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...case is solely about an alleged rape. As in any crime, the defendants deserve a trial by a jury in which they are innocent until proven guilty. Instead of examining the most basic aspects of the case, the media has refocused the debate on racial issues, class issues, town-gown issues, and collegiate athletic issues. While all these factors may ultimately be important in this case, and are certainly pertinent to Raleigh-Durham and the nation, the manner in which the media has portrayed the case has allowed these secondary issues to overshadow the facts of the case. A recent...
...forces everyone to evaluate the chance that such an event could occur on our own campus.There are many similarities between the two schools that make this question even more salient. Both are elite private schools, both enroll students primarily from outside of the state, and both have significant town-gown issues.But even more important than these more superficial similarities is the shared thread of privilege at both schools. Duke and Harvard students share a rare level of academic and financial privilege, and the added stratification of athletics could further embolden some athletes at Harvard, like at Duke, to believe that...
...final chapter of a town-gown saga came to a close this week, when Harvard officials agreed to use environmentally-friendly fuel in the on-site equipment at the construction project across the street from Mather House...
...really happy to see Harvard assuming the mantle of leadership in caring for the earth and its people. It was an excellent civic process and shows the benefits when town and gown work together,” said Carol Bankerd, a resident on Grant Street who has doggedly pursued the University for months...
...This shouldn’t be used as a standard for what the town-gown relation is, given the scope of our work in the schools and a lot of different things,” Lucey said...