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...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fraternity of Silence | 4/2/2006 | See Source »

...campus has erupted: there have been at least half a dozen protests; some 500 people attended an annual Take Back the Night rally, chanting, "Out of the dark, into the streets, we won't be raped, we won't be beat!" Says Michelle Christian, a graduate student in Duke's sociology department, of the tight-lipped players: "It's just a very eerie veil of silence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fraternity of Silence | 4/2/2006 | See Source »

...incident has increased the underlying friction that exists between Durham and Duke over the issues of race, gender and class. The timing of the scandal also inflamed the fervor: the weekend of March 25 was the Black Student Alliance Invitational, in which prospective African-American students visit the Duke campus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fraternity of Silence | 4/2/2006 | See Source »

...sorest points is the air of privilege surrounding Duke's lacrosse team. Lacrosse, originated by Native Americans, is a rapidly growing sport in the U.S., but it has historically been a game of the privileged and protected, played at élite prep schools and colleges and at public schools located mostly in wealthy areas. A favorite slogan at Duke: "There's only one fraternity on campus--LAX [the nickname for lacrosse]." Fifteen members of the team have committed prior, mostly frat-jock infractions, ranging from public urination to noise violations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fraternity of Silence | 4/2/2006 | See Source »

...recent alum, Jill Hopman, says she saw members of the team chugging shots of liquor and shouting "Duke lacrosse" at Charlie's, a popular student hangout, on Saturday, March 25, a full day after the allegations crept into the news. The Duke administration had already decided to forfeit that day's game against Georgetown as punishment for the underage drinking at the party. "I was thinking, You're representing more than yourself," Hopman says. "It was just giving Duke a bad name." She wrote an Op-Ed in the student newspaper, the Chronicle, describing the incident. She has been told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fraternity of Silence | 4/2/2006 | See Source »

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