@ 100,
I’m being intolerant? That is comical given that I think the Duke students should read any of the books on the suggested list regardless of their “beliefs.” That is part of growing up. We are NOT talking about 12 year olds either, are we?
I think the in-coming Duke freshman have to trust the committee that put the titles on the suggested readings list. End of story, end of sentence, end of drama.
I don’t have a clue how anyone can bash Duke over this, and somehow agree with the whining, insulated in-coming freshman. It is a graphic novel, it has won awards, it is hardly what a reasonable person would call dirty, obscene or gratuitous. If the selection was any of those things, okay, yes, one could refuse to read it and I’d get it.
Even now, it is simply SUGGESTED reading and there is a list to choose from so once again, how anyone could bash Duke over this is beyond my ability to reason. Duke did everything right on this one. My respect for Duke, already pretty darn high, goes up a notch or two. I think the freshman who tweeted about refusing to read this selection are cry babies.