January 16, 2007
The Yale Choral Group Story At Yale
From the Usual Suspects, we found a link to a story about Doughgate (we like that one) in the Yale Daily News. As you might as well imagine, it's a big story over there. Anyways, it’s an interesting read as it gives you an idea how it's seen over there in Ivy League Land. Among other things, they have no idea about all the inside San Francisco stuff, like the high schools involved or who the people who hosted the party were. To them it's just a straight forward assault and battery.
First the good news. In the grand tradition of show biz, the show went on and the choir group was able to continue on in their West Coast tour. That's why they were in LA this past weekend and where the investigators flew to interview them. The only one who couldn't sing was poor Sharyar Aziz, what with his broken jaw. They will continue on performing throughout the rest of the year.
According to the Yale Daily News, the families are frustrated in the lack of progress in the story. They are complaining that no interviews were conducted after the assault and that an investigator was assigned to the case only because of all the media attention. It’s also their belief that the investigation was slow to take off because of the prominence of the SF families involved and because the cops are investigating whether or not alcohol was served at the party. We have no idea why that matters to anything (good heavens, alcohol served to minors! Won't somebody think of the children?) other than maybe figuring out whether anyone was drunk. We also have a feeling it might be to tweak Reno Rapagnani and Leanna Dawydiak.
A few other things about the story. One is that in reference to the cops' claim that there was nobody around to get an interview with, Leanna Dawydiak basically calls Heather Fong either misinformed or a liar. Also, the reason why the cops initially expected members of the choral group to pay their way back to SF to help the investigators is because everyone's from Yale and therefore is affluent. Lovely.
And finally, Whitney Leigh told the papers that he hopes charges will come on down in a few days.
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"...Parents including Sharyar Aziz ’74, the father of Aziz Jr., have attributed the cause behind the slow-moving investigation to the fact that some of the suspects have been identified as the sons of a prominent local family..."
http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/19408
The hypocracy just drips from this in a way that escapes no one.
I have zero doubt that nitwit YALEBOY got into ivy league because dad was, you know, "'74".
Nitwit Yaleboy has a guaranteed job in some cush bank after graduation too right?
I can't wait for this lawsuit to really get started because there is a lot of free speech that's going to go down.....
All I've got to say is I can't wait for the year 2010 when the estate tax is repealed for one year before going back all the way up to 55% in 2011 because the bloodbath of matricide and patricide as children make sure mom and dad make the 'deadline' will probably beat the record set by Caligula's Rome in 40 AD.
Imagine the household angst if dad messes up the barbituate dosage and hangs on until one minute past midnight on Jan 1, 2011. The worse business blunder of dad's career.....
Staph, dude, you did not make any sense in 3 posts, that's a lot of wasted pixels. Are you against E. Coast people with money? Yalies? Yalies w/money? possible legacy admission to Yale or estate tax? and what does any of that have to do with the SFPD not doing their jobs?
This guy's so deep, he's 20 deep.
All I'm saying is I can't wait until Dec 31, 2010 when the selfish rich Bakers Dozen bastards start suffocating their grandparents with pillows.
I guess I'm also saying that I have had broken bone injuries over the years and I go to SF General because like many people I'm sometimes a little 'lite' of medical insurance, and every time I have been to the emergency room I have seen children with bullet holes in them.
I am absolutely serious and if you do not believe me I invite you to spend a weekend evening in the SF General emergency room. The fun begins around 6ish...
I am filled with revulsion at legacy admissions, early admissions, and as for wealthy Yalies, I dont think there are any other kind. I say that because Yale, along with every other big school you can name, refuses to release the income levels of their students. I think I know what that means.
So, yes, speaking as a poor person I know the system and forgive me if I sound a little resentful....
It rings true to me that the cops probably had multiple gunshot calls on the background radio while they were dealing with an ivy league cat fight.
Everyone in the whole world knows none of those boys will ever step foot in Iraq or wear our nation's uniform like so many real men have had to.
They'll spend their days in fancy private clubs smoking big cigars, singing silly songs, plotting to kill their parents and trembling with trauma at the memories of their vacation in San Francisco.
Wow, do people in San Francisco really believe that New Haven--and the East Coast in general--is full of uptight "Ivy Leaguers" who have grown up in sheltered lives of privilege? Hasn't anyone ever visited a school like Yale to see what the vibe is here? Have you ever heard of financial aid or work-study, or known Ivy League students whose families work their asses off to send them to a good school? And last time I checked, San Francisco has plenty of its own sheltered, privileged lives, with some of the wealthiest, most exclusive (and racially/economically segregated) communities in the country.
Before you all revel too much in the misfortune of these "wealthy" guys from Yale, maybe you should think twice and realize that violence and stupidity aren't justified just because you think these "Yale guys" fulfill some stereotype you've built up in your heads. These "Yale guys" were just a bunch of college students singing a cappella--a style of music performed at colleges all around the country, including in San Francisco. And some group of local SF jerks took it upon themselves to knock these singers down a peg. It was thoughtless, unnecessary, and deserves to be punished.
And now, instead of resolving this thing cleanly, San Francisco has revealed an ugly side of itself--petty local politics, influential families, and a bumbling police department. Thank goodness I have the sense to realize that one incident shouldn't be blown up into an unreasonable generalization. Otherwise, I'd think San Francisco was a city of bullying, classist philistines who don't like music and who tolerate an outrageous system of political nepotism and favoritism that completely undermines its system of justice. I know that's not true about San Francisco...or is it?
"Before you all revel too much..."
Scott, please note that all the abusive posts above were written by one person.
Petty local politics? Influential families? And a bumbling police department?
Doesn't that pretty much describe every community/village/city/town that ever existed?
But no, really Scott, PLEASE DO generalize because it's totally warranted.
From Pac Heights to Sea Cliff to St. Francis Wood to Noe Valley, THIS IS "a city of bullying, classist philistines who don't like music and who tolerate an outrageous system of political nepotism and favoritism that completely undermines its system of justice."
[Actually, it use to be worse. Imagine what SF was like before Moscone became mayor. And, in fact, had he not been assasinated by a man very much like our little "20-deep" cretin, San Francisco might have been even more progressive and clean (government) than it is now (but then, we've had to go through a Feinstein/Jordan/Brown succesorship).]
Lucky, then, that there are many exceptions to the rule, otherwise San Francisco would suck just as bad as every other American city and wealthy college enclave.
But don't kid yourself, Scott. Everything you describe is the reality of the world as we know it - San Francisco included.
That's why I voted for Gonzalez.
"San Francisco has revealed an ugly side of itself"
You can't reveal it if it was never hidden to begin with.
you're right scott...i don't know why people always ignore SF's "ugly side" and instead try to portray the city as a jewel, when clearly, it isn't. the bad things are never fixed and then just get worse. i've lived here for four years and i have to say it's one of the saddest places i've ever lived in. SF residents like to claim that they have the highest standard of living/quality of life in the country...but then just talk a walk around the blocks that surround city hall and you will see that this statement is far from true. sf a great city? maybe it was long ago. now, it's just irrelevant and governed by useless institutions.