Duke in the News: June 9, 2004
Did Justice Department Approve Torture? | Op-Ed: 3 Bishops, 2 Cities, 1 Muddle | MIT, Imclone Battle in Court Over Cancer Drug Patent, and more
DID JUSTICE DEPARTMENT APPROVE TORTURE? CNN's Newsnight With Aaron Brown, June 8 -- In a live interview, Duke law professor Scott Silliman said the voices of military lawyers "were trumped by the civilian attorneys in the Pentagon" on the issue of prison interrogation techniques. (Transcript e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.)
OP-ED: 3 BISHOPS, 2 CITIES, 1 MUDDLE Orlando Sentinel, June 9 -- Rebellious priests who disobeyed a bishop's ban on gay marriage "violated a fundamental covenant that makes Episcopalians what they are," writes David C. Steinmetz, the Amos Ragan Kearns Professor of the History of Christianity at the Duke Divinity School. (Free registration required.) ... Full story
MIT, IMCLONE BATTLE IN COURT OVER CANCER DRUG PATENT NPR's All Things Considered, June 4 -- Dr. Robert Cook-Deegan, director of Duke's Center for Genome Ethics, Law and Policy, talks about disputes between universities and companies that use their research. (Link to audio.) ...Listen
LOW-KEY PROTESTS BREEZE INTO SAVANNAH FOR G-8 Charlotte Observer, June 9 -- Duke graduate student Morgan Guyton said he came to Savannah, site of the G-8 summit, because global leaders should be held accountable for their actions. (Free registration required.) ...Full story
FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN RESIGNS, CITING HEALTH Winston-Salem Journal, June 8 -- Dr. Wayne Massey, a neurologist at Duke University Medical Center, discussed the implications of a neuromuscular disorder that has forced Democratic U.S. Rep. Frank Ballance to resign. ...Full story
SPEEDIER LIGHT COULD PUMP UP CHIP POWER New Scientist, June 5 -- Light, it turns out, can be coaxed into racing off at top speed, even in a substance where it usually moves slowly. The result, being researched by Duke physics professor Daniel Gauthier and his colleagues, hints at a possible way to speed up computers and communication networks. (Article not available online; e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.)
SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRMAN GIVES UP TOP POST Chapel Hill News, June 8 -- Elizabeth Kiss, founding director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, discusses the case of a school board chairman who plagiarized his graduation speech. ... Full story
POPULAR DONALD DUCK TURNS 70 (Argentina) El Diario, June 9 -- For Chilean writer and Duke professor Ariel Dorfman, author of "How to Read Donald Duck," the cartoon character was full of contradictions. (Spanish) ...Full story --Also, Babelfish translation in English Full story
HOLLY'S ON-AIR HIJINKS FOX 5 HIT Washington Times, June 9 -- Holly Morris, the relentlessly chipper WTTG-TV features reporter, graduated from Duke with a degree in civil and environmental engineering. One of her college papers was titled "All Blondes Aren't Dizzy." ...Full story