UAlbany in the News

by Lisa James Goldsberry (February 4, 2005)

� An Associated Press article on Dec. 23, 2004 highlighted a study done by the Center for Women in Government and Civil Society. The article “More Women in State Government in Recent Years” was a profile of outgoing Missouri Governor Bob Holden, in which he used the study to illustrate some of his accomplishments. According to the article, the UAlbany study, Appointed Policy Makers in State Government, Five-Year Trend Analysis, found that Missouri moved from 41st in the country in 1999 to fifth in 2003, giving it one of the biggest jumps of any state.

• The December 31 edition of the New York Daily News featured quotes from Alan Chartock, professor emeritus of communication. In “Losing Big to Chuck Pays Off for GOPer” Chartock discussed a new job for Assemblyman Howard Mills, appointed by Gov. George Pataki to head the state Insurance Department. “Ain’t politics wonderful? A guy runs on a suicide mission and gets rewarded for services badly done,” Chartock was quoted as saying.

• Stephen Wasby, a UAlbany philosophy professor, wrote an article for the Jan. 16, 2005 Baltimore Sun. “Horrors Such as Tsunami Tragedy Pose Difficult Questions for Faithful” focused on how commentators are giving philosophical consideration to belief in God in questioning the recent tragedy. “The horrible carnage of this natural disaster is as clear and concrete an illustration of what philosophers and theologians call ‘the problem of natural evil’ as you’ll find,” he wrote.