Duke in the News: March 31, 2003

A Credible Promise to the United Nations | Duke's Chafe to Step Down | The Top Entrepreneurial Colleges in the U.S. | Prosimians' Start Is Updated, and more...

By Stuart Wells

Monday, March 31, 2003

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OP-ED: A CREDIBLE PROMISE TO THE UNITED NATIONS
Financial Times, March 31 -- Robert Keohane, James B. Duke professor of political science at Duke, says an examination of the institutional structure of the U.N. Security Council reveals that "the recent debacle is partly due to a lack of effective mechanisms for accountability." ... Full story
--Also, Weekly Standard: Peter Feaver Op-Ed: Casualties Are the First Truth of War
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(Raleigh) News & Observer: Q&A With Duke Law Professor Scott Silliman: Pre-emptive Strike Opens Ominous Door
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Miami Herald: U.S. Has Options for Trying Suspected War Criminals (Silliman comments)
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St. Petersburg Times: Can America Take Battlefield Losses? Yes, If Victory in Sight (Christopher Gelpi comments)
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Even War Has Rules (Michael Byers comments)
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New York Daily News: Troops Facing Terror Risks (Albert Eldridge comments)
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Tampa Tribune: South Fosters Strong Military Tradition (Ole Holsti comments)
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ON THE AIR
Duke Law Professor Scott Silliman will discuss rules of engagement and the Geneva Convention on tomorrow's (Tuesday's) edition of "The Connection" on NPR, scheduled to air at 10 a.m. ET. Listen live on show's Website or locally at 91.5 WUNC-FM, or on Web.
(Audio will also be archived at the former site.)

DUKE'S CHAFE TO STEP DOWN
(Raleigh) News & Observer, March 31 -- William H. Chafe, the Duke University administrator who led the renewal of the undergraduate curriculum, said Sunday that he will step down next year. ... Full story
--Also, (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun: Dean, Vice Provost Plans to Step Down (Article not immediately available online; Web site provided.)
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THE TOP ENTREPRENEURIAL COLLEGES IN THE U.S.
Entrepreneur.com, March 31 -- In the magazine's survey, peers rank Duke high for its entrepreneurial emphasis. ...Full story

PROSIMIANS' START IS UPDATED
Los Angeles Times, March 29 -- A small collection of 40-million-year-old teeth and jaw fragments suggests to Duke scientists that one line of primates developed much longer ago than researchers had previously believed. ... Full story
--Also, Newindpress: Fossil Find Doubles Primate Age
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N.C. COLLEGES WATCH CASES CLOSELY
(Raleigh) News & Observer, March 31 -- Numbers show Duke, N.C. State University and UNC-CH are about 10 percent African-American. Affirmative action issues before the U.S. Supreme Court could shape future of higher education. ... Full story
--Also, Ann Arbor (Mich.) News: The Cases and Their Claims
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KEEPING QUIET: HEALTH PROFESSIONALS' ERRORS VERY OFTEN GO UNREPORTED
Charlotte Observer, March 30 -- Every year in the Carolinas, health professionals make thousands of medical mistakes, some of them deadly. The blood-type mistake at Duke, routinely ranked among the top 10 U.S. medical centers, shows that no hospital is immune. ...Full story

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE GETS SHORT SHRIFT
WebMD.com, March 27 -- With so many patients -- and only so many hours in a day -- doctors can't provide necessary preventive medicine screenings and other tests, according to a new study conducted by a group of doctors from Duke University Medical Center. ... Full story
--Also, DrKoop.com: Frazzled Physicians Strapped for Time
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SKITTISH BUYERS BECOME SAVERS
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 29 -- Incomes may be inching up, but Americans are saving more instead of spending -- a trend that could threaten the increasingly fragile recovery. Economist Campbell Harvey of Duke University comments. ... Full story

BOOK REVIEW: BEHIND THE SILVER SCREEN
Japan Times, March 30 -- Eric Cazdyn, rubbing Japanese film up against Japanese geopolitics, produces many fascinating -- to borrow his term -- "flashes" in his new book, "The Flash of Capital," from Duke University Press. ... Full story

DUKE SEEKING ADVICE ON SEARCH
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, March 31 -- The head of the search committee to identify candidates for Duke University's next president has begun to seek advice on the kind of leader the university needs at this stage of its history. (Article not available online; fax copy upon request.)

DUKE STUDENT GOVERNMENT LEADER, 2 OTHERS ARRESTED
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, March 31 -- The Duke Student Government president, a former treasurer of the Duke Student Government and a Duke wrestler were arrested Sunday morning for allegedly beating an N.C. Central University students outside a Duke dormitory. (Article not immediately available online; Web site provided.)
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