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CSU Stanislaus Professor Authors Book on Hate Crimes.
February 2, 2004... Byline: California State University, Stanislaus TURLOCK, Calif., Feb. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- California State University, Stanislaus Professor Dr. Phyllis Gerstenfeld takes an in-depth look with personal narratives from victims in her new...

Carnegie Mellon Engineering Students Design Product to Help Kennametal Improve Customer Productivity.
February 2, 2004... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Feb. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Imagine a device that would enable an amazing $200-per-day production savings. Well, a Carnegie Mellon University mechanical engineering project class imagined...

First Amendment Should Function Differently for Children Than for Adults, Michigan State University Law Professor Says in New Book.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2004... Byline: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The First Amendment is vital to our political system, our cultural institutions and our routine social interactions with others. In his provocative new...

University of Virginia Experts Available for Comment on 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
February 3, 2004... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court Justices ruled, "We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of separate but equal has no place." ...

Overtown Job Training, Home Ownership, Youth Programs Get Boost With $1.5 Million From Knight Foundation.
February 3, 2004... Byline: The Knight Foundation MIAMI, Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A series of new investments in Overtown will help area residents train for better-paying jobs and prepare for home ownership, as well as provide after-school youth...

13-Year-Old New Jersey Foster Child May Be Latest to 'Pay the Price of Foster-Care Panic,' Child Advocacy Group Says.
February 4, 2004... Byline: National Coalition for Child Protection Reform ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A 13-year-old New Jersey foster child, allegedly forced to take meals to the rotting corpse of her foster grandfather, is the latest child...

Homosexual Allied-Military Officers Served Openly, Successfully With U.S. Forces in Iraq, Other Joint Operations; Implications for 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'.
February 4, 2004... Byline: Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military today released the following advisory. WHEN: Monday,...

Expert Available: California v. Scott Peterson.
February 4, 2004... Byline: University of San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Robert Talbot, professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law, can talk about the Scott Peterson trial, which will be held in the San Francisco Bay...

Book Challenges Media Influence on Trial Verdicts.
February 4, 2004... Byline: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Despite the growing news media fascination with murder and other high-profile trials, a new study has found that pre-trial publicity - and ongoing trial coverage...

National Technology Transfer Center Helps Further National Security Research on Cargo Container Monitoring.
February 5, 2004... Byline: The National Technology Transfer Center WHEELING, W.Va., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Concerns over the protection of American borders against terrorism have focused recently on security surrounding the millions of cargo containers...

News Tip: U.S. Court of Appeals Ruling Will Not End Controversy Over Native American Remains, Duke University Anthropologist Says.
February 5, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- A federal court ruling Thursday that scientists can continue to study 9,300-year-old Kennewick Man will not end the ongoing struggle over the rights to American Indian...

Bay Area Loses $104 Billion in Economic Opportunity; Local Governments Can Play Key Role in Solving Problem.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Redefining Progress SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new analysis of regional economic activity by Redefining Progress, done in conjunction with the Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Communities, shows that the Bay...

MacArthur Foundation Provides More Than $1.7 Million in Support of International Criminal Court.
February 9, 2004... Byline: MacArthur Foundation CHICAGO, Feb. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded more than $1.7 million to three organizations for their efforts to strengthen the effectiveness of the...

Black History Month Without Shortcuts: Unique Competition Helps Reshape School Curricula.
February 9, 2004... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The study of African American history has changed dramatically for 5,000 Maryland school children this year. These elementary and middle schoolers...

Study Released: Homosexual Allied-Military Officers Served Openly, Successfully With U.S. Forces in Iraq, Other Joint Operations; Findings Pose New Questions About 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'.
February 9, 2004... Byline: Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study released today (available at www.gaymilitary.ucsb.edu) revealed that openly gay soldiers who served in multinational...

Three Out of Four Financial Executives Willing to Sacrifice Shareholder Value to Meet Earnings Expectations: Unintended Consequence of Post-Enron Financial Reforms.
February 9, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Three quarters of businesses would knowingly sacrifice shareholder value in order to report earnings that rise smoothly from year to year, according to a Duke University...

Kevin Cooper Death Penalty Case: Santa Clara University Expert Available for Comment; Ellen Krietzberg Directs Death Penalty College.(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... Byline: Santa Clara University SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ellen Krietzberg, law professor at Santa Clara University School of Law can talk about the Kevin Cooper case. Kreitzberg created and directs the Death Penalty...

