Duke in the News: March 20, 2003
First Round of War Against Iraq Surprises Experts | Durham Moves to Heightened Alert Status | The Fan-atic Factor | Beard Is Simply the Best, and more...
Thursday, March 20, 2003
FIRST ROUND OF WAR AGAINST IRAQ SURPRISES
EXPERTS
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, March 20: Foreign-relations experts said
they were surprised Wednesday by what they called an unconventional
beginning to the U.S. war with Iraq. ...Full
story
--Also, USA Today: Key War Decisions To Be Made by Array of Top
Commanders (Duke alumnus Gen. Eric Shinseki)
Full story
(Ft. Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel: Victory In War Alone Won't Achieve
Mission
Full story
MSNBC: Wooing Recruits for the Real Thing
Full story
DURHAM MOVES TO HEIGHTENED ALERT STATUS
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, March 20 -- Duke University has received
no direct threats, but during the first few days of war or if the
national alert status rises to "red," Duke will step up its campus
security. ...Full
story
--Also, (Raleigh) News 14: The Possibility of War Has Affected the
Study Abroad Programs at Local Colleges and Universities
Full story
Herald-Sun: Campuswide Walkout Planned
Full
story
(Raleigh) News & Observer: Triangle Takes Time to Watch, Speak
Out
Full
story
THE FAN-ATIC FACTOR
Chicago Tribune, March 20 -- You can sure tell a Duke fan -- but
you can't tell him much. He's the one bouncing up and down in
unison with other Blue Devils fans. Spectators at tournament games
have attained a new and controversial status. ...
Full story
BEARD IS SIMPLY THE BEST
ESPN.com, March 19 -- Alana Beard scores, defends, makes everyone
around her better and pulls some jaw-dropping plays from every spot
on the court. She's ESPN's Women's Basketball Player of the Year.
...Full
story
FEMALE RATS ARE BETTER MULTITASKERS; WITH HUMANS, THE
DEBATE RAGES ON
Wall Street Journal, March 20 -- In animal research at Duke
University, male rats have proved somewhat more single-minded. Duke
professor Christina Williams found female rats, unlike the males,
learn multiple cues to navigate a maze. (Available only to
subscribers.) ...
Full story
COLUMN: U.S. GETTING TOUGH WITH FOREIGN
ACCOUNTANTS
Bloomberg.com, March 19 -- The question of how tough the U.S.
should get with foreign companies and their auditors is stirring
debate among business, government and academia. James Cox, a law
professor at Duke University Law School, comments on the issue,
which he says has become "a lot more important now with the spread
of the capital markets overseas." (Story not available
online.)
--Also: Chicago Tribune: Oversight Board Accepted Free Space
Full story
Birmingham News: HealthSouth, Scrushy Face Fraud Claims from
SEC
Full story
EDITORIAL: THE NEIGHBORLY THING
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, March 20 -- For a long time now, the
editorial says, Durham city officials have tried to encourage Duke
University, a tax-exempt institution, to make a payment to the city
in lieu of taxes. "We have supported this effort, and still do."
...Full
story
--Also, Herald-Sun: City Bills Duke by the Foot
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story
MAKING THE GAY-FRIENDLY GRADE
(Durham, N.C.) Independent Weekly, March 20 -- In its second survey
of 21 leading business schools, Aplomb Consulting, a national gay
market-research firm, gave Duke University's Fuqua School of
Business an improved, but average grade. (Fourth "Front Porch"
item.) ...Full
story
CITY'S OLDEST WORKING DOCTOR DIES
(Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union, March 19 -- A. Sherrod Morrow,
at 91 the oldest practicing physician in Jacksonville, went to work
Thursday, the day he died of undetermined causes. His son described
his Duke University-trained father as a "Marcus Welby-type
physician" who continued to make house calls until he was 80. ...
Full story
BILL OF RIGHTS COPY FOUND 138 YEARS LATER
(Raleigh) News & Observer, March 20 -- Almost 138 years after a
Union soldier stole it from the state Capitol at the end of the
Civil War, North Carolina's original copy of the U.S. Bill of
Rights was recovered Tuesday. Walter Dellinger, a Duke University
constitutional law professor, comments on its significance. ...Full
story