| Should Duke relocate? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 18 2010, 08:59 AM (325 Views) | |
| Quasimodo | Oct 18 2010, 08:59 AM Post #1 |
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If reforms can't be made which will make Durham safe (and welcoming) for Duke students... and if out-of-state students in particular are not welcomed by the local community... then there is another solution. Should Duke consider moving out of Durham? Despite the outragousness of it, there are some positives. - Duke programs & students could lead the design and logistic efforts - Lots of new smart construction projects for both the university complex and housing. - Tremendous economic stimulus for the new community. - The relocation plan could become a model for the country if other major relocations were required due to disasters. Duke without Durham is still Duke |
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| Quasimodo | Oct 18 2010, 09:05 PM Post #2 |
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17 months from the start of construction to the opening of the new campus... |
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| MikeZPU | Oct 18 2010, 09:43 PM Post #3 |
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My one son is a high school senior and looking into colleges for next year. He's looking for the right combination a Division I swim team he can make and an outstanding engineering program. To my shock, I saw one short list where he included Duke. I didn't say anything to him, but I talked to my wife. She knows my passion about the gross injustice of the Lacrosse frame, but I also wanted her to understand what a dangerous situation it is there. There is a deep-seated, long-standing STRONG resentment of the out-of-state white Duke students by many in the Durham AA community. There is also a strong resentment by many in the liberal Duke faculty of Duke athletes. (My son would be a swimmer, another sport that tends to be heavily white for whatever reason.) And the Duke administration would rather throw their students to the wolves rather than stand up to either the Durham community or the liberal Duke faculty. There is NO way that my son will go to Duke -- zero probability. |
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| Quasimodo | Oct 19 2010, 08:12 AM Post #4 |
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From today's Chronicle:
All those outsiders can take their money and go elsewhere if they aren't wanted in Durham... |
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