John Burness
John Burness
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President Brodhead has had a positive influence on town-gown relations. Duke's relations with the Durham community actually have been far stronger than one might have guessed from recent media reports. I suspect that's why despite all the tensions the media describe, the community has not splintered but, in fact, has come together during the current crisis.
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Duke University is monitoring the situation and cooperating with officials, as are the students.
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The main thing to know is we don't plan to make a profit on this. The houses will go for what the market will bear.
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Joe wanted to reach out to students who felt they'd like support and provide answers for anything they felt they needed to know.
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We know there are these questions in the community and on campus about why didn't Duke respond sooner. We thought, why not let someone who is independent come in and take a look?
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We've just decided that transparency is the way to go. President Brodhead thought it very important to think about people on the outside ... people of absolute integrity and genuine leadership.
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Until we have greater clarity, it would be inappropriate to comment further.
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There are some folks who want us to do a full investigation ourselves. But the fact of the matter is this is a police investigation, and we can't impede it. The more information we have, if the allegations are true, there will be grave consequences.