The lack of support the lacrosse team has received from Duke University was a theme at last night’s panel at Duke’s Bryan Center. Several questioners brought it up and specifically criticized Duke President Richard Brodhead’s actions in this regard. One of the last questions of the evening contrasted the treatment Ben Chavis received when he requested admission to the Duke Divinity School. At the time Chavis was not just an accused felon, he was a convicted felon who had spent 10 years in prison. But Duke, the questioner said, made strong statements about his innocence. The charges were later overturned. “Why can’t Duke, with all we know that has happened, make the same statement about these students’ innocence?” he asked. They did it for Chavis, he said, “and these kids aren’t even convicts.”