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...vigils were occurring on campus) and that the coach had scheduled a practice which had caused the players to miss a course over a professor’s objections. These issues, while imprortant in the world of college sports, are unrelated to the case at hand. Rape and sexual assault are clearly very large problems in America, and we do not mean to trivialize the plight of the woman in question. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, a woman is raped every two minutes in the U.S.. This is a startling statistic, adding up to over...
...landscape architecture (at Peking University) and he serves as its dean. He writes prolifically and, again at his own expense, has mailed copies of his book, The Road to Urban Landscape: A Discussion with Mayors, to some 3,000 city officials. The book is a direct but gently mocking assault on monumentalism: its illustrations show absurdly massive plazas and people squatting on low fences designed to keep them off mosaics of hedges that can only be appreciated from the sky. Recently, Yu's ideas have gained new traction in high places. Environmental sustainability, green growth and resource conservation were major...
...players have formed a Blue line of sorts and stayed mum: the team's four captains issued a statement denying the assault allegations and claiming they and their teammates have cooperated with the police. Duke president Richard Brodhead has suspended their season until the investigation is resolved. Cops say the players have been less than forthcoming...
...talking: he ordered samples from all the team's white players (46 of the 47), since the victim claimed her assailants were white. Nifong has yet to press charges, although he says the report from the emergency-room examination of the woman convinced him that a sexual assault took place...
...someone perhaps too attached to her favorite jeans? NAOMI CAMPBELL was charged with assault for allegedly hurling her cell phone at a housekeeper after, prosecutors say, the stormy supermodel accused the woman of stealing jeans Campbell wanted to wear on Oprah. This isn't the first time Campbell was accused of roughing up an employee. In 2000 she pleaded guilty to assaulting an assistant, and in 2003 a staff member sued, saying Campbell had thrown, yes, a phone at her. The model said the latest allegation is "completely untrue." Her next court date is June 27. We just hope...