Duke in the News: May 30, 2007

CAMP HELPS OBAMA TEAM HIT TRAIL Chicago Tribune, May 28 -- Hannah Polikov, 23, a Duke law student, was among the first group of volunteers to be trained to help in Sen. Barack Obama's presidential bid. ... Full story

DANOWSKI RETURNS THANKS TO PLAYERS GoDuke.com, AP, May 29 -- At the end of an emotional season, Duke lacrosse coach John Danowski thanked his team for making him a better man. ... Full story --Also, Sports Illustrated, AP: Seligmann Leaving Duke, Will Play Lacrosse for Brown ... Full story Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story

PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION RULING COULD LEAD TO MORE RESTRICTIONS Houston Chronicle, McClatchy-Tribune, May 26 -- Duke Law School professor Erwin Chemerinsky says the Supreme Court decision last month upholding a federal ban on so-called partial-birth abortions will embolden states to adopt new requirements. ... Full story

SOMETHING TO CONFESS? NOW YOU CAN DO IT ONLINE (Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record, May 27 -- Divinity School Dean L. Gregory Jones comments on the latest trend in cyberspace -- websites that offer opportunities for anonymous confession. ... Full story

PANEL: DOES HIP-HOP HATE WOMEN? C-SPAN's Book TV, May 27 -- Mark Anthony Neal, author of "New Black Man" and a professor of black popular culture at Duke, was a panelist at a University of Chicago town hall meeting on women and hip-hop. ... Full story

PROFESSOR'S 'LAST OFFICIAL GIG' SHOWCASES WOMEN OF THE CLOTH Durham News, May 26 -- A screening of the video documentary "Liturgies in Women's Hands" by Duke Divinity School professor Teresa Berger will take place Thursday. The project was funded by the N.C. Humanities Council. ... Full story

BLOODLINES, FRONT LINES (Aurora, Ill.) Beacon News, May 27 -- Recent Duke honor graduate Ted Lauzen's father says he is facing his son's impending departure -- he leaves in six weeks for Marine infantry training -- with a lot of pride and a little bit of worry. ... Full story