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...Sutton�of Durham, N.C., admires local district attorney Mike Nifong. She thinks the Durham county prosecutor is ethical and honest--in short, a solid lawyer. "I have a campaign sign of his in my front yard," she said last week. But Sutton, who is representing one of the 45 Duke lacrosse players who have not been charged in the alleged rape and kidnapping in Durham last month, takes a different line when it comes to Nifong's handling of the controversial case. "I think he's made some decisions I would not have," she said...
Such tentative second-guessing was the least of Nifong's problems. No sooner had he brought indictments against two members of the Duke squad for the March 13 episode than he found himself facing an army of lawyers stretching from Main Street in Durham to some of the most prestigious firms in Washington and New Jersey. Duke's lacrosse team draws students from exclusive private schools in the mid-Atlantic states, and many of the players' families are well connected and ably represented. Within days, the legal battalion gained some ground. New evidence--unseen by Nifong before the indictments-- emerged...
...wild pet by her family, to the bright girl who conquered her infirmities. But William Gibson, in his 1957 teleplay, which went to Broadway in 1959, was true to the crusading ferocity of Helen's teacher, the near blind Annie Sullivan. He also lucked into two actors, Patty Duke and Anne Bancroft, ready to give the performances of their lives. Arthur Penn's 1962 film captures this tutorial tug of wills in all its passion, defiance and tenderness...
Colleges are misleading themselves if they think that the relative success of Title IX has eliminated inequality in the athletic university setting. One only needs to observe that the alleged rapists at Duke were constantly referred to as “lacrosse players” and not “students” or that being a member of a sports team is a sure way to guarantee being punched by a final club at Harvard to know that this is true. Students and administrations need to recognize that high profile male athletes are perceived differently than other college students...
...four-day stay as the 2006 Jazz Artist-in-Residence at Harvard University on Wednesday. While on campus, he will teach, rehearse, and perform with student musicians.The residency will culminate with a concert tomorrow featuring the Monday Jazz Band and the Kuumba Singers. The musicians will perform selections from Duke Ellington’s “Concert of Sacred Music.” The work has never been performed at Harvard.Harvard University Band Director Thomas G. Everett, one of the key organizers of the residency, said, “Hendricks has been on our list of major artists...