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| Blog and Media Roundup - Monday, April 18, 2011; News Roundup | |
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| abb | Apr 18 2011, 05:15 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/blue-devils-top-acc-victory Blue Devils top ACC with victory Melissa Yeo/The Chronicle: No. 9 Duke cut down No. 6 Virginia Saturday in Koskinen Stadium. With the win, the Blue Devils clinched the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament. Melissa Yeo/The Chronicle No. 9 Duke cut down No. 6 Virginia Saturday in Koskinen Stadium. With the win, the Blue Devils clinched the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament. By Andrew Beaton April 18, 2011 After losing its last two matches against ranked opponents, the regular season finale versus Virginia loomed large on Duke’s schedule. Fortunately for the No. 9 Blue Devils, they rose to the challenge Saturday. Duke defeated No. 6 Virginia 13-11 at Koskinen Stadium, earning its fifth conference title in the last seven seasons and ninth overall. “From the first day you walk onto campus here, when you first get the job, you feel the power of the conference,” head coach John Danowski said. “To be a part of it, we’re very proud… and to be fortunate enough to have some success means a lot.” The Cavaliers (8-4, 1-2 in the ACC) broke the ice in the game, with midfielder Colin Briggs notching the contest’s first goal. Briggs, who led his team in goals scored Saturday with four, faced additional offensive pressure because star attacker Steele Stanwick did not play due to a calf injury. The Blue Devils were not intimidated by Virginia’s quick start, however, and responded with three unanswered goals, two of which were put in by senior Zach Howell. Duke finished the first period with a strong 6-3 lead. “It was important for us to set the tempo today back at home and get back on the right track,” junior midfielder Robert Rotanz said. Despite the quick start, the next period was not quite as easy for the Blue Devils (10-4, 3-0). The Cavaliers slowly worked themselves back into the contest and went into halftime down by only one goal. They netted the equalizer to start off the third period, evening up the match for the first time since it was 1-1. Yet, they would never take the lead, in large part due to an offensive explosion from Rotanz. After Rhamel Bratton scored the tying goal for Virginia, Duke tossed in four consecutive scores to jump back out front. Rotanz notched three of those and added a fourth at the start of the fourth quarter, finishing the regular season with 18 goals, placing him third highest on the team. “One of the things we always tell our guys is that at any time, it could be your day,” Danowski said. “We feel like we have a tremendous amount of balance on the team, and a tremendous number of people who can make plays. Today happened to be Rob’s day, and we’re delighted with his progress.” The victory and regular season title means that the Blue Devils will have the No. 1 seed at next weekend’s conference tournament at Koskinen Stadium. In the first round, they will play none other than Virginia, a rematch of last year’s semifinal matchup when the Cavaliers came out victorious. “We love playing Virginia, playing back at home and playing well at home,” Rotanz said. |
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| abb | Apr 18 2011, 05:16 AM Post #2 |
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http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/brodhead-joins-leaders-china Brodhead joins leaders in China By Chronicle Staff April 18, 2011 Duke University President Richard Brodhead joined corporate CEOs, university leaders and presidents of some of the world’s most influential nations April 15 and 16 in China for a conference focusing on the development of Asia. Brodhead participated in a discussion titled “Rethinking Education: University Presidents vs. Corporate CEOs”—one of the many panels held at the annual Boao Forum for Asia conference. He was also scheduled to attend a reception with President Hu Jintao of China, according to a Duke news release. Hu was scheduled to attend the conference’s opening and deliver its keynote speech. “The Boao Forum offers an important opportunity to be part of a global conversation,” Brodhead said in the release before the trip. “When universities have a place at the table, we can demonstrate how our interdisciplinary research and scholarship can provide new perspectives on transnational problems.” The discussion Brodhead participated in addressed the changes needed to foster entrepreneurial and innovative-minded talents in the education system, according to the forum’s website. Although employment is not the only indicator of university success, it is a top priority for many university leaders, especially as millions of college graduates cannot find jobs each year, the site noted. International government leaders scheduled to attend the conference included President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia, President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil and South Korean Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik. Henry Paulson, former U.S. secretary of the treasury, John Negroponte, former U.S. director of national intelligence and deputy secretary of state, and Carlos Gutierrez, former U.S. secretary of commerce, were also scheduled to attend, according to the Duke news release. |
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| abb | Apr 18 2011, 05:16 AM Post #3 |
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http://www.dukechronicle.com/node/155323/talk 2:57 AM April 18, 2011 Fact Checker This story follows the Duke news release too closely for comfort. Here is the Fact Checker version of this story posted last Friday on http://dukefactchecker.blogspot.com/ A Duke news release -- personally from the Brodhead Administration's mouthpiece, Michael Schoenfeld, and not from the news bureau which is the usual formula -- reveals Brodhead is in China for two days of the annual Boao Forum. Huh? That's what we said, until we used that research tool which Dean Sheppard introduced us to, Wikipedia, to check out Boao. Sometimes Bo'ao. This Forum, apparently put together by bankers and others seeking to do business though-out Asia, likes to identify itself (in the second sentence of the Duke news release) with Davos, the annual Swiss gathering that draws economic heavyweights. This is akin to talking about the Super Bowl and an intramural football game in the same breath. We checked this news release very carefully, recalling that in 2008 Schoenfeld touted Brodhead's "address" to a "plenary session" of a New York "summit" of leaders concerned with volunteerism. Turns out, this was a Time Magazine publicity stunt, and Brodhead was one of seven speakers plus a five member panel crammed into lunch hour. He spoke for two minutes, 23 seconds. Back in Durham, the Dean of the Arts and Sciences breathlessly told the A and S Council