Case Dismissed

Now that the charges have officially been dropped against the wrongfully-accused Duke lacrosse team members, perhaps we can go after the real criminals in the case: the woman who lied about being raped; Mike Nifong, who willingly attempted to destroy as many innocent lives as necessary in an effort to win re-election by ordering that DNA evidence be hidden; and the 88 Duke University professors who helped Nifong’s criminal acts by way of a newspaper advertisement designed to bolster support for the corrupt attorney.

…For an image of the advertisement, click here.

…The following is a list of professors who helped Nifong on campus:

▪ Abe, Stan (Art, Art History, and Visual Studies)
▪ Albers, Benjamin (University Writing Program)
▪ Allison, Anne (Cultural Anthropology)
▪ Aravamudan, Srinivas (English)
▪ Baker, Houston (English and AAAS)
▪ Baker, Lee (Cultural Anthropology)
▪ Beckwith, Sarah (English)
▪ Berliner, Paul (Music)
▪ Beaule, Christina (University Writing Program)
▪ Blackmore, Connie (AAAS)
▪ Boa, Jessica (Religion & University Writing Program)
▪ Boatwright, Mary T. (Classical Studies)
▪ Boero, Silvia (Romance Studies)
▪ Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo (Sociology)
▪ Brim, Matthew (University Writing Program)
▪ Chafe, William (History)
▪ Ching, Leo (Asian & African Languages and Literatures)
▪ Coles, Rom (Political Science)
▪ Cooke, Miriam (Asian & African Languages and Literatures)
▪ Crichlow, Michaeline (AAAS)
▪ Curtis, Kim (Political Science)
▪ Damasceno, Leslie (Romance Studies)
▪ Davidson, Cathy (English)
▪ Deutsch, Sally (History)
▪ Dorfman, Ariel (Literature & Latin American Stds.)
▪ Edwards, Laura (History)
▪ Farred, Grant (Literature)
▪ Fellini, Luciana (Romance Studies)
▪ Fulkerson, Mary McClintock (Divinity School)
▪ Gabara, Esther (Romance Studies)
▪ Gavins, Raymond (History)
▪ Greer, Meg (Romance Studies)
▪ Glymph, Thavolia (History)
▪ Hardt, Michael (Literature)
▪ Harris, Joseph (University Writing Program)
▪ Holloway, Karla (English)
▪ Holsey, Bayo (AAAS)
▪ Hovsepian, Mary (Sociology)
▪ James, Sherman (Public Policy)
▪ Kaplan, Alice (Literature)
▪ Khalsa, Keval Kaur (Dance Program)
▪ Khanna, Ranjana (English)
▪ King, Ashley (Romance Studies)
▪ Koonz, Claudia (History)
▪ Lasch, Peter (Art, Art History, and Visual Studies & Latino/a Studies)
▪ Lee, Dan A. (Math)
▪ Leighten, Pat (Art, Art History, and Visual Studies)
▪ Lentricchia, Frank (Literature)
▪ Light, Caroline (Inst. for Crit. U.S. Stds.)
▪ Litle, Marcy (Comparative Area Studies)
▪ Litzinger, Ralph (Cultural Anthropology)
▪ Longino, Michele (Romance Studies)
▪ Lubiano, Wahneema (AAAS and Literature)
▪ Maffitt, Kenneth(History)
▪ Mahn, Jason (University Writing Program)
▪ Makhulu, Anne-Maria (AAAS)
▪ Mason, Lisa (Surgical Unit-2100)
▪ McClain, Paula (Political Science)
▪ Meintjes, Louise (Music)
▪ Mignolo, Walter (Literature and Romance Studies)
▪ Moreiras, Alberto (Romance Studies)
▪ Neal, Mark Anthony (AAAS)
▪ Nelson, Diane (Cultural Anthropology)
▪ Olcott, Jolie (History)
▪ Parades, Liliana (Romance Studies)
▪ Payne, Charles (AAAS and History)
▪ Pierce-Baker, Charlotte (Women’s Studies)
▪ Pebles-Wilkins, Wilma
▪ Petters, Arlie (Math)
▪ Plesser, Ronen (Physics)
▪ Radway, Jan (Literature)
▪ Rankin, Tom (Center for Documentary Studies)
▪ Rego, Marcia (University Writing Program)
▪ Reisinger, Deborah S. (Romance Studies)
▪ Rosenberg, Alex (Philosophy)
▪ Rudy, Kathy (Women’s Studies)
▪ Schachter, Marc (English)
▪ Shannon, Laurie (English)
▪ Sigal, Pete (History)
▪ Silverblatt, Irene (Cultural Anthropology)
▪ Somerset, Fiona (English)
▪ Stein, Rebecca (Cultural Anthropology)
▪ Thorne, Susan (History)
▪ Viego, Antonio (Literature)
▪ Vilaros, Teresa (Romance Studies)
▪ Wald, Priscilla (English)
▪ Wallace, Maurice (English and AAAS)
▪ Wong, David (Philosophy)

…There’s no word yet on whether or not Jesse Jackson is still planning on giving the alleged rape victim the college scholarship that he promised her several months ago.