Study: Rectal Cancer Treatment Gaps Persist, Especially for African Americans.
February 9, 2004... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Colorectal cancer may be getting a lot of attention in the public eye, but many rectal cancer patients still aren't getting the best care -...

Columbia University, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education; Distinguished Participants Include Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Lawyers in Brown.
February 9, 2004... Byline: Columbia Law School NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Columbia University and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) will host a year-long celebration in honor of the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education...

Carnegie Mellon CyLab Education Director to Discuss Need for Increasing Safe Online Behavior For Youth.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2004... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University's Dena Haritos Tsamitis will brief Congressional staff and members of the Internet and Children's Caucus Tuesday, Feb. 10 from 9 a.m....

Invoking President Lincoln's Legacy to Support Discrimination Is Offensive, Says Nation's Largest Civil Rights Coalition.
February 10, 2004... Byline: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), issued the following statement today responding to the recent...

'Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria' Wins Top Film Completion Grant.
February 10, 2004... Byline: Pomona College CLAREMONT, Ca., Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Victor Silverman, an associate professor of history at Pomona College, was awarded a 2003 Horizons/Frameline Film and Video Completion Fund grant to complete...

'Prisoners Once Removed' Probes 'Indescribable Burden' of Imprisonment, Reentry on Children, Families, Communities.
February 12, 2004... Byline: The Urban Institute WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- With incarceration rates at record high levels, the criminal justice system now touches the lives of millions of American children each year, profoundly affecting...

Study Linking Sexual Assault, Alcohol Abuse: Experts Available for Comment.
February 12, 2004... Byline: Center for College Health and Safety NEWTON, Mass., Feb. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following alcohol and violence prevention professionals are experts in issues relating to the Harvard School Public Health College Alcohol Study's...

Prevalence of Rape Higher in Heavy Drinking College Environments.
February 12, 2004... Byline: Burness Communications BOSTON, Feb. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Rape is more common on college campuses with higher rates of binge drinking - and alcohol use is a central factor in most college rapes, finds a new study released today....

Expert: Muslim Headscarf Ban in France Also Threatens Freedoms for Those Who Practice Other Religions, Duke Cultural Anthropologist Says.
February 12, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- France's effort to ban Muslim headscarves in state schools threatens the religious freedom of Jews, Sikhs and Christians in that country as well, said a Duke University...

Expert: Granting Padilla Access to Attorneys a Strategic Move by Bush Administration, Duke Law Professor Says.
February 12, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Jose Padilla, who was arrested as a suspect in an al Qaeda plot and has been detained at a Naval brig in Charleston, S.C., since May 2002, was recently granted permission...

Civil Rights Leader Rev. Jesse Jackson to Speak at Holy Cross.
February 13, 2004... Byline: College of the Holy Cross WORCESTER, Mass., Feb. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. will give a lecture in the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom at Holy Cross at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 16, in...

Alleged Foster Care Abuse Caught on Tape Just Tip of the Iceberg, Child Advocacy Group Says.
February 17, 2004... Byline: National Coalition for Child Protection Reform ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The case of two foster children "caught on tape" allegedly being abused by their foster mother puts a human face on a problem that is far...

Yale School of Management - The Goldman Sachs Foundation Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures Announces National Business Plan Competition Finalists.
February 17, 2004... Byline: Yale University School of Management NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Yale School of Management - The Goldman Sachs Foundation Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures today announced its selection of 20 nonprofit...

Who Owns the Constitution? -- by Lori A. Johnson, Wellesley College.
February 18, 2004... Byline: Wellesley College WELLESLEY, Mass., Feb. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is an opinion piece by Lori A. Johnson, J.D., Ph.D., Wellesley College Department of Political Science. --- Who Owns the Constitution? ...

Ford Foundation Report Examines Human Rights Work in United States.
February 19, 2004... Byline: Ford Foundation NEW YORK, Feb. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- For many Americans, human rights work is something that happens beyond the borders of the United States. A new Ford Foundation publication presents thirteen case studies that...

Civil Rights Coalition Outraged by Bush's Recess Appointment of William Pryor.
February 20, 2004... Byline: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- "As a sop to his right wing base during a contentious election year, President Bush's recess appointment of William Pryor to the Eleventh Circuit Court...

