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To: DMaA who wrote (208982)	6/19/2007 9:55:11 AM
From: gamesmistress	Respond to of 794192

The 88 are about to learn that just because they can't be fired for their speech, it doesn't mean there may not be other consequences attached to it. Unfortunately, that may not be so. From yesterday's Durham in Wonderland: Shortly thereafter [the settlement announcement], Paul Haagen, outgoing chair of the Academic Council, e-mailed other Council members to explain the settlement. The critical sentence: “As a result of the settlement, all faculty have been released from any claims of liability related to the lacrosse matter up through the date of the settlement (June 18, 2007).” While the Duke administration has been unwilling to hold a segment of its faculty to minimal standards of the profession, it seems that it was willing to use University funds to protect those same faculty members from legal action. From a tactical standpoint, the decision was a wise one by the Brodhead/Steel team—any lawsuit by the three families would have been a public relations nightmare for Duke. What I would like to see is Duke students avoiding the Gang of 88's classes like the plague, myself.