Lacrosse Day of Champions honored a former Duke Player

The past Saturday, 4-19-08, was the Lacrosse Day of Champions honoring former Duke University and Chaminade High School Jimmy Regan, an Army Ranger who died in combat in Iraq about a year ago. Regan, who lived in Manhasset, Long Island, New York, attended Chaminade High School and Duke University, and after 9/11 joined the Elite Army Rangers, was a multi-sport star athlete, who was in the process of applying for law school when 9/11 happened. He decided to change the direction of his life and enlisted in the Army with the goal of becoming a Army Ranger.

The Lacrosse Day of Champions was organized by his Father in memory of his son. Duke University played West Point at Manhasset High School. That game was followed by a game between Chaminade High School, a Catholic High School, playing Manhasset Public High School. Both teams are perennial ranked in the top 25 high school programs in the country.

Jimmy Regan was a man, who has great opportunities, who was so struck by the tragedy of 9/11, who walked away from it all to serve his country and paid the ultimate price. This the the character of the players recruited by Mike Pressler to play for Duke University.

And there is still a collective silence from the faculty, who condemed, slandered, and convicted these players based on a false allegation. All of us were taught by our parents to apologized for lying and mistreated others. This seems to be a lesson forgotten by the faculty of Duke University.

I can't wait for the deposition of the faculty and administration to start when the lawsuit by un-indicted players get rolling. Let's see how they compare to the likes of Jimmy Regan.

Culture of corruption 2????

Bill Clinton, Jim McGreevey, Eliot Spitzer, David Patterson, Kwame Kirkpatrick, all democrats involved with sex scandals. Where is the mainstream media banging the klaxon regarding the culture of corruption? Oh that's right, it only applies when republicans are involved.