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...the best sports teams are tighter than brothers: on the field, the players read one another's every move, push one another to work harder and trust in their teammates, win or lose. Off the field they apply the same principles in the pursuit of fun. The party-loving Duke University lacrosse players--known, like the school's other teams, as the Blue Devils--ranked as high as No. 2 in the country this season. They share a bond that might have carried them to a national championship; instead, it has put their faces on WANTED posters on Duke...
...response to allegations of sexual violence by athletes at one of the nation's premier universities, Duke students posted flyers with photos of most of the lacrosse players imploring them to PLEASE COME FORWARD. But what really happened during the early-morning hours of March 14? An African-American student from nearby North Carolina Central University claimed that three men, believed to be Duke lacrosse-team players, choked and sodomized her in the bathroom of an off-campus house during a raucous team party at which she was hired to strip. She also said some men yelled slurs...
...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...
...other former college head on the committee is Corporation member Nannerl O. Keohane, a past president of Wellesley College and Duke University...
...that weeping will never communicate as much as words. We tend to think of being caught crying in public as being exposed - a raw, unvarnished act. It is a way of being emotional, to be sure, yet crying can be a way of avoiding emotional complications; see Randy "Duke" Cunningham?s pre-indictment press conference, or Sen. Dick Durbin?s oddly excruciating apology for comparing Gitmo interrogators to the Nazis...