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Outside the Bubble... Pentagon instructs recruiters to allow openly gay soldiers The recent federal court decision barring the military from expelling openly gay service members also known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” has also opened the door for recruiters. According to a Pentagon spokeswoman, recruiting commands have been advised that they can accept openly gay and lesiban recruit candidates. The Pentagon instructions, however, came with a caveat. Recruiters should remind recruits to manage their expectations, to suggest that the court ruling may be overturned. Groups representing gays and lesbian have further warned that there may be consequences for coming out to the military because the policy is still being appealed.
Militants attack Chechan Parliament and kill six Three militants shouting Islamist slogans stormed the Parliament building in the Russian republic of Chechnya on Oct. 19. The attackers mounted their fight with a bomb and guns as deputies arrived. One millitant blew himself up near the entrance while the other two stormed inside before being killed by Chechan authorities. Among those killed were two guards and an official. Six people were killed in total, and 17 others received injuries. Chechnya, in the Northen Caucasus mountains bordering Georgia, has been caught in a cycle of violence since 1994 when the Russians put down a separatist movement that later turned into an Islamic insurgency.
U.S. Intelligence under fire surrounding Mumbai attacks Reports surfaced over the weekend that the two ex-wives of Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley — a co-conspirator in the 2008 Mumbai terroist attacks — had separately reported to U.S. officials that he may have been involved in militant activity in Pakistan. These reports prompted the White House to order a review of U.S. intellegnce headed by White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan. The review will look into how reports pass through the chain of command and how reports are shared with other governments.
Police quell rioters in France protesting government Masked youths protesting the French government bill raising the retirement age clashed with police on Oct. 19. The youths smashed cars, storefronts and roadblocks during their protest. French President Nicholas Sarcozy vowed to restore public order in the face of these protests, which have been largely peaceful until this week. These clashes occured in Paris and in the southeastern city of Lyon.
To test or not to test animals By Ken Meyer | Asst. news editor
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) dispatched a letter to President Nathan O. Hatch on Sept. 27 requesting that the university’s ties with the Florida-based organization Primate Products, Inc. (PPI) be permanently severed. The letter graphically described 10 images from PPI that had been leaked, images displaying monkeys on laboratory tables with a variety of head and neck wounds. These images led the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to place PPI under investigation to determine whether any federal animal welfare laws had been violated at the PPI facility. Having concluded their investigation last week, the USDA concluded last week that PPI had not violated the Animal Welfare Act. PPI did not violate federal law. While the investigation found no evidence of actual crime, PETA maintains that the pictures alone provide enough evidence that PPI maltreats animals. “Regardless of the USDA findings, the company will continue to draw the ire of compassionate people for the harm it causes animals as a matter of course,” Justin Goodman, associate director of PETA’s Laboratory Investigations Department, said. PETA ultimately desires to open a dialogue on the validity of using any animals in medical research, and certainly the PPI investigation did just that. T h e investigation caused a member of Congress to request that the USDA suspend the Miami PPI facility’s license until its final determination had been made. The investigation caused PETA to call on the university and other organizations related to PPI to sever all ties with the company, actions which would hurt PPI economically.
PETA also dug further into the university’s dealinigs with animal testing. In letters sent to other members of the university community, PETA cited experiments by university faculty which introduced 17 Rhesus monkeys to cocaine, experiments ending with euthanasia of these animals and dissecting of their brains. On the other side of the argument, the university defends its experiments. Mark Wright, director of communications at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, illustrated how animal research at their own facility and at facilities around the country “has made major indispensable, lifesaving contributions to the advancement of medicine.” Even the specific example of university testing cited by PETA was designed to research a topic promoting human health. A paper produced in conjunction with the experiment describes how the tests aimed to examine how brain systems responded to abstinence from cocaine. Its conclusions spoke specifically to the importance of these tests to the use of pharmaceutical drugs by patients recovering from cocaine. Wright defended the university’s treatment of all animals used in its experimental and medical testing. He defined the medical center’s commitment to “humane and responsible use of animals in research,” recognizing that “the use of animals for research constitutes a special privilege and responsibility, and we maintain the highest standards of animal care.” Because of its treatment of animals and the medical importance of its tests, the university would not comment on PETA’s allegations. “We do not respond to the tactics of groups, such as PETA, whose goal is to put an end to all animal r e s e a r c h ,” Wright said. From PETA’s vantage point, this line of argumentation stands flawed. “Frankly, it is shameful for a university to refuse dialogue simply because they disagree with our position,” Goodman said. “That kind of attitude sets a Graphic by Ken Meyer/Old Gold & Black terrible example for students. Ignoring those whose views are different than yours does not promote learning, discovery, or any kind of positive social change.” Yet PETA’s argument is not free from flaw either.
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Alumnus Milam returns back up “tobacco road” from Duke to alma mater By Katie Phillips | Staff writer Alumnus Hofler Milam (’85) has been named the university’s new Chief Financial Officer. Milam will rejoin the campus of his alma mater in December. He received a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1976 and an MBA in 1991, both from the university. Milam currently serves as Vice President for finance and treasury at Duke University. Previously, Milam held a leadership position at the university’s medical school and at QualChoice of North Carolina, a health maintenance organization of Baptist Medical Center and based Milam in Winston-Salem. Above and beyond overseeing the university’s financial operations in his position as Chief Financial Officer, Milam will also assume responsibility for several administrative operations that include human resources, facilities and campus services, and the university’s real estate and business operations. Currently Vice President for Administration Matthew S. Cullinan holds the latter responsibilities. Cullinan, however, is taking the position as senior adviser to President Nathan O. Hatch. Cullinan will also be responsible for special initiatives growing out of the university’s strategic plan and the upcoming capital campaign. Looking to his past, Milam and his family have ties to the university for the past several decades, ties that run deep. His wife, Kathryn, received her bacherlor’s degree from Salem College, her Masters in liberal studies from the university in 1995 and MFA from Bennington College. Their two daughters, Sarah Milam Streit (’00, MSA ’01) and Margaret Milam (’04), are graduates, as is Sarah’s husband, Nick Streit (’04). Milam and his wife also have one son, Robert. Robert and his wife, Debra, graduated from Furman University. Milam’s father, Bruce, graduated from the university in 1951, and met his wife Ann when she attended summer school. Milam spoke about his return. “I am excited about returning to my alma mater and being part of the Wake Forest community,” he said. “President Hatch’s vision for the education of the whole person is especially compelling, and I look forward to joining his leadership team.” Hatch also comments on the arrival of Milam. “Hof Milam brings to Wake Forest exceptional skills and experience, as well as a deep understanding of and appreciation for higher education and for this university.” “His commitment to transparency and collaboration have been well demonstrated in his work at Duke University and are important Wake Forest values as well,” Hatch said. “I could not be more pleased to welcome Hof back to Wake Forest, and I look forward to him joining our administrative team.”
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