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Deciphering the tax code

David Shores, who earned his LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown University, worked at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., and at Porter, Stanley, Treffinger & Platt (now Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur) in Columbus, Ohio, before joining the Wake Forest faculty in 1972. With April 15 still fresh in taxpayers’ minds, Professor of Law David Shores offers some thoughts on the tax system and the recent “tea parties” and some parting words for future students.

A new beginning?

Political science professor Peter Siavelis offers insight into the Cuban embargo, the emerging “Obama Doctrine” in Latin America and Hugo Chavez.

Talking bioethics

Professors Nancy M. P. King and Michael Hyde, organizers of a conference April 27 and 28 on bioethics, explain why it’s important to discuss the ethics of some of the most important issues of our time.

Alumnus part of Pulitzer reporting team

Robert Farley (’88) was part of the reporting team for the St. Petersburg Times that won a Pulitzer Prize recently for national reporting for PolitiFact, a Web site that investigates the truthfulness of statements by politicians. Read his latest “Truth-O-Meter” reports.

The big picture

Senior Sam Smartt put his history major and film studies minor to good use making a promotional video for the Winston-Salem Rescue Mission.

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