November 2004
Election coverage dominated the news in early
November, and Ohio State faculty offered their expert commentary
to many of the nations top newspapers and major television networks.
This report reviews all of the major coverage of Ohio State in
the top 50 U.S. markets (excluding reports in the Ohio media
and athletics game stories) and selected international outlets.
News service distributions (Associated Press, United Press International,
Reuters) cited in some items suggest probable coverage by other
newspapers, radio, and television stations not monitored by the
university.
ELECTION COVERAGE
One of the most widely quoted faculty members
this month was Daniel Tokaji, assistant professor of
law. He discussed the possibility of litigation following
the election, the counting of votes and other legal issues regarding
the election. Coverage included:
ABC News Good Morning America, Oct. 30
CBS News Early Show, Nov. 2
CNN, Nov. 1
New York Times, Nov. 4
USA Today, Nov. 4
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 3
New York Daily News, Nov. 4
Boston Globe, Nov. 10
Baltimore Sun, Nov. 3
Associated Press, Nov. 3
NPRs Morning Edition, Nov. 3
Edward Foley, professor of law, also attracted media attention. He was quoted about
various court cases regarding the issue of challengers at polling
places, the effect of the Help America Vote Act, and charges
that voting results in some parts of the country were tainted.
Coverage included:
NBC Nightly News,
Nov. 1 and Nov. 3
New York Times, Nov. 4 and Nov. 7
U.S. News & World Report, Nov. 8
Wall Street Journal, Nov. 3 and 5
Business Week, Nov. 15
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 2, Nov. 3, Nov. 9, Nov. 13
Chicago Tribune, Nov. 9 and Nov. 13
San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 2 and Nov. 28
Associated Press, Nov. 2 and Nov. 15
NPRs Election 2004 Special, Nov. 3
Wall Street Journal, Nov. 19. Paul Beck, professor
of political science. Quoted in article about the reasons
behind President Bushs success in attracting Ohio voters.
Chicago Tribune,
Nov. 4. Herb Weisberg, professor of political science.
Quoted in article about how religion and faith issues were more
important than economics for a lot of voters in Ohio this year.
Chicago Tribune,
Nov. 7. Alan Woods, associate professor of theatre; Judith
Mayne, professor of French and womens studies. Quoted
in article about the role artists and entertainers play in influencing
voters in elections.
Boston Globe,
Nov. 4; Baltimore Sun, Nov. 3; Newsday, Nov.
4. Steven Huefner, assistant professor of law.
Quoted in article about the role provisional ballots played in
the presidential election in Ohio.
San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 2; Baltimore Sun, Nov. 7; Associated
Press, Nov. 5. Herb Asher, professor emeritus of
political science. Quoted about various aspects of the
presidential campaign and election, including voter turnout,
the lack of success by millionaires running for Congress, and
the battle for Ohio voters.
San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 4. Dean Lacy, associate professor of
political science. Quoted in article about the role
of turnout in the presidential election in Ohio.
Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 4. Ruth Colker, professor of law.
Quoted in article about the counting of provisional ballots in
Ohio and how it wouldnt change the outcome of the presidential
race.
Financial Times,
Nov. 2. Peter Shane, professor of law and director of
the Center for Law, Policy, and Social Science. Article
discussed Shanes proposal to repair the nations Electoral College
in such a way that would help balance majority rule with minority
rights.
United Press International, Nov. 3. Christopher Fairman, associate professor
of law. Quoted in article about what happen in a recount
of votes in the presidential election in Ohio.
CNN, Nov.
3. Bert Rockman, professor and director of public policy
and management. Interviewed about how rational voting
for a president may mean different things to different people.
While some voters may vote their pocketbook, others may have
different preferences that are most important to them.
CNN, Nov.
3. Terri Enns, adjunct professor of law. Interviewed
about the role of provisional ballots in the presidential election
in Ohio.
NEWSPAPERS
Many media outlets reported that Kevin Boyle,
associate professor of history, won the prestigious 2004 National
Book Award for nonfiction, and gave positive reviews to his new book.
Boyle won for his book Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights,
and Murder in the Jazz Age. The book gives a historical account of
a famous murder trial that occurred in Detroit in 1925. Coverage included:
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New York Times,
Nov. 18
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 18
Newsday, Nov. 18
Boston Globe, Oct. 31
Baltimore Sun, Nov. 18
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Nov. 21
Montreal Gazette, Nov. 19
Associated Press, Nov. 19
NPRs Tavis Smiley Show, Nov. 30.
New York Times, Nov. 30. Ronald Glaser, professor of
molecular virology, immunology and medical genetics; Janice Kiecolt-Glaser,
professor of psychology and psychiatry. Quoted in article about
how their work, and work by others, has shown high levels of stress can
cause real harm to immune function. Research
Story
New York Times, Nov.
9; International Herald Tribune, Nov. 10. Lonnie Thompson,
professor of geological sciences. Article about his research
showing that glaciers in Tibet and around the world are melting at extraordinary
speeds, indicating that global warming is becoming a serious problem.
Research
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New York Times,
Nov. 21. Anthony Sanders, professor of finance.
Quoted in article about how with most regular home mortgages,
a larger down payment means a better interest rate, and down
payments below 20 percent usually require private mortgage insurance.
New York Times,
Nov. 24. Lydia Medeiros, associate professor of nutrition.
Quoted in article about how cooks should not rinse turkeys before
cooking them for Thanksgiving. Rinsing can actually help spread
harmful bacteria into the sink, countertops and around the kitchen.
