April 11, 2003

Carolina in the News

Current National Coverage

Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina 
people and programs cited recently in the media:

Quintiles Founder Wins Bidding for Medical Firm
The Wall Street Journal 
The chairman and founder of Quintiles Transnational Corp., who made an 
unsolicited $1.3 billion offer six months ago to take the health-care company 
private, Thursday night won a hotly contested auction after raising his bid to $1.7 
billion, the company said. Dennis Gillings, who founded Quintiles more than 20 
years ago when he was a professor at the University of North Carolina in 
Chapel Hill, teamed up with Bank One Corp.'s private-equity arm in the 
management-buyout deal that values Quintiles at $14.50 a share. 
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB105002943279339400,00.html?mod=health%5Fhome%5Fstories
(Note: The Wall Street Journal requires a subscription to access articles.)

35 Top Pain Centers
Good Housekeeping Magazine
To streamline your search for a pain specialist, Good Housekeeping partnered 
with Castle Connolly, which publishes the popular guide America's Top Doctors.
... University of North Carolina Hospitals/Anesthesiology Pain 
Management Center ... A top doc: William Blau.
http://magazines.ivillage.com/goodhousekeeping/hb/health/articles/0,,284594_574807-2,00.html

Current Regional Coverage

Quality news pays off, editors told 
The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, La.)
As the newspaper industry faces tightfisted advertisers amid the nation's economic 
slump and increased expenses associated with war coverage, managers should 
keep this in mind: Quality journalism lands more subscribers, and, by extension, 
higher revenue. ... But there comes a time when investment produces diminishing 
returns, said Philip Meyer, a professor of journalism at the University of North 
Carolina at Chapel Hill who is studying the relationship between quality 
journalism and the financial health of newspapers.
http://www.nola.com/archives/t-p/index.ssf?/base/money-0/1049954321112700.xml

North Carolina News Note

Bonnie Angel, clinical assistant professor in the School of Nursing, was
interviewed by the North Carolina News Network, comprised of about 90-plus 
stations across the state, for a story expected to air this weekend about the nurse
educator shortage.

State and Local Coverage

Centennial festivities kick off today at UNC's Coker Arboretum 
The Herald-Sun
Hundreds of students walk by every day, and the whooshing of passing cars is 
constant. These days, it isn’t unusual to hear the din of a jackhammer or bulldozer 
close by, either. But quiet takes over just a few steps into the Coker Arboretum, 
a sprawling, 5-acre wonderland of plants, flowers, bushes and trees, exotic and 
familiar, foreign and domestic. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-340943.html

A birthday worth celebrating (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
The dictionary definition calls it “a place where trees, shrubs and herbaceous 
plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes.” While it may be an 
accurate definition for just about any arboretum, it’s simply insufficient for the 
arboretum in our midst. The Coker Arboretum, that five-acre green enclave in 
the center of the UNC campus, was designed to be a sort of outdoor botanical 
classroom, adjacent to Carolina’s botany department.
http://www.herald-sun.com/opinion/chhedits/57-340843.html

Companies line up 
News and Observer
One company makes tents that can withstand 90-mile-an-hour winds. Another 
helps Third-World countries develop schools. ... "It won't revolutionize the 
economy," said Mark Crescenzi, a professor of political science at the 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2431129p-2261492c.html

Bill to widen evidence rule is criticized
Charlotte Observer
A UNC law professor told members of a House committee Thursday that a bill to 
loosen evidence rules fails to meet constitutional muster. Louis Bilionis, a 
professor of constitutional law at UNC Chapel Hill, said the state can expect 
a lawsuit if it tries to, by statute, regulate exceptions to the so-called "exclusionary 
rule."
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/5607989.htm

UNC hasn't offered job
News and Observer
The frigid rain that fell Thursday made it feel like January. But for North Carolina's 
basketball program, it was the summer of 2000 again. In a development that 
brought back memories of Roy Williams' agonizing decision three years ago, UNC 
athletics director Dick Baddour said talks with the Kansas coach would continue 
"through the weekend" but that Williams had not been offered the head coaching 
job he turned down in 2000.
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/unc/story/2430362p-2261469c.html
(Note: Baddour's statement is posted on an accompanying sidebar to this story. 
To view the statement, go to the above url and scroll down the page below the 
photos on the left hand side.)

Morehead Foundation hurt by down market
Triad Business Journal 
Many students poised to receive the prestigious Morehead Scholarship at UNC-
Chapel Hill this year learned their first lesson in economics instead: ventures that 
rely on investment returns for operating revenue almost always get squeezed by 
depressed financial markets. 
http://triad.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2003/04/07/daily42.html

Empty Franklin St. store displays art 
The Herald-Sun
There’s literally art in store for folks who enter the space at 142 E. Franklin Street. 
The space that formerly housed the Laughing Turtle for Kids store and stood 
empty for about six months now functions as an art gallery for UNC 
undergraduates.
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-340947.html

Food shouldn't hurt (Commentary)
News and Observer
If abdominal cramps, bloating, and quick trips to the loo frequently punctuate your 
days, you may not need to look much farther for the cause than your glass of milk. 
http://newsobserver.com/features/story/2427591p-2259081c.html
(Note: Suzanne Havala Hobbs is an adjunct assistant professor in the 
School of Public Health.)

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Harvard Adopts New Rules for Early-Admission Applicants
The New York Times
Reversing an admissions policy it announced last year, Harvard announced 
yesterday that as of this fall it would no longer allow applicants who file for early 
admission to apply early at other colleges.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/11/education/11HARV.html
(Note: The New York Times requires free registration to access articles.)

Colleges Use Perks From Cable To Cellphones to Lure Students
The Wall Street Journal 
Daniele Melia has gotten a sweet offer from New York University -- a $20,000 
scholarship and a study-abroad grant. But she says something else caught her 
eye: the school's free theater tickets and movie screenings. ... This month, with 
teenagers across the country choosing their colleges, schools have a new 
recruiting twist: the battle of the perks.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB105002066336658100,00.html?mod=at%5Fleisure%5Fmain%5Fweekend%5Fjournal%5Fends%5Fonly
(Note: The Wall Street Journal requires a subscription to access articles.)

Bending backs (Editorial)
News and Observer
North Carolina hasn't been alone in its budget crisis, nor obviously in its need to
find additional revenues to get through it. For many states, public college tuition 
rates have been viewed as a target of opportunity. 
http://newsobserver.com/editorials/story/2430342p-2261455c.html

House elects UNC board members 
News and Observer
Competition is fierce for seats on the UNC Board of Governors, and that usually 
leads to politicking, debating and paring down lists of nominees. Not this year, at 
least in the state House.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nc/story/2430549p-2261585c.html

Easley urges caution on funding cuts 
News and Observer
Raising university tuition and cutting vocational education in high schools would 
hurt the progress that North Carolina is making during hard economic times, 
Gov. Mike Easley said Thursday to a group of business leaders. 
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nc/story/2430551p-2261631c.html

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