tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post115950750146680942..comments2024-01-04T07:21:18.243-05:00Comments on John In Carolina: Duke lacrosse: Is this year's Chronicle serious?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-1159578530241322162006-09-29T21:08:00.000-04:002006-09-29T21:08:00.000-04:00Perhaps all you Dukies will take umbrage with this...Perhaps all you Dukies will take umbrage with this, but it definitely sounds like Duke has another set of trained monkeys running the student newspaper.<BR/><BR/>What could be more desirable than a trained pet that extolls your virtues, even if you are bereft of such.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-1159540540771250392006-09-29T10:35:00.000-04:002006-09-29T10:35:00.000-04:00I understand that "Durham residents" participated ...I understand that "Durham residents" participated in the survey. Maybe Brodhead wants to turn Duke into "City of Durham University."<BR/>He is certainly heading in the right direction...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-1159536708427334662006-09-29T09:31:00.000-04:002006-09-29T09:31:00.000-04:00Why is Brodhead's 50%-ish rating reported as a pos...Why is Brodhead's 50%-ish rating reported as a positive but the coach's 50%-ish rating reported as a questionable?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-1159530649744300532006-09-29T07:50:00.000-04:002006-09-29T07:50:00.000-04:00John you are forgetting these people live in "Durh...John you are forgetting these people live in "Durham in Wonderland!" They do not ask tough questions in that land, only those that will make them look good. And, they have the money to hire any PR company that wish to raise their approval rating from 97 to 98 percent. Here is my question, if Duke's approval rating was 97 percent why did they feel the need to hire a PR firm? How much did it cost them getting that 97 up to 98? <BR/><BR/>Too many questions, no answers! This is what I call "playing with mirrors." I know many alumni who will contradict those statistics, but one deserves very special mention. This Duke alumnus actually moved away from Durham because he was so ashamed of the way Duke handled the lacrosse case. He said “I did not want to be there and be asked everyday what type of a school I graduated from.” <BR/><BR/>So, President Brodhead, go ahead hire PR firms to produce fake approval ratings for you; go ahead strategically get those fake statistics published in the Chronicle just as the trustees are arriving on campus; go ahead and ignore what the alumni is really telling you; but be aware of this: before too long, the disapproving noises will get so loud that even you will not be able to ignore them. It is high time you start acknowledging what really happened at Duke, the truth (and nothing-but-the-truth).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com