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An apology in Durham

Something very unusual out of Durham, N.C., today, and no, it's not a Duke football victory. Instead, Duke president Richard Brodhead apologized during a speech at the university's law school for failing to support three men's lacrosse players accused of rape in the spring of 2006.
"Given the complexities of this case, getting the communication right would never have been easy," Brodhead said. "But the fact is that we did not get it right, causing the families to feel abandoned when they were most in need of support. This was a mistake. I take responsibility for it and I apologize for it."
What is interesting is just how long the higher-ups at Duke -- notably Brodhead and athletic director Joe Alleva -- have remained silent. There was not much in the form of conciliatory comments when all charges were dropped against Dave Evans, Reade Seligmann and Collin Finnerty this spring.
There always seemed to be a sharp dichotomy between a team that drew attention for its march to the national title game in its first season back and the institution that didn't lend much support (and really, had members of its community help foment a rush to judgment while ignoring a little thing called due process) to this group.
In fact, an equally important part of that story -- covered admirably for the last year-plus by the Associated Press' Aaron Beard -- is as follows:
Brodhead also said the school could have done more to show that some members of Duke's faculty who were openly critical of the lacrosse team did not speak for the university as a whole.
Naturally, Brodhead was not available for further comment.
But at least one of the school's top luminaries finally acknowledged there was more Duke could have done to contain an explosive situation that in the final analysis should never have generated so much attention and vitriol

Ole' Pecoz wonders what happened to the resume's and tenure of those 88 liberal arts professors that signed the letter demanding the ouster of the students, the program and the coach.... none of whom had been convicted of anything! Seems to Ole' PecozBill that perhaps Duke President Broadhead and these other fine upstanding folks ought to submit their resignations in a display of intellectual, collegial, integrity!

Right!! And then the next thing you know, Bubba will admit having sex with that woman! And Hellary will admit her complicity in the Whitewater affair. The Chinese will admit to donating millions to his and her campaigns... oh never mind!