What's going on at Duke?

While this has been an item covered in the national media, for some reason it’s stayed out of the hottest spotlight. Details seem to be sketchy, but if the allegations are true then this is sickening.

Duke leadership feels heat

The aftershocks from sex-assault allegations involving Duke University's lacrosse team rippled across the school Friday as a professor lambasted the school's leadership and administrators continued reaching out to African American leaders, alumni and anxious parents.

A stripper who was paid $400 to perform that night has alleged that she was gang-raped, sodomized and choked by three lacrosse players at the party. The district attorney said the incident is being investigated by officials as first-degree forcible rape, common law robbery, first-degree kidnapping, first-degree sexual assault and felonious strangulation. A conviction on those charges could result in a minimum prison sentence of 16 to 20 years.

Turbulent times for Duke and Durham

"The issues here," said Chandra Y. Guinn, director of the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, "go far deeper than a single incident. There are pockets of white privilege on this campus, pockets of class privilege.

"Our students are focusing on the feelings of hurt and shame of the negative portrayal of Duke students."