An Experiment in Scotch

No DNA match in the Duke lacrosse fiasco. Assum­ing the pros­e­cu­tor fol­lows through on his attempt to file charges sans DNA evi­dence, this isn’t over yet but all signs are point­ing to the lacrosse team being exonerated. This has been a messy sit­u­a­tion, one in which it seems guilt was assumed all along. This was poorly man­aged by Duke and the administration. 46 ath­letes have had their lives ter­ri­bly dis­rupted and their rep­u­ta­tions sullied.

I have no doubt that had this been the Duke bas­ket­ball team or the Miami foot­ball team, this level of hys­te­ria would never have been reached. It’s sad that the admin­is­tra­tion didn’t have the fore­sight and the courage to at least make a half-hearted stand for these stu­dent athletes.