On Stage: Duke Upstaged
A while back I presented a contrast in institutional integrity between Duke University and a little school in New Jersey that Reade Seligman attended. Based on this report, it appears that at least a modest constituency at Duke looks beyond the Duke environment for inspiration and values:
"While fans were not allowed to bring signs into the stadium, Duke had installed signs on the fence lining the field with the Latin phrase, "succisa virescit" - the motto for The Delbarton School in Morristown, N.J., where Seligmann and three current Blue Devils went to high school. Adopted by the Duke lacrosse program in the preseason, it means: "When cut down, it grows back stronger." "
In another day and age, another institution's motto and colors displayed on your campus would have been a source of deep shame, but I doubt the dodoheads in Duke's high echelons pick up on the insult.
"While fans were not allowed to bring signs into the stadium, Duke had installed signs on the fence lining the field with the Latin phrase, "succisa virescit" - the motto for The Delbarton School in Morristown, N.J., where Seligmann and three current Blue Devils went to high school. Adopted by the Duke lacrosse program in the preseason, it means: "When cut down, it grows back stronger." "
In another day and age, another institution's motto and colors displayed on your campus would have been a source of deep shame, but I doubt the dodoheads in Duke's high echelons pick up on the insult.
posted by Donny Baseball at 3:59 PM
2 Comments:
no comment on the 400 points drop, or the 200 points gap down today?
yeah, probably should comment on it...not that it hasn't been top of mind lately.
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