Media management or education?

I am the parent of a Duke student and North Carolina Central University graduate. I remain concerned about the alleged assault by University students.

But equally unsettling is the the uncontrolled response by the administration to the "media blitz" by every news outlet big enough to have press credentials.

Duke's campus is not Aruba. It is not, and should not be, open to every reporter who wants to stand in front of the Chapel and report on the deplorable racial conditions on campus. I have a student on campus who is trying to get an education, go to class and learn something other than media management.

As a parent, I don't have the campus access that the administration is providing CNN.

President Brodhead, please wake up and get the newsies off campus. Concentrate on delivering the education my son deserves; this is your-and the University's-first priority.

Bill Belk