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Duke in the News: Aug. 24, 2006

Students Welcomed, Warned to Behave | Bush's New Iraq Argument: It Could Be Worse | Op-Ed: Facing the Prospect of Rapid Warming, and more!

STUDENTS WELCOMED, WARNED TO BEHAVE (Raleigh) News & Observer, Aug. 24 -- Duke University President Richard Brodhead did not dwell on the lacrosse-team incident when he welcomed freshmen to campus Wednesday, but cited a renewed need for civility. ... Full story --Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: Brodhead Urges 'Double Dimes' Class to Embrace Opportunities ... Full story NBC 17 News: Freshmen Fill Duke Chapel (Video not available online; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.) WUNC Radio News: Making Friends With Duke ... Full story News 14 Carolina: Duke's Neighbors Welcome Back Students ... Full story WUNC's The State of Things: Duke Students Return (with guests John Burness, senior vice president of public affairs and government relations at Duke, and Daniel Bowes, community liaison for Duke student government, among others) ... Listen News & Observer: Bulls Will Hold NCCU-Duke Night ... Full story (Charlotte) WCNC News, AP: Danowski Ready for Challenge of Leading Duke Past Rape Scandal ... Full story Duke News: Take Advantage of Duke's Opportunities, Brodhead Urges Students ... Full story Duke Chapel: Opening Convocation (video) ... Watch Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story

BUSH'S NEW IRAQ ARGUMENT: IT COULD BE WORSE Washington Post, Aug. 24 -- Christopher F. Gelpi, a Duke University scholar whose research on public opinion in wartime has been influential in the White House, says Bush has little choice but to admit that things in Iraq are as bad as they seem. ... Full story

OP-ED: FACING THE PROSPECT OF RAPID WARMING News & Observer, Aug. 24 -- We can adapt to global warming now, or later, "when the consequences are unknown but well beyond our evolutionary history," says William H. Schlesinger, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke. Full story

INSURANCE COMPANY YIELDS IN FIGHT WITH PARENTS OF A TAY-SACHS CHILD The New York Times, Aug. 24 -- After a couple discovered that their son had a genetic disorder that usually leads to death, they ended up in a fight with their insurance company over the child's therapy, which was pioneered at Duke. ... Full story

MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN SWEPT THE WORLD, TODAY'S TAKE INDIA International Herald Tribune, Aug. 23 -- Vivek Wadhwa, a professor at Duke who came to the United States from India in 1980 to complete a master's degree, discusses the "very resilient" Indian executives who are making it to the top of some global firms. ... Full story

LAPTOP SLIDES INTO BED IN LOVE TRIANGLE The New York Times, Aug. 24 -- Lynn Smith-Lovin, a sociologist at Duke and an author of this summer's much-reported social isolation study, says preliminary results from a survey conducted in 2004 but not used in the published study suggest that those who use the Internet for extended periods are less likely than others to mention their spouse as their first confidant. ... Full story

FIRST LOOK AT DUKE QUADRUPLETS (Durham) WTVD-TV News, Aug. 23 -- The quadruplet preemies born at Duke University Hospital last week are in neonatal intensive care and already are changing life for mom and dad. (with video) ... Full story