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Duke in the News: July 10, 2006

Congress Argues the Recrafting of Tribunals | Summer of Service | Duke Motorsports Team Looks to Run in Detroit Competition, and more!

 

CONGRESS ARGUES THE RECRAFTING OF TERROR TRIBUNALS Christian Science Monitor, July 10 -- Scott Silliman, director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at DukeLawSchool, comments on fair-trial protection for suspected terrorists. ... Full story

SUMMER OF SERVICE (Greenville, N.C.) Daily Reflector, July 7 -- The Benjamin N. Duke and Trinity scholars consider themselves ambassadors for Duke University, a role they said is especially important this summer after this year's lacrosse controversy. ... Full story

DUKE MOTORSPORTS TEAM LOOKS TO RUN IN DETROIT COMPETITION(Durham) Herald-Sun, July 10 -- Engineering skills and a ready roll of duct tape are important tools for the two dozen students who make up the Duke University Motorsports team. Full story

DUKE FOOTBALL PLAYERS SPEND TIME WITH AT-RISK CHILDREN (Raleigh) NBC 17 News, July 9 -- Duke football players joined in a touch football matchup Sunday with some at-risk children at the Durham Rescue Mission. The players also shared a meal with the kids and read to them. (WRAL-TV also provided coverage; videos not available online; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.)  --Also, Herald-Sun: Duke Athletes Visit Mission ... Full story

BLACK MEN OFTEN CHALLENGED BY STEREOTYPES (Fredericksburg, Va.) Free Lance-Star, July 2 -- Sherman James, a social psychologist at Duke, studies how the stress of coping for black men can damage the circulatory system and lead to chronic poor health. ... Full story

'KIND OF SURREAL' Sports Illustrated, AP, July 9 -- Milwaukee Brewers left-hander and Duke alumnus Chris Capuano was a last-minute addition Sunday to the National League All-Star team. ... Full story

SLIDESHOW: STANLEY CUP AT DUKE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WRAL-TV, July 7 -- Patients at Duke Children's Hospital joined employees in having their photos taken with the Stanley Cup. ... Full story  --Also, Herald-Sun: Stanley-Sized Smiles Abound ... Full story

ON THE AIR Mike Munger, chair of the political science department at Duke, and Duke law professor Jedediah Purdy joined a discussion on "The State of Things" Monday about the intersection of two trends: declining birth rates and the retirement of the baby boomer generation. Listen to a rebroadcast at 9 p.m. ET on WUNC Radio or later to archived web audio. ... Details