January 12, 2005

NO PUNDIT LEFT BEHIND Salon, Jan. 12 -- "That (Armstrong) Williams didn't tell his audience he was a gun for hire demonstrates the obvious -- he should stick to P.R. and not confuse us by claiming to be a commentator in the journalistic tradition," says Susan Tifft, a Duke journalism professor. (View ad for free day pass to site.) ... Full story

ARIEL DORFMAN'S NEW PLAY, PURGATORIO, GETS WORKSHOP AT DUKE Playbill, Jan. 11 -- Theater Previews at Duke will present the premiere of "Purgatorio" by Duke professor Ariel Dorfman Feb. 4-6, at Reynolds Theater on campus. ... Full story

STATE RULE STALLS BLOOD TRIAL (Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 12 -- A state regulation that requires hospitals to gain the consent of patients enrolled in clinical trials has put on hold Duke's plan to study the use of a blood substitute in emergency medicine. (free registration) ... Full story --Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: Duke Delays Testing of Blood Substitute ... Full story

BOOK REVIEW: RAP SHEETS Washington Post, Jan. 9 -- "That's the Joint! The Hip-Hop Studies Reader," co-edited by Duke black popular culture professor Mark Anthony Neal, "is at its best when individual entries tackle seldom debated subjects." ... Full story --Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: Rap Music and Black Identity ("Prophets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop," from Duke University Press) ... Full story

BOOK REVIEW: FACING THE ELDER-CARE CRISIS Christianity Today, January 2005 -- "Faith in the Future: Healthcare, Aging, and the Role of Religion," co-authored by Duke psychiatry professor Harold G. Koenig, synthesizes a 2001 conference of the same name held at Duke. ... Full story

OFFSHORING COULD BOOST YOUR CAREER Fortune, Jan. 24 -- A study from Duke's Fuqua School of Business on the plans of American companies with offshore operations points to opportunities for seasoned American managers. ... Full Story

BATTLING SARA'S BACK IN THE PINK (Glasgow) Daily Record, Jan. 11 -- Three-year-old Sara Thackray was in high spirits this week as she neared the end of the riskiest 100 days since her bone marrow transplant surgery at Duke. ... Full Story

'...NOT A REFERENDUM ON PARENTING' Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jan. 12 -- Education reporter Patti Ghezzi asked Duke admissions director Christoph Guttentag "every question I could think of in hopes of demystifying the college admissions process." ... Full story

NOTA BENE: 'JUAN SOLDADO: RAPIST, MURDERER, MARTYR, SAINT' Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 7 -- "Juan Soldado: Rapist, Murderer, Martyr, Saint," from Duke University Press, is a "fluid account" of how a Mexican soldier became the focus of devotions in Tijuana and elsewhere. ... Full Story --Also, San Diego Union-Tribune: Review -- Judgment Day ... Full Story

ANALYSIS: CENTRAL AMERICA'S TEXTILE FLUX Washington Times, UPI, Jan. 7 -- Duke sociology professor Gary Gereffi says Central America's textile sector has regional and structural advantages that may help it to survive, even if some producers and manufacturers flee to China. ... Full Story