Duke in the News: Sept. 22, 2006

DETAINEE DEAL FIRST IMPRESSIONS MAY BE DECEIVING NPR's Morning Edition, Sept. 22 -- Duke law professor Scott Silliman sees the agreement between President Bush and Senate Republicans on the detainee bill as about a 55/45 win for the White House, but says this is just the beginning of the process. ... Listen

CDC RECOMMENDS ROUTINE HIV TESTING CBC News, Sept. 21 -- Gillian D. Sanders, an associate professor of medicine at the Duke Clinical Research Institute at Duke, favors the recommendation that testing for HIV become a routine part of medical care for Americans 13 to 64. (HealthDay News report also appeared on Forbes.com and more than 100 other media outlets.) ... Full story

WAL-MART'S RX FOR HEALTH WORRY: $4 GENERIC DRUGS Miami Herald, Sept. 22 -- Wal-Mart will start selling some generic medicines at $4 for a month's supply -- a move that could revolutionize the retail drug business. Frank Sloan, a health economist at Duke, comments. ... Full story

WILL DEMOCRATS SQUANDER BEST CHANCE FOR A DECADE? (London) The Times, Sept. 22 -- Bruce Jentleson, a former official in the Clinton Administration and a professor of public policy at Duke, says that just criticizing President Bush on Iraq without offering an alternative could cost Democrats their chance of winning the House. ... Full story

INNOVATOR DEVISES WAY AROUND ELECTORAL COLLEGE The New York Times, Sept. 22 -- Jerry F. Hough, a professor of political science at Duke, scrutinizes a Stanford professor's plan for states to skirt the Electoral College. ... Full story

DUKE BANS STRIPPERS AT CAMPUS EVENTS The New York Times, AP, Sept. 22 -- A policy banning strippers from on-campus events is back in the rule book at Duke after university officials noticed it had been inadvertently removed. ... Full story --Also, Herald-Sun: Lacrosse Rape Case Hearing Set for Today ... Full story Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story

COLUMN: HATERS OF HOMEWORK, TAKE NOTES Denver Post, Sept. 22 -- Harris Cooper, a Duke professor of education, is center stage in the developing homework debate. ... Full story -Also, Stamford (Conn.) Advocate: Column -- Are There Lessons to Be Learned About Homework? ... Full story

ON THE AIR The Fine Living Network will air a one-hour special at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday, Sept. 24, based on this spring's Forbes Magazine survey of the best cities for business in the U.S. Durham came in at No. 8 and the program will feature footage of the Duke campus. ... Details