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by Lisa James Goldsberry (March 5, 2004)
� The February 16 issue of the St. Petersburg Times
featured quotes by James Acker
of the School of Criminal Justice. �Person of Interest
Label Harms Innocent, Critics Say� focused on the new
term, which has been used in several high-profile cases,
such as the government�s investigation into the deadly
anthrax attacks. �It has the terrible potential to cause
negative inferences about people who have nothing to
do with a crime,� Acker was quoted as saying. Also called
the Richard Jewell rule after the security guard accused
in the Olympic Park bombing, Acker said the term is
hard to pin down.
� The February 17 edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
featured an editorial by Peter Levin,
dean of the School of Public Health. �Bring Medicare
Into the 21st Century� discussed how an online prescription
database would help avoid errors at the pharmacy and
improve health care overall. �Years ago, when people
were supposed to have a family doctor, that physician
had the responsibility of keeping a record of what he
prescribed for the patient, who generally received medical
care almost exclusively from one practitioner. Today,
people are treated by multiple specialists for a variety
of conditions. It is not unusual to find an ophthalmologist
prescribing post-cataract surgery drops to a Medicare
patient, unaware of medications already prescribed by
the patient�s cardiologist, gastroenterologist, rheumatologist
and urologist,� Levin wrote.
� The February 23 issue of the Seattle Times
featured quotes by Mary Valentis of
the English department. �Good ol� Boys Dating Golden
Girls: More Americans than Ever, 36 Million Older than
45, Are Single in Midlife� focused on the frustrations
and humor of midlife dating. �In general, the more mature
the man, the more willing he is to date women his own
age. He doesn�t need a trophy girl to make him feel
good,� Valentis was quoted as saying. According to the
article, which used the Jack Nicholson/Diane Keaton
movie �Something�s Gotta Give� as an example, midlife
dating can have rewards.
� The February 22 edition of the Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel featured research information and quotes
by John Logan of the Sociology department.
�Integration Edges Forward, But Poor are Left Behind�
discussed the city�s efforts in residential integration.
�In the last 50 years� little has changed in terms of
segregation,� Logan was quoted as saying. Logan is also
among a consensus of sociologists who consider Milwaukee
one of the worst examples of this problem. Nancy Denton
of Sociology was also mentioned in the article. According
to the article, 50 years after the Brown vs. Board of
Education decision, the nation has made great strides
on residential integration, but has left behind a whole
class of black Americans for whom that issue is beside
the point.
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