News Sources: Intelligence Finding on Iran

President Bush said today that a new intelligence finding that Iran halted its nuclear weapons work in 2003 had not altered his sense that Iran remained a danger. At a White House press conference, Bush called the report “a warning signal,” not grounds for reassurance, and said the United States would not renounce the option of a military response. Reporters looking for experts to interview on this topic can find them on the collegenews.org database of news sources and subject matter experts from America's leading liberal arts colleges, including the following (click on names for contact information):

Samuel V. Wilson - Wheat Visiting Professor in Leadership, Hampden-Sydney College - Wilson is former deputy to the director of central intelligence for the intelligence community and retired director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency. He is president emeritus of Hampden-Sydney College.

Martha Crenshaw - John E. Andrus Professor of Government, Wesleyan University - Crenshaw has gained an international reputation for studies of political terrorism. She has testified before Congress and has served as a consultant to the Department of State, the U.S. Naval and Army War Colleges, the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Defense Nuclear Agency. Crenshaw has authored three books, including Terrorism, Legitimacy, and Power: The Consequences of Political Violence.

Darius Rejali - Professor of Political Science, Reed College - An expert on human rights, Rejali is the author of Torture and Modernity: Self, State, and Society in Modern Iran.

Bennington Faculty Make NYT 'Notable Books' List

Works by two Bennington College faculty members were included in The New York Times Book Review's recent list of 100 Most Notable Books of the Year. They were literature faculty member Steven Bach’s biography Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl and MFA faculty member Tom Bissell’s memoir, The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam.

The Cost of Midnight Oil

"Pulling an all-nighter" is an end-of-the-semester tradition for most college students facing final exams. But will it actually help your test scores? St. Lawrence University psychology professor Pamela Thatcher studied the sleeping patterns and grades of 111 students, and found that those who regularly pulled at least one all-nighter a semester had lower GPAs.