| # | Name | Comments |
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| 51 | Anonymous | |
| 52 | ana kennedy | |
| 53 | Mark Lamb | |
| 54 | Jim Huitt | |
| 55 | Tracy Tkac | |
| 56 | Steven B. Schroeder, Jr. | As a fellow alumni and a brother of current lax player, I am disgusted by my school's lack up support for their "students" - excluding the Econ Dept (thank you to them) - as for Mr. Brodhead, too little, too late! You'd be a hero today if you were just man enough to stand up for your "students" back in March. |
| 57 | Margaret S. Helms | Since when do Duke professors need encouragement to accept that student athletes are part of the university and can actually attend classes! I also place little faith in any investigation that Broadhead would organize. Please find someone unbiased to do a fair investigation. |
| 58 | Katie Fisher | |
| 59 | Megan J Montgomery | |
| 60 | Thomas R. Truscott | |
| 61 | Jeffrey S. Given | I support the Duke lacrosse players as I have since Day One, because the facts didn't match. That is something the Gang of 88, Kim Curtis, President Brodhead, and the Head of the Annual Fund, Hank Woods, cannot say. This boys are innocent and they deserve better leadership than the Duke authorities have shown in this case. I apologize to Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty, and Dave Evans on their behalf. The Duke leadership should apologize to them as well, or resign. |
| 62 | Rusty Jandl | |
| 63 | Anonymous | |
| 64 | Kimila L. Wooten | |
| 65 | Cathy Smith | Thank you for allowing me to be a part of this. I have worn my bracelet with pride ever since the day I received it in the mail. I am so sorry these boys have had this hanging this over for such a long time. May it work out for them. |
| 66 | Whitney G. Krause | I am dismayed that neither Duke nor the NC Bar had the courage and moral fortitude to take any definitive action until after the rape charges were dropped. A child could see that this case is a travesty and that we must all sleep uneasily with the NC "justice system" in its present posture (DAs who answer to no one between elections; unrecorded grand jury testimony; no requirement that exculpatory evidence be presented to the grand jury).
Since last spring, some of us took some action -- like complaining to the NC Governor who appointed Nifong; stridently arguing with an utterly smug and ineffectual administration and alumni association; and writing in challenge to anti-Duke bloggers and media -- but I for one did not do enough. However, Duke's professors not only did nothing to help, they affirmatively attacked these students in the most unintellectual, juvenile manner possible. (Where were these economics professors when their 88 colleagues libeled these players and flunked students merely for being at the party?) For that the professorship deserves to be cleansed, and not permitted to deflect attention from its shameful conduct by -- quite tepidly -- jumping on the bandwagon at this late date. |
| 67 | Palin G. Archer | |
| 68 | Laura Anderson | I agree wholeheartedly! |
| 69 | Bill Schneider | Brodhead is part of the problem. |
| 70 | Ryan D Marshall | |
| 71 | W. Tate Scott | |
| 72 | Stefanie Sparks | |
| 73 | Linda Lieske | |
| 74 | Elizabeth Elkins-williams | Thank you to the members of the Duke faculty who are willing to stand up for what is right. |
| 75 | Deborah Aumen | I am a patient at the Durham Veteran's Admin. Medical Center, so I interact with several people from Duke. For the most part, I support the University. What I am most upset about is the assumption that the Duke 3 are guilty before they've had their day in court. |
| 76 | Robert Wilson | |
| 77 | Alexis Fasseas | |
| 78 | William W. Stanfield | What has happened to these young men and to the reputation and image of Duke University is disgraceful. I hope the families of all the players have legal representation that is familiar with Buckley v. Fitzsimmons. |
| 79 | Dawn Bennett | |
| 80 | Susan Blinkhorn | |
| 81 | Lois and Laney Funderburk | Let's flood them with signatures of support. Thank you for organizing this. |
| 82 | Bradley Adams | I'm shocked at the ignorance in Brodhead's recent statement to the faculty and Duke's response throughout. (1-8-06) |
| 83 | Jonathon C. Juracek | Thanks to the Econ department for being somewhat intelligent, a little late but better than nothing. It is also time for someone to call the Group of 88 to task for their insanity. |
| 84 | Mary Rupp | |
| 85 | Ernest Isenstadt | I appreciate the support given by Duke faculty members to the education of my own daughter (Econ '06) and I commend the approach set forth in the Economics Professors' letter for dealing with all students entrusted to the faculty's care. |
| 86 | Elaine Behl | |
| 87 | Dan Lavery | I have watched with saddness the reactions against these athletes from slanderous remarks to petty prejudicial remarks. The consequences are atrocious and these young men will have a mark against them until soem measure of justice and truth is restored. They are victims of an extraordinary abuse of power by a prosecutor and a willing lying victim, both of whom used race to divide often well-meaning people who were falsely informed a gang rape with racial motivation had occurred. To heal the wounds this caused will take more than anyone can imagine. I hope these young men wll understand there are a growing number of people supporting them and want justice for the abuse they have suffered. Mike Nifong deserves to be disbarred, prosecuted both civilly and criminally and the "victim" prosecuted for her outrageous lies and fabrications. That is not likely to occur. Now is the time to attempt to heal the wounds and move forward. Sincerely, Dan Lavery, former Duke ahlete and student, civil rights attorney Los Angeles, California. |
| 88 | Timothy Harrison | |
| 89 | Bill Welty | |
| 90 | Elizabeth Justice | Bravo and many kudos to these professors! |
| 91 | Mary Patterson | |
| 92 | Anonymous | |
| 93 | Caroline Dooley | It was about time that the voice of teachers at Duke be heard. Discussion of this case has been dominated by a few (and often times irresponsible few) and the result has been that Duke as an institution looks out of touch with reality. Even more terribIe, however, is that some of the statements by teachers appeared directed at attacking a Duke sports teams in general and even the specific defendants in some cases--without evidence to support the attacks or regard for the context of a developing rape case. I think this letter says what I have been waiting to hear from Duke (and am still waiting to hear from most of the university). Please don't dismiss my input as that of an "outsider." I am a 1995 Trinity grad, I am a liberal, I am a feminist and I am an attorney. I have no loyalty to college sports, I was not involved in greek life, I have been involved in rape crisis volunteering. Not until this fiasco has anyone at Duke ever suggested that alums were outsiders or that they should be "moved along or left behind." I have always loved Duke and will continue to do so--but this experience has undermined my confidence in the legal system and most surprisingly in feminst scholars and some of my former teachers. It appears that these defendants were unjustly targeted, and while it is inconvenient to admit, part of the reason they were targeted and so many people went along for so long is that Duke and its students are resented by many--even by some of its own professors. |
| 94 | Dena Barbee | |
| 95 | Richard H Jones | |
| 96 | Amy Blinkhorn | |
| 97 | Katelin Sensibaugh | |
| 98 | Robert T. Hyde, Jr. | |
| 99 | Robert L. Stevenson | |
| 100 | Michael Tkac | |