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...teachers are going at each other. Shortly after members of the Duke University Lacrosse team were accused of rape last March, 88 faculty members signed an open letter that appeared in the student newspaper sympathizing with the accuser. Now, after the case against the students appears to be falling apart, 17 members of the economics department faculty have sent a letter to the student newspaper expressing their support for the players, and stating in part, "We regret that the Duke faculty is now seen as prejudiced against certain of its own students...
...latest open letter comes after a lacrosse team member filed a lawsuit against the university alleging that the school and his political science professor intentionally failed him after rape case was made public. The student, Kyle Dowd, was not charged in the case but had to take time out from class for meetings with his attorney. His teacher, Kim Curtis, a visiting associate professor who specializes in political and feminist theory, was one of the faculty members who signed the Group of 88 letter...
...university this week reinstated in good standing two of the players - Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann - after rape charges were dropped. They are still charged with sexual assault and kidnapping. One player - David Evans - has already graduated...
...Durham attorney involved in the case. "He should quit, and it's entirely possible he'll dismiss all of the remaining charges before then. We see where this speeding train is heading. " The attorney stressed that the three players do not yet feel totally vindicated, since dropping the rape charges "actually makes the state's case easier...
...Another cited comment: "In this case, where you have the act of rape - essentially a gang rape - is bad enough in and of itself, but when it's made with racial epithets against the victim, I mean, it's just absolutely unconscionable." Other examples filed included statements in which Nifong referring to lacrosse players as "hooligans" and admonished other players for not speaking out, all before charges were filed...