tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post9095738352761366181..comments2023-10-06T03:21:26.130-07:00Comments on trust but verify: Wednesday RoundupDBrowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718913310467614671noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-61924937264932006822007-09-12T10:33:00.000-07:002007-09-12T10:33:00.000-07:00Over at the Durham-in-Wonderland blog, which has b...Over at the Durham-in-Wonderland blog, which has been following the Duke/Nifong case, some food for thought in a post titled "Dashing Due Process" regarding Duke's "Undergraduate Judicial Code":<BR/><BR/>http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/2007/09/dashing-due-process.html<BR/><BR/><I>It would seem indisputable that a major lesson of the lacrosse case is that due process matters. Surely, with all the talk of case-related events as a “teachable moment,” we would expect all parties at Duke to rededicate themselves to celebrating the importance of transparent procedures as the best way to achieve the truth.</I><BR/><BR/><I>“Slowly but surely, [the Undergraduate Judicial Code has] transformed (at least, on paper) an objective, transparent and responsive system into one with little transparency, dubious checks and balances, no accountability to the student body and procedures bordering on incoherent—greatly extending its reach and expunging our rights in the process.”</I><BR/><BR/><I><BR/>“The claim is that if you have procedural rights, the focus becomes ‘getting off’ and that stands in the way of the educational process of admitting that you’re guilty." <BR/><BR/>In its most basic form, the administration’s restrictions of rights suggest a failure to understand that procedural safeguards present the best path for determining the truth.<BR/></I>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09761649488198090733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-11941713213219718262007-09-12T10:19:00.000-07:002007-09-12T10:19:00.000-07:00Velonews just posted this in their Tour of Missour...Velonews just posted this in their Tour of Missouri coverage:<BR/><BR/>" 11:44 AM Newsflash<BR/> BMC announced this morning that former Phonak team director John Lelangue will be taking over the No. 1 car for the U.S.-based pro continental squad. Lelangue was front and center during Floyd Landis’ run to the 2006 Tour title but then distanced himself from the American when news broke of his positive test for testosterone. Now he's here in Missouri working with likes of Scott Moninger and aforementioned Schmatz."<BR/><BR/>BMC, of course, is owned by Andy Rhis.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02202701692650013893noreply@blogger.com