U.S. OFFICIALS SAYING LITTLE ABOUT PLANS FOR POST-WAR IRAQ
Kansas City Star, Feb. 18 -- An invasion of Iraq "could backfire," said Duke public policy professor Bruce Jentleson, a former arms negotiator in the Middle East and State Department planner. "It could feed negative reactions in other parts of the Middle East and inspire terrorists who are enemies of modernization." ... Full story

DUKE TIGHTENS CAMPUS SECURITY
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Feb. 18 -- Duke University has been working to tighten campus security in response to the Department of Homeland Security's raising the terrorist threat level from "elevated" to "high," Duke Police Chief Clarence F. Birkhead said in a statement released Monday. (See second news brief.) ...Full story

OP-ED: WHAT'S DISRUPTING CLASSROOMS?
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Feb. 18 -- Op-ed about the use of Ritalin to treat hyperactive children by Paul Brinich, a clinical psychologist at UNC-Chapel Hill and the UNC-Duke University Psychoanalytic Education Program. ... Full story

SAME-SEX COUPLES REDEFINING FAMILY LAW IN USA
USA Today, Feb. 18 -- Duke University law dean Katharine Bartlett says judges have struggled with nontraditional families since divorce rates jumped three decades ago. "Courts aren't trying to contribute to the demise of traditional families," she said. ... Full story

EDITORIAL: WHAT YOU CAN DO
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Feb. 18 -- Editorial praises plan by the city's Department of Housing and Community Development, with assistance from Duke University, to marshal volunteers to help compile a more accurate inventory of vacant houses in Durham. ...Full story

POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS MORE COMMON IN WOMEN THAN MEN
Reuters, Feb. 18 -- Dr. Jonathan Davidson, director of the Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Program at Duke University, comments on a new finding that women are more likely than men to suffer long-term posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a traumatic injury. ... Full story

GLORIOUS 'CREATION'
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Feb. 17 -- Haydn's orchestration, and conductor Rodney Wynkoop's demands for lightness and clarity, made for one of the North Carolina Symphony's best showings at Duke Chapel recently. Wynkoop also had at his disposal the estimable forces of the Choral Society of Durham and the Duke University Chorale. ... Full story

FORMER CHESCO D.A. TAKES OATH AS STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
(Pottstown, Penn.) Mercury, Feb. 18 -- Devon lawyer William Lamb, a Duke University graduate, said that, as a "practitioner," he brings a different perspective to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. ... Full story

BENJAMIN YOUNGER DIES; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE PIONEER
Birmingham (Ala.) News, Feb. 18 -- Dr. J. Benjamin Younger, 65, an internationally known authority on reproductive medicine who completed his residency and fellowship at Duke University Medical Center in 1968, died of natural causes Saturday while on a trip to New Orleans. ... Full story