Duke in the News: July 12, 2006

TERROR AND PRESIDENTIAL POWER:  BUSH TAKES A STEP BACK The New York Times, July 12 -- Law professor Scott Silliman comments on a Pentagon memo which states that Geneva Conventions apply to Guantanamo detainees. ... Full story  --Also, Washington Post: U.S. Troops Will Benefit From Clarity, Experts Say ... Full story Toronto Star: Detainee Reversal Likely to Mean Little at Gitmo ... Full story

OP-ED: MEXICO IS STILL WEIGHING ITS VOTE (Raleigh) News & Observer, July 12 -- President Bush's congratulatory call last week to Mexican presidential election vote-leader Felipe Calderon "was highly inappropriate," says Duke political science Ph.D. candidate Kevin Morrison. ... Full story

DUKE PROFESSOR TO LEAD SOCIETY FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH (Durham) Herald-Sun, July 12 -- Duke professor Sherman James, who has long pursued an enduring mystery of why heart disease and hypertension are higher among blacks, is now poised to help set priorities for global health issues. ... Full story SCHOLARS ASK WHY LATINOS VIEW BLACKS POORLY Diverse Online, July 12 -- Latino immigrants often hold negative views of African-Americans, which they most likely brought with them from their more-segregated Latin American countries, a new Duke study shows. ... Full story

DUKE ATHLETE CONVICTED OF ASSAULT IN PRIOR CASE Los Angeles Times, Newsday, July 12 -- A Duke lacrosse player was convicted Tuesday on a misdemeanor assault charge stemming from a street fight last year in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood. ... Full story  --Also, USA Today, AP: Duke Lacrosse Player Convicted in D.C. Assault (with video) Full story News & Observer: Finnerty Guilty in D.C. Case ... Full story Herald-Sun: Finnerty Guilty of Assault Near D.C. Bar ... Full story News & Observer: Call Adds Mystery to Lacrosse Case ... Full story News & Observer: Waiting Game Could Hurt Cheek ... Full story Herald-Sun: Cheek Unsure About Race for DA ... Full story Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) Full story

CENTRAL CAMPUS VOTE POSTPONED Herald-Sun, July 12 -- A hearing on Duke's Central Campus plans is delayed until August. Full story  --Also, News & Observer: Duke Has to Wait on Rezoning ... Full story WRAL-TV: Commission Delays Hearing on Duke Rezoning Plan (with video) ... Full story

GUEST STUDENT DROWNS AT BERNARDS HOUSE POOL Bernardsville (N.J.) News, July 12 -- A Duke graduate student from India was found dead Monday night in the swimming pool of a home where he had been staying for the summer. Full story

PROGRAM MIXES MILITARY, ACADEMIA Herald-Sun, July 10 -- Two Duke faculty members are getting a taste of military life and a better understanding of the armed forces' technology needs this summer. (Article not available online; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.)  --Also, Duke News: Duke Professors Investigate Military Computing Challenges ... Full story