Duke in the News: Feb. 6, 2003
When Should a College President Use the Bully Pulpit? | Powell Makes Strong Case About Weapons | Irregular Heartbeat Linked to Gene Flaw | Editorial: Right Call on Divestment, and more...
Thursday, February 6, 2003
WHEN SHOULD A COLLEGE PRESIDENT USE THE BULLY
PULPIT?
Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 7 -- In a "Point of View"
column, Duke University President Nannerl O. Keohane says she has
wrestled with the question of whether "the university," in some
form, should make its voice heard on issues of great public
importance or concern. ...Full
story
POWELL MAKES STRONG CASE ABOUT WEAPONS
Philadelphia Daily News, Feb. 6 -- Peter Feaver, a professor of
political science at Duke University, suggested that opinions about
war -- whether it is justified or not -- had hardened on both sides
long before Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke at the U.N. ...Full
story
IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT LINKED TO GENE FLAW
Agence France-Presse, Feb. 5 -- A French-Duke University team of
doctors say they have uncovered a new genetic path in heart
disease, according to a letter published today (Thursday) in
Nature, the British weekly science journal. (Article is not
online.)
--Also, ABC News: French Family Helps Scientists Uncover Gene
Default ...Full
story
RIGHT CALL ON DIVESTMENT
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Feb. 6 -- Editorial: In our free society
many viewpoints are aired, but all views do not come with a right
to prevail. Duke President Nan Keohane drew that line with her
rejection of a campus request that Duke divest from companies with
ties to Israel's military. ...Full
story
--Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: Duke President Rejects Call
to Divest
Full story
MEMBER OF FCC PUSHES OWNERSHIP DEBATE
Washington Post, Feb. 6 -- FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps says
additional, unofficial hearings on possible changes to media
ownership rules will be held in early March at the University of
Washington in Seattle and later in the month at Duke University.
...
Full story
--Also, Newsday: More Media Ownership Hearings Planned
Full story
USA Today: FCC Member to Probe Media Ownership
Full
story
JAILINGS HIGHLIGHT LOCAL RESISTANCE TO POLITICAL
REFORMS, SAYS SCHOLAR
(Hong Kong) South China Post, Feb. 6 -- The jailing of two village
chiefs for "attacking state institutions" highlights the resistance
that the central leadership faces in its push for grassroots
democracy and followed a "repeated pattern," says Shi Tianjian, an
associate professor of political science at Duke University. (Free
registration required.) ...Full
story
TALK OF TILE PROBLEM WAS BRIEF
Washington Post, Feb. 6 -- Alex Roland, military historian at Duke
University and a frequent critic of NASA, cautioned against leaping
to conclusions but said his impression is that the shuttle program
is operating "in the same institutional atmosphere" that led to the
1986 Challenger explosion. ...
Full story
--Also, VOA: Critics Question Shuttle Program After Columbia
Destruction
Full story
CHUBBY CHECKER'S REQUEST TO DUKE HOOPS: PLAY MISTIE FOR
ME
The (San Jose) Mercury News, Feb. 5 -- To his legions of fans, he
is Chubby Checker. To the women of Duke University's basketball
team, and other friends, the king of "Twist" is known by his given
name, Ernest Evans. But to the Blue Devils' starting post player,
freshman Mistie Bass, he is plain old "Dad." ...Full
story
ENVIRONMENTALISTS FIND GOOD, BAD NEWS IN BUSH'S '04
PLANS
Winston-Salem Journal, Feb. 5 -- Orrin Pilkey, a professor emeritus
of geology at Duke University, says he believes the Oregon Inlet
jetties project is really on the way out. Money for studies or
construction of the jetties would be eliminated in President Bush's
proposed federal budget for 2004. ...Full
story
M. BRUCE GWINN, VETERAN HOUSE AIDE DIES AT
53
The Hill, Feb. 6 -- M. Bruce Gwinn, 53, who spent 30 years as a
House staffer, most recently with the House Committee on Commerce,
died Jan. 29 at his home in Alexandria, Va. A native of Charleston,
S. C., he was a 1971 graduate of Duke University and served in the
U.S. Army Reserves. ...Full
story
PAIR RESTORE SLICE OF ALAMEDA'S PAST
Oakland Tribune, Feb. 5 -- Duke grad (Engineering '69) Bill Francis
and his wife Lois are doggedly holding on to a piece of Alameda
history that identifies the real character of the city -- their
aging but intact Victorian home. ...
Full story
