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From Burch to the Bohemian Lubiano

By K.C. Johnson

Last week, Durham resident Michael Burch pled guilty to two counts of attempted rape, for which he received a sentence of between 48 and 67 months in prison. The Burch case provided an unusually clear illustration of the hypocrisy of the Duke administration and faculty ?activists.? In the lacrosse case, President Brodhead?s second public statement was an apology to Kim Roberts and Crystal Mangum (?the woman and her friend?); in the Burch case, where his own institution?s student was the alleged victim, Brodhead was silent. The only Duke administrator to publicly comment was Larry Moneta, who appeared to blame the accuser, former Duke student Katie Rouse. Meanwhile, the ?activist? faculty who were so confident of Mangum?s allegations that they issued a statement thanking protesters who had, among other things, urged castration of the lacrosse captains remained as silent as the grave about Rouse?s ordeal...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on March 23, 2009 (boomark / email).