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Volume 94, No.2, March-April 2008

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Republican Ron Paul's presidential bid fell short. He never won a Republican primary or polled better than 6 percent nationally. But he engaged voters in ways no other Republican dared and no Libertarian had thought to try. Read the full story here and in the May-June issue of Duke Magazine, coming soon.
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"Suddenly, a rustle in a shrub and a flurry of binocular action": The insider's guide to birding around campus
Gay. Fine by Duke? by Jacob Dagger
Policies in place over the decades have made the campus climate more welcoming for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, but some say acceptance is still a goal unrealized
Last Time Out by Tim Britton
After nearly three decades at Duke, the coach who built a championship men's soccer program works to keep his team upbeat and focused as they ride the roller coaster of his final season
Two Minds
Filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn and his latest subject, classical pianist Leon Fleisher, talk about the joys, mysteries, and tribulations that underlie creative expression
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Student Snapshot-Patrick Alexander, helping inmates find their voice
 
Between the Lines, thoughts by Robert J. Bliwise One of this issue's stories explores gay life on campus. There's a story behind that story: a national campaign that began at Duke.
Under the Gargoyle Is our future drying up?
Forum Building mistakes, jazz conversations, speaker controversies
Gazette Aid for international students, growth for faculty ranks, honors for senior scholars, showcase for Spanish masters; Q&A: understanding the appendix; Campus Observer: band members play on
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"The real concern from an environmental point of view is that high oil prices also mean that even more-polluting potential sources of liquid fuel start to become economically competitive. For example, you can make liquid fuels from coal."
Richard Newell, Gendell Associate Professor of energy and environmental economics, on why higher oil prices-and thus less driving-do not necessarily mean less pollution, on NPR's All Things Considered

"She was a controversial leader who had strengths and weaknesses like many leaders.... We shouldn't overstress that she was the solution to Pakistan's problems, but her assassination clearly exacerbates and worsens Pakistan's problems."."

Bruce Jentleson, professor of public policy studies and political science, on the assassination of Pakistani presidential candidate Benazir Bhutto, in The News & Observer
"When you take away language from a human during a math task like this, they end up looking just like a monkey."

Jessica Cantlon, a Ph.D. candidate in psychology and neuroscience, on a study she co-authored in which monkeys performed almost as well as Duke students at a math task that involved estimating sums, on NPR's Morning Edition