that at that very moment, Brodhead was briefing candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, together, about DukeEngage. No briefing. No together. By about 2,000 miles. From the Duke PR handout on Boao: Brodhead was invited as a panelist for a Friday session entitled “Rethinking Education: University Presidents vs. Corporate CEOS,” featuring "leaders from business and educational organizations in a discussion of the challenges of educating the next generation of the world’s workforce." Well, that's what it's about in Schoenfeld-speak. Here's what the official program says: "millions of university graduates cannot find jobs each year." And the panel will explore "should the education system be changed" to address this. More context: this is one of four conflicting events at the same time, including a reception for the forum heavyweight, former Goldman Sachs honcho and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, rabbi for Duke's own erstwhile board chair Robert King Steel. See, all these people reinforce each other and invite each other around. The conference is on an island in the South China Sea, southwest of Hong Kong, east of Hanoi, nowhere near Kunshan and we do not know if Brodhead will swoop on by his pet project. Update: the Forum produced very few "hits" on Google news. We estimate about 2,500 people attended the Chinese premier's reception, but getting precise numbers is difficult. |
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| abb | Apr 18 2011, 05:18 AM Post #4 |
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http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke-makes-key-changes-top-cavs Duke makes key changes to top Cavs Melissa Yeo/The Chronicle Melissa Yeo/The Chronicle By Andrew Beaton [4] April 18, 2011 It wasn’t always pretty, but the Blue Devils made key adjustments to guide themselves to victory in their 13-11 triumph over ACC foe Virginia. They were quick out of the gate, scoring six of their goals in the first period despite the Cavaliers notching the first of the contest. Although they finished the quarter with a comfortable three-goal lead, the game was far from over at that point. Virginia adapted to Duke’s early offensive barrage by switching into a zone for the second quarter. The changed defensive scheme initially baffled the Blue Devils, who failed to generate any sort of offensive mojo for the period. An ill-conceived turnover with fewer than two minutes remaining in the period didn’t help matters—when Duke should have held out for the quarter’s final shot, Virginia was able to convert the mistake into a counter-attack goal. “We rushed a few things in the second quarter and they capitalized and scored in transition,” junior midfielder Robert Rotanz said. “They had the ball a lot, and we had to play a lot of defense.” Coming out of halftime, the Blue Devils adjusted to Virginia’s change in tactics. Rotanz led a run of goals in the third period, giving Duke a comfortable lead that it would never forfeit. Another key improvement throughout the game was between the pipes with goalkeeper Dan Wigrizer. The sophomore only had three saves in the first half but came out and blocked eight in the third and fourth periods. He did it in style, too, snatching several shots by using acrobatic moves which stymied strong Cavalier opportunities. “I don’t think that Danny made a save for probably about the first three goals, so you’re a little concerned,” head coach John Danowski said. “But I thought he got better as the game went on. I thought he was really good inside—when the ball was inside—and really made some plays.” In the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers scored three unanswered goals in a five minute span to narrow Duke’s lead to two with under two minutes to play. They then had another excellent opportunity with 1:15 to play to turn it into a one-goal game, but Wigrizer made an impressive save to put the game in the books. With the victory, the Blue Devils clinched the regular-season conference title and face Virginia again Friday. To come out victorious in the rematch, continuing to adjust and improve throughout games will be critical. Duke showed Saturday that it does have that ability to change on the fly. |
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| abb | Apr 18 2011, 05:20 AM Post #5 |
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http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/fire-richard-brodhead Fire Richard Brodhead musings By Antonio Segalini [3] April 18, 2011 In an email to alumni a year ago, President Richard Brodhead proclaimed that, despite budget cuts that came as a result of the recession, “care was taken to preserve our core commitment to financial aid, to sustain the quality of the student experience and to continue the hiring of outstanding faculty.” In the year since that message, Duke has seen its economic situation improve substantially, leading to the University resuming “merit-based pay increases this year,” according to a March 28 email sent to employees. Sizeable deductions and reviving financial markets “put the University’s budget back on a sustainable footing.” Yet, recent events have shown that Brodhead himself has led Duke away from its “core commitment” to this campus. A year after celebrating the groundbreaking for Duke Kunshan University, an event he equated to the vision and creation of the Sanford School of Public Policy, Brodhead has seen the project in China suffer multiple setbacks. Professor of German and Eads Family Professor of English Thomas Pfau spoke up about the issue in a letter to the editor April 8, claiming that Duke administrators had once again circumvented faculty counsel. Pfau argues that “much of the growing resistance to the Kunshan adventure... stems from the faculty’s pervasive alienation from, and distrust of, a University administration that consistently fails to consult its faculty’s collective expertise.” An entire week has passed, and no faculty member has openly refuted his statement. Brodhead’s lack of communication is not just a product of this initiative. It has become the standard for his presidency at Duke. On April 4, Judge James Beaty allowed a claim by 38 members of the 2006 men’s lacrosse team against President Brodhead and members of the administration to proceed. As The Chronicle reported, the claim states that Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek, “who holds a law degree, told them not to hire a lawyer or discuss the case with their families,” creating a “‘relationship of trust’” with the players by promising confidentiality and then sharing the information about the incident with Durham police. This incident was followed by Justin Robinette, former chair of the Duke College Republicans, filing three new complaints “alleging that Duke failed to adequately prevent harassment and discrimination.” Robinette had already filed a complaint with the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, claiming that Duke discriminated based on sex and