July–August 2004

“Casting a wide net in marketing”—Aug. 16, 2004, Minneapolis Star Tribune
 Gabriel Castaneda '97 and his business partner Alvin-o Williams own Castaneda Williams marketing and advertising agency in Edina. They are profiled in this article regarding how they avoid getting typecast as specializing in minority marketing as a minority owned marketing firm.

“FBI Visits disturb Somalis”—Aug. 11, 2004, St. Paul Pioneer Press
 Professor Peter Erlinder comments on the disturbance in the Somali community over FBI interviews on terrorism.

“Minnesota's gun permit law shot down”—July 14, 2004, Minneapolis Star Tribune
 Judge John Finley '69 shot down Minnesota's permit-to-carry gun law, saying that the way it was enacted in 2003 violated state Constitution and the state's tradition of clean government.

“A question of class”—July 2004 issue, ABA Journal
Angela McCaffrey '78 is profiled in this article regarding white-collar lawyers with blue-collar backgrounds and the dissimilar worlds they often straddle.

“Costly care for rapists, molesters under fire: Critics question effectiveness of law hospitalizing ex-cons”—July 11, 2004, San Francisco Chronicle
William Mitchell professor Eric Janus, an expert on sexual predator laws, discusses the challenges of California's legal system of controlling sexual predators.

“New Dean Spotlight”—July 2004 issue, Law & Politics
William Mitchell's new President and Dean Allen K. Easley sits down for a brief and casual Q&A for the "People" section of Law & Politics.