tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post3336530697541065009..comments2024-01-04T07:21:18.243-05:00Comments on John In Carolina: Restating the trustee enablement questionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-88867418307349862952008-12-23T14:00:00.000-05:002008-12-23T14:00:00.000-05:00And where is the Methodist Church in all this, whi...And where is the Methodist Church in all this, which has the real power over the BOT, according to the way the BOT is set up?<BR/><BR/>Has it taken any steps to correct matters so that these things cannot happen again?<BR/><BR/>Has it in fact done anything at all other than be an indifferent bystander?<BR/><BR/>Should the entire present status of Duke as a charitable non-profit be examined by the Attorney General?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-64172795226794086652008-12-23T11:58:00.000-05:002008-12-23T11:58:00.000-05:00As for why, the prism of race, class, and gender p...As for why, the prism of race, class, and gender prevented real examination or action. Instead of governing by truth, they chose political appropriateness and let Dick & Bob handle it.<BR/><BR/>No matter what they failed and there always needs to be rewards and consequences. Perhaps in the future BOT members need to realize its a real job with professional risks and rewards. The hands off approach proved to be a failure.Marco2006https://www.blogger.com/profile/01235104902243866449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-49114637367952327722008-12-23T10:54:00.000-05:002008-12-23T10:54:00.000-05:00Unfortunately for the BOT the case has not gone aw...Unfortunately for the BOT the case has not gone away and won't for some time to come - or at least until the courts rule on every last issue that comes their way and those out there(this blog site, Liestoppers, and of course Durham-in-Wonderland just to name a few) who have posted so diligently in their attempts to seek justice for the so wrongly accused are still able to draw a breath. What happened should never happen again. The Duke BOT has a responsibility to seek real answers and then not only make real recommendation that such treatment of its students is never allowed to occur but to take real action against those within the university community who allowed such a travesty to occur. <BR/>I do know this much, as long as Duke (the medical center, the BOT, the administration, and the faculty) maintain their innocence or the lack of culpability in what happened to RCD, the lacrosse team, and the Presslers, then I will do my best to convince students that I teach, their parents, and anyone else that Duke University is not a safe place for any student. <BR/>Needless to say, the fact that Durham is unsafe goes without saying.<BR/>cksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-19666900550628558872008-12-23T09:55:00.000-05:002008-12-23T09:55:00.000-05:00It would be very interesting to discover what the ...It would be very interesting to discover what the trustees knew at the time. For example, did they know the exam by the SANE was not completed or that the SANE was not even a SANE and had to be assisted by an MD? Did they think this apparently shoddy work would be construed as Duke not taking the rape claim seriously and thus derailing the any legitimate claim by Mangum?<BR/><BR/>Was something like this among the factors that shaped their response? Having sat on boards (though much smaller than this one), I can tell you the hardest thing is not deciding what to do but understanding what you have in front of you. If the managers bring information to the table that is incomplete and inappropriately slanted by legal or publicity issues, then it becomes very tough to sort out. I doubt anyone on the board had seen somethng like this before or even knew anyone who had. And it is very tempting to let the crisis team work through the day to day decisions without much oversight.<BR/><BR/>I am sure that many on the board wish this case would just go away. And because it is currently out of view for all but a relatively few people, maybe they think it has.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-73059539279554617882008-12-23T08:28:00.000-05:002008-12-23T08:28:00.000-05:00One of the main perpetrators of the frame-up was T...One of the main perpetrators of the frame-up was Tara Levicy R.N., an employee at the time of Duke University Health Systems (DUHS). Her false statements to the police, alleged alterations in the SANE report, and bolstering of Nifong's case over many months were all done on the payroll of Duke University. <BR/><BR/>She was also backed up by the head of Duke's SANE unit Theresa Arico R.N., who gave an interview to the Raleigh News& Observer supporting her falsehoods.<BR/><BR/>Furthermore Crystal's SANE exam was at Duke's Emergency Department and her records were available to DUMC administrators up to and including Victor Dzau M.D., the head of DUMC. Yet DUMC officials did nothing to correct the false impressions of Crystal's medical exam used by Durham police, Nifong, and Durham city officials including Patrick Baker and Mayor Bell. <BR/><BR/>Thus, employees of the Duke Trustees at DUMC were partly responsible for initiating and sustaining the frame-up over many months. This was above and beyond any actions by Brodhead, Moneta, Dean Sue, and others in the Duke central administration.<BR/><BR/>As information began to emerge in April and May 2006 exonerating the students, the Trustees should have been asking some tough questions about the actions and policies of DUMC employees and adminstrators. Perhaps then it would not have taken another year for formal exoneration of the students. <BR/><BR/>The Trustees were asleep at the wheel-- probably deceived by Brodhead and Steel and too passive in the face of a growing crisis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com