August 27, 2004

HOBBYIST ANGLERS TAKE BIG CATCH BBC News, Aug. 27 -- Amateur anglers have a significant and possibly damaging impact on certain sea-fish populations, scientists at Duke, Florida State and Ohio universities claim. Full story --Also, NPR's Morning Edition: Recreational Fishing Takes Heavy Toll on U.S. Fish (Professor Larry Crowder of Duke's Marine Lab). Full story MSNBC: Sport Fishermen Depleting Some Saltwater Species (former Duke researcher Will Figueira, Crowder) Full story New Scientist: Recreational Fishing Harms Threatened Species (Crowder) Full story Christian Science Monitor: Angst Over Anglers: Report Cites Their Role in Fishery Decline (Crowder) Full story Scientific American: Ocean Fish Feeling Effects of Recreational Anglers (Figueira) Full story Los Angeles Times: Sportfishing Blamed in Depletion (Crowder) Full story

MIDDLE EASTERN BUSINESS WOMEN AT DUKE WUNC Radio News, Aug. 27 -- A program sponsored by the U.S. State Department brought Arab women to the Fuqua School last week to learn more about Western business culture. Full story

THE RIGHT'S NEW WING Time, Aug. 30 -- Diverse and well funded, the next generation of conservatives is taking a stand on campuses from Duke to Delaware. Full story

DUKE STUDY: MEDICAID GAP HURTS HIV PATIENTS (Durham) Herald-Sun, Aug. 27 -- Gaps in North Carolina's Medicaid program for people with HIV are actually causing more illness and costing an average of $5,475 more per patient than if co-pay-like penalties were removed, a Duke University research study has found. Full story

U.S. STUDENTS GET TRAINING HERE TO BEAT ANTI-ISRAEL FEELINGS THERE (Israel) Ha'aretz, Aug. 27 -- Ilana Jacobs, a Jewish student at Duke, says she hopes the Palestine Solidarity Movement will stay on campus and engage in debate within university guidelines. Full story --Also, (New York) Jewish Week: Moving Beyond the Conflict (Duke Hillel, Duke Friends of Israel) Full story Duke News: Palestine Solidarity Conference at Duke Full story

AN OVERVIEW OF DUKE LIFE FLIGHT CRITICAL CARE TRANSPORT Sanford (N.C.) Herald, Aug. 27 -- To provide seamless, around-the-clock coverage, Duke's helicopter rescue program operates on two rotating 12-hour shifts and an additional shift that allows two aircraft to be available simultaneously. Full story

CHURCH GIVES SOLID COMFORT (Raleigh) News & Observer, Aug. 27 -- First Baptist Church has found a way to meet one of the most pressing needs of international students at Duke University. No, it's not a language class. It's a bed. Full story

ON THE AIR Playwright and Duke University professor Ariel Dorfman will be the guest on the listener call-in program "The State of Things," airing at noon and 8 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 30, on WUNC-91.5 FM. (Web audio available here.)