In the national news, March 2017

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Mon, 04/03/2017 - 00:00

Adam Houston, Earth and atmospheric sciences, appeared on the NBC news March 29 to talk about the risks of storm chasing in the wake of a traffic accident that killed three storm chasers in Texas.

California magazine, the alumni publication for the University of California Berkeley, published a report March 14 on a talk by Kelsy Burke, sociology, about her research into Christians’ use of online sex advice sites.

Stabroek News in Guyana published a poem written by Kwame Dawes,English, in memory of Nobel Laureate poet Derek Walcott, who died March 17.

Wheeler Winston Dixon was interviewed March 16 by The Final Cut, a film program on the Australian public radio network, ABC Radio National, about the work of pioneer filmmaker Dorothy Arzner, whose work is being highlighted by Melbourne Cinémathèque film society. Dixon also was quoted in a March 14 article in The Huffington Post about the pros and cons of cancelling cable TV service.