Not much salvation for the Blue Devils
Tuesday September 12, 2006
In a previous article about the sexual assault charges against some members of Duke Univerity's Lacrosse team, I quoted Dr. Houston Baker, a member of the Duke faculty who was critical of the University leadership. I recently contacted him to ask his opinion on any steps being taken at Duke to improve things. He informed me that he is no longer associated with Duke. So I did some Googling, and found the text of the letter he sent to Duke administrators, and the text of a letter written by Duke Academic Provost Peter Lange in response. After reading both letters, it is clear that while Dr. Baker was angry about a campus atmosphere, Provost Lange only seemed angry at Dr. Baker. If Lange speaks for the University at large, I am suddenly much more pessimistic about the chance for improvement at Duke University.

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