VAUNTED AND TAUNTED

The New York Times, March 3 -- As the NCAA tournament approaches, harassment of J.J. Redick by opposing fans continues to escalate, giving a darker meaning to March Madness.
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--Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: Column -- Prepare for Stormy Night in Cameron
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(Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record: Duke Doesn't Plan to Cast Larger Safety Net
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News & Observer: Krzyzewskiville Evicts Traitor ... Full story
Slate: Column -- Go to Hell, Duke! ... Full story
News & Observer: All-Star Weekend ... Full story
News & Observer: Animated Cartoon -- Coach Kommercial ... Full story
(Durham) Herald-Sun: ESPN May Score Big With Duke-UNC Coverage ... Full story
News & Observer: If You Miss This Game, Don't Blame ESPN ... Full story

ACC WOMEN DRAWING FANS


News & Observer, March 2 -- Getting tickets becomes more difficult as attendance at women's ACC basketball games grows. ... Full story

CATCH GRANT HILL'S LOVE OF ART


News & Observer, March 3 -- It took some convincing for Duke basketball legend Grant Hill to loan out the spectacular collection of African-American art displayed in his Florida home. The collection, which first went on tour in 2003, opens at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke on Saturday. ... Full story
--Also, Herald-Sun: Grant Hill Shares His African American Collection ... Full story
(Durham) Independent Weekly: Something All His Own ... Full story
Charlotte Observer: Bearden Invokes Latest Triumph With `Conjuring' ... Full story
News & Observer: Reading Romare ... Full story
Herald-Sun: Veritable Feast of N.C. Artist's Work in Show ... Full story

THE SEARCH FOR TUBERCULOSIS DRUGS

The Economist, March 3 -- The road to a new drug for tuberculosis may be longer than some people hope. A group of medical economists led by Kevin Schulman of Duke explains why. (Link for subscribers; e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.)
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--Also, Science Magazine: A Portfolio Model of Drug Development for Tuberculosis
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OP-ED: THE ROAD TO RUINATION OF A PARK

News & Observer, March 3 -- Author and Great Smoky Mountains National Park supporter Horace Kephart would have been irritated by a proposed road project, says Daniel Richter, a professor in the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke.
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ENVIRONMENT & PLANNING LAWS MUST BE IN SYNC -- DOE

Cayman Net News, Feb. 28 -- Michael Coyne, a research scientist at Duke's Nicholas School, will be assisting in the making of an environmental map of the Cayman Islands, part of an effort to promote biodiversity. ... Full story

COMMENTARY: REMEMBERING SINGER NINA SIMONE

NPR's News & Notes with Ed Gordon, March 1 -- The recent reissue of Simone's album, "To Be Young, Gifted and Black," prompted commentator and Duke professor Mark Anthony Neal to consider how her songs inspired a generation. ... Listen

ON THE AIR

   Duke professor Scott Silliman, executive director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke Law School, and David Schanzer, the director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security at Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill, will be guests March 4 at 7:30 p.m. on WRAL-TV's Headline Saturday program, featuring a discussion of Iraq 2006, where we have been and where we need to go with regard to American involvement. See link to podcast once available. ... Details
   Rev. Jim Wallis, author of "God's Politics: Why the Right Gets it Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It" and the keynote speaker at the Southern Values Summit this weekend at Duke University Chapel, joined a discussion on "The State of Things" Friday about faith and politics. Listen to a rebroadcast at 6 a.m. Saturday on WUNC Radio or later to archived audio.
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