August 31, 2004

REASSESSING A POPULAR CHOLESTEROL DRUG Wall Street Journal, Aug. 31 -- Duke cardiologist Michael Blazing is co-lead investigator of a new study of Simvastatin, the generic name for Zocor. (Link for subscribers; article e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) Full story --Also, CNN Money: Big Setback for Merck Cholesterol Drug Full story

TESTS TRY TO GET BODY TO GROW BYPASSES CNN, Aug. 31 -- Dr. Brian Annex, Duke University's angiogenesis research director, characterizes attempts to get the body to grow new arteries as going from hype to hope. Full story

POLITICAL PARTIES: WHO NEEDS THEM? PRI's "The Next Big Thing," Aug. 28 -- Host Dean Olsher posed the question to Duke political science chairman Michael Munger. (See third link.) Full story

FLA. SUPREMES TO HEAR SCHIAVO RIGHT-TO-DIE CASE Law.com, Aug. 31 -- "If a judicial ruling can be overturned by the Legislature, then the courts are rendering nothing more than advisory opinions," said Erwin Chemerinsky, a law professor at Duke University. Full story

KEEPING THE CAMPUS SAFE (Raleigh) News & Observer, Aug. 29 -- Duke University Police Chief Clarence Birkhead took an unusual step of mailing letters home to promote campus safety. Full story --Also, News & Observer: Fear Becomes a Companion (Duke senior Julie Hutchinson) Full story

IN PRAISE OF RANKINGS Newsweek Kaplan College Guide, August 2004 -- Columnist Robert J. Samuelson looks at the rise of Duke on the U.S. News & World Report's "Best Colleges" list. Full story --Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: See How They Rank...(The Princeton Review) Full story

TRIPLE THREAT NBA.com, Aug. 31 -- The three newest Chicago Bulls players, including Luol Deng and Chris Duhon from Duke, were immediately dubbed "gym rats" by their head coach. Full story

IN LAST LEG OF SUMMER, THE FIRST CRACK OF BOOKS Washington Post, Aug. 30 - Harris Cooper, director of the Program in Education at Duke, reflects on students who squeeze summer homework into the waning days of August. Full story