Duke in the News: Jan. 24, 2003

Americans and Iraq | Rules Mean Uncertainty for Enron-Style 'SPEs' | Theologian Preaches Against Iraq War | Racial Disparity in Health Blasted, and more...

By Stuart Wells

Friday, January 24, 2003

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AMERICANS AND IRAQ
The Economist, Jan. 25 -- Public opinion is expected to have little impact on the administration's policy, either for or against war. Peter Feaver of Duke University, co-author of a forthcoming book on public opinion and war, comments on historic trends. ... Full story

RULES MEAN UNCERTAINTY FOR ENRON-STYLE 'SPEs'
Washington Post, Jan. 24 -- Steven L. Schwarcz, a business and law professor at Duke University, comments on the "special-purpose entity," a financing vehicle that figured prominently in the demise of Enron Corp. ... Full story

THEOLOGIAN PREACHES AGAINST IRAQ WAR
(Syracuse) Post-Standard, Jan. 23 -- Stanley Hauerwas, a professor of theological ethics at Duke University Divinity School, says Christianity's message is lost when people are blinded by patriotism. ... Full story

RACIAL DISPARITY IN HEALTH BLASTED
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Jan. 23 -- Research statistics spotlighting racial disparities in health and health care in America have complex origins and meanings, but much of the gap is residue of a "slave health deficit," said Rodney Hood, one of the nation's leading physicians, at a Duke University lecture on Wednesday. ...Full story

THE COLLEGE VIEW: COLLEGE HABITS NOT BAD AFTER ALL
(Ft. Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, Jan. 24 -- Duke student Lindsey Kurland surveyed residents in one of the dormitories about their worst personal habits in college. ... Full story

EDITORIAL: DUKE WELCOMES A TERRORIST
Wall Street Journal, Jan. 24 -- Editorial sides with the Duke Conservative Union, which opposes an upcoming speech at Duke by activist Laura Whitehorn. (Article available online to subscribers.) ... Full story
-- Also, Duke News: Speaker Invitation Launches Campus Debate
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ULTRA-COLD CAN POSE HEALTH HAZARDS
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Jan. 24 -- Kathleen Clem, chief of emergency medicine at Duke University Medical Center, said elderly and infirm people may not feel normal responses to cold weather, "so they need to take particular care to protect themselves." ...Full story
--Also, News & Observer: Bitter Cold Grips Triangle
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STUDY QUESTIONS ACADEMIC-INDUSTRY TIES
HealthCentral.com, Jan. 21 -- Big industry seems to be married to academia when it comes to biomedical research, according to a new study that says the relationship may need therapy if not legal intervention. Dr. Kevin Schulman, a professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine, comments. ... Full story

OP-ED: SAT TALENT SEARCHES LEAD NOWHERE FOR MANY
USA Today, Jan. 21 -- New York-based writer Laura Vanderkam says public schools should replicate the intellectual environments offered by university programs for gifted middle schoolers. ... Full story

THE BASKETBALL EFFECT
Herald-Sun, Jan. 23: Over the years, the Blue Devils' winning ways have helped drive gains in the number of would-be Duke students, according to Chirstoph Guttentag, Duke's director of undergraduate admissions. ...Full story

DUKE ENGLISH PROFESSOR DIES
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Jan. 23 -- Carl Anderson, a professor emeritus of English who was active in faculty governance at Duke, died Wednesday at the age of 83. ...Full story

HERALD-SUN WINS 13 STATE AWARDS FOR 2002 COVERAGE
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Jan 24 -- The Herald-Sun has won 13 journalism awards for outstanding work in 2002, which were presented by the N.C. Press Association. The paper took first place in a the Duke University-sponsored Green-Rossiter higher education Award. ...Full story

ON THE AIR
Duke University Dean Bill Chafe and Duke senior Bill English of the Duke Conservative Union are scheduled to appear on the Fox News Channel tonight at 7 p.m. (ET) to discuss the value of academic freedom and whether it was appropriate to extend a speaking invitation to a woman convicted of bombing the U.S. Capitol in 1983.