tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112779.post-1144000916490981172006-04-02T13:46:00.000-04:002006-04-02T14:01:56.526-04:00This <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/columns/story?id=2392159&lpos=spotlight&amp;lid=tab2pos1">story</a>, although still under investigation (meaning that, yes, innocent until proven quilty), typifies the continued class privilege that higher education is embued with. And further magnified by the racism that is still present in these elite universities, especially those in poor towns.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">On Wednesday night this week, a caller to WUNC's public radio program, "The State of Things," said that Duke treats the town like a <span style="font-weight: bold;">plantation.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span>Needless to say, something needs to change in our institutions of higher education. While this may seem like athletes gone wild, or as the athletic director put, <span style="font-style: italic;"> "Unfortunately," Alleva said, "sometimes young men have bad judgment", </span>I believe it be emblematic of something more pervasive within these institutions and the mentality of those that have. And that is a sense of impunity.<br /><p><br /></p><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span><br /></span>joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350688606790291671noreply@blogger.com