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Duke in the News: June 2, 2004

A Science 'Orphan Area' | Op-Ed: Where Are We When They Badly Need Us? | Numbers Say Walking Bonds Favors Giants, and more

A SCIENCE 'ORPHAN AREA' USA Today, June 2 -- A network of 300 child and adolescent psychiatrists will research "practical treatments" for childhood mental disorders starting this fall, says study leader John March of Duke University. ... Full story --Also, USA Today: Mentally Ill Kids Adrift in System (Dr. March) Full story New York Times: Antidepressant Seen as Effective in Treatment of Adolescents (Dr. March) Full story

OP-ED: WHERE ARE WE WHEN THEY BADLY NEED US? (Walnut Creek, Calif.) Contra Costa Times, June 2 -- Will Sudan become another household word for genocide? Duke political science professor Amy W. Grant and Heather Oh, who works for the Hart Leadership Program at Duke's Sanford Institute for Public Policy at Duke, comment on the carnage. (Free registration required.) ... Full story

NUMBERS SAY WALKING BONDS FAVORS GIANTS Indianapolis Star, June 2 -- A lot of managers are falling back on the common strategy of walking baseball slugger Barry Bonds, but a Duke University statistician has run the numbers, and he says that in most cases the managers are wrong. ...Full story --Also, Montreal Gazette: Bonds Strategy Flawed (Link for subscribers; article e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) Full story

NEW INFO ON PADILLA NOT PART OF COURT CASE (London) Guardian, June 2 -- Duke law professor Scott Silliman is skeptical of the government's motive in releasing the information on Jose Padilla two years after his arrest as a suspected "dirty bomber." ... Full story

DUKE SERVICE HONORS BELOVED FRIEND LOST TO MURDER (Durham) Herald-Sun, June 2 -- The Duke University community joined friends and family of Curt Blackman at Duke Chapel Tuesday afternoon to honor a rising star in academe, an artist and a lighthearted champion of the downtrodden who was cut down in his prime. ...Full story --Also, WRAL.com: Friends Attend Memorial for Slain Durham Man as Murder Investigation Continues Full story

OP-ED: EASY ON THE PATRIOT ACT, RALEIGH (Raleigh) News & Observer, June 2 -- Resolving not to cooperate with the feds on the Patriot Act would nullify democracy, says Randall Hastings Cook, a 2004 Duke University law school graduate and a former U.S. Army officer. ... Full story

CELEB DIET SECRETS People, June 7 -- Some stars diet and exercise, but others resort to surprising -- and risky -- methods. But "science doesn't support fasting or even skipped meals as an effective weight-loss strategy," says Dr. Howard Eisenson of the Duke University Diet and Fitness Center. (Article not available online; e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.)

MAGAZINE GREW OUT OF DUKE DORM (Durham) Herald-Sun, June 1 -- Never underestimate a group of college students whittling the night away with late-night bull sessions in their dorm. ...Full story

HOW TO BE REPELLENT -- TO BUGS MSN Health, June 1 -- Want to avoid bug bites this year? Duke researcher Mohamed Abou-Donia urges caution when using DEET products. ... Full story