Monday, November 23, 1998
	Several faculty members were sources for AP stories that ran on the national or state wire recently. Hedge fund bailout A story on the $3.6 billion bailout of the high-flying hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management by an array of leading financial institutions raises conflict-of-interest questions about the firms and executives who worked for them, particularly Merrill Lynch. Notes Joseph Sinkey, a finance professor in the Terry College of Business: “The point is whether or not the proper controls and procedures were followed in the organization. In my mind that’s the important thing.” In a related piece on star trader John Meriweather, Sinkey says he thinks the bailout will affect Meriweather’s reputation: “Certainly, he’s the head of [the fund] and, as Truman said, the buck stops there. It’s definitely a setback for him.” DeKalb search for jurors A story on the problems DeKalb County is having finding 18-to-24-year-old male jurors quotes three UGA faculty: law professor Ron Ellington, sociologist Doug Bachtel and political scientist Charles Bullock. The problem is caused by a combination of race, age and education levels, according to Bachtel. Bullock notes that some people choose not to register to vote because they don’t want to be called for jury duty. “Some people consciously decide the trade-off is so bad, it’s not worth it,” he says. SIDS warnings According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the black population is taking longer to get the message that newborns run a lower risk of sudden infant death syndrome if they are put to bed on their backs. Lily Paguio, a professor of child and family development, says the reason may be because new moms who don’t have ready access to pediatricians probably will be told by their mothers and grandmothers to let the baby sleep on his stomach. That’s because doctors used to fear babies who regurgitate in their sleep would choke if left on their backs. “These other women may not have access to the latest information, and if you do not, you tend to practice as your parents did,” Paguio says. CIA’s new role The recently signed Mideast accord gives the CIA a new role: out of the shadows and into the klieg lights, with agents charged with determining whether Arafat and his associates take the steps they have promised to prevent Palestinian terrorists from attacking Israel. U.S. News quotes political scientist Loch Johnson, a CIA expert who served as a staff member on the Senate and House intelligence oversight committees, on what this means for the agency. “It may work over the short run,” he says, but over time, it could “undermine the credibility of the CIA in being neutral and objective.” Rembrandt’s etchings The Rembrandt exhibition currently on view at the Georgia Museum of Art is noted in the November issue of Southern Living magazine. The exhibition features 82 etchings and two copper plates on display for the first time in the United States. The article quotes curator of prints and drawings Patricia Phagan on Rembrandt’s work: “He seems to have thoroughly enjoyed etching,” she says. “He used a very thin line that must have been appealing to him. He saw etching as an important medium to use.”
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