Duke Under Fire
After
a threat of a drive-by shooting, Duke students are now apparently afraid to leave campus.
(Wusses. They wouldn't have lasted
two weeks in New Haven....)
Meanwhile,
Harvey Araton in the Times lambasts the players on the Duke women's basketball team for not speaking out about the lacrosse scandal. That strikes me as unfair. After all, the women are trying to win a national championship right now, and talking about the lacrosse scandal could well undermine all the hard work they've put into their own pursuit of excellence. (And if they win, and conduct themselves like model citizens in the process, wouldn't that serve as an implicit rebuke to the lacrosse team?)
Even more important, I think, is the fact that no one knows what actually happened that night. So what's the point of speaking out?
