Pittsburgh university upset over Grisham novel

PITTSBURGH – Officials at Duquesne (doo-KAYN') University in Pittsburgh are upset that best-selling author John Grisham mentions the school in connection with a fictional gang rape in his latest novel.

Grisham's "The Associate" deals with a character who attended the private Catholic college and was involved in a drunken rape scene in an off-campus apartment in 2003.

Duquesne University spokeswoman Rose Ravasio says it's unfortunate Grisham "chose to use our name and associate it with a fictional incident of this nature."

Grisham told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that he chose the school because he saw it once, and has been to Pittsburgh for Steelers and Pirates games. The novel contains several other references to Pittsburgh.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090130/ap_en_ot/grisham_upset_university

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Remember all the hell raised by the University of Alabama when "Forrest Gump" came out? The filmmakers wanted to shoot at Bryant-Denny stadium but the school refused...Their reasoning? They were insulted by the implication that they would enroll and graduate a moron just because he was a good football player -- I bullshit you not.

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Duquesne should be delighted they are mentioned at all. It's free publicity. I mean, who really talks about Duquesne anymore?

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(Doo-KAYN') <--- I don't know why but that makes me laugh :rofl:


I hear people say 'Doo-KWEZ-nee' all the time but no one knows what they're talking about. :D

In North Versailles!

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"They were insulted by the implication that they would enroll and graduate a moron just because he was a good football player -- I bullshit you not."

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