A recent Duke grad’s attempt to sue the University over a failing grade failed to impress a Durham judge earlier this week, the News & Observer reported Friday.
Superior Court Judge J.B. Allen dismissed the case that Tiffany Lynette Locus, Trinity ‘07, filed last year against Charles Thompson, education and curriculum director for the Center for Documentary Studies Monday. The suit also named various other Duke administrators including President Richard Brodhead, Provost Peter Lange, Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta and Director of Judicial Affairs Stephen Bryan.
Locus alleged that she suffered emotional distress–in the form of severe depression and anxiety attacks–after Thompson accused of her cheating on her final paper and unfairly gave her an F in his “Who Cares and Why: Social Activism and Its Motivations” course. Locus contended that the discrepancies in that paper were due to false information she received from a woman she interviewed for the project.
The lawsuit requested punitive damages of more than $10,000 and for Locus’ grade in the class to be changed to passing.
Judge Allen, however, was not convinced by the arguments of James Locus, Tiffany’s father, that Duke violated a contractual agreement in assigning Locus the “F.”
Locus’s lawsuit is the second against the University to be dismissed this month. U.S. District Court Judge Wallace Dixon dismissed Andrew Giuliani’s lawsuit against Duke May 20 when he too alleged breach of contract after being released from the golf team.
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Duke Trustee Richard Wagoner resigned today as chairman and chief executive of General Motors at the request of the Obama administration, several news outlets reported.
Wagoner served at the helm of the America’s largest automaker since 2000. His departure comes the day before President Obama is set to unveil his plan to rescue the struggling industry and appears to be “part of a broad agreement with the Obama administration to funnel more government aid to the ailing auto giant,” the New York Times reported.
Two years ago, Wagoner delivered the commencement speech before 2007 graduates, in which he reflected on his experience at Duke (Trinity ‘75) and at G.M.
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The full story will be available in tomorrow’s Chronicle.
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Haters may be questioning Duke’s chances of taking the title in the NCAA tournament, but the Blue Devils have already emerged victorious in at least one way.
Duke can boast the highest-paid graduates among the 65 schools in the competition, according to USA Today. The median annual salary of Duke alumni who graduated five to 15 years ago rounds in at $102,000, according to PayScale–the world’s largest salary database, edging out Cornell at $91,700.
Check out the whole bracket here.
The losers of this tournament? Sadly, Alabama State grads bank $41,800–and is the last seed in the competition. Ouch. Better luck next year, Alabama.
