News Sources: Perjury Charges against Clemens?

A Congressional committee has taken the first steps toward asking the Department of Justice to start a criminal investigation into whether Roger Clemens committed perjury during testimony about performance-enhancing drugs, according to three lawyers with knowledge of the matter. Reporters looking for experts to interview on this topic can find them online at the collegenews.org database of news sources and subject matter experts from America's leading liberal arts colleges and universities, including the following:

Name:	Julio Rodriguez
College:	Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Email:	jrodriguez@rmwc.edu
Position:	Visiting Scholar of American Culture
Office Phone:	434-947-8304
News Phone:	434-947-8142
Topic:	Baseball, sports and American culture
Description:	A lifelong baseball fan, Julio Rodriguez earned his Ph.D. in American Studies from Bowling Green State University where his studies focused on the intersection of race, masculinity and sport at various key moments in American history. He recently co-taught an intensive summer seminar dealing with sport and American culture.

Name:	Jeffrey Nesteruk
College:	Franklin & Marshall College
Email:	JEFFREY.NESTERUK@fandm.edu
Position:	Professor of Business Administration/Director Center for Liberal Arts & Society
Office Phone:	717-291-3924
News Phone:	717-291-3837
Topic:	Legal studies and ethics
Description:	A lawyer, Nesteruk teaches courses in legal studies and ethics. His research interests include topics in corporate law and business ethics.

Name:	Nicholas Dixon
College:	Alma College
Email:	dixon@alma.edu
Position:	Associate Professor of Philosophy
Office Phone:	517-463-7219
News Phone:	517-463-7258
Topic:	Sports: Ethics
Description:	England native specializing in applied ethics. In sports-related national and international forums, has shared sportsmanship views on running up scores ok, losing by wide margins no disgrace and boxing banning blows to the head do it. Published in Journal of the Philosophy of Sport and Philosophical Inquiry in Sport 1995.

George Washington Book Prize Finalists Named

With a $50,000 payoff, it's nation's largest prize for books on history. This year's finalists for the George Washington Book Prize have been announced at Washington College.

Using Stats to Rate Baseball Managers

The baseball world uses statistics to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of players. Why not use them to do the same thing for team managers? Steve Wang, a Swarthmore College statistics professor, thinks he's figured out a way to do just that. He's crunched six years' worth of numbers in 23 categories - from how often they go their bullpens to the number of lineups they use in a season.