Butler's column correctly emphasizes CCI's failings

As a Duke undergraduate student, Kristin Butler's op-ed "Talking the talk" (March 20) perfectly illustrates the frustration I and many others feel about the Campus Culture Initiative's decision to avoid input from the student body. What possible explanation is there for all the secrecy, the closed-door meetings, the appointment of agenda-driven academics and the complete lack of student input other than their attempt to jam through their cultural agendas held well before the lacrosse case transpired? It was almost comical when at the CCI student forum Provost Peter Lange refused to answer any specific questions about the CCI's recommendations or respond to our general complaints. The CCI debacle has proved just how far the administration has estranged itself from the student body. A student-administration gap emerged last spring and only now are we as students beginning to see its ramifications.

Greg Brobinskoy

Trinity '08