rape" occurred and an outright violation of physical laws would be required for the kid to have raped the woman. Imagine the questions that clown must be having to answer...
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