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It seems anyone can get a college degree these days-especially if they go to North Carolina Central University. Standards of integrity there have long been dismal: This is, after all, the school that gave violent felon Solomon Burnette a diploma in 2007. Burnette, you may recall, robbed two Duke students at gunpoint in 1997. After finishing a 13-month prison sentence, he had the audacity not ... [link]

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Hey, Something Funny From The Duke Lax Case
Published 5/21/2008 at The Sporting Blog
... students lives being ruined (at least, temporarily). But whatever happened to Ms. Mangum, you ve surely never wondered? Well, I ll tell you: She graduated from North Carolina Central University last week. Now, normally I wouldn t care enough to bring this detail to your attention, but there is some incredibly sweet irony in this story that we can t even attempt to make up: She earned her degree in police psychology. Man, that s rich. This was in the last sentence of a much larger column in the Duke student paper , which mostly serves to rip Mangum and NCCU -- to ...

Forgetting About Duke University
Published 5/21/2008 by JC at HBCU Sports Blog
... Which brings us to this, a recent column published in the Duke University student newspaper, criticizing the university for awarding a degree to the accuser in the case. A degree in police psychology at that. ...

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What can you offer up to counter the thoughts of this reporter, this editorial board, this university who looks at NCCU as a university whose moral fiber isn't thicker than the paper its diplomas are printed on? What do you say to a culture that thought they were smarter, better, and more privileged than you years prior to the Duke Lacrosse scandal?
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Summa cum loony - Columns

It seems anyone can get a college degree these days-especially if they go to North Carolina Central University. Standards of integrity there have long been dismal: This is, after all, the school that gave violent felon Solomon Burnette a diploma in ...
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Beck and Call: Ex-Duke basketball player has become indispensable aide in Obama's campaign

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