Duke in the News: Dec. 3, 2003

BELL RINGS OUT FOR 100 YEARS OF DUKE FREE SPEECH (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Dec. 3 -- This week, Duke celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Dec. 2, 1903, victory known as the Bassett Affair. To mark the event, students from Bassett Dormitory rung the same old bell 100 times Monday night, after Duke scholars weighed in on the significance of "Trinity's finest hour." ...Full story --Also, (Duke) Chronicle: Bassett Sets Duke Up for Excellence (third in a series) Full story

H. JACKSON AWAITING DECISION FROM DUKE Washington Post, Dec. 3 -- The Washington Redskins should find out within the next few days if they will retain offensive coordinator Hue Jackson. He is a candidate for the head coaching job at Duke University, and the school apparently plans to make its choice this week. ... Full story

NICOTINE PATCH MAY REDUCE MEMORY LOSS (Raleigh) NBC17.com, Dec. 2 -- A new study by Duke University Medical Center researchers shows a nicotine patch may help reduce memory loss. ...Full story

OP-ED: THE TROUBLE WITH TIMETABLES (Raleigh) News & Observer, Dec. 3 -- History shows that firm timetables for troop withdrawal do not reduce conflict and violence, and generally make a situation much worse, says Steven Wilkinson, an assistant professor of political science at Duke University. ... Full story

FAREWELL TO A BOY WHO TOUCHED MANY Los Angeles Times, Dec. 3 -- Four-year-old Tommy Bennett, who died last week of complications from experimental stem-cell transplants at Duke that were his only hope for long-term survival with a rare disease, is praised as an example by family and strangers. ... Full story --Also, Sacramento Bee: Gentle Farewell After Boy's Long Fight Full story

DUKE, FORMER MUSEUM CHIEF OK SEVERANCE DEAL (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Dec. 3 -- Duke University has reached a severance agreement with the former director of its art museum, six months after university officials decided not to renew his contract. ...Full story --Also, (Duke) Chronicle: Mezzatesta Named Director Emeritus Full story

DUKE POLICE PLAN TO UP PATROL AFTER 3 ROBBERIES (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Dec. 3 -- Duke University students expressed mixed reactions about campus safety Tuesday in the wake of three armed robberies in the last month. Duke police said they would step up patrols around campus after the most recent incident, in which a man robbed a student of cash Sunday at an ATM in the Bryan Center, Duke's student union on West Campus. ...Full story --Also, (Duke) Chronicle: Reports of Sexual Assault Decrease Full story

DESIGNING CONFIDENCE Independent Weekly, Nov. 27 -- Steven Wainwright, James B. Duke professor emeritus of zoology and founder of the bio-design studio at Duke, is a man who dreamed, years ago, of what Durham's SeeSaw Studio, an after-school design and business center for teens, has become. ...Full story --Also, (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun: Program Gives Creative Youth Direction With Making, Selling Art Full story

PEEKING AT EXECUTIVES' WISH LISTS (Raleigh) News & Observer, Dec. 3 -- In a search for technology gift ideas, Kristina Johnson, dean of Duke's Pratt School of Engineering, is consulted. Her suggested device has yet to be invented, however. ... Full story

ON THE AIR Duke law professor Scott Silliman talks about today's key appeals court hearing for acknowledged al Qaeda operative Zacarias Moussaoui during an interview to air on PRI's The World program. Listen live today on WGBH Radio and the Web at 4 p.m. ET <http://www.wgbh.org> or with archived audio after 5 p.m. ET at <http://www.theworld.org>. UNC-TV rebroadcasts its hour-long holiday special, "Christmas in Duke Chapel," tonight at 10 p.m. on the statewide public television network. http://www.unctv.org/whatson/index.php