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Rob Copeland THE CHRONICLE
A little more than two years ago, Aaron Graves arrived with great fanfare from the University ofSouthern California. . Appointed to the new post of associate vice president for campus safety and security, Graves was lauded by Duke administrators for his expertise leading USC’s Department ofPublic Safety. Now, Graves is dealing with the exodus of one-third of the Duke University Police Department force since his arrival, and some former officers at USC said they might understand why DUPD Part 2 of 3 officers are dissatisfied with current leadership. They said Graves may have brought more than just his resume from California. “There’s just this arrogance he had,” said Russ Enyeart, a former USC public safety officer. “He thought he was untouchable.” Enyeart is one of two former officers who filed suit in California superior court against USC. The cases, which involved their terminations from USC, name current DUPD Maj. Gloria Graham—aformer captain at USC under Graves—as a defendant. (The case has been transferred to arbitration, rather than going to trial). The officers allege discrimination and harassment based on ethnicity and national origin, retaliation in violation of government code and negligent and intentional infliction ofemotional distress. But Graham said Enyeart and other disgruntled employees were the exceptions in her tenure at USC. “All employees were terminated for good cause,” she said. Graves declined repeated requests for comment and cancelled a scheduled interview with a reporter for this story. Some current DUPD officers, however, echoed Enyeart’s concerns. “The core values ofcommunication and respectjust don’t apply,” one officer said of the current leadership. ‘Much less deep than you might hope’ Graves was hired by the University after a national search including approximately 50 candidates, according to a press release SEE DUPD ON PAGE 4
A Duke student’s participation in last Wednesday’s pro-Tibet and pro-China protests has led to retaliation against the student and her family and has attracted
international attention. The home of freshman Grace Wang in the city ofQingdao, China was allegedly vandalized as a result ofher involvement in the protests. The Chronicle has obtained an image of a bucket of what appears to be feces poured in front of an apartment door from the Chinese Internet forum bbs.cnhan. com. Wang confirmed in an irtterview that the apartment belongs to her parents. Her parents are no longer living in the apartment, and cameras have been installed around the building, according to an April 13 e-mail sent to Wang by her mother sent and provided to The Chronicle. Directions to the family’s residence were posted on the same Internet forum, along with photographs and video from the protests. Family members’ private information—including their Chinese identity numbers and workplaces—were also listed. A video of Wang standing in front of a Tibetan flag at Wednesday’s protests and appearing to confront pro-Chiina demonstrators was posted onYouTube.com last Thursday and has been viewed more than 600,000 times. Some viewers interpreted the video as evidence of a pro-Tibet stance on Wang’s part. Although she has acknowledged writing “Free Tibet” on junior Adam Weiss,' an organizer of the pro-Tibet protest, Wang denies
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Freshman GraceWang (bottom right) has been called a traitor since appearing to support Tibetan independence ata pro-Tibet demonstration April 21. Her parents' home in China was vandalized Wednesday.
advocating for Tibetan independence. “Freedom is not independence,” she said. “Freedom is freedom. I want people to have free thinking and freedom of speech.” Wang first spoke to The Chronicle, on conditions of anonymity, April 13, but has since decided to use her name publicly,
including with national media. “If I did not say anything, it would actually be easier for them to attack my parents,” she said. “Now, if the whole world knows about it, the Chinese government SEE TIBET ON PAGE 10
Judge deniesDuke, Durham motions Beaty cautions against media involvement in lax civil suit by
Will Robinson THE CHRONICLE
Judge James Beaty warned both parties in the lawsuitfiled against Duke by 38 lacrosse players about media involvement in the case.
U.S. District Court Judge James WINSTON-SALEM denied motion the University and Durham to by a Beaty sanction a Web site posted by lawyers of the 38 unindicted members of the 2005-2006 men’s lacrosse team in a hearing Tuesday. Beaty, however, cautioned attorneys for both sides against attempting to sway the media in the case. “Attorneys are cautioned from issuing statements that will impact the adjudication of the case,” Beaty said. Representatives of the University criticized the players’ attorneys for publicizing the case in a U.S. District Court memo filed in late February. They accused the players’ attorneys of violating N.C. State Bar Rule 3.6—which prohibits extrajudicial statements that “have a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing an adjudicative proceeding” —in publicizing their SEE LAX SUIT ON PAGE
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