DEFENDING DURHAMITES
FITTRO, WILLIAM M.
Correspondence CHARLOTTE ALLEN writes in “Duke’s Tenured Vigilantes” (Jan. 29) that Mike Nifong participated in a May 2 Democratic primary for reelection as district attorney and that he...
...His campaign strategy seemed to suggest that voters should cast ballots for him so that he could then turn down the district attorney’s post and force the governor to appoint someone else...
...They still need exposure to such ideas...
...No other candidates were vying for the offi ce...
...5), is concerned that Dr...
...In a three-way Democratic primary, Nifong won with 45.1 percent of the vote, and he had just 883 more votes than the second-place candidate (41.6 percent...
...Faith cometh by hearing...
...The second candidate was a popular Democratic county commissioner who did secure enough petition signatures to appear on the ballot as an independent candidate, then baffl ed supporters by telling them he didn’t want the job...
...Defending Durhamites...
...But the outrage over his conduct prompted two other men to enter the race after the Democratic primary...
...Well, so what, if students do not believe in these things...
...She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the highest American civilian honors, not the Medal of Honor, which is the nation’s highest military decoration...
...SALLY SATEL, in “First, Do Harm” (Feb...
...Nifong should have run unopposed on the November ballot...
...MITCH KOKAI Raleigh, N.C...
...So Mike Nifong has never won the support of a majority of Durham voters...
...Miriam Grossman’s “discussion of protection against HPV [a sexually transmitted disease] seems too negative regarding the value of condoms...
...Democratic candidates had entered the campaign season with a clear path to the district attorney’s job...
...he waged a write-in campaign instead...
...Additionally, “handily” might not be the best description of Nifong’s election victory...
...Failing to expose troubled students to all the possibilities for help is doing them harm...
...But the May 2006 election was not technically reelection, since Nifong had been appointed to the post in April 2005 and was running for the fi rst time...
...I think college counselors should be negative about the use of condoms to prevent viral infection: The facts against the effectiveness of condoms in preventing disease transmission are well documented...
...22) incorrectly describes President Reagan as giving Roberta Wohlstetter the Medal of Honor...
...WILLIAM M. FITTRO Marshall, Mich...
...One was a Republican who failed to secure enough petition signatures to appear on the ballot...
...It is not surprising that Nifong was the winner in this confusing three-way race with a noncandidate and a candidate whose name did not appear on the ballot...
...CORRECTION THE CAPTION for the photograph associated with Robert Zarate’s “First Lady of Intelligence” (Jan...
...Despite this campaign advantage, Nifong secured only 49.5 percent of the vote...
...29) that Mike Nifong participated in a May 2 Democratic primary for reelection as district attorney and that he “handily” won both the primary and the general election...
...GOOD COUNSEL...
...Grossman believes that traditional values of faith and family are essential to leading a rewarding life, but Satel worries that those struggling students not sharing these convictions might fail to benefi t from Grossman’s other messages...
...Nifong’s victory margin in the November election was much more substantial, but the circumstances had changed by the fall of 2006...
Vol. 12 • February 2007 • No. 23
