To say that Lindsey Harding does not deserve the honor of having her jersey retired ("Lindsey hardly belongs in Cameron's rafters," Jan. 15) is mean-spirited. Columnist Greg Beaton has a misplaced sense of press entitlement. Bluntly, he wants to know information he has no need to know.
It is no one's business why Lindsey Harding sat out a year. She paid a price for whatever her indiscretion was. Public revelation would serve no cause other than to titillate gossipmongers.
Her jersey retirement is based on merit, as Beaton notes. She brought positive national attention to Duke, led her team with dignity and determination and in every way exemplified the best of Duke athletics.
Beaton can stay home and suck sour grapes, or he can join Duke fans in celebrating the positive things Harding did for Duke.
The Chronicle really doesn't have that much space. Why waste so much in trashing someone for no reason other than unsatisfied curiosity?
Diane Weddington
Visiting lecturer
Sanford Institute for Public Policy
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