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Duke in the News: July 26, 2007

House Panel OKs Contempt Proceedings | Duke Fans Live Out Fantasy at Coach K Academy | Duke Triples Number of Korean Educators, and more!

HOUSE PANEL OKs CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS Los Angeles Times, July 26 -- Along party lines, the House judiciary committee votes to begin criminal prosecution of current and former Bush aides. Walter E. Dellinger III, a professor at Duke law school and former U.S. solicitor general in the Clinton administration, comments. ... Full story

DUKE FANS LIVE OUT FANTASY AT COACH K ACADEMY (Raleigh) WRAL.com, July 25 -- Some basketball wannabes are getting a couple of floor burns under the watchful eye of Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski and some well-known past Blue Devils. ... Full story --Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: Duke Fantasy Is Reality ... Full story

DUKE TRIPLES NUMBER OF KOREAN EDUCATORS Korea Times, July 18 -- "A collateral benefit from recruiting internationally is that our new faculty members bring with them access to international institutions and research networks," Duke President Richard Brodhead says in an interview. ... Full story --Also, Korea Times: Korean Students at Duke University (Shim Bo-min, a Ph.D. nursing student, is profiled.) ... Full story

YOUR BEST FRIEND CAN MAKE YOU FAT: STUDY Sydney Morning Herald, Reuters, July 26 -- Amy Wachholtz of the Duke Diet and Fitness Center says new findings about "networks" of obesity reinforce the idea of encouraging people to diet and exercise in groups or with a friend. ... Full story --Also, U.S. News & World Report: Beer Gut Check -- Study Sizes Up Belly Fat (Cris Slentz, an exercise physiologist at Duke) ... Full story

FIVE YEARS AND ACCOUNTING Economist Intelligence Unit's Executive Briefing, July 25 -- Calling it a "tectonic shift" in the focus of securities regulation, Duke law professor James Cox reflects on the benefits and costs of the five-year-old Sarbanes-Oxley Act. (Article not available online; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.)

NEW LIMITS ARE LIKELY FOR HOG-WASTE LAGOONS News and Observer, July 26 -- Ryke Longest, director of the law school's new environmental law and policy clinic, comments on a bill to ban waste ponds on new hog farms and set higher standards for alternative waste disposal systems. ... Full story

DUKE, NEIGHBORS LAUD HOUSE PURCHASES Duke Chronicle, July 25 -- Seventeen months after Duke's purchase of 12 houses in Trinity Park and Trinity Heights adjacent to East Campus the deal has garnered positive reviews from the University, the seller and the neighborhood. ... Full story

WHERE TO TAKE YOUR VISITORS News & Observer, July 26 -- The Sarah P. Duke Gardens, a 55-acre floral oasis on the Duke campus, leads the list of destinations that should excite any visitor. ... Full story