race. In these three instances, Duke’s community needed answers. Students have the right to be updated, which can be done without jeopardizing current litigation. In a year during which multiple things have gone wrong, from Tailgate reaching a new level of debauchery to Karen Owen’s PowerPoint, Duke’s campus needs stability and a strong hand to guide it. President Brodhead has disciplined relatively well, responding to students’ wrongdoing by sending an email to us, saying if “features of student culture... strike you as less than ideal, I urge you to face up to them, speak openly about them, and have the courage to visualize a change.” However, when the administration is being unclear or there is uncertainty among students, the strong hand seems to weaken. Brodhead’s inability to start a discussion about a controversial topic was evident in his January email to “Duke alumni, parents, and friends” (seriously, Brodhead? My dad had to forward it to me), in which he talked about the surging financial status of the University, increases in applications for the Class of 2015, all of the personal awards Duke students have won this year, Winter Forum and the passing of Professor Reynolds Price. Although we need to celebrate student and University accomplishments, not once in these communications did Brodhead mention that Duke is building another campus in China. He also neglected to say that administrators estimate $37 million over the next six years will be spent on this campus’s initial operating costs. Passing on this information would seem crucial, given that the lease is only for 10 years (can they kick us out if it’s going well?), and administrators can’t guarantee Web freedom for the campus. In asking for Richard Brodhead’s resignation, I consider what he does say to be so much more important than everything he leaves out. He shouldn’t portray University problems, like the potential for limited Internet access at DKU, as opportunities that will “help our students to learn.” Nor should he be only “fairly certain” that the DKU campus will have unrestricted Internet. The president of a university should never be “fairly certain” about anything that big. Hopefully it won’t take Brodhead 171 days to apologize and admit his mistakes this time. And maybe he will be kind enough to submit his letter of resignation as well. Duke needs a leader, not simply someone who exhibits all the bad qualities of one. Antonio Segalini is a Trinity sophomore. This is his final column of the semester. |
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| abb | Apr 18 2011, 05:21 AM Post #6 |
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http://www.dukechronicle.com/node/155331/talk 5:36 AM April 18, 2011 Fact Checker ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔✔ Thank you Antonio, for opening discussion on this most vital of topics. Your column is incisive, insightful and courageous. And unfortunately right. Rather than reviewing the past seven tortured years, FC would like start by looking forward. Duke is overdue for a major fund drive, the likely dimensions of which stagger the imagination. 36 other universities are seeking $1 billion or more right now, and two of the schools we consider our peers, Stanford and Columbia, are both seeking $4 billion or more. Such a drive must have continuity of leadership; Dick Brodhead was 64 on Sunday. If we add a year or two for the "quiet phase" of a drive, then at least five years for active fund-raising (and probably more since that will allow us to make our goal look bigger) we find a man in his 70's engaged in one of the most rigorous tasks of his life right at the end of his working years. I am not so certain that he -- having mused about returning to teaching -- wants that. Remember, please, that Nan Keohane was only 61 when she announced her retirement and return to scholarship. For the reason of his age (his birthday was Sunday) and the need for continuity, without further review of his tortured presidency, Fact Checker joins in calling upon the Trustees to begin a search for a new President. |
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| abb | Apr 18 2011, 05:24 AM Post #7 |
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http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/04/18/1136958/series-on-sbi-earns-2-awards.html Published Mon, Apr 18, 2011 05:01 AM Modified Mon, Apr 18, 2011 05:06 AM Series on SBI earns 2 awards Locke, left, and Neff won the Michael Kelly Award from Atlantic Media Co. Two News & Observer reporters won a national journalism award Sunday night for their reporting about problems at the State Bureau of Investigation. Mandy Locke and Joseph Neff were presented with the Michael Kelly Award, presented by the Atlantic Media Co. to reporters who exhibit "the fearless pursuit and expression of truth." Kelly was the editor of National Journal and The Atlantic Monthly who died while covering the war in Iraq in 2003. The award carries a $25,000 prize. Locke and Neff researched and wrote a four-part series, "Agents' Secrets," in August. It revealed that some State Bureau of Investigation agents were bullying vulnerable suspects and that some lab analysts had pushed past the accepted bounds of science to deliver results that helped prosecutors' cases. Shortly after, an audit ordered by Attorney General Roy Cooper showed that the lab had withheld or distorted evidence in more than 200 cases. As a result, the SBI's director and lab director were replaced. The General Assembly has passed laws making it clear that the state crime lab works for the full justice system, not just prosecutors, and making it a crime for analysts or other law-enforcement agents to withhold evidence. One defendant who had served 12 years in jail has been freed, and others are challenging the SBI's work in court Locke, 32, came to the N&O in 2004. She covered the case of Greg Taylor, a Wake County man who served 17 years for murder before being exonerated early in 2010. It was that case that led to the "Agents' Secrets" series. Neff, 51, is a veteran investigative reporter who has written extensively about criminal justice. He laid bare the prosecutorial misconduct of former Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong in the Duke lacrosse case, and in 2008, he worked on a series about the state's crippled probation system. Others prominently involved in the series included videographer Travis Long, photojournalist Shawn Rocco and Steve Riley, senior editor for investigations. Others finalists for the award included journalists from The Associated Press, Mother Jones magazine and Slate. |
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| abb | Apr 18 2011, 05:26 AM Post #8 |
