Duke in the News: Jan. 21, 2003
Military Disconnect | Op-Ed: Peace Patina . . .Under Glass | Guinier: Racial Issues Indicate Wider Woes | Duke Students Protest Speaker |Women Take Center Court, and more...
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
MILITARY DISCONNECT
NPR's All Things Considered, Jan. 19 -- Duke University researchers
Peter Feaver and Christopher Gelpi were interviewed about their
findings on the gaps between civilian and military society. They've
found that the general public is more willing to accept casualties
as a result of military missions than most military leaders and
members of Congress are. ...Listen
--Also, News & Observer: Poll: Carolinians Back Action, Not
Ground War
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OP-ED: PEACE PATINA . . . UNDER GLASS
Washington Times, Jan. 19 -- "Does President Bush really
expect the world to believe him when he says that he is not engaged
in a war on Islam but is only engaged in a war on terrorism?" asks
Ebrahim Moosa, an associate research professor in the Department of
Religion at Duke and co-director of the Center for the Study of
Muslim Networks. ...Full
story
GUINIER: RACIAL ISSUES INDICATE WIDER
WOES
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Jan. 20 -- Echoing Martin Luther
King Jr.'s message of equality and justice for all, Harvard
University Law professor Lani Guinier spoke to an audience of about
800 gathered at Duke University Chapel Sunday to commemorate the
civil rights leader's birthday. ...Full
story
--Also, News & Observer: Guinier Praises Discussions
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DUKE STUDENTS PROTEST SPEAKER
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Jan. 21 -- A speaking invitation to a
woman who spent 14 years in prison for conspiring to plant a bomb
in the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., has riled some Duke
students. ...Full
story
--Also: Duke News: Academic Freedom Defended for Upcoming
Speaker
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WOMEN TAKE CENTER COURT
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 21 -- A record crowd attends
Monday's Duke-UNC game, but will the fans return? ...
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NEW & NOTEWORTHY
Atlantic Monthly, January 2003 -- "The Argentina Reader," just
published by Duke University Press and in a series edited by Robin
Kirk and Duke cultural anthropology professor Orin Starn, "subtly
conveys the admirable and loathsome qualities of a complicated and
in many ways unfathomable society." ...Full
story
GENOME PROJECTS STILL ATTRACTING MILLIONS IN GRANTS,
INVESTMENTS
Triangle Business Journal, Jan. 17 -- At Duke, the Genomics
Institute -- which was launched in 2000 -- is getting under way in
earnest. ...
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GUNSHOTS FIRED NEAR DUKE HOSPITAL
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 21 -- Gunfire erupted outside
the Duke Hospital emergency room early Monday after gang members
arrived in pursuit of two teenagers they had shot an hour earlier,
police said. ...
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--Also, Herald-Sun: Gang Shooting Spreads to Hospital Parking
Lot
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story
STATE HEALTH PLAN GETS TOUGH WITH DUKE
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 18 -- The health plan for state
workers, retirees, teachers and their families has abruptly
canceled its hospital contract with Duke University Health System
over the system's apparent reluctance to grant discounts that would
save the state $400,000 this year. ...
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RICHARD LISCHER ON THE QUALITY OF SERMONS
TODAY
NPR's Tavis Smiley Show, Jan. 20 -- Richard Lischer, a professor of
preaching at Duke University's Divinity School, and Bishop Noel
Jones of the Greater Bethany Community Church in Los Angeles were
guests in a rebroadcast segment, talking about whether the quality
of sermons is slipping. ...
Listen
THE MIND'S ROLE COMES INTO FOCUS
Los Angeles Times, Jan. 20 -- Dr. Marc Feldman thought he could
help sickpeople get better -- if he could only get them into his
office. But patients often canceled their appointments upon
arriving at his Duke University clinic, and Feldman soon figured
out why. It was the sign on his office door: "Psychosomatic
medicine." ...
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ENDOWMENTS DOWN, STUDY SAYS
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 21 -- College endowments last
year turned in their worst performance since 1974, but universities
in the Triangle fared better than most nationally.
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DEATH PENALTY CHANGES MAY SIGNAL WATERSHED YEAR IN
NC
Charlotte Observer, Jan. 18 -- Jim Coleman, a Duke University law
professor who leads an American Bar Association committee pushing
for a nationwide death penalty moratorium, comments on the death
penalty in North Carolina. ...
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DISCUSSION GROUPS MAKE COMEBACK IN
JACKSONVILLE
(Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union, Jan. 11 -- The days of
front-porch hobnobbing have all but disappeared with television and
air conditioning keeping residents indoors these days. So says
Robert Ragland, a retired pediatrician and Duke medical school
graduate, who has started a dialogue group to bring back discussion
on topics of concern. ...
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GASTONIA GOVERNOR DID GUTSY THINGS
Charlotte Observer, Jan. 15 -- To pay for his undergrad degree at
Duke University and law school, former North Carolina Governor
Gregg Cherry delivered dry cleaning. Today he is remembered for
bucking some of the trends of his era. ...
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