UC San Diego Jacobs School Professors to Receive Funding From von Liebig Center to Commercialize Academic Research.
February 23, 2004... Byline: University of California, San Diego SAN DIEGO, Feb. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The William J. von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) has awarded $275,000 to...

Two More Companies Broaden Anti-Discrimination Policy Under Pressure From Swarthmore College; College Joined in Shareholder Activism by New York City, Two Socially Responsible Investment Funds.
February 23, 2004... Byline: Swarthmore College SWARTHMORE, Pa., Feb. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Swarthmore College once again has used its position as a shareholder to effect change in corporate America. Under pressure from the College, two Fortune 500...

After Bank One, Only One Bank? Consumers Group Inner City Press Begins Challenge to Mega-Merger, Based on J.P. Morgan Chase's Involvement in Predatory Lending.
February 23, 2004... Byline: Inner City Press NEW YORK, Feb. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The biggest bank merger bid of the new millennium, the proposed combination of J.P. Morgan Chase and Bank One for $58 billion, has been challenged on predatory lending,...

Argonne Licenses Anti-Jet-Lag-Diet Software to Online Company.
February 23, 2004... Byline: Argonne National Laboratory ARGONNE, Ill., Feb. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Anti-Jet-Lag Diet, developed by the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, is now officially online. Argonne-developed software that...

Expert on Clergy Sex Abuse: Santa Clara University Professor Can Comment on John Jay Report and Clergy Sex Abuse.
February 24, 2004... Byline: Santa Clara University SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Friday Feb. 27, the John Jay College of Criminal Justice will release a study detailing the scope of sexual abuse crisis in the church. Professor Tom...

Donation of UC Santa Barbara Discovery to Institute for Oneworld Health May Accelerate New Treatment for Global Health Problem.
February 24, 2004... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California, Santa Barbara announced today that it has donated all rights to a patent that covers the novel use of an...

'The Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis': Psychologist's Book Raises Questions Beyond Problem of Pedophile Priests.
February 24, 2004... Byline: Georgetown University Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Roughly 4,500 Roman Catholic priests have been accused of sexually abusing 11,000 children in the United States between 1950 and 2002, according to CNN. Come...

Students at Mount St. Mary's College Examine Juvenile Justice System Through Documentary Film.
February 24, 2004... Byline: Mount St. Mary's College LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Students at Mount St. Mary's College will analyze America's juvenile justice system by hosting a free community screening of a documentary film about Juvenile Hall...

U.S. Supreme Court Redefined Meaning of 'Equal' in Brown v. Board of Education Decision, Says UC Santa Barbara Scholar.
February 25, 2004... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- This year marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark decision of the U.S Supreme Court in 1954 to end racial segregation in public schools,...

Segregation in Cities and Suburbs: Old Trends and New.
February 26, 2004... Byline: Population Reference Bureau WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Black-white residential segregation declined modestly in recent decades. But a set of in-depth studies published in the February issue of the journal Demography...

Expert on Jesus in Film Available to Discuss 'The Passion of the Christ': Reverend Dr. Frank Crouch, Dean of Moravian Theological Seminary.
February 26, 2004... Byline: Moravian College BETHLEHEM, Pa., Feb. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Reverend Dr. Frank Crouch, vice president and dean of the Moravian Theological Seminary, is available to media to discuss the new movie "The Passion of the Christ."...

Columbia University to House Extensive Human Rights Watch Archive; Library Acquisition Underscores University's Academic Excellence in Human Rights Arena.
February 26, 2004... Byline: Columbia University NEW YORK, Feb. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Columbia University Libraries has been designated the depository institution for the Human Rights Watch (HRW) Archive -- a vast collection of documents spanning 25 years...

Johns Hopkins Sociologist Available for Comment on Gay Marriage.
February 26, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Feb. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- President Bush recently announced plans to support a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Supporters of such an amendment...

Idaho State University, U.S. Agency for International Development Help Score Victory for Guatemalan Indigenous Peoples' Rights.
February 27, 2004... Byline: Idaho State University POCATELLO, Idaho, Feb. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Idaho State University anthropology department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have helped the Guatemalan Mayan group, the...

Advice for Post-Trial Martha: Avoid Talk Shows, Get Back to What You Do Best.
February 27, 2004... Byline: Lehigh University BETHLEHEM, Pa., Feb. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- As Martha Stewart's trial draws to a conclusion, public relations and crisis communications expert Carole Gorney has some free advice for the embattled domestic diva:...