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http://www.lovefraud.com/blog/2011/04/18/the-fallout-from-one-woman%E2%80%99s-lies/ The fallout from one woman’s lies Monday, 18 April 2011 @ 5:26am • My Weblog Crystal Mangum, 32, is in the news again. You may not have heard her name, but you probably recall her notoriety. She’s the exotic dancer who accused Duke University lacrosse players of gang rape on March 13, 2006. Why is she in the news? Well, two weeks ago, Mangum allegedly stabbed her boyfriend, Reginald Daye, 46, in the chest during an argument. A few days ago, the man was taken off of life support and died. This isn’t the first time that Mangum has been in trouble. A year ago, she was arrested for assaulting a different boyfriend, setting his clothes on fire in a bath tub, and threatening to stab him. She did this in front of her three children (none of whom were fathered by the boyfriends), and while two police officers were in the apartment. Although the children were not injured, she was found guilty of misdemeanor child abuse and damaging property. But let’s get back to the case that made Crystal Mangum famous, or infamous. Duke Lacrosse case Mangum and another woman were hired to be strippers at a party hosted by captains of the Duke lacrosse team. Mangum, who is African American, claimed she was gang-raped by 20 white guys. Later she changed her story to say it was three white guys. She was asked to identify her assailants from photos several times, and never came up with the same three guys. She continued to change her story—estimates of the number of different tales she told to police range from five to 12. And the other exotic dancer, from the beginning, said that Mangum was not assaulted at all. Mangum was an incredibly unreliable witness. But Duke University faculty members, called the “Group of 88,” took out a full-page ad in the student newspaper, the Chronicle, called, “What does a social disaster sound like?” The ad decried racism, sexism and upscale sports on campus, and implied that Mangum’s accusations were true. Even the Chronicle condemned the ad as, “radical, inflammatory discourse.” The Durham County District Attorney, Michael Nifong, went ahead and filed charges against three lacrosse players, all white males. In fact, Nifong even withheld DNA evidence that proved Mangum had sexual contact with multiple men—none of whom were the lacrosse players. In the meantime, various advocacy organizations and the national media jumped onboard. The entire incident was portrayed as a racial hate crime, anti-feminist sexism, wealth vs. poverty, even conservatives vs. liberals, depending on who was pontificating. Eventually, the case fell apart. The North Carolina attorney general not only dropped the charges against the students, but took the extraordinary step of declaring them innocent. “Troubled” Crystal Mangum Crystal Mangum actually came out with a book in 2008. Here’s how the book was promoted in a press release: The Last Dance for Grace: The Crystal Mangum Story is the only definitive account of the life and struggles of the woman at the center of the Duke Lacrosse case, the alleged accuser. Were it not for the Duke Lacrosse Case, she likely would be described as a bright, young woman from Durham, North Carolina, who has had a difficult life. Like so many of us, Crystal has made mistakes and has struggled to make amends. Her biggest mistake just happened to lead to one of the most controversial legal cases in American history. Well, that’s the hype. Another account on FoxNews.com describes Mangum’s life as “troubled.” Back in 1993, when she was 14 years old, Mangum claimed that she was raped, and her family members still disagree on whether it actually happened. A few years later she married and accused her husband of threatening to kill her, which he denied. Mangum failed to appear in court, and the charges were dismissed. She started working as a stripper in 2002. She stole a customer’s car keys while giving him a lap dance, sped off in his car while intoxicated, and almost ran over a cop. Mangum has a history of mental problems, and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, according to the Raleigh News and Observer. There is a link between bipolar disorder and sociopathy. Dr. Liane Leedom writes that people who are bipolar may exhibit sociopathic traits when they are manic. Many mental health professionals do not like to diagnose women as sociopaths—in fact, a lot of women who are diagnosed as borderline are probably sociopaths. So given the overlap between bipolar disorder and sociopathy, maybe the diagnosis in this case was wrong. Maybe Crystal Mangum is a sociopath. Aftermath The really shocking thing about this case is how much trouble and trauma were cause by one individual who lied. Here is part of what happened in the aftermath of the Duke Lacrosse case: The three accused lacrosse players were suspended from Duke. The remainder of the Duke lacrosse season was cancelled. The lacrosse coach resigned, but later sued the university. District Attorney Michael Nifong resigned and was disbarred. The New York Times and other media outlets were criticized for sloppy journalism and rushing to conclusions. The three accused players racked up millions of dollars in legal bills. The accused players filed lawsuits against Duke, the city of Durham and the police. Duke settled the lawsuits—although the amount was not disclosed, one estimate was $50 million. Duke lacrosse players who where not accused also filed lawsuits against the university, the city, the district attorney and others. There’s much more, and you can read the whole story in the Wikipedia summary of the case. So here’s the bottom line: The combination of pathological liars and hot-button issues—like racism, sexism and rape—can be catastrophic. That’s why it is so important for people in positions of authority to refrain from rushing to judgment, and to take the time to thoroughly investigate claims of guilt and innocence. Lovefraud readers who have been falsely accused by sociopaths certainly understand this. Somehow, we have to get the message out to all those people who need to understand it but don’t—like cops, child protection caseworkers, prosecutors, judges and the media. |
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| abb | Apr 18 2011, 06:35 AM Post #9 |
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http://www.dukechronicle.com/node/155331/talk 7:16 AM April 18, 2011 wwilson Brodhead made a pigs breakfast out of Duke's reputation by his completely inept, amateurish handling of the LAX controversy, and should have been fired then. But that didn't happen. But that may not have happened only because we didn't know just how very badly he botched it -- and, in fact, we may soon learn more from discovery in the case which is proceeding against Duke by the LAX players. That potential for disclosing damaging information --- ie, more evidence of incompetence on Brodhead's part -- is the number one risk to Brodhead's continuation as President. The other subsequent factors are cited here are relatively minor. The complaints that "faculty has not been consulted" are from a tired old script hauled out by faculty everywhere for hundreds of years. The China venture is not without potential flaws, but it's develpment has been reasonably vetted and planned. The Drinking Tent "ritual" is a little more nuanced. It almost cost Brodhead his Presidency (just imagine if the kid had died), but he dodged that bullet. But it is a manifestation of one of Brodhead's more serious weaknesses (not mentioned in the article): an unwillingness to confront and change Duke's silly commitment to the athletic "arms race" , ie, the sophomoric desire to win (spend to win) an NCAA championship in every sport. |
