Volume 90, No.5, September-October 2004
ARCHIVE EDITION

Duke Daily Duke Duke Alumni Association Address Change Magazine Staff Advertising Feedback FAQ Site Map Back Issues Subscribe Site Search On this month's cover: So Long to Carbohydrates: A fading diet fad or a path to good health?	The author of the summer reading assignment 'Mountains Beyond Mountains' and the book's subject, Physician Paul Farmer, will sit down to speak with the Duke community. September 29, 2004, in Page Auditorium on Duke's West Campus.
	Drop low-fat diets? Put the kibosh on fruit and grains? Health experts at Duke weigh the health benefits against the potential risks The invention of a group of recent graduates, mental_floss magazine combines marketing savvy and a passion for wanting to "know a little bit about almost everything" With his research on a modest mustard plant, Duke biologist Philip Benfey is working through the complex puzzle of how entire tissues grow from a single cell A Hollywood success story, computer-graphics expert Ed Kramer builds walls of water and werewolf fur out of hundreds of millions of pixels Gallery Retrospective Mini-Profiles Snapshot Shortly before writing this, I was in a staring contest with a roll. It was at the end of a salad bar, imploring me, at least implicitly, to initiate the act of consumption. English professors and poetry, same-sex marriage and religiosity Campus diversity, public apology, grammatical propriety Torture's toll on a democracy Plans for an inauguration weekend, digital devices for freshmen, funds for reforming smokers; Campus Observer: Hoop Dreams and kids in crisis Elizabeth Locke on The Duke Endowment The sorcery of seduction, the lyricism of suffering Launching the Women's Initiative, culminating a board year, adding trustees; Career Corner: tips for new graduates; Retrospective: commencement origins Web site and contents © 2004 Duke University Duke Magazine, 614 Chapel Drive, Box 90572, Durham, North Carolina, 27708-0572 Fax (919) 681-1659 Duke Magazine offers an RSS file, updated with each new online issue. Learn more about how to link to our features.	Reunion 2004 Graduation 2004 Meet the President Richard H. Brodhead, will address alumni and the community at fall receptions. See the schedule. "I wasn't sure of the sleeping habits of the new president." --Coach Mike Krzyzewski, explaining why, having made the decision to turn down the Los Angeles Lakers on a Sunday night, he waited until the next morning to notify President Richard H. Brodhead "They will be better now." --President Brodhead, referring to his sleeping habits "Ninth Street has character, a quality sadly lacking in Duke's plans. I jumped at the chance to move my business to Ninth Street ... because it's the last place in Durham where you can walk up and down the street, window shop, and chat with your neighbors and experience town life." --John Browner, owner of Books on Ninth, commenting on proposed changes to Central Campus that include adding retail space, in The Chronicle of Higher Education