Duke in the News: June 26, 2006

IS YOUR CIRCLE OF FRIENDS SHRINKING? CBS Evening News, June 23 -- A Duke study shows Americans have a third fewer friends than they did 20 years ago. (with video) ... Full story  --Also, ABC News Good Morning America: Are You Lonely? Turn Off the TV (See related video.) ... Full story Los Angeles Times: In Need of a Friend ... Full story NPR's Weekend All Things Considered: Social Isolation -- Americans Have Fewer Close Confidantes ... Full story Sydney Morning Herald: Social Isolation Linked to Web ... Full story Washington Post: Column by Sebastian Mallaby -- Why So Lonesome? ... Full story ArizonaRepublic: Americans' Circle of Close Friends Shrinking (AP story also appeared in Seattle Times and more than 350 other news outlets.) ... Full story

OP-ED: STAYING ANGLICAN -- MORE OR LESS Orlando Sentinel, June 25 -- It is unlikely the Anglican Communion will immediately split over the 2003 consecration of an openly gay priest, writes Divinity School professor David Steinmetz. ... Full story  --Also, New York Times: Stay Tuned, As 2 Churches Struggle With Gay Clergy ... Full story

WOMAN ALTERED STORIES OF RAPE (Raleigh) News & Observer, June 24 -- Hours after a March 13 Duke lacrosse team party, the woman who said players raped her that night told police changing stories, according to a police report released by a defense attorney Friday. ... Full story  --Also,Washington Post, AP: Defense Cites Conflicting Reports by Rape Accuser Full story NBC News Dateline: Crisis on Campus ... Full story NPR's On the Media: Reporters, Esq. (See sixth story.) ... Full story Chronicle of Higher Education: Black Professors at Duke Say Their Exodus Is Not Linked to Lacrosse Scandal ... Full story St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times: Volatile '99 Case a Test for Candidate ... Full story Quincy (Ill.) Herald Whig: Sexual Assault Reports Fall in Wake of Duke Case ... Full story Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) Full story

WHO'S THIS 'WE,' NON-SOLDIER BOY? The New York Times, June 25 -- Christopher Gelpi, associate professor of political science at Duke and co-author of "Choosing Your Battles," sees clear differences between veterans and nonveterans in attitudes toward the use of American military power. ... Full story

HIGH COURT SAVES SOME BEST CASES FOR LAST USA Today, AP, June 25 -- Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, a centrist put on the court by President Reagan, has emerged as an important swing voter, says DukeLawSchool professor Erwin Chemerinsky. ... Full story

U.S. JOINS ANTI-WHALING EFFORT Washington Post, June 26 -- Patrick Halpin of Duke's NicholasSchool of the Environment and Earth Sciences is among those who have been tracking right whales' movements in an effort to reduce the chance of ships hitting and killing them. ... Full story

DUKE CHAPLAIN FINALIST FOR AWARD (Durham) Herald-Sun, June 26 -- A Duke University Medical Center chaplain, who directs a program ministering to HIV patients and their families, is a finalist for a new award recognizing Americans over age 60 who have tackled social problems. ... Full story