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Departments
 There's
an interestingly counterintuitive assumption behind the cover
story: that American popular culture is no longer uncontested |
 This
Is Not High School by Richard H. Brodhead |
 Lacrosse laments, banner events, fundamental values |
 Growth for nursing, changes for lacrosse, videos for Nasher, bad news for birds;
Campus Observer: choral groups find Carnegie Hall magic;
Q&A: faculty futures;
Syllabus: CLST 124: Greek Art and Archaeology |
 The curious justice of the "Jim Crow" Army, the acquisitive interests of the Romantics |
 Honoring an alumni couple, taking Duke to Asia, choosing a student standout; Career Corner: closing the sale;
Retrospective: an empty belfry; mini-profiles: fascinated with wood, reporting on war, galvanized by golf |
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"Excellent. He got all the important
material and got it right."
--William Schlesinger,
dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth
Sciences, on An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore's documentary
on global warming, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Only one amendment in
our nation's history reduced the freedom that Americans
enjoy, and we know from our history books that Prohibition
did not work out well."
--Neil Siegel,
assistant professor of law and political science,
after the U.S. Senate defeated a proposed amendment
to ban gay marriage, in The News & Observer
"I believe that we're
coming out of an era where we are hopeful that large-scale
government solutions would solve most or all social
problems. I'm skeptical whether they can do that."
--J. Gregory Dees,
adjunct professor of social entrepreneurship and
nonprofit management, on the importance of individuals
taking the initiative to tackle social problems,
on cnn.com |
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