Duke in the News: April 2, 2003
High Court Weighs Affirmative Action | Show Profiles Leader in Durham, Duke | Spotlight on Medical Error | A Glimpse of the Future, and more...
Wednesday, April 2, 2003
HIGH COURT WEIGHS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Boston Globe, April 2 -- Duke University law professor Walter E.
Dellinger III, a former acting solicitor general in the Clinton
administration, said after observing the arguments before the
Supreme Court that he believed a majority of justices would find a
way to preserve affirmative action in admissions in some form.
...
Full story
--Also, NPR.org: Supreme Court Debates Affirmative Action
(full-length audio of oral arguments)
Listen
SHOW PROFILES LEADER IN DURHAM, DUKE
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, April 2 -- "Biographical Conversations
with Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans," running 8 to 11 p.m. on UNC-TV
tonight, is the fourth in a series of broadcast interviews with
prominent North Carolinians. Earlier shows featured the late Gov.
Terry Sanford, former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms and historian John Hope
Franklin. ...Full
story
ON THE AIR
Susan Tifft of the Sanford Institute is scheduled to discuss media
coverage of the war with Aaron Brown tonight at 11:30 p.m. ET on
CNN's "Pulse of the Nation" segment. Sanford Institute Director
Bruce Jentleson will discuss the political aspects of the war on
NPR's "The Connection" tomorrow (Thursday) at 10 a.m. ET.
Listen live or to an archived recording at http://www.theconnection.org/.
Duke Law's Scott Silliman is slated to discuss military and legal
aspects of the conflict on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" Thursday,
from 2 to 3 p.m. Listen live or on a delayed basis at http://www.npr.org/programs/totn/index.html.
(Broadcast times are subject to change because of war
coverage.)
SPOTLIGHT ON MEDICAL ERROR
USA Today, April 2 -- Most medical mistakes occur when hospitals,
as stressful as battlefields and even more complex, have faulty
systems to safeguard patients, experts say. A Duke University case
is discussed. ...Full
story
A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE
Orange County (Calif.) Register, April 2 -- A debate continues over
the use of PET scans to identify Alzheimer's disease. Drs. Donald
Schmechel, director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at
Duke, and Ed Coleman of the Department of Radiology at Duke,
comment. ...
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OP-ED: N.C. BEACHES MALNOURISHED
Charlotte Observer, April 2 -- Orrin H. Pilkey, director, and
Andrew S. Coburn, coastal policy analyst, for the Program for the
Study of Developed Shorelines at Duke's Nicholas School say North
Carolina's beaches are in jeopardy because beach nourishment is big
business. ...Full
story
PROGRAM TELLS STUDENTS OF FINE LINE BETWEEN FLIRTING,
HARASSMENT
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, April 2 -- Project Respect, which
aims to educate Durham middle school students on how to avoid
situations that could lead to sexual assault, was founded by a
sexual assault nurse at Duke Hospital. The initiative
includes Duke athletes who act out potentially dangerous
situations. ...Full
story
'POLLY' SPOTLIGHTS COLLEGE CORRECTNESS
Washington Times, April 2 -- A Duke University-sponsored
lecture from Capitol Hill bomber Laura Whitehorn tied for first
place in the sixth-annual "Polly" awards for political correctness,
released yesterday by the conservative Intercollegiate Studies
Institute's Collegiate Network. ...Full
story
STATE TO CUT MEDICAL COSTS: LOOKING FOR SAVINGS IN
OUTPATIENT FEES
(Raleigh) News & Observer, April 2 -- Ken Morris,
chief financial officer of the Duke University Health System,
comments on the state health plan's new outpatient contracts. ...
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DOCTOR CHARGED IN FEMALE ASSAULT
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, April 2 -- Police brief: Greg
Lawson Clary, a Duke University Hospital doctor, was charged with
assault on a female after he allegedly swiped a phone from a
woman's hand Friday, according to the victim and reports. ...Full
story