http://www.wabashunion.org/march2008/the-duke-disaster-and-the-decline-of-higher-education Your Portal to the Conservative Movement at Wabash College Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:36:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.wabashunion.org/march2008/the-duke-disaster-and-the-decline-of-higher-education/comment-page-1#comment-26 Melendez-Rios Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:14:24 +0000 http://www.wabashunion.org/?p=995#comment-26 We shouldn't forget the complicity of the Duke trustees, also; who backed Brodhead and whose chairman (Robert K."Wachovia" Steel) said that "it wouldn't be a big problem" if the accused were convicted, because "the appeals court could eventually straighten out any problems" (after, presumably, the accused has served several years in prison). From a PR standpoint, there was no upside to supporting the lax players and considerable downside to criticizing their accuser. (And what university isn't worth sacrificing a few innocent students for? sarc/off) We shouldn’t forget the complicity of the Duke trustees, also; who backed Brodhead and whose chairman (Robert K.”Wachovia” Steel) said that “it wouldn’t be a big problem” if the accused were convicted, because “the appeals court could eventually straighten out any problems” (after, presumably, the accused has served several years in prison). From a PR standpoint, there was no upside to supporting the lax players and considerable downside to criticizing their accuser. (And what university isn’t worth sacrificing a few innocent students for? sarc/off)

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