I appreciate the feelings of posters who hold NCCU partially responsible for this mess.
I don't.
NCCU is full of bureaucrats and government grants, but there really isn't much else bad to say about this workingman's college. There are lots of hardworking kids and first-generation college types there. They have my admiration and approval for their effort and for keeping their eyes on the American Dream.
Duke is a bunch of out-of-state, out-of-touch, very smart faculty and student fast-trackers. The amazing thing about the school is the tiny impact this major institution can have on the state where it is housed. Good hospital, though--the best in the region.
Don't feel blame NCCU for its student's part-time job, and don't pity Duke in its typical elitism and self-absorption.
Spoken like a true communist. Your comment is as big a piece of drival as the article!
VaFarmer,
Why should we judge Duke as a whole (or even an team as a whole) by the unproven allegations that fall apart more and more with each passing day?
When you say, NCCU has a bunch of "Hardworking kids" You remind me of the Black Duke professor that came out early on and called for getting rid of the lacrosse program at Duke. He described the black football players as hard working kids, and the White Lacrosse players as out-of-control, arrogant, and full of contempt for the law.
Again, in what other case do we tar an entire group or sanctify them? Why is it suddenly okay to bash a group when they are white males? The relevant NCCU student here is Crystal Mangum and she is anything but hardworking - she certainly is not lawful.
I think when people say NCCU is a bunch of hard working kids and Duke kids are privledged and mean - they have drank the Kool-Aid the PC Media has been serving up.
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"They have my admiration and approval for their effort and for keeping their eyes on the American Dream. "
Are you speaking of the 28% that make it out or all of them? /sarc
"Duke is a bunch of out-of-state, out-of-touch, very smart faculty and student fast-trackers"....this will get you flamed to some degree...but IMHO, much of what goes on in the Ivy-League -type halls of American academe has resulted in a defacto "ghetto" among the liberal educated elite in America...who generally look down upon the "real" Americans amongst us...