Monday, June 29, 2009

Where Is The Faculty Outrage At Duke?

As you may recall, from the outset of the now infamous Duke University lacrosse team rape case, the faculty sided with the "victim." She turned out to be a fraud and a wacko, but that didn't stop the enlightened ones from destroying a coach's career, wrecking the lives of at least four players, and tarnishing a once-respected university.

A few days ago, the news broke that Frank Lombard, Associate Director, Center for Health Studies at Duke, was arrested for offering his five year-old adopted son for sex. The whole story goes far beyond unsavory, but I have yet to hear the faculty mob stirring for what appears to be a confirmed case of criminal behavior. Has the Duke administration instructed its faculty to refrain from demonstrating their disgust? Perhaps the faculty that rallied behind one kind of rape isn't repulsed by another kind of rape? Maybe rape by administrator is different from rape by athlete? This is a grisly case, but it's going to be fun watching how things unfold. In the meantime, the silence is deafening.

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