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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/16/24 9:50 AM, Watkins-Colwell,
Gregory wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You could write a letter directly to the
President of Duke if you like. Or contact the Duke Alumni
Center or something like that. I betcha a bunch of angry
alumni would get some attention. I feel that any and all
communication helps, even if only slightly. It is certainly
better than doing nothing, especially because we all know this
sort of thing will continue to happen.
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<p>Two points, briefly:</p>
<p>(1) As I said, I'm not equipped to write a convincing letter to
anyone, because I don't have the sorts of information I would need
to present a good case. I suspect very few of us on this listserv
have everything we would need to do much more than an emotional
appeal, and I wouldn't wager a nickel that an emotional appeal
would have any impact.</p>
<p>(2) Which will the President of Duke find more persuasive: 1000
easily-deleted emails from irate scientists <i>who don't
contribute money to Duke</i>, or ONE phone call from a member of
Duke's Board of Trustees who is upset at seeing a public relations
fiasco?</p>
<p>Peace,<br>
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Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 skype: dyanega
phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://faculty.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html">https://faculty.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html</a>
"There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness
is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82</pre>
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