Duke in the News: May 26, 2004

CHILLING SCENARIO IS HOT TOPIC San Antonio Express-News, May 26 -- Susan Lozier, professor of oceanography at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment, doesn't foresee a climate change scenario worthy of a blockbuster. (Free registration required.) ...Full story --Also, Townhall.com: The Day After Tomorrow: Liberal Utopia (Lozier quoted.) Full story

BUSH'S BID TO SHAPE THE IRAQ STORY Christian Science Monitor, May 26 -- Peter Feaver, a Duke University political scientist and former National Security Council staffer, says that in Iraq Bush administration officials are "captive of events on the ground." ...Full story --Also, Christian Science Monitor: Making Them Talk: The Moral Debate (Duke law professor Scott Silliman) Full story

DUKE ART MUSEUM CLOSES TODAY (Raleigh) News & Observer, May 26 -- Duke art museum officials are hoping the rebirth of the institution as the Nasher Museum of Art in a new 66,000-square-foot complex will help plant the visual arts near the physical and intellectual center of campus. ... Full story

FORMER CLINTON ATTORNEY ADDED TO STEWART TEAM Washington Post, May 26 -- Duke law professor Walter Dellinger, who has argued 17 cases before the Supreme Court and has a reputation for finding gold in apparently hopeless appeals, has joined the Martha Stewart defense team. ... Full story

ADDING MULTIMEDIA TMCnet.com, May 25 -- Tracy Futhey, National Lambda Rail board chair and chief information officer of Duke University, comments on how a new class of routing system will benefit research organizations. ...Full story

DUKE AND UNION REACH 11TH-HOUR AGREEMENT (Durham) Herald-Sun, May 26 -- Duke University officials and union representatives reached an 11th-hour agreement Monday night that promises a pay raise for members of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 465. ...Full story

JONES SUBJECT OF PROBE (Raleigh) News & Observer, May 25 -- Paul Haagen, a Duke law professor who directs the university's Center for Sports Law, says that steroid use needed a crackdown, but he thinks the new U.S. Anti-Doping Agency doesn't give enough weight to athletes' rights. ...Full story

MORE MINDFUL, LESS GUILT-RIDDEN PARENTING Boston Globe, May 16 -- Duke creative writing instructor Faulkner Fox's "Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life" describes her journey from single, footloose 20-something to middle-aged married mother of two. ...Full story Also, San Jose Mercury News: Throwing the Book at Motherhood (Free registration required.) Full story Richmond Times-Dispatch: New Mom Has It All But Fights to Feel Worthy of Having It Full story