News Sources: "Change You Can Xerox"

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has accused rival Barack Obama of political plagiarism during a live televised debate. But Obama brushed off the accusation that he represented "change you can Xerox", saying it was just part of "silly season" politics. 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 (click on names for contact information):

Stephen Medvic - Assistant Professor of Government, Franklin & Marshall College - Medvic has provided political analysis for numerous media outlets including CNN, The Washington Post and Fox News On-line. He is the co-editor of Shades of Gray: Perspectives on Campaign Ethics.

David Schwartz - Associate Professor of Philosophy, Randolph College - Schwartz's research focuses on the relation between ethical values and public policy.

John Wilcox - Professor of Religious Studies, Manhattan College - Wilcox is the founder and director of the Center for Professional Ethics.

Is Flirting Ethical?

Flirting is an art form, but the game can be dangerous. Gettysburg College philosophy professor Steve Gimbel says there is nothing wrong with the act of flirting, but context matters.

News Sources: Offering Birth Control to Sixth-Graders

Portland, Maine, school officials are about to consider a proposal that would enable students at King Middle School to obtain birth control prescriptions from the school's health center. King would become the first middle school in Maine to make a full range of contraception available to students in grades 6 through 8. 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, including the following (click on names for contact information):

Lyn Mikel Brown - Associate Professor of Education and Human Development and Women's Studies, Colby College - Brown is a founding member of the Harvard Project on Women's and Girls' Development, and the co-author of Meeting at the Crossroads: Women's Psychology and Girls' Development. She is an advisory board member for the Fox Family Networks' Boyz Channel and Girlz Channel, and a member of the American Psychological Association's Presidential Task Force on Adolescent Girls.

Frank Kirkpatrick - Professor of Religion, Trinity College - An exceptionally articulate speaker on morality, ethics and community issues, Kirkpatrick co-authored the book Living Issues in Ethics, which examines recurring social, economic and political themes in life and news. Kirkpatrick has spoken in the media on such topics as sexuality, business ethics, environmental issues, school prayer, political correctness, political campaigns and foreign policy.

Betsy Hartmann - Director of the Population and Development Program, Hampshire College - Hartmann is the author of Reproductive Rights and Wrongs: The Global Politics of Population Control. She writes and lectures frequently on population and development issues, both in U.S. and globally and is a long-standing member of the international women's health movement.

News Sources: Pro Sports Face Ethical Quandries

America's top three professional sports - football, basketball and baseball - are each operating under ethical clouds. In the National Football League, Atlanta quarterback Michael Vick has been indicted for suspected involvement in a dog-fighting ring. National Basketball Association referee Tim Donaghy has been indicted for betting on games in which he officiated. And Major League Baseball is puzzling over how to observe the upcoming breaking of Hank Aaron's home run record by Barry Bonds, who is entangled in an investigation over steroid use.

Reporters looking for experts to interview on this topic can find them online at the www.collegenews.org database of news sources and subject matter experts from the nation's leading liberal arts colleges, including the following (click on names for contact information):

Nicholas Dixon - Associate Professor of Philosophy, Alma College - Dixon is a native of England native who specializes in applied ethics. In sports-related national and international forums, he has shared sportsmanship views on running up scores ok, losing by wide margins no disgrace and boxing banning blows to the head. In 1995, he had an article published in Journal of the Philosophy of Sport and Philosophical Inquiry in Sport.

Julio Rodriguez - Visiting Scholar of American Culture, Randolph-Macon Woman's College - A lifelong baseball fan, Rodriguez recently co-taught an intensive summer seminar dealing with sport and American culture. His Ph.D. studies focused on the intersection of race, masculinity and sport at various key moments in American history.

Frank Kirkpatrick - Ellsworth Morton Tracy Lecturer and Professor of Religion, Trinity College - An exceptionally articulate speaker on morality, ethics and community issues, Kirkpatrick co-authored the book, Living Issues in Ethics 1982, which examines recurring social, economic and political themes in life and news. Kirkpatrick has spoken in the media on such topics as business ethics, environmental issues, sexuality, school prayer, political correctness, political campaigns and foreign policy.