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| abb | Apr 18 2011, 09:32 AM Post #10 |
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http://www.fathersandfamilies.org/?p=14764 Two Short Takes; Crystal Mangum and Maryanne Godboldo April 18th, 2011 by Robert Franklin, Esq. The campus of Duke University is calm now. It’s mid-April and final exams are approaching. Semester papers are coming due and anyway, the men’s basketball team, a perennial powerhouse, lost in the early rounds of the NCAA tournament this year, so that distraction is gone. The faculty must be busy too, since we’re not hearing much from them. The Group of 88 must have disbanded at some point, and in any event, there are no radical students to egg them on, no district attorney to wave fabricated charges in their faces like a red cape before a bull. But what, after all is there to get excited about? Merely this (WRAL, 4/13/11). Yes, Crystal Gayle Mangum is in jail again and, if my intuition is correct, there to stay - maybe for life. Mangum of course is the woman who infamously charged three Duke students with rape one night five years ago. Her charges, never believable, were swallowed hook line and sinker by police, the District Attorney’s office and hundreds, perhaps thousands of faculty and students who turned as one on the three innocent young men. The university’s administration at the time added cowardice to hypocrisy by failing to raise such basic issues as the presumption of innocence. That fell to the three young men, their coach, their teammates and the women’s Lacrosse team who never wavered in their belief that the three were innocent. This was all the more remarkable for the fact that young men’s behavior from the outset demonstrated innocence. They volunteered to take DNA tests, opened the fraternity house to police investigation and took and passed polygraph tests. All that produced no evidence of guilt. But as police investigated, evidence of innocence piled up and up. One of the accused produced credit card and building entrance card evidence that he in fact was elsewhere at the time of the alleged assault. Countless other facts pointed directly at actual innocence. None of that deflected for an instant the twin crusades of Michael Nifong, District Attorney who was running for election and the Group of 88 Duke professors who at times seemed to be running for village idiot. In their cossetted little world, the three young men were presumptively privileged and, having been charged with rape by a women, must have been guilty. Such is the “logic” of higher education these days. So compelling to them was their own narrative of privilege and oppression that they forgot entirely to consult facts and common sense. Even a cursory glance at either would have given even the most anti-male, anti-jock person pause. And then there was the complainant herself, Ms. Mangum. Facts about her piled up as well, like the false claim ten years before that she had been raped by three men that even her own father said was made up. Her multiple run-ins with the law, her actual job as stripper (some said prostitute) and her tendency to abuse drugs and alcohol would have tipped off less excitable folks than the Group of 88. But no, by then they were in full cry and ill-prepared when their ideologically constructed worldview came crashing down around them. It took a full year and hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees for the State of North Carolina to officially find the three not merely not guilty, but innocent and to drop all charges against them. The coup de grace to the whole sorry affair came when Michael Nifong was disbarred for his disgraceful behavior including withholding exculpatory evidence - the DNA tests that proved innocence. That was five years ago and during the ensuing years, Crystal Gayle Mangum has rarely been out of the news. She received no punishment for falsely accusing the young men or wasting state and county resources. Last year I reported on her assault of her boyfriend and setting fire to his clothing. She got off with barely a tap on the wrist. And that’s too bad because, if the Durham police are right, she’s now committed murder, stabbing her boyfriend, Reginald Daye, to death with a kitchen knife to the chest. If she’s convicted, my guess is that the local police and prosecutors will finally have had their fill of her and put her away for life. That of course will come too late to save Reginald Daye, but why would a Duke faculty member notice a minor detail like that? Why lift your bespectacled face out of your books to notice when a mere man is actually killed as opposed to the false claims of rape by a woman? Why heed an actual fact, particularly one that holds the power to disturb your carefully-constructed universe. No, leave it to the neighbor who called 911 as Daye lay bleeding to death to get right what some of the supposedly best minds in the country couldn’t. When asked for a description of the girlfriend, the caller said, “It’s Crystal Mangum. THE Crystal Mangum.” He then added, “I told him she was trouble from the beginning.” That simple truth is one that many people could have recognized years ago. If they had, much embarrassment and much torment would have been avoided. Daye died, perhaps ironically, at Duke University Hospital. The silence on campus as he did was deafening. Meanwhile, remember Maryanne Godboldo, the Detroit single mother who made the mistake of using her own judgment about whether to give a certain psychotropic drug to her 13-year-old daughter? That drove the local CPS to get an ex parte court order to turn over the girl. Godboldo refused, the police were called, an altercation ensued and the girl was taken by CPS to a psychiatric facility where, two weeks later she was reported to be doing well having still not received the medication that was the cause of her being taken in the first place. I opined at the time that that, plus CPS’s refusal to hand the girl over to her father, strongly indicated that the whole thing looked less like concern for the girl and more like rage on the part of the state at being thwarted in the exercise of its power by the likes of a mere parent. Well, now this articletells us that it wasn’t just the police that showed up at Godboldo’s door, it was the SWAT team complete with a tank for what purpose I can only guess (Daily Mail, 4/15/11). Just picture it, a single mother inside her apartment with her young daughter who’s having some mental/emotional difficulties, while outside there are a multitude of armed SWAT team members and a tank. You can always gauge how much you’ve affronted the state by the level of its response to the affront. Given that, I’d say they perceive Godboldo’s action as a serious threat. And maybe that tells us something important about how the state perceives its interest in intervening in family life and particularly in parenting decisions. So you think you know what’s best for your child, you think you have autonomy in the matter, you think those Supreme Court cases saying the state can’t interfere in the parenting decisions of a fit parent actually mean something. Well think again. And that knock on your door? It’s not UPS. |
