April 16, 2003

Carolina in the News

Coach Roy Williams Coverage

Williams Feels Spirit of Mentor
The New York Times
On a day two former assistant coaches were named head basketball coaches, a highly 
successful head coach settled into his new job at the college where he had been an 
assistant to a legend. It took Roy Williams a few minutes to muster enough guts to 
sit in the chair behind his desk at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill,
the spot once occupied by Dean Smith.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/16/sports/ncaabasketball/16hoops.html
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Welcome, coach (Editorial)
Charlotte Observer
This was the way it was supposed to happen three years ago. Roy Williams, prepared 
by upbringing and experience to take over the UNC Chapel Hill basketball program 
built by Dean Smith and overseen briefly by Bill Guthridge, was expected to come 
home from Kansas to carry on the tradition of excellence.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/5643200.htm

A Tar Heel homecoming (Editorial)
News and Observer
Roy Williams, native of the North Carolina mountains, holder of bachelor's and master's 
degrees from UNC-Chapel Hill (in education and teaching, respectively), surely is 
attuned to the wisdom of Asheville's Thomas Wolfe. 
http://newsobserver.com/editorials/story/2443317p-2272625c.html

College Basketball in N.C. (Editorial)
Winston-Salem Journal
First Wake Forest University and now the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
have reinforced just how attractive this state is for those engaged in college basketball.
http://www.journalnow.com/wsj/opinion/MGBMQWDKKED.html

Carolina gets its man (Editorial)
The Herald-Sun
This time, negotiations between UNC Chapel Hill Athletic Dick Baddour and Kansas 
Coach Roy Williams for ascension to the Dean Throne worked.
http://www.herald-sun.com/opinion/hsedits/56-342506.html

Roses & raspberries (Commentary)
Chapel Hill News
Roses to Roy Williams and UNC for finally falling into each others' arms. It's a 
wedding that was a long time in coming, but the couple seem made for each other.
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/opinion/story/2441827p-2271150c.html

UNC, fans love their new coach
Chapel Hill News
Carolina's top brass turned out to welcome home native son Roy Williams on Tuesday 
morning in the shadow of the Old Well, just hours after Williams was named the
university's head basketball coach.
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/story/2441921p-2271239c.html

Williams courts UNC well-wishers 
The Herald-Sun
Wearing a dark suit and a bright smile and munching on doughnuts, new UNC basketball 
coach Roy Williams mingled with students and faculty Tuesday morning at the Old Well. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-342646.html

(Note: WCHL-AM brodcasted live from the Old Well gathering. Others covering it
included WTVD-Durham (ABC), Channel 14 (Time Warner) and The Daily Tar Heel. 
News Services and Sports Information pitched the event to media.)

Move to UNC likely to stir passions in Williams, ACC (Commentary)
Winston-Salem Journal
Roy Williams looks more exhausted than exhilarated, his body drained by sleepless 
nights and his emotions depleted by restless choices.
http://www.journalnow.com/wsj/sports/rawlings/MGBH1ALTKED.html

UNC players feel good vibe
Wilmington Morning-Star
Two weeks ago most of North Carolina's basketball players sat slumped in chairs 
donning what guard Melvin Scott called their "couch clothes" as they observed a press 
conference announcing former coach Matt Doherty's resignation
http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=WM&Date=20030416&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=304160319&Ref=AR&Profile=1005

The Daily Tar Heel (Editorial Cartoon, Editorial Board Commentary)
Members of The Daily Tar Heel Editorial Board are proud to welcome men's basketball 
coach Roy Williams back to UNC. We wish him and the team the best of luck for next
season. 
http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/04/16/3e9d4d8e4afe7

Coach leaves legacy of character, integrity (Letter to the Editor)
Chapel Hill News
As a University of Kansas alum, I'd like to use your forum to be the first member of the 
"Jayhawk Nation" to wish Coach Williams the best of luck at Carolina.
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/opinion/story/2441844p-2271159c.html

Williams was always a class act at Kansas (Letter to the Editor)
Chapel Hill News
Congratulations on getting the best coach in college basketball bar none! Please treat 
him with the respect he has earned through his years under Coach Smith and 15 years 
at KU. 
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/opinion/story/2441844p-2271159c.html

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A sampling of other Carolina coverage continues below:

Current International and National Coverage

Older workers, neat tricks
The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Carol recalls her first interview after she'd been out of the regular work force for some 
time. ... In a 2001 study of older Canadian workers, Victor Marshall of the University 
of North Carolina's Institute on Aging and Department of Sociology quotes from 
one 1997 study of 148 managers and 165 counselors working at Human Resources 
Centre of Canada.
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/gttech/TGAM/20030416/CAOLDD

