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MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2006

THE INDEPENDENTDAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST YEAR, ISSUE 120

Men's lacrosse team faces rape allegations Community members speak out against reported incident. University's response by

Steve Veres

THE CHRONICLE

More than 250 protesters attended two demonstrations Saturday night and Sunday morning in front of the residence where three members of the men’s lacrosse team allegedly raped a local woman.

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Organizers at the candlelight vigil and the “wake-up call” at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd., said the demonstrations were

acts of support for the black

exotic dancer, who was allegedly raped, sodomized and strangled by three white members of the team. Both protests —which attracted Duke faculty, students and employees, as well as concerned citizens and neighbors—moved to 1103 Urban St., a second house rented by members of the lacrosse team. Residents never emerged from either of the houses during Saturday’s or Sunday’s demonstration. “The students need to realize they live in a community, and people are going to talk back if they do something, or potentially do something, that is disrespectful to women,” said Faulkner Fox, a visiting instructor in the English department and one of the organizers of the candlelight vigil. Vigil participants lined the sidewalks, holding signs that

A localresident takes part in a candlelight vigil at 610N. Buchanan Blvd. Saturday.

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Steve Veres

THE CHRONICLE

In the wake of allegations that members of the men’s lacrosse team gang-raped, sodomized and strangled a dancer at a March 13 party, Duke is facing community outrage and national media attention. Forty-six of 47 teammates were DNA-tested by police Thursday. A Durham Police Department spokesperson said the results of the tests will be known by Monday. President Richard Brodhead said in a statement that not all of the 46 members who were

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Forty-six of the 47 members of the men's lacrosse team were DNA-tested Thursday for possible involvement in an alleged rape.

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tested attended the party. Some community members are calling the situation “the perfect storm”—a heated convergence of issues related to race, class and town-gown relations. The alleged victim is a black exotic dancer who is enrolled in classes at North Carolina Central University; she told police that her attackers are white. In a search warrant issued March 16 for 610 N. Buchanan Blvd., the site of the alleged assault, police wrote that the woman reported that three men were involved in the alleged offense.

Officials are investigating the

reported incident as first-degree forcible rape, common law robbery, first-degree kidnapping, first-degree sexual offense and felonious strangulation. No charges had been filed as of Sunday night, a Durham Police Department spokesperson said. The players, however, have denied the accusations, Director of Athletics Joe Alieva said. Hundreds of community members protested the alleged incident at three different events SEE LACROSSE ON PAGE 8


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