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| abb | Apr 18 2011, 10:51 AM Post #11 |
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http://www.thegrio.com/opinion/duke-lacrosse-rape-case-still-hits-a-nerve-five-years-later.php?page=1 Duke lacrosse rape case still hits a nerve 5 years later By Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosele 9:14 AM on 04/18/2011 New Black Panther Party members hold a Pan-African, also known as a Black Liberation Flag, and the eight demands they have in regards to the Duke lacrosse rape case May 1, 2006 in Durham, North Carolina (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images) On April 18, 2006, three white members of the Duke University Mens Lacrosse Team were arrested for sexually assaulting a female exotic dancer during an off-campus party a month prior. The athletes were indicted on charges of first-degree forcible rape, first-degree sexual offense and kidnapping. The alleged victim, an African-American and single mother of two, lived in Durham, North Carolina, a former tobacco stronghold that later emerged the struggling low-income community best known for accommodating one of the most affluent universities in the nation. The incident matured the enmity that exists between Duke and Durham's predominantly black residents -- a hostility that on one hand seems ironic since Duke employs a significant percentage of Durham natives for non-faculty positions, yet understandable, given the stark differences between both communities that run the gamut of race, class and erudition. As a student writer, I penned an article for a campus newsletter examining the allegations -- not that of the rape, the charges were unequivocally dropped approximately a year later amidst a piling heap of evidence that suggested otherwise -- but the allegations made by the second exotic dancer in attendance that at least one lacrosse player used racial epithets towards her during a hostile exchange. These accounts were compelling. In a 60 minutes interview with the late Ed Bradley, the dancer said she was called a "ni**er" after she admittedly called one of the lacrosse players a "little [expletive] white boy," and then, the wound that presumably cut the deepest given the veracity of the male ego, mocked the player for having to pay for female services. The dancer said her belittling the player and even making a reference to his race did not warrant a racial slur as venomous as the n-word, and that a more reciprocated and paralleled response should have included an insult making use of the term "black girl." At some point during the exchange, a nearby neighbor overheard a lacrosse player evoke a grotesque pillar of slavery to further insult the black dancer, yelling, "Thank your grandfather for my cotton shirt." Forgive me for the lack of chronology -- this exchange occurred as the dancers were leaving the party. Earlier in the night, 10 or so minutes into their performance to be exact, one of the lacrosse players, fairly inebriated by all accounts, asked the ladies if they had brought any "sex toys" that could be incorporated into their act. The dancer replied they had not, after which the player responded, "Don't worry, don't worry, we'll just use this on you," referring to -- wait for it -- a broomstick. The comment instantly jolted the dancer, telling Bradley she feared for what the rest of the night held if such a vulgar proposition was made mere minutes into their performance. People were aghast by the rape allegations, but when these details surfaced, the race and gender student-advocacy groups and several members of the academia became incensed. Student groups and Duke professors orchestrated rallies, vigils and panel discussions to give credence to the national epidemic of sexual abuse and the silent victims that never speak up for fear of a backlash many believed the alleged victim was then experiencing. The Group of 88, an ad hoc coalition of concerned professors, published an ad in the student newspaper shortly after these details were made public that read like a litany of quotes from students anonymously confessing their concerns for the racial and gender discord that buoyed Duke's social scene. One student commented, "Being a big, black man, it's hard to walk anywhere at night, and not have a campus police car slowly drive by me." "You go to a party, you get grabbed, you get propositioned, and then you start to question yourself," lamented another. One student questioned the university's underwhelming response to the allegations right after the incident, "I can't help but think about the different attention [that would have been given], if the [lacrosse players] had been not just black, but participating in a different sport, like football, something that's not so upscale." Whenever asked to describe the zeitgeist on campus during this time, I always hearken to the nation's mood during the 1995 O.J. Simpson murder trial -- polarizing. Student reactions varied. The team's closest apologists -- often female, and thus dubbed the "lacrosstitutes," vehemently protested the indictments with an Assata Shakur-esque flair, printing flyers and distributing wrist bands to counter the smear campaign they believed was being launched against their friends. Other students found it best to adhere to the tenets of due process and keep their mouths shut while the legal realm deliberated. Still others found it imperative to express their frustrations over the social atrocities committed that night and demanded atonement for them. Some students maintained their silence, stunned perhaps, wishing the hoopla (and myriad news vans that littered main campus) would just go away. Relations between Duke and Durham suffered. Students received an e-mail from campus security forewarning everyone to heed caution when leaving campus and entering downtown Durham, as there had been reports of planned drive-by shootings that presumably intended any Duke affiliate an ideal target. Campus security also implemented tighter restrictions on dorm visitations. When the New Black Panther Party came to town to provide security for the alleged victim and to seek justice, they were turned away at the campus gates, but not before their statements reverberated throughout, "We will defend our black women. [The] New Black Panther Party and black men is [sic] not going to stand by, idly by, and let our black women be raped." Even at the onset, it seemed the