DUKE SPEAKER DEFENDS BOMBING CAPITOL
Herald-Sun, March 4 -- Nearly 20 years after a bomb went off damaging Senate meeting rooms, the woman who was charged with conspiring to put it there defended her actions. ...Full story
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News & Observer: Controversial Voice at Duke
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MORE AMERICANS SUPPORT IRAQ INSPECTIONS, POLLS SHOW
NPR's Morning Edition, March 4 -- Duke's Peter Feaver, author of a new book on public opinion and war, comments on President Bush's efforts to win backing for his foreign policies. (Audio available.) ...Full story

MINORITIES SHY FROM INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, CAREERS
Black Issues in Higher Education, Feb. 27 -- Scholars spoke of the necessity of research at the Conference on Global Challenges and U.S. Higher Education: National Needs and Policy Implications held at Duke University in January. (Article not available online.)

REVISING THE SCRIPT ON MENTAL ILLNESS AND VIOLENCE
New York Times, March 4 -- Newer studies, including one reported by Dr. Jeffrey Swanson at Duke, have examined community samples and give more accurate estimates of the risk of violence among the mentally ill. ... Full story

DUKE'S INVESTMENT IN WOMEN'S SPORTS PAYING OFF
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, March 4 -- Thanks to a 300 percent increase in university financial support in the last decade, many Duke women's teams and individual women athletes have been thriving. The results are top-10 rankings, individual awards and high places in the ACC.
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NUTRITION FIRM BETS ON SCIENTIFIC BACKING
Wall Street Journal, March 4 -- A company, Nutrition 21, is touting a pilot study performed by Duke University, published last month in the Journal of Biological Psychiatry, on chromium picolinate's effect on certain types of depression.
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REYNOLDS PRICE PLAY COMES TO TRIAD STAGE
(Greensboro) News & Record, Feb. 28 -- Duke University English professor Reynolds Price is North Carolina's very own literary giant, whose "August Snow" is running through March 16 at Triad Stage. Price discussed his work after Sunday's matinee performance. ... Full story

WAKE RADIOLOGY SET TO TARGET DUKE SHARE
Triangle Business Journal, Feb. 28 -- A group of three independent radiology practices is mounting an attack on Duke University Health System's dominant position in the Durham radiology market. ... Full story

TAKING SIDES
Black Issues in Higher Education, Feb. 27 -- William Van Alstyne, a law professor at Duke University who is teaching at the University of Michigan Law School this semester, says Justices Anthony Kennedy, William Rehnquist, Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia definitely would vote against the University of Michigan's affirmative action policy. (Article not available online.)

IF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION DIES, WHAT HAPPENS?
Detroit News, March 4 -- A columnist reflects on Duke's admissions policies, affirmative action and an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case. ...Full story

HUFFING, PUFFING AT SUVs
(Raleigh) News & Observer, March 2 -- Once, said Arianna Huffington, she drove a Lincoln Navigator. But now she drives a hybrid Toyota Prius. She spoke before an audience at Page Auditorium last week. ... Full story

TAR HEEL OF THE WEEK: DOCTOR FINDS DESTINY IN AIDING SENIORS
(Raleigh) News & Observer, March 2 -- Martin Janis, a geriatrician, is constantly expanding his practice. Janis readily acknowledges that the Duke University Health System's financial support -- Duke owns the clinic and pays Janis a salary -- allows him to do it. But that doesn't mean Janis is free from financial pressures. ... Full story

MORE UNIVERSITY-BUSINESS LINKS COULD BOOST ECONOMY
(Raleigh) Triangle Business Journal, Feb. 28 -- Creating a critical mass of cooperation among local universities and business leaders is a key to boosting the Triangle's economy, national and state higher education experts agree. ... Full story

MORE THAN CUSTODIAN, `MR. TONY' IS STUDENTS' CONFIDANT
Charlotte Observer, March 2 -- Antoine Sadler can talk about anything kids care about, but his forte is sports banter. Mr. Tony's obsession with Duke University sports has become part of the Hawk Ridge Elementary School culture; there's even an annual Duke Day, when Sadler displays his paraphernalia. ... Full story