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Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to Speak at Goucher College April 7.(Biography)
March 1, 2005... Byline: Goucher College BALTIMORE, March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sandra Day O'Connor, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, will speak at Goucher College on Thursday, April 7, at 8 p.m. in Kraushaar Auditorium. ...

University of Southern California's Zach Hall, Ph.D., to Lead California Stem Cell Agency.
March 2, 2005... Byline: USC Health Sciences LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Zach W. Hall, Ph.D., has been appointed interim president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the funding agency created as a result...

Ten Commandments Have No Place on Government Property, Says Religious Studies Expert.
March 2, 2005... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The U.S. Supreme Court is again considering whether it is constitutional to display the Ten Commandments on public property. An expert on the American...

CSU San Bernardino Extremism Analyst and Attorney Available for Comment on the Murder of Relatives of Federal Judge.(Brief Article)
March 2, 2005... Byline: Calif. State University, San Bernardino SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Attorney and criminal justice Professor Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State...

Affirmative Action Discussion to Be Held at Stanford Law School, March 4.
March 3, 2005... Byline: Stanford Law School STANFORD, Calif., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stanford Law School today released the following advisory. Affirmative Action Discussion: "Benefit or Burden: Affirmative Action in American Law Schools"...

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Commends Senators Chuck Hagel, Richard Durbin and Co-Sponsors for Leadership in Addressing Public Health Workforce Shortages.
March 3, 2005... Byline: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials WASHINGTON, March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- U.S. Senators Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Richard Durbin (D-IL) today introduced the Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of...

Society of Professional Journalists Legal Defense Fund to Receive Donation From Wakefield Defense Fund.
March 3, 2005... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A special fund that was created to pay the fines of a Minnesota sportswriter who refused to divulge his confidential sources is being dissolved. The...

University of Florida-Designed Eagle Aviary Allows Zuni Indians to Continue Heritage.
March 3, 2005... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- For centuries, the Zuni Pueblo Indian tribe of New Mexico has been caring for eagles and collecting their feathers for use in tribal ceremonies. An aviary...

New Stanford Law School Clinic To Offer Pro Bono Legal Services For Immigrants, Including Domestic Violence Advocacy And Representation In Deportation Proceedings; Clinic Launch Event Scheduled for March 8.
March 7, 2005... Byline: Stanford Law School STANFORD, Calif., Mar. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sonya Sanchez isn't a lawyer yet. But thanks to a new clinical training program at Stanford Law School, the second-year law student already is helping two poor...

University of Georgia Grady College Professor Warns of Increased Governmental Pressures on Broadcasters and College Press.(Kent Middleton)
March 8, 2005... Byline: University of Georgia Athens, Ga., March 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is inhibiting broadcasters and university administrators are threatening student press freedoms, according to a University...

Sunshine Week, Journalism Ethics: Society of Professional Journalists' President Irwin Gratz Available for Interviews in Phoenix Area.
March 9, 2005... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Society of Professional Journalists President Irwin Gratz will be in the Phoenix area later this week and will be available for media interviews. ...

Study: Post-9/11 TV News Drove Liberals Toward a Harder Line.
March 9, 2005... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Liberals who gleaned most of their news from television in the days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks increased their support for expanded...

Society of Professional Journalists Joins Call for Federal Shield Law Legislation.
March 10, 2005... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The board of directors of the Society of Professional Journalists voted Wednesday, March 9 to back federal shield law legislation. "We are proud...

West Point Professor Calls for End of Gay Ban; Reflects Shifting Military Opinions Towards Gays.
March 10, 2005... Byline: Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military SANTA BARBARA, Calif., March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- An op-ed published in the current issue of Army Times calls for the elimination of "don't ask, don't tell." The op-ed,...

International Judges to Discuss Rule of Law and Human Rights in Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Former Yugoslavia, and the Overall Role of International Courts.
March 14, 2005... Byline: Stanford Law School STANFORD, Calif., March 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stanford Law School today released the following advisory. At an extraordinary summit this Friday at Stanford Law School, almost a dozen judges serving on the...

Agreement Sends Wrongfully Expelled Minority Students Back to Berkeley High.
March 15, 2005... Byline: Stanford Law School BERKELEY, Calif., March 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A closely watched civil rights lawsuit involving the Berkeley Unified School District was settled out of court yesterday. African American and Latino students who...

Government's Ability to Protect Religious Freedom at Issue in Supreme Court Case, Duke Law Professor Says.(Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act)
March 16, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday, March 21, in an Ohio case that pits Congress' ability to protect the free exercise of religion against the...

Baghdad University's Law Library Rebuilt With Help From DePaul University's International Human Rights Law Institute; Institute's 'Raising the Bar' Program Aims to Strengthen Legal Education in Iraq.
March 17, 2005... Byline: DePaul University CHICAGO, March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The law library at Baghdad University in Iraq has been restored with assistance from the International Human Rights Law Institute (IHRLI) at DePaul University. This is the...

Lafayette College to Host Conference on Paul Robeson; April 7 - 9 Conference Will Inaugurate Series of Major Lafayette Events on History, Culture of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
March 17, 2005... Byline: Lafayette College EASTON, Pa., March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Lafayette College will inaugurate a series of major conferences on the history and culture of civil rights and civil liberties with a three-day conference entitled "Paul...

