April 25, 2003

Carolina in the News

Current International Coverage

Decision Looming on Iraqi Currency
Voice of America
The collapse of the Iraqi government has meant the collapse of the 
Iraqi currency. U.S. officials charged with reconstruction are now 
bringing in U.S. dollars as a stopgap currency. But a decision has 
to made soon about Iraq's money...Patrick Conway, a professor of 
economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says 
the introduction of the dollar is not exactly a shock to Iraqis. 
"I would guess that the U.S. decision to do that is simply ratifying 
something that is probably widespread in Iraq already, and that 
is the dollarization of the economy," he says. 
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=78E7BE65-961B-4799-AC4CE8BCAA47A8F4

Current National Coverage

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

CDC Turns to Private Aid to Stay Healthy
The agency's homeland security needs are growing, but its budget 
under Bush is not.
LA Times
When the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
dedicated its new emergency operations center this month, it 
bore the name of a surprising benefactor — Home Depot co-founder 
Bernard Marcus..."The administration is engaged in a philosophical 
argument over whether Washington bears the primary responsibility 
for public health or shares it with state and local officials and even 
private-sector figures like Bernie Marcus," said William Roper, who 
headed the CDC during the first Bush administration and is dean 
of the University of North Carolina's school of public health in 
Chapel Hill.
http://www.latimes.com/la-na-cdc25apr25,1,1640024.story

A HANGING OFFENSE
By Buckner F. Melton, Jr.
Wall Street Journal Book Review
Was he just an imaginative boy whose favorite reading was 
"The Pirates Own Book" or a bloodthirsty psychopath? Was it 
"unmanly fear" that caused Navy officers to arrest him or 
was it quick thinking that saved their ship from mutiny?
...As a law professor at the University of North Carolina, 
Chapel Hill, he is particularly good at recounting the convoluted 
legal proceedings.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB105122100248615400,00.html?mod=weekend%5Fjournal%5Fprimary%5Fhs
(Note: The Wall Street Journal requires a subscription to access articles.)

100 years after publication, 'Souls of Black Folk' resonates
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers (AZ)
In "The Souls of Black Folk," his powerful, poetic collection of 14 
essays, Du Bois wrote of "the strange meaning of being black" at 
the turn of the century and how, as a boy, he realized he was 
different from white playmates, "shut out from their world by a 
vast veil."
...On campuses throughout the country, including Oberlin College, 
the University of Virginia and the University of North Carolina, 
professors and students discussed "Souls" and social justice, black 
identity, black feminist thought, race relations and black leadership.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7787854&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=222087&rfi=6

Regional Coverage

Uniformed violence 
Rate of domestic abuse may be higher among military 
Montgomery Advertiser (AL)
As soldiers return from liberating Iraq, America will celebrate. 
But for a few that celebration may be tinged with fear...But Mackey 
stands by the data she has received, much of which is drawn from 
the work of Catherine Lutz of the University of North Carolina. 
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/NEWS/FaithFamily/StoryLocalDVMILITARY23-w.htm

State and Local Coverage

Jordan promotion arrives in Chapel Hill 
Fans ponder love, sneakers as Michael Jordan's Love Truck 
visits Chapel Hill 
News and Observer
The hearts of Tar Heels went aflutter when Michael Jordan's 
Love Truck came to town Thursday. The exhibition is a play 
on Jordan's famous "love of the game" approach to his sport. 
It's part of a new national marketing campaign for Nike's 
Jordan line of footwear and clothes. Despite the obvious 
consumer overtones, fans were happy to gush over the 
man who led UNC-Chapel Hill to a national basketball 
title in 1982 and the shoes he inspired.
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2486877p-2311766c.html

Wake officials discuss new mental hospital 
News and Observer
A proposal to build a small mental hospital in Wake County 
that would offer short-term treatment for people in crisis is 
being met with interest by state and county officials. The 
vision includes having UNC-Chapel Hill build and manage 
the hospital as a state-of-the-art center, possibly offering 
outpatient services and a range of other treatments.
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2486872p-2311735c.html

Duke halts trip to China 
News and Observer
Duke University has canceled a summer study trip to Beijing 
because of the SARS epidemic. Fifty students had planned to 
go to China in mid-June. But Duke's Office of Study Abroad 
and Asian/Pacific Studies Institute decided Thursday that the 
risks to students were too great...UNC-Chapel Hill study 
abroad officials said they probably would make decisions 
next week about its Asian programs. N.C. State canceled a 
summer program in Japan, not directly because of SARS 
but because of low enrollment.
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2486875p-2311607c.html

Peeling the Orange
Chapel Hill Herald
The main entrance to UNC’s Arts Common, construction of which 
is to start in two years, will include new greensward above a 
300-car underground parking garage. ...
It’s envisioned to reflect the sylvan aura of McCorkle Place and 
to eventually "look like it was always part of the original campus," 
says UNC Associate Provost Steve Allred. The present alley will 
also become the main entrance of Ackland Art Museum after its 
$20 million expansion. 
http://www.heraldsun.com/orange/10-345730.html

Classic play resonates in today’s world 
Chapel Hill Herald
Euripides may have written his play, "Women of Troy," more than 
2,000 years ago, but it still has relevance today, UNC senior 
Carrie Hamby said.  ...
That’s why this religious studies major chose to present 
performances of the play this weekend at the Forest Theatre 
on campus. 
http://www.heraldsun.com/orange/10-345737.html

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Chapel Hill may avoid tax hike 
News and Observer
In a year when many are feeling the pinch of a sluggish economy, Town 
Manager Cal Horton on Thursday released a budget proposal for the 
coming fiscal year that holds the line on the current tax rate. 
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2486860p-2311650c.html

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