Duke in the News: Jan. 21, 2003

 

MILITARY DISCONNECT NPR's All Things Considered, Jan. 19 -- Duke University researchers Peter Feaver and Christopher Gelpi were interviewed about their findings on the gaps between civilian and military society. They've found that the general public is more willing to accept casualties as a result of military missions than most military leaders and members of Congress are. ...Listen --Also, News & Observer: Poll: Carolinians Back Action, Not Ground War Full story

 

OP-ED: PEACE PATINA . . . UNDER GLASS Washington Times, Jan. 19 -- "Does President Bush really expect the world to believe him when he says that he is not engaged in a war on Islam but is only engaged in a war on terrorism?" asks Ebrahim Moosa, an associate research professor in the Department of Religion at Duke and co-director of the Center for the Study of Muslim Networks. ...Full story

 

GUINIER: RACIAL ISSUES INDICATE WIDER WOES (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Jan. 20 -- Echoing Martin Luther King Jr.'s message of equality and justice for all, Harvard University Law professor Lani Guinier spoke to an audience of about 800 gathered at Duke University Chapel Sunday to commemorate the civil rights leader's birthday. ...Full story --Also, News & Observer: Guinier Praises Discussions full story

 

DUKE STUDENTS PROTEST SPEAKER (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Jan. 21 -- A speaking invitation to a woman who spent 14 years in prison for conspiring to plant a bomb in the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., has riled some Duke students. ...Full story --Also: Duke News: Academic Freedom Defended for Upcoming Speaker Full story

 

WOMEN TAKE CENTER COURT (Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 21 -- A record crowd attends Monday's Duke-UNC game, but will the fans return? ... Full story

 

NEW & NOTEWORTHY Atlantic Monthly, January 2003 -- "The Argentina Reader," just published by Duke University Press and in a series edited by Robin Kirk and Duke cultural anthropology professor Orin Starn, "subtly conveys the admirable and loathsome qualities of a complicated and in many ways unfathomable society." ...Full story

 

GENOME PROJECTS STILL ATTRACTING MILLIONS IN GRANTS, INVESTMENTS Triangle Business Journal, Jan. 17 -- At Duke, the Genomics Institute -- which was launched in 2000 -- is getting under way in earnest. ... Full story

 

GUNSHOTS FIRED NEAR DUKE HOSPITAL (Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 21 -- Gunfire erupted outside the Duke Hospital emergency room early Monday after gang members arrived in pursuit of two teenagers they had shot an hour earlier, police said. ... Full story --Also, Herald-Sun: Gang Shooting Spreads to Hospital Parking Lot Full story

 

STATE HEALTH PLAN GETS TOUGH WITH DUKE (Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 18 -- The health plan for state workers, retirees, teachers and their families has abruptly canceled its hospital contract with Duke University Health System over the system's apparent reluctance to grant discounts that would save the state $400,000 this year. ... Full story

 

RICHARD LISCHER ON THE QUALITY OF SERMONS TODAY NPR's Tavis Smiley Show, Jan. 20 -- Richard Lischer, a professor of preaching at Duke University's Divinity School, and Bishop Noel Jones of the Greater Bethany Community Church in Los Angeles were guests in a rebroadcast segment, talking about whether the quality of sermons is slipping. ... Listen

 

THE MIND'S ROLE COMES INTO FOCUS Los Angeles Times, Jan. 20 -- Dr. Marc Feldman thought he could help sickpeople get better -- if he could only get them into his office. But patients often canceled their appointments upon arriving at his Duke University clinic, and Feldman soon figured out why. It was the sign on his office door: "Psychosomatic medicine." ... Full story

 

ENDOWMENTS DOWN, STUDY SAYS (Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 21 -- College endowments last year turned in their worst performance since 1974, but universities in the Triangle fared better than most nationally. Full story

 

DEATH PENALTY CHANGES MAY SIGNAL WATERSHED YEAR IN NC Charlotte Observer, Jan. 18 -- Jim Coleman, a Duke University law professor who leads an American Bar Association committee pushing for a nationwide death penalty moratorium, comments on the death penalty in North Carolina. ... Full story

 

DISCUSSION GROUPS MAKE COMEBACK IN JACKSONVILLE (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union, Jan. 11 -- The days of front-porch hobnobbing have all but disappeared with television and air conditioning keeping residents indoors these days. So says Robert Ragland, a retired pediatrician and Duke medical school graduate, who has started a dialogue group to bring back discussion on topics of concern. ... Full story

 

GASTONIA GOVERNOR DID GUTSY THINGS Charlotte Observer, Jan. 15 -- To pay for his undergrad degree at Duke University and law school, former North Carolina Governor Gregg Cherry delivered dry cleaning. Today he is remembered for bucking some of the trends of his era. ... Full story