Duke in the News: Nov. 28, 2007
Colleges Must Admit Illegals | Mississippi's Lott to Resign by Year's End | Should Spanking Your Child Be Illegal? | and more…
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
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COLLEGES MUST ADMIT ILLEGALS
Charlotte Observer, Nov. 28 -- A ruling that all of North Carolina's 58 community colleges should admit illegal immigrants comes after a Duke class's study questioned the system's policy. ... Full story
MISSISSIPPI'S LOTT TO RESIGN BY YEAR'S END
NPR's Morning Edition, Nov. 27 -- Michael Munger, chair of Duke's political science department, figures former Senate Republican whip Trent Lott could draw a salary of a million dollars or so if he takes a lobbying job after leaving the Senate. ... Full story
Also, Christian Science Monitor: With Lott's Exit, Fresh Buzz Over Lobby Rules (See page 2.) ... Full story
SHOULD SPANKING YOUR CHILD BE ILLEGAL?
ABC's Good Morning America, Nov. 28 -- Lisa Berlin, a research scientist for the Duke Center for Child and Family Policy, discusses a proposed Massachusetts law that would outlaw corporal punishment, including spanking, even for parents disciplining their kids at home. ... Full story
MILITARY PROGRESS DOESN'T MAKE WAR MORE POPULAR
Washington Post, Nov. 28 -- Christopher F. Gelpi, a Duke scholar who has studied wartime public opinion, discusses evolving public attitudes toward the war in Iraq. ... Full story
COLUMN: CHURCHES CHANGING STANCE AS GAYS GAIN ACCEPTANCE
Eugene (Oregon) Register-Guard, Nov. 25 -- Ebrahim Moosa, associate professor of Islamic studies at Duke, discusses how views on homosexuality are changing among Muslims. ... Full story
OP-ED: AMENDMENT DOESN'T PACK AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT
Detroit Free Press, Nov. 28 -- Even if the Second Amendment is regarded as creating an individual right to bear arms, it doesn't preclude reasonable gun-control laws, says Duke constitutional law expert Erwin Chemerinsky. (Opinion piece also appeared in the Des Moines Register, Contra Costa Times of Walnut Creek, Calif., and Raleigh News & Observer.) ... Full story
CARNAL KNOWLEDGE
Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, Nov. 26 -- Duke neurobiologist and anthropologist Michael Platt's studies have offered insight about why men consume most of the world's vast store of Internet porn. ... Full story
--Also, Duke Chronicle: Research Illuminates Male Interest in Porn ... Full story
ART AT DUKE
Southern Living, November 2007 -- The magazine offers a short primer on how to visit "Durham, North Carolina's world-class art museum." ... Full story