San Diego's bursting bio-diversity
North County Times (Calif.)
... Many areas draw their inspiration from Raleigh-Durham, which seemingly out of nowhere
became a top-five center for the industry. Cynthia Robbins-Roth, a biotech veteran who
heads BioVenture Consulting in San Mateo, singles out the region as San Diego's strongest
competitor ... "They've got Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
and a huge complex of pharmaceutical companies that have gone through massive mergers,
thus freeing up large numbers of employees," Robbins-Roth said. 
http://www.nctimes.net/news/2003/20030413/61313.html

Fat chance 
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Like many parents, Grace Beam of Oshkosh, Wis., is thrilled when her two sons 
gobble down chicken nuggets, thinking they're far healthier than the burgers, fries and 
other junk food kids love. ... "People assume it's all chicken, but there's been zero truth
in advertising of that food by any fast-food company," says Barry Popkin, nutrition 
professor at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health. 
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/living/0403/15nuggets.html
(Note: This story originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal.)

Lilly confronts Zyprexa claims
Indianapolis Star (Ind.)
Eli Lilly and Co.'s wildly successful drug to treat schizophrenia stands accused of having 
a dangerous side effect: a tendency to trigger diabetes in some patients. ... Dr. John B. 
Buse, director of the diabetes care center at the University of North Carolina, 
said the Lilly tests are useful but involved only 48 to 55 patients, too small a sample size 
to detect a rare side effect like diabetes that may occur in only one out of every 1,000
patients or so.
http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/2/036332-2592-031.html

Dot-com party left a long hangover (Commentary)
The Daily Camera (Boulder, Col.)
News flash: "We're not partying like it's 1999." How apropos to borrow a song from a 
fallen superstar to revisit the dot-com crash. ... Paul Jones, director of contributor-
run digital library ibibilio.org and a journalism professor at the University of 
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, saw many of his students suffer when they lost their 
high-paying Internet startup jobs. 
http://www.bouldernews.com/bdc/business_columnists/article/0,1713,BDC_2466_1882098,00.html

Brain work may show new pathway to alcoholism
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minn.)
Addiction to alcohol may be driven, in part, by a previously unknown brain-signaling 
pathway discovered by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University. ... 
"That is very compelling evidence, I think, to suggest that this may actually be a 
neurochemical pathway involved in alcohol consumption," said Todd Thiele, an 
assistant professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina, who was 
not involved in the study.
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/5605369.htm

North Carolina News Note

Lisa Sutherland, postdoctoral fellow at UNC's Lineberger Comprehensive 
Cancer Center and co-director of a research division in the clinical nutrition 
research center, was a featured source in a WUNC-FM newscast airing twice
Monday night during drive time and NPR's "All Things Considered" time slot.

State and Local Coverage

Journalist's Death Brings Attention To Blood Clot Warning Signs
WRAL -TV (CBS, Raleigh)
The death of journalist David Bloom in Iraq has brought the public's attention to 
the dangers of pulmonary embolisms. ... "Patients often ignore the symptoms first 
and do not seek medical attention," said Dr. Stephan Moll of the University of 
North Carolina's Center for Thrombosis.
http://www.wral.com/health/2098835/detail.html

Distinguished scholarships awarded to 6 UNC students
The Daily Tar Heel 
Michael Minder wants to take everybody in his lab out to dinner -- and pay. ... Minder, 
who received the Goldwater Scholarship, was one of six UNC students selected to 
receive a distinguished scholarship this year. 
http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/04/16/3e9d4c9538af5

RTI's takes on its biggest job so far 
News and Observer
In less than two weeks, Ronald W. Johnson will arrive in a country where bullets now 
whiz, looters reign and U.S. troops are struggling to keep order. ... "This is huge," said 
Mark Crescenzi, a professor of political science at the University of North 
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
http://newsobserver.com/business/story/2443462p-2272607c.html

House leaders reject plan to fire worker 
News and Observer
Rep. Roger West added a special provision to a House budget bill to fire a state air 
quality supervisor about a week after a West family business was cited for violations of 
the state's open-burning laws. ... The provision was unconstitutional, said Daniel Pollitt, 
a constitutional expert and professor emeritus at the University of North 
Carolina Law School.
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2443379p-2272590c.html

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

House looks at $92.4 million in UNC system cuts
Chapel Hill News
State House members are to begin debate today on a version of the state budget that 
would trim $92.4 million from the UNC system's $1.7 billion budget this year.
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/story/2441902p-2271219c.html

Give military break; adjust UNC tuition (Editorial)
News & Record
Our soldiers consistently rank education as the No. 1 reason they join the U.S. military.
But hitting the books while protecting the country is rarely easy. Frequent reassignments 
and deployment can disrupt the best-laid plans. And meager pay for the most likely 
students, the lower enlisted ranks, leaves little for tuition. 
http://www.news-record.com/news/opinions/weded1.htm

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