August 30, 2004

OP-ED: LIBERTY'S LANGUAGE Los Angeles Times, Aug. 29 -- Duke professor Ariel Dorfman reports on a gathering in New York City of some of the nation's leading literary figures seeking to defend core American freedoms. (Free registration required.) Full story --Also, WUNC Radio's "The State of Things": Dorfman on his new book, "Other Septembers, Many Americas: Selected Provocations, 1980-2004" (Audio available later today.) Full story

DUKE WELCOMES FRESHMEN WITH NEW iPODS ABC News, Aug. 28 -- Duke University freshmen got something considerably snazzier than the usual Blue Devils T-shirts and ball caps when they arrived on campus this month. Full story --Also, (Duke) Chronicle: Think Out of the Box, Or Leave Your iPod in It Full story

AT LAW SCHOOLS, STUDENTS FLOCK TO GOVERNANCE COURSES Wall Street Journal, Aug. 27 -- Interest runs high in Duke law professor James Cox's fall course, "Governance, Responsibility and Crime in the Public Corporation." (Link for subscribers; article e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) Full story

COMMENT: CHALLENGING OLD VIEWS OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN Baltimore Sun, Aug. 29 -- As the Smithsonian Institution prepares to open its Museum of the American Indian, Duke anthropology professsor Orin Starn talks about a longstanding "schizophrenia in the American perception of the Indian." (Free registration required.) Full story

U.S. CUTTING BACK ON DETAILS IN DATA ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS New York Times, Aug. 29 -- Helen Ladd, a professor of public policy studies and economics at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke, regrets that the Department of Education is cutting back on the information it collects about charter schools. Full story --Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: Op-Ed -- Charter Schools: Causes forDoubt (Ladd) Full story

TRIBUNAL STRUGGLES WITH FIRST HEARINGS USA Today, Aug. 30 -- Scott Silliman, a Duke University law professor, comments on the debut last week of the first U.S. military tribunal in more than 50 years. Full story

DUKE CHAPEL DEAN PREPARES TO TAKE UP NEW JOB AS BISHOP (Durham) Herald-Sun, Aug. 28 -- From a laundry list of accomplishments, the Rev. William H. Willimon says the 15-to-20-minute sermon he typically preached at Duke Chapel is his favorite thing. Full story --Also, Herald-Sun: Highlights of Willimon's Years at Duke Full story

HEALTH CARE DRIVES MANY VETERANS' VOTES Houston Chronicle, Aug. 30 -- Duke University professor Peter D. Feaver, who has researched veterans' attitudes about politics, warns against categorizing their vote. Full story

MIDDLE EAST NATIVES TO GO ON TO INTERNSHIPS WITH FORTUNE 500 FIRMS (Durham) Herald-Sun, Aug. 29 -- In a unique partnership, Duke University's Fuqua School of Business has been hosting 22 young businesswomen from the Middle East. Full story