INC NEWS - [Fwd: Re: Moneta co-chairing presidential committee???]

[Regina deLacy]

I guess it comes down to whether you prefer to swim at a beach where the 
lifeguard clears the water on report of sharks or waits until he sees 
blood in the water.

 From your lack of other commentary, I assume you agree that he is 
otherwise well qualified and well placed to do the job.

 - Regina

kjj1 at duke.edu wrote:

> Dear Regina deLacy:
>
> You might be interested in the following statement, which was released 
> last week by the Durham Police Department. We must have missed the 
> blanket e-mail Duke sent its students to clarify the unsubstantiated 
> rumors.
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> Kelly Jarrett
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> From: Michael, Kammie
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 5:00 PM
> Subject: Response to Rumors
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> Several media agencies have asked about rumors that circulated over 
> the weekend about possible gang retaliations against Duke students as 
> a result of the Duke lacrosse rape allegations. These rumors are 
> unsubstantiated and no such incidents have occurred in the area of 
> East Campus.
>
> There was a reported incident early Friday at Cookout restaurant on 
> Hillsborough Road where a Duke student said he was assaulted, but no 
> charges have been filed at this time. Other alleged incidents have 
> been unsubstantiated. Duke and Durham police departments are 
> continuing to cooperate and to maintain a presence in the areas near 
> East Campus, Ninth Street and Trinity Park.
>
> Kammie Michael
> Public Information Officer
> Durham Police Department
> (919) 560-4322, ext. 259
> Kammie.Michael at durhamnc.gov
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> --On Monday, April 10, 2006 10:12 PM -0400 Regina deLacy 
> <rdelacy at hvfnorth.com> wrote:
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>> Dear KJJ1 -
>>
>>
>> Larry Moneta reports directly to Richard Brodhead.  That means the CCI
>> will get the president's ear without filtering.  That is a good thing.
>>
>> As VP for Student Affairs, he also knows the territory better than
>> anyone.  He is best positioned to get information  and recommendations
>> as to how to effect what will have to be a massive culture change.
>>
>> And wouldn't you want your own children to be warned of threats against
>> their safety?  In the current hostile feelings so many local citizens
>> have against the megalith of Duke, it seems that Dr. Moneta was being
>> prudent.  Some Duke students have been assaulted.  The threats weren't
>> all empty.
>>
>> Sorry to be preachy, but I think it would be better to have a little
>> faith, or at least wait and see.  It takes a long time to turn an ocean
>> liner around.
>>
>> We should watch carefully, but we should wait and see what he, and the
>> other blue ribbon committees come up with.
>>
>> - Regina deLacy
>>
>> kjj1 at duke.edu wrote:
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>>> Am I the only one who is dismayed to learn that President Brodhead has
>>> appointed Larry Moneta to co-chair the Campus Culture Initiative
>>> committee?  The same Larry Moneta who sent out an e-mail to EVERY 
>>> single
>>> student,  warning them of retaliatory, drive-by shootings at the
>>> lacrosse house? An  e-mail based on unsubstantiated, third-hand rumors?
>>> An e-mail that  represented Durham to students as a dangerous city of
>>> predatory  gang-bangers and was picked up in the New York Times and
>>> other national  news outlets?
>>>
>>> This is the person President Brodhead has appointed to chair the
>>> committee  charged "to evaluate and suggest improvements in the ways
>>> Duke educates  students in the values of personal responsibility,
>>> consideration for  others, and mutual respect in the face of difference
>>> and disagreement."
>>>
>>> Are we to take it that the administration approves Moneta's e-mail and
>>> considers it an appropriate example of "personal responsibility . . .
>>> and  mutual respect in the face of difference and disagreement"? Or 
>>> does
>>> responsibility to and respect for  Durham not factor in to Duke's
>>> examination of campus culture?
>>>
>>> Surely Moneta could have warned students to be careful and mindful in
>>> these  tense and difficult times without engaging in blatant,
>>> irresponsible fear-  and rumor-mongering.
>>>
>>>
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