Concordia Commits to Seeking Restitution of Max Stern's Art Holdings; 250 Paintings Already Identified.
March 18, 2005... Byline: Concordia University - Montreal MONTREAL, Mar. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Concordia University - acting on behalf of the executors and the three university beneficiaries of the estate of prominent Montreal art dealer and collector,...

National Council on Crime and Delinquency Announces 11th Annual PASS Award Winners.(Prevention for a Safer Society)
March 21, 2005... Byline: Pending OAKLAND, Calif., March 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Council on Crime and Delinquency is pleased to announce the 2004 winners of its respected PASS Awards (Prevention for a Safer Society). NCCD honors the media's...

Congress 'Plays Politics' in Terri Schiavo Case: Vanderbilt Expert.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2005... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Calling congressional action in the Terri Schiavo case "purely political" with no legal basis, Stefanie Lindquist, Vanderbilt University associate professor of...

In Wake of Minnesota Shootings, Experts Can Discuss School Violence.
March 22, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following are Purdue University experts who can talk about school and youth violence in the aftermath of the Minnesota killing rampage Monday (3/2) that left 10...

Preventing School Shootings May Require Rethinking Individual Liberties, Duke Legal Scholar Says.(Doriane Lambelet Coleman)
March 22, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., March 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Monday's shooting rampage by a teen-ager in northern Minnesota points to the limitations of how American society currently deals with an epidemic of dysfunctional youth...

Three Environmental Groups Sue California Water Boards to Force Compliance With California Public Records Act.
March 22, 2005... Byline: As You Sow OAKLAND, Calif., March 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Three environmental groups - Riverlaw, As You Sow and San Bruno Mountain Watch - have sued the State Water Resources Control Board and all nine Regional Water Quality...

New Blue Ribbon Commission to Estimate Cost of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'; Commission Includes Distinguished Military Experts, Former Senior Officials.
March 23, 2005... Byline: Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military SANTA BARBARA, March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- In response to the release of a GAO study titled, "Financial Costs And Loss Of Critical Skills Due to DOD's Homosexual Conduct...

Findings by American Institutes for Research Experts Are at Core of Debate Over Adequacy of New York Public School Funding.
March 23, 2005... Byline: American Institutes for Research WASHINGTON, March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Findings by experts for the American Institutes for Research is serving as the basis for information being used by leaders and the public in New York as...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Kelo v. New Bedford: Boston College Law Professor Zygmunt Plater Available for Comment.
March 24, 2005... Byline: Boston College NEWTON, Mass., March 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Since 1954, a doctrinal legal battle has been building in the federal courts over the scope of government agencies' power to take title to private property under the...

Helen Nelson (1913-2005) Will Be Greatly Missed by the Consumer Movement.(Obituary)
March 24, 2005... Byline: Consumer Action SAN FRANCISCO, March 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- It was with great sadness that we learned of the March 22 death of Helen Ewing Nelson, a long-time Consumer Action board member and director of the Consumer Research...

Judges From Around Globe Gather at Stanford to Weigh Impact of International Courts.
March 24, 2005... Byline: Stanford Law School STANFORD, Calif., March 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- International courts and tribunals are playing an increasingly important role in the evolution of international law and the emergence of an international legal...

'Television News of the Civil Rights Era 1950-1970': New Digital Archive at University of Virginia Brings Civil Rights Era Alive; Goal of Web-based Project Is to Preserve Archive, Make It Easily Accessible to Public.
March 25, 2005... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Civil Rights Era in Virginia was contentious, pitting black against white, neighbor against neighbor and communities against legislation - a microcosm...

Engineers Develop Undetectable Means of Measuring Speed, Motion.
March 29, 2005... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Research aimed at teaching robots to "see" may soon make it possible to bag speeding motorists, track enemy planes, and automatically safeguard the nation's...

Recipients of 2005 National Wetlands Awards Announced.
March 29, 2005... Byline: Environmental Law Institute WASHINGTON, March 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Seven wetlands educators, scientists, and conservationists were selected as recipients of the 2005 National Wetlands Awards for exemplary contributions in...

Kurt L. Schmoke Elected Trustee of Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
March 29, 2005... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., March 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Kurt L. Schmoke, Dean of the Howard University School of Law, has been elected a Trustee of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is one of 10...

Expert: Congressional Involvement after Schiavo - Resolving the Divergence of Ethics and Law?(Terri Schiavo)
March 29, 2005... Byline: Sarah Lawrence College BRONXVILLE, N.Y., March 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Alice Herb, attorney, medical ethicist and member of the faculty in the Graduate Program in Health Advocacy at Sarah Lawrence College is available for comment...

'Free-for-All' Illegal Logging of Mahogany in Peruvian Parks, Says Duke-Based Monitoring Group.
March 30, 2005... Byline: Duke University WASHINGTON, March 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new report by ParksWatch, a Duke University-headquartered organization, presents evidence of illegal mahogany logging inside the remote Alto Purus National Park in the...

Schiavo: Christian Ethicist Available for Comment; A Tale of Two Feeding Tubes.(Terry Schiavo)
March 30, 2005... Byline: Agnes Scott College DECATUR, Ga., March 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following expert is available for comment. - - - - SOURCE: Dennis McCann, Ph.D., Wallace M. Alston Professor of Bible and Religion and Chair, Religious...

Study Finds Parole Has Little Effect on Rearrest Rates.
March 31, 2005... Byline: The Urban Institute WASHINGTON, March 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Parole, a cornerstone of the criminal justice system, does little to dampen rearrest rates, concludes the first multistate study comparing the criminal activity of...