April 7, 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:

United's Troubles Don't Bode Wells for Dulles
The Washington Post
Along the Dulles Toll Road in Northern Virginia, big glass office buildings push
up against the highway, each with a brightly lit sign for the consulting firm or
government contractor housed within. ... John D. Kasarda, a professor at the
University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School, goes so
far as to call the clusters of real estate that develop around a large airport an
"aerotropolis."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37837-2003Apr5.html

Liberators and Enemies Can Look a Lot Alike
The New York Times
Some administration officials predicted that most Iraqis would immediately rise
up against Saddam Hussein and welcome American troops into their country. At
this point, the response has ranged from warmth to hostility. Arts & Ideas asked
historians to consider their own areas of expertise and explain why citizens often
don't embrace outsiders who say they come to liberate them from oppressive
regimes. ... By the spring of 1945, lots of Germans, ordinary Germans, were
tired of war and relieved to see the fighting end.  ... Gerhard Weinberg is
professor of history emeritus at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/05/arts/05RISE.html
(Note: The New York Times requires a subscription to access articles. )

Soldiers, scholars lash out at critics of U.S. strategy
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Artillery officers call it counter battery fire - shooting back at the big guns that are
shooting at you. ... Retired generals "certainly have the right to say whatever they
please," says historian Richard H. Kohn of the University of North Carolina.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/489D45512B78974C86256CFF007AE418?OpenDocument&Headline=Soldiers,+scholars+lash+out+at+critics+of+U.S.+strategy

Carolina players had a right to complain about Doherty (Commentary)
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Here's the deal on college basketball: Coaches enjoy long-term contracts worth
millions of dollars. Players are renewed yearly for room, board, tuition, books
and fees.  ... Which is why players can never and should never be discouraged
from going over the heads of coaches to report abusive treatment.
http://www.timesdispatch.com/frontpage/MGBCITYK3ED.html

National News Note

Richard Kohn, history professor and chair of the curriculum in peace, war
and defense, was featured on National Public Radio's "Weekend Edition" on
Saturday.  Kohn spoke about Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's efforts
to transform the way the U.S. military fights war.  To listen to this segment online,
go to http://discover.npr.org/rundowns/rundown.jhtml?prgDate=current&prgId=7
and scroll down to "Waging the War."

State and Local Coverage

2 UNC alumni appointed to BOT
The Daily Tar Heel
Gov. Mike Easley appointed two UNC alumni to the University's Board of
Trustees last week. John Ellison Jr. of Greensboro and Robert Winston of
Raleigh will replace BOT members Jim Hynes and David Pardue when their terms
end this year.
http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/04/07/3e916672d3618

Heels' parents speak
News and Observer
For much of the past week, it played out as a coup. North Carolina athletics
director Dick Baddour met with the Tar Heels basketball team. Coach Matt
Doherty was forced to resign. The players must have pushed him out the door. 
Not everyone agrees.
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/unc/mens_basketball/v-include_college_sport/story/2414755p-2247956c.html

Faculty backs Doherty ouster
News and Observer
There might be Tar Heel sports fans and boosters who think Matt Doherty was
prematurely given the boot as head basketball coach at UNC-Chapel Hill. But
on a campus where faculty are often quick to excoriate the guys in charge for
major sports hirings and firings, strong endorsements are flowing from some
academic circles for the forced resignation last week of Doherty and the hand
Athletics Director Dick Baddour and Chancellor James Moeser had in the
end game.
http://newsobserver.com/news/triangle/story/2415053p-2247832c.html

Doing the right thing at UNC (Opinion-Editorial Column)
Chapel Hill News
Dismissing a coach is always a painful process and should never be entered into
lightly.  It is a safe bet that Dick Baddour and his fellow University of North
Carolina administrators chose to dismiss Matt Doherty on Tuesday only with
extreme reluctance. But while Tuesday was a sad day for Carolina basketball, it
was also a necessary day.
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/sports/story/2412866p-2246342c.html

Doherty failure puts spotlight on next hire (Editorial)
Chapel Hill News
If Matt Doherty failed to provide the teacher-coach relationship with his players
that the Carolina athletic program was looking for, his is not the only failure.
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/opinion/story/2412849p-2246327c.html

