Duke in the News: March 6, 2003
Colleges Lax on Moral and Civic Duties | Hunt Column: The Bogus Tort-Reform Case | In a Cowboy Film, He'd Definitely Wear a White Hat | Each Participant Urged to be a 'Living Witness,' and more...
Thursday, March 6, 2003
COLLEGES LAX ON MORAL AND CIVIC DUTIES
UPI, March 5 -- The nation's colleges and universities are not
living up to one of their missions -- improving moral and civic
development -- the Carnegie Foundation charged Wednesday. A
three-year study showed the best method is to embed it in the
curriculum of other courses and Duke's first-year writing program
was cited as a model. ...Full
story
HUNT COLUMN: THE BOGUS TORT-REFORM CASE
Wall Street Journal, March 6 -- The case on a domestic priority,
tort reform, is faltering, writes columnist Albert Hunt. He cites
the views of Duke University law professor Tom Metzloff, who thinks
a sliding scale for lawyer's fees, like California adopted years
ago, is meritorious. ...
Full story
IN A COWBOY FILM, HE'D DEFINITELY WEAR A WHITE
HAT
New York Times, March 6 -- Jon Cooper, a Suffolk County, N.Y.,
legislator and Duke grad, doesn't mind being "famous" for using
conscience as his guide when he legislates. He successfully pushed
for a first-in-the-nation ban on dietary supplements containing
ephedra. ...
Full story
EACH PARTICIPANT URGED TO BE A 'LIVING
WITNESS'
Charleston Post & Courier, March 6 -- Civil rights pioneers and
historians, including Duke history professor emeritus John Hope
Franklin, are gathered at The Citadel to discuss racial progress.
...Full
story
--Also, (Columbia, S.C.) State: Gathering Hears 'Remarkable
Story'
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story
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CUT CLASS FOR ANTI-WAR
PROTEST
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, March 6 -- A group of Duke students wore
black Wednesday as a "passive protest," said Marina Kukso, a Duke
freshman. They passed out fliers protesting the war in Iraq and
President Bush's policies. Nearly 30 students went on a fast. ...Full
story
BRINGING HOPE TO THE WORLD
Southern Living, March 2003 -- The John Hope Franklin Center and
its Franklin Humanities Institute encourages its visitors to talk
about, and try to find solutions for, some of the world's most
pressing problems. (Article is not online; call 919-681-8066 for a
faxed copy.) ...Web site
COLLEGE NAMES NEW LEADER
Montgomery Advertiser, Feb. 28 -- John Cameron West, who earned his
master of theology degree at Duke in 1986, will become president of
Huntingdon College in June. West, an ordained Methodist minister,
has served as vice president of Brevard College since 1999. ...
Full story
NEVER HAVE I EVER...
Totalitarianism Today, Feb. 26 -- Commentator takes
another look at "reality TV" after learning of the Reel Evil film
series at Duke University, which will give viewers an insight into
rarely seen cultures as the U.S. faces the prospect of war. (See
fourth
entry.) ...Full
story
ATLANTA WAS LAUNCHING PAD FOR CNN ANCHOR'S
CAREER
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 2 -- Judy Woodruff ('68
Women's College), the anchor of CNN's "Inside Politics With Judy
Woodruff," has been inducted into the Georgia Association of
Broadcasters Hall of Fame. She majored in political science at
Duke. ...
Full story
EX-SENATOR'S DAUGHTER NAMED AZALEA FEST
QUEEN
(Norfolk, Va.) Virginian-Pilot, Feb. 28 - More than 40 years ago,
her mother was crowned as she walked amid the budding flowers at
the Azalea Festival. This year, it's Duke graduate Jennifer Robb's
turn to be queen. ...Full
story