Duke in the News: April 14, 2006

POLICE TRIED TO INTERVIEW TEAM MEMBERS (Raleigh) News & Observer, April 14 -- Durham police tried to interview members of the Duke men's lacrosse team on campus Thursday night. Investigators approached the players, who declined to speak because their lawyers were not present, said James "Butch" Williams, who represents one of the team captains. ... Full story --Also, ABC News: Police -- Duke Accuser 'Passed-Out Drunk' (AP story also appeared in more than 400 other news outlets.) ... Full story (Durham) Herald Sun: Defense -- Jurors Get Names Monday ... Full story The Chronicle of Higher Education: Duke Scandal Ripples Through College Sports, As Experts Predict Range of Repercussions ... Fulll story Herald Sun: Column -- Duke Has Accepted Its Moral Responsibility (by Michael Page and Steve Toler; article not available online; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.) The Chronicle of Higher Education: At Duke, Turmoil Over Rape Allegations Brings Underlying Tensions to the Surface ... Full story Herald-Sun: Al Sharpton May Visit, Speak Out ... Full story News & Observer: E-Mail Lists Abuzz Over Duke Case ... Full story MSNBC, AP: Duke Case Reopens Wounds for Black Women ... Full story The Wall Street Journal: Column -- How Feminism Wages War on Common Sense (Link for subscribers; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.) ... Full story The Economist: The Way We Live Now - Lexington ... Full story Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) Full story

THE NEXT 'REVOLUTION' IN SPACE ABC News, April 12 -- Duke history professor Alex Roland, who was once NASA's chief historian, questions the agency's plans for a new space ship to replace the shuttle. ... Full story

JUDAS GOSPEL HASN'T CHANGED STORY News & Observer, April 14 -- DukeDivinitySchool professors Richard Hays and Joel Marcus discuss the newly unveiled Gospel of Judas. ... Full story

FOOT-WASHING MAKES A SPLASH San DiegoUnion-Tribune, April 13 -- The Rev. Samuel Wells, dean of Duke Chapel, discusses the practice of foot-washing, which has grown in popularity as a Christian act of submission. Full story

LETTER: MARKETING DRUGS TOO EARLY IN TESTING Science, April 14 -- Dr. Robert M. Califf of the Duke Clinical Research Institute is among the scientists opposed to a Senate bill that they say could cause the market to be "flooded with ineffective and possibly harmful agents." ... Full story

SULLIVAN JOINS REDICK'S LIST News & Observer, April 14 -- Duke's J.J. Redick is just the third men's basketball player to win the Sullivan Award as the nation's top amateur athlete. ... Full story --Also, News & Observer: Redick Pitches in With the Bulls ... Full story

PIANO VIRTUOSO TAKES AUDIENCES BEYOND OUTER DIMENSIONS OF MUSIC Herald-Sun, April 14 -- Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin is known for attempting musical feats others are too timid to try. He will perform Wednesday at Duke's Page Auditorium. Full story --Also, Herald-Sun: Book Discussion Tonight at Duke ... Full story

ON THE AIR "The State of Things" on Friday featured interviews with two of the authors who will be on campus later this month when Duke hosts The Festival of the Book. Guests on the show were Allan Gurganus ("Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All") and one of his former students, Ann Patchett, whose book "Bel Canto" was a finalist for the National Book Award. Listen to a rebroadcast at 6 a.m. Saturday on WUNC Radio or to web audio. ... Listen