Presidential election coverage encompasses many topics. "How a candidate loses is a very important question -- it's part of the American tradition," says Robert Dallek, a CAS professor of history, in the March 6 Baltimore Sun. "Even if you're frustrated and angry and antagonistic, you still go through with the ceremony of defeat. You acknowledge the loss, you stroke the other candidate, you say, 'What a great fellow you are even though you beat me.'"

The Institute for Contemporary Art will have to raise a lot of money -- and thus work hard to build relationships with potential donors -- to fulfill its promise to build a new facility on Boston's Fan Pier. Norman Stein, vice president for development at Boston Medical Center, is familiar with the need of nonprofit organizations to fundraise. He observes in a March 10 Boston Globe story, "People give $1 million not because they have the money, but because they have a relationship with an organization or believe in it. It's a major investment in what an institution stands for, so that it can fulfill a mission it has already demonstrated it can effectively deliver."

In a March 12 Los Angeles Times story about the Pope's recent expression of repentance for past sins of Roman Catholics, Richard Landes, a CAS associate professor of history and director of the Center for Millennial Studies, says, "John Paul II has struck a blow at the forces of demonization within religion, and he has begun with his own religion and his own institutions. As a professor teaching a course in heresy and inquisition, I can assure you that this apology is long overdue and nothing short of breathtaking."

Secretary of Defense William Cohen (LAW'65) recently expressed gratitude to officials in Hanoi for assistance in recovering the remains of those missing in action from the Vietnam War. Vietnam veteran Fred Woerner, a CAS professor of international relations, says, "I see nothing to be gained by being hard-nosed." Referring March 14 in the Boston Herald to criticism by other Vietnam veterans, he continues, "One can always question the wording or the style as being too soft, but I don't think that is the issue. The greater issue should be working with them to try and reduce the rolls of the MIAs and in that process, it is legitimate to express appreciation."

"Kids learn English by sitting in a [regular] classroom. As miserable an experience as it is, they get over it," says Christine Rossell, a CAS political science professor, in the March 13 Long Island Newsday. Rossell has criticized the bilingual education classes in the New York City school system, as well as others across the nation.

"In the News" is compiled by Alexander Crouch in the Office of Public Relations.