Duke in the News: Sept. 7, 2006
Doubts Surface if Architects of 9/11 Will See Trial | Bush Revives Goal of Guantanamo Bay Tribunals | Duke Will Deal on Central Campus Project, and more…
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
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DOUBTS SURFACE IF ARCHITECTS OF SEPT. 11 ATTACKS WILL EVER GO TO TRIAL
(San Jose) Mercury News, Sept. 7 -- Law Professor Madeline Morris says that while Bush administration officials claim their bill regarding military tribunals complies with the Geneva Conventions, some provisions openly contradict them. (McClatchy Newspapers story also appeared in the Miami Herald and more than 30 other papers.) ... Full story
--Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: Duke Professor -- Proposed Military Commissions Bill Illegal ... Full story
BUSH REVIVES GOAL OF GUANTANAMO BAY TRIBUNALS
NPR's Talk of the Nation, Sept. 6 -- Scott L. Silliman, a military law expert at Duke and former Air Force Judge Advocate General, discussed President Bush's disclosure of secret CIA prisons and his call for Congress to quickly authorize trials of suspected terrorists by military tribunals. ... Full story
--Also, Salon: Mixed Messages on Torture ... Full story
DUKE WILL DEAL ON CENTRAL CAMPUS PROJECT
Herald-Sun, Sept. 7 -- Duke is willing to negotiate square-footage limits on the commercial component of its Central Campus project, Provost Peter Lange said Wednesday. ... Full story
--Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: Duke Tries to Assuage Central Campus Plan Concerns ... Full story
Duke Chronicle: Locals Discuss Zoning Duke's New Central ... Full story
NEW TREATMENT DEVELOPED FOR POMPE DISEASE
(Raleigh) NBC 17 News, Sept. 5 -- There is new hope for people with Pompe disease, a muscle disorder that affects about 5,000 people in the U.S. Duke doctors have developed the first treatment for the disease and were recently honored for their work. (with video)
Full story
COLUMN: TITLE IX OPENED A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES
Herald-Sun, Sept. 3 -- Any weakening of Title IX protections would be a mistake, says Kristina Johnson, dean of Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering. "Women are our not-so-secret weapon" in a "very competitive global game." (Article not available online; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.)
GUEST COLUMN: BEYOND BUCHANAN BOULEVARD
(Durham) Independent Weekly, Sept. 6 -- Duke alumnus and former Duke Chronicle editor Ed Rickards says the lacrosse team incident has obscured other campus issues. ... Full story
--Also, Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story
COLUMN: NBA RULE HURTS COLLEGES
News & Observer, Sept. 7 -- Near the end of a press conference Wednesday, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said he doesn't care for an NBA rule, adopted last summer, that forces most high school seniors to wait one year before entering the draft. ... Full story
--Also, The New York Times: Krzyzewski Finds Starting Point -- Third Place ... Full story
Herald-Sun: Column -- Coach K Says Process Builds Understanding of International Game ... Full story
Herald-Sun: Krzyzewski Expects Experience to Help Team USA in Olympics ... Full story
Herald-Sun: Beard Leads USA Women Against Australia Tonight ... Full story
SCIENTISTS DEEPEN SOUR TASTE UNDERSTANDING
Food Navigator, Sept. 5 -- Dr. Hiroaki Matsunami at Duke University Medical Center is leading efforts to study a taste that is still relatively poorly understood. ... Full story
ON THE AIR
Duke law professor Scott Silliman joined a discussion Thursday on "The State of Things" about North Carolina's role in transporting terror suspects to the CIA's now-acknowledged secret prisons. Program host Frank Stasio also discussed a cutting edge video installation at the Nasher Museum of Art with artist Eve Sussman, two of her collaborators, Walter Sipser and Al Kizys, and Trevor Schoonmaker, the Nasher museum's new curator of contemporary art. Listen to a rebroadcast at 9 p.m. ET on 91.5 WUNC-FM or later to archived web audio. http://wunc.org/tsot
Take a look at the compelling legacy of Julian Abele, the African-American architect who designed much of West Campus, on "Far Fetched & Dear Bought: Four Architects Who Changed North Carolina," airing Thursday at 8 p.m. on UNC-TV. ... Details
