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by Lisa James Goldsberry (December 12, 2003)
� The November 9 issue
of the Kentucky State
Journal featured quotes from Leonard A. Slade,
Jr. of the Africana Studies and English departments.
�Book Fair Off its High Marks� noted that Slade sold
out of copies of his book of poetry For the Love of
Freedom at the Kentucky Book Fair, even though book
sales were down overall. �There is nothing like the
written word. Books provide a reservoir of knowledge
to the public, and help with the intellectual enlargement
of lives. I think books can help the human spirit to
triumph,� Slade was quoted as saying in the article.
� The November 20 edition of the Christian
Science Monitor featured quotes by Christopher
Thorncroft of the Department of Earth and Atmospheric
Sciences. �Sahel Drought: New Look at Clues� focused
on his work as one of two U.S. coordinators for the
international West Africa monsoon research effort. According
to the article, individual researchers have studied
the Sahel for years, but this effort could rank as the
most ambitious yet. The West African region has served
as a prime example of widespread hunger and the loss
of farm and grazing land to encroaching deserts. Now,
scientists on three continents are planning an intensive
set of field experiments to unlock the secrets that
govern the region�s annual rainy season, known as the
West African monsoon.
� The November 23 edition of the Los
Angeles Times featured information about a report
written by David Bayley of the School of Criminal Justice.
�Iraq Police Training: A Risky Road� focused on how
American soldiers are offering instruction to a batch
of Iraqi police recruits, schooling them in the fundamentals
of what is known as �democratic policing.� According
to the article, Bayley wrote a June 2001 report for
the National Institute of Justice making several recommendations,
including: known human rights abusers must be excluded
from new police forces, and police forces must be separated
from the military because their missions are completely
different. The article was an op-ed written by one of
the paper�s editors.
� The November 26 issue of The
New York Times featured a profile of UAlbany
alum Brett Zweiback, (B.S. �98). �The Man Who Clears
Kermit the Frog for Takeoff� discussed how Zweiback,
a meteorologist for Metro Weather Service on Long Island,
monitors weather during the Macy�s Thanksgiving Day
parade. According to the article, one word from him
is enough to ground the 15 giant balloons of the parade.
�I�ll have my anemometer, my solar panel, the whole
kit and caboodle,� he was quoted as saying. Hooked to
his laptop, the anemometer delivers instantaneous information
and if the average sustained winds are more than 23
mph or gust above 34 mph, down go Uncle Sam, Charlie
Brown, and all the rest.
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