Baddour's leadership (Letter to the Editor)
News and Observer
I was appalled to see the April 3 front-page article "Sports leader's fitness
doubted" and Ned Barnett's Sports section column "Carolina lacking leadership,"
professing a lack of leadership by Dick Baddour, UNC-Chapel Hill athletics
director. Nothing could be further from the truth!
http://newsobserver.com/editorials/letters/story/2411445p-2245053c.html
(Note: Beth Miller is Senior Associate Director of Athletics, UNC-
Chapel Hill)

Look outside for Doherty’s successor (Editorial)
Chapel Hill Herald
The most important — and welcome — comment UNC Athletics Director Dick
Baddour made after obtaining Matt Doherty’s resignation is that his search for
a new basketball coach will consider prospects from outside the “Carolina family.”
http://www.herald-sun.com/opinion/chhedits/57-338653.html

UNC lawyer: Panel is public
News and Observer
The UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Athletics Committee is a public body whose
meetings are open to the public, according to the general counsel for the UNC
system.
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2411416p-2245076c.html

UNC credit card abused
News and Observer
A former administrator at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine has been
charged with using a university issued credit card to purchase at least $49,000
in food, electronic items, jewelry, and cell phone calls, police and university
officials said Friday.
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2411406p-2245064c.html

Bill would ban drivers' use of hand-held phones
Winston-Salem Journal
Drivers in North Carolina could not use hand-held phones - but could still use
hands-free telephone devices - under a bill taken up ... Rep. Paul Luebke, D-
Durham, another sponsor, pointed to a recent study by researchers at the
University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center.
http://www.journalnow.com/wsj/news/state/MGBENLMO3ED.html

Tax credits aren't hitting their mark
News and Observer
Last year, IBM won $554,000 in state tax credits for creating jobs, though it
has been reducing its payroll ever since. ... And an analysis of the data by a UNC
-Chapel Hill professor suggests that some companies may be getting credits they
don't deserve. ... Many companies are providing incomplete or incorrect
information as they file for the tax credits, said Michael Luger, a public policy
professor and director of the Kenan Institute's Office of Economic
Development.
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2414831p-2247954c.html
(Note: This story was featured in The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, S.C.))

NCSU's biotech promise
Triangle Business Journal
North Carolina State University, well known for spawning electronics businesses,
is pushing into the biotechnology arena with two startups preparing to spin out. ... 
Biotech, pharmaceutical and biomedical spinoffs represent more than three-fourths
of the economic development portfolios held by the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill and Duke University in Durham, mainly because they are home to
medical and pharmaceutical schools.
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2003/04/07/story1.html

Don't leap to judge Internet health site (Letter to the Editor)
Charlotte Observer
"Web tangles with lack of literacy" (March 22) suggests that low per capita use of
our Internet resource, NC Health Info, indicates a lack of health literacy among
North Carolinians. This is not a valid conclusion.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/opinion/5575680.htm
(Note: Carol Jenkins is director of the Health Sciences Library, UNC
Chapel Hill.)

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Morgan aide says 'unique opportunity' drew her to job
News and Observer
Sabra Faires left a high-profile position as an assistant commerce secretary to
become Republican Speaker Richard Morgan's top staffer. ... The University
of North Carolina Board of Governors wants to make its voice heard in the
state budget debate, and the group is likely to vote Friday on a resolution urging
legislative approval of Gov. Mike Easley's proposed tax freeze.
http://www.newsobserver.com/front/story/2418976p-2250370c.html

UNC opposes expiration of half-cent sales tax
The Herald-Sun
The potential loss of $56 million is apparently enough motivation for UNC officials
to wade into a legislative debate on tax matters. At Carolina, Chancellor James
Moeser has started to rally support for a proposal from Gov. Michael Easley to
continue the current half-cent sales tax, which is scheduled to expire -- or ‘sunset’
in governmental parlance -- on June 30.
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-339242.html

Who gets to go (Editorial)
News and Observer
It's not worthwhile trying to predict how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule based
on the questions the justices ask during oral arguments.
http://newsobserver.com/editorials/editorials/story/2415006p-2247979c.html

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