Washington Post,
Nov. 18. John Huntington, professor of history of art.
Quoted in article about the recent surprise discovery of priceless
artifacts from the Kabul Museum in Afghanistan, artifacts that
some scholars had feared were gone forever.
Wall Street Journal,
Nov. 17. Oded Shenkar, professor of management and human resources.
Quoted in article about the role Wal-Mart has played in making China a
leading exporter of goods to the United States, and the effects it has
on the U.S. trade balance. Research
Story
Wall Street Journal,
Nov. 17. Douglas Berman, associate professor of law.
Quoted in article about the need for Congress to rethink mandatory
minimum prison sentences for certain crimes, because they can
lead to sentences that are too harsh.
Houston Chronicle,
Nov. 15. Douglas Berman, associate professor of law.
Quoted in article about how the number of death sentences have
declined in Ohio by a third after the state offered the option
of sentencing violent criminals to life in prison without parole.
Associated Press,
Nov. 24. Douglas Berman, associate professor of law.
Quoted in article about a federal study that found the percentage
of minority inmates in U.S. prisons has increased sharply since
federal sentencing guidelines took effect 17 years ago, with
blacks generally receiving harsher punishments than whites.
USA Today,
Nov. 9. Manisha Shah, assistant professor of internal
medicine. Quoted in article about how researchers are
making strides in learning about thyroid cancer, as many new
studies have just begun in the past few years.
New York Post,
Nov. 8; Chicago Tribune, Nov. 9; Associated Press,
Nov. 8. Article mentioned that the Fisher College of Business
is among many business schools that are using the reality television
show The Apprentice, featuring Donald Trump, to illustrate business
lessons.
Chicago Tribune,
Nov. 8. Stan Gehrt, assistant professor of natural resources.
Quoted in article about his research that shows the coyote population
is growing in suburban and urban areas of Chicago.
Boston Globe,
Nov. 11. Williamson Murray, professor emeritus of history.
Quoted in article about the dangers faced by U.S. Air Force pilots
in World War II and how few survived to complete 30 missions.
Boston Herald,
Nov. 2. Article mentioned that Ohio State is among many universities
that are building new recreation centers with added amenities
for their students such as indoor batting cages, ropes courses
and indoor turf fields.
Houston Chronicle, Nov.
15; Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nov. 14; Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
Nov. 15; Ottawa Citizen, Nov. 1. Julie Mustard and Geraldine
Wright, postdoctoral researchers in entomology. Article about
their research that examined how bees could give researchers better insight
into alcohols effects on human behavior. Research
Story
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Nov. 15. Electra Paskett, director of the Center for
Population Health and Health Disparities at the Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Article about her research that found poor, rural and minority women especially
Native Americans face barriers that keep them from taking advantage of
cancer screenings that could potentially save their lives. Research
Story
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Nov. 20. Susan Jones, assistant professor,
OSU Extension. Quoted in article about how insecticides
are not recommended for ridding a house of spiders, because the
chemicals are short-lived and must be applied repeatedly.
Minneapolis Star Tribune, Nov. 15. William Raabe, senior lecturer
in accounting. Quoted in article about how there are
likely to be changes in the nations tax code because of the stronger
Republican majorities in Congress.
Rocky Mountain News,
Nov. 6; United Press International, Nov. 5. Robert
Essenhigh, professor of mechanical engineering. Article
about his theory that an uncontrolled coal fire aboard the Titanic
may have helped lead to its collision with an iceberg in 1912.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Nov. 14. john powell, executive director
of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in
the Americas. Quoted in article about how consolidation
of city and county governments can be done while protecting the
political rights of minorities.
Associated Press,
Nov. 4. Ralph Walkling, professor of finance.
Quoted in article about how newly disclosed regulatory concerns
could be a major obstacle to plans by Huntington Bancshares Inc.
to merge with Unizan Financial Corp.
Associated Press,
Nov. 18. Rao Unnava, associate professor of marketing.
Quoted in article about how a recent humor-based advertising
campaign for Wendys restaurants had missed the mark, and distracted
from the emphasis on quality food.
Associated Press,
Nov. 29. Peter Ling, associate professor of food, agricultural
and biological engineering. Article mentioned his research
on developing a robot that can harvest tomatoes from farmers
fields.
Associated Press,
Nov. 26. V.M. Balasubramaniam, assistant professor of
food science and technology. Quoted in article about
his work on developing eggs that could be used in military meals-ready-to-eat
packages for soldiers in the field.
United Press International, Nov. 9. Allison Snow, professor of evolution, ecology
and organismal biology. Article about a report she co-authored
that found genetically modified corn wont threaten native corn species
in Mexico. Research
Story
United Press International, Nov. 19. Miguel Villalona, associate professor of internal
medicine. Article about his research which identified a new protein
that may be a key player in the development of lung cancer. Research
Story
United Press International, Nov. 29. Arthur Burghes, professor of molecular and cellular
biochemistry. Article about his research that found indoprofen,
a drug withdrawn from pharmacy shelves because of its side effects, may
point the way to a new treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, a muscle-wasting
and often life-threatening childhood disease. Research
Story
MAGAZINES
Health, December 2004.
Barbara Andersen, professor of psychology. Article about
her research that found regular psychological counseling for breast cancer
patients may result in a stronger immune system. Research
Story
New Scientist,
Nov. 13. Christopher Kochanek, professor of astronomy.
Article about his research that uses gravitational lenses to
learn more about the age of the universe and the nature of dark
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