News Sources: Super Tuesday

Voters in 24 states from coast to coast are making Feb. 5 a truly "Super Tuesday" for presidential aspirants. Some of the biggest prizes of the primary season -- California, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Missouri and Georgia -- are up for grabs. More than four-fifths of the 2,025 delegates needed to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination and more than 1,000 of the 1,191 necessary delegates on the Republican side are at stake. 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):

Myron A. Levine - Professor of Political Science, Albion College - Levine is an internationally renowned expert on presidential elections (U.S. and abroad) and political strategies in the U.S. He regularly comments on current events and politics in newspapers, radio and television. A former Fulbright lecturer, he also is an expert on NATO expansion, political issues of American cities, national urban policies and volunteerism. Levine is the author of Presidential Campaigns and Elections and Urban Politics: Political Power in Metropolitan America.

Tari Renner - Professor and Chair of Political Science, Illinois Wesleyan University -Renner conducts research on public opinion polling, electoral behavior, election systems and urban political structures. He also directs Illinois Wesleyan's statewide political polling center. Renner is a former Director of Survey Research for the International City/County Management Association in Washington, D.C.

Raymond Seidelman - Professor of Political Science, Sarah Lawrence College - Seidelman is an expert on voting and non-voting in America, the politics of labor, political economy and the politics of suburbs. He has been a contributor to leading newspapers, magazines and journals and has appeared on NPR and been consultant to Rainbow (PUSH) Coalition.

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.