country had gravitated towards this incident for many reasons, chief among them: David had finally sucker-punched Goliath. Let me explain. Often times, people perceive the match-ups between Duke and its opponents as a sort of David-and-Goliath arrangement, with Duke representing the former, the establishment -- a well-resourced school and apparatus. By virtue of their gender, race and sport, the lacrosse players embodied this perception. It seemed people all over the nation sought a certain degree of pleasure from the grief experienced by those who stood accused because they were white, male and privileged. Race, gender and class aside, it is important to note several Duke students sincerely felt this particular team had it coming -- a viewpoint based largely on their antics. Like the lawless monolith that was Goliath, they witnessed the lacrosse team carry on unruly and unchecked, a male alumnus describing them as a "rowdy, rambunctious and privileged" group gripped by an elitist attitude whose Friday-night frolics would be felonious if were committed by Duke's predominantly black football team. Worst, he felt their supporters purported their innocence by virtue of this very privileged identity, as if "there's no way that these rich guys who grew up in upper middle-class New England could possibly do something like this." He also found fault with the issue of race superseding gender in several of the discussions that ensued in the aftermath. "The main issue should have been sexual assault and gender equality, but [people] can't look at it without the racial lens. And then, there's no way to even try to defend either side without it being, 'Oh you're just saying they didn't do it because they're white,' or 'You're just saying that they did do it because she's black,' and I thought that just crowded the whole situation." Even as the evidence for legal wrong-doing became scarce and their innocence increasingly apparent, some students, particularly the racial minority and the low-income, still could not embrace the team as wholeheartedly as others. Yes, the legal case was spearheaded by an overzealous district attorney hellbent on seeing the players rot in prison, but when one couples the racial insults that surfaced from that night with African-Americans' 400-year rendezvous with an unjust criminal system that at several points in time seemed to intrinsically function to disenfranchise them, black folk just weren't that sympathetic. I even recall several students thinking it was an opportune moment for influential (read: white) people to be subjected to the biases and corruptions that can rear its head in the judiciary system whenever race and class are influential factors. Don't cry for them, Argentina. This was a common sentiment amongst several student groups. When the charges were dropped a year later, the campus breathed a collective sigh of relief, but for many, it was a bitter sweet ending, "Yes, there was no proof that they actually committed a crime...but there was proof that they did something morally wrong, that they disrespected a woman," a former Duke athlete and current attorney explains. (The alleged rape victim has since gone on to accrue a disturbing criminal record including a recent assault charge for stabbing her boyfriend -- police expect to update the charges to murder as the wound emerged fatal.) Five years later, these sentiments still hold. As I interviewed minority Blue Devils and listened to their testimonies about this tumultuous time in the university's history, I heard an array of responses that made explicit and at times subliminal uses of race and class to justify their indifference towards the plight of the indicted lacrosse players. In the same month of my outreach, ESPN aired the latest installment from the "30 for 30" documentary series profiling the "Fab Five", the nickname for the University of Michigan's all-black recruitment class that battled Duke for college basketball supremacy in the early 1990s. When Jalen Rose commented that some Michigan players perceived Duke's black athletes as "Uncle Toms", I immediately thought of the rape case and the conflicting feelings fellow black alumni endured as members of an esteemed and elitist institution. I tweeted, "I can't be the only black Blue Devil that felt torn about their identity as a "Blue Devil." The elitism that came with that. Especially if you come from humble beginnings." Simultaneously, another black alumnus posted a poignant tweet that read like a direct response: "I h8 when black ppl feel guilty abt being well-educated. Do U think Jewish ppl feel guilty? No. & I surely dont either." A third black alumnus churned in the mix to distinguish the two issues at play in Jalen Rose's "Uncle Tom" comment: race and class, "I ain't gonna lie, I felt like Jalen when I first got to Duke...then I realized "blackness" has little to do with class." Both contexts -- the Duke lacrosse case and the Fab Five's remarks -- reveal the identity struggle black people undergo when they cross the class or erudition threshold into more affluent and well-versed spaces. The process of self-appraising oneself to ensure we are not willingly divorcing ourselves from our racial history and pride is ongoing, and like any introspective journey, can be daunting and tiresome. It's a balancing act for many to reconcile their humble beginnings with their privileged present. It's also interesting to see which facet of one's identity -- be it race, class or gender -- pipes the loudest when circumstances call for a social referendum on a complex issue. |
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| maggief | Apr 18 2011, 12:57 PM Post #12 |
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I didn't see this posted anywhere, and thought it relevent. http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2011/04/community_responds_to_false_hate_crime Community responds to false hate crime By Aaron Moore | The Daily Tar Heel Updated: 25 minutes ago The issues surrounding Quinn Matney’s false report of a hate crime have not necessarily put the UNC freshman above the law. But on Thursday, members of the community came together to take part in a public discourse on hate crimes at UNC, providing a clear indication that Matney’s case warranted a campuswide conversation. Gathering inside Gardner Hall, members of the community sympathized with Matney’s motivation to cover up an act of self-mutilation. And they worked to make sure others like him don’t feel marginalized. “I think there’s tremendous stigma around mental health issues in our community,” said Winston Crisp, vice chancellor for student affairs. “It is disturbing and sad whenever a person feels like they have to hide.” Matney’s father, David Matney III, said Wednesday that his son’s burns were self-inflicted. He said Matney reported the incident as a hate crime because he was embarrassed to admit he had hurt himself. Students at the forum raised concerns about a campus environment in which Matney felt the need to hide his problems. “The only