Koreatown Label Irks Some Residents
KQED-FM
July 7, 2009. Property owners in one Oakland neighborhood had an idea to rev up local business by rebranding the area as Oakland's Koreatown. But the branding has provoked anger from community members who say the decision to impose the name on a multiracial neighborhood was insensitive. SCU ethnic studies professor James Lai talks about why an ethnic designation like Korean is getting pushback.
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California's bottom bond grade could still get even worse
Silicon Valley San Jose Business Journal
June 26, 2009 - Finance professor Sanjiv Das is quoted in a story about California's deteriorating municipal-bond ratings. Read more.
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The Mystery of the Dead Pirates
Spiegel Online
June 25, 2009. Anthropology Professor Russell Skowronek examines the question of why no artifacts from the Golden Age of piracy from 1650 to 1725 have ever been preserved. Read the story (article is written in German).
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Law School Friend Recalls Sotomayor's 'Tremendous Powers of Persuasion'
National Journal's The Ninth Justice blog
June 15, 2009. Catherine Sandoval, a professor of law at Santa Clara University and a friend of Sonia Sotomayor at Yale University, reflects on their friendship and Sotomayor's "tremendous powers of persuasion." Read more.
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Google Unfazed By Government Inquiries
ABC7
June 10, 2009. Law Professor Catherine Sandoval explains why the justice department is taking a closer look at Google's efforts to get into the online book business. Watch the story.
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