thing I’m afraid of is people who didn’t understand the issue will belittle anybody who decides to come forward,” said freshman Lauren Scanlan. Though Matney’s father said his son’s intentions were not malicious, officials said he will likely face charges. Crisp and Mike McFarland, University spokesman, said Thursday they were uncertain of what charges he might face. “We do not and will not punish people for being mentally ill,” Crisp said, noting that personal issues don’t absolve anyone of guilt. Later in the forum, students’ and administrators’ concerns turned from Matney’s case to the possibility of real hate crimes on campus. “Most of the time, (hate crimes) go unreported and invisible,” said Terri Phoenix, director of the LGBTQ Center. Phoenix and other administrators said they hoped this incident would not discourage students facing harassment from coming forward. Phoenix added the LGBTQ Center provides forms for students to fill out and report harassment or assault cases. “Most of the time it’s the most subtle, unnoticeable things,” Phoenix said. “But if you’re a target of that, you notice it.” Danny DePuy, assistant director of the LGBTQ Center, said there are many campus resources for students who are bullied, including a weekly group that discusses sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. Avery Cook, clinical services coordinator for Counseling and Wellness Services, said students are always welcome to discuss any mental or emotional issues they face on campus. “It’s certainly not something you should have to deal with on your own.” Contact the University Editor at university@dailytarheel.com. Related: http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/9429895/ http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/9423978/ |
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| jarms | Apr 18 2011, 01:34 PM Post #13 |
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False, but accurate. The perp is still the victim. The facts don't support the allegation; but the allegation itself justifies a "conversation" just because it might have been true. Yep...it's all there! |
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| abb | Apr 18 2011, 03:37 PM Post #14 |
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http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/04/18/1138590/grand-jury-indicts-durham-man.html Modified Mon, Apr 18, 2011 03:33 PM Grand jury indicts Durham man on kidnapping, assault charges By Jesse James DeConto - Staff writer Peter Lucas Moses Jr., 27, made his appearance in Durham County Detention Facility on Wednesday. He and Vania Sisk, 25, lived in what officials describe as a Black Hebrew polygamist group. DURHAM A grand jury has indicted Peter Lucas Moses, Jr. on kidnapping and assault charges. Moses, 27, is being held under $50,000 bond on charges he hit victim "ZT," threatened her with a semiautomatic handgun and held her captive from February 2009 to February 2011. He was arrested late Tuesday, along with Vania Sisk, another of several women who lived with Moses in what officials describe as a Black Hebrew polygamist group. Sisk is charged with marijuana possession stemming from a Feb. 18 police visit to 2109 Pear Tree Lane where the group lived at the time. Search warrants show that police suspect Moses may have murdered Sisk's son, 5-year-old Jadon Higganbothan, and that Sisk may have murdered 28-year-old Antoinetta McKoy, another woman who lived with the group, upon Moses' order. Neither McKoy’s nor the boy’s body has yet been found, holding up murder charges. |
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| Seen the Light | Apr 18 2011, 08:34 PM Post #15 |
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Below, from SI.com. Absolutely pathetic caption on the accompanying photo. This is the home of Selena Roberts, of course.... Duke lacrosse accuser indicted on first-degree murder charge Story Highlights Crystal Mangum, 32, was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder in Raleigh Mangum has been in jail since April 3, when police charged her with assault Reginald Daye, 46, was stabbed and died after nearly two weeks in a hospital Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/more/04/18/duke.lacrosse.ap/index.html#ixzz1Jvco0Jnp RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The woman who falsely accused three Duke lacrosse players of raping her in 2006 was charged Monday with murder in the death of her boyfriend. Crystal Mangum, 32, was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder and two counts of larceny. She has been in jail since April 3, when police charged her with assault in the stabbing of 46-year-old Reginald Daye. He died after nearly two weeks at a hospital. An attorney for Mangum and officials in the district attorney's office did not immediately return calls seeking comment. Mangum falsely accused the lacrosse players of raping her at a 2006 party for which she was hired to perform as a stripper. The case heightened long-standing tensions in Durham about race, class and the privileged status of college athletes. The district attorney who championed Mangum's claims was later disbarred. North Carolina's attorney general eventually declared the players innocent of a "tragic rush to accuse." Prosecutors declined to press charges for the false accusations, but Mangum's bizarre legal troubles have continued. Last year, she was convicted on misdemeanor charges after setting a fire that nearly torched her home with her three children inside. In a videotaped police interrogation, she told officers she set got into a confrontation with her boyfriend at the time -- not Daye -- and burned his clothes, smashed his car windshield and threatened to stab him. Friends said Mangum has never recovered from the stigma brought by the lacrosse case and has been involved in a string of questionable relationships in an attempt to provide stability for her children. Vincent Clark, a friend who co-authored Mangum's self-published memoir, said he hopes people don't rush to judgment -- echoing one of the oft-cited lessons of the lacrosse case itself. Clark said Mangum realizes she has mental health problems. "I'm sad for her. I hope people realize how difficult it is being her," Clark said. When Daye's nephew talked to a 911 dispatcher after the stabbing, he referenced the notoriety Mangum still carries. "It's Crystal Mangum. THE Crystal Mangum," said the nephew, whose name was removed from a publicly-released version of the emergency call. "I told him she was trouble from the damn beginning." A federal judge recently ruled that the three players accused of rape -- Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and Dave Evans -- can pursue a lawsuit against former District Attorney Mike Nifong and the police investigators who handled their case. The players have not sued Mangum. Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/more/04/18/duke.lacrosse.ap/index.html#ixzz1JvctzCqW |
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