April 21, 2004

Carolina in the News

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

National Coverage

Study: New bypass technique holds promise
National Associated Press
Bypass surgery done on a beating heart is just as effective as the conventional operation performed with a heart-lung machine, and less expensive, a study found....But a former president of the American Heart Association, Dr. Sidney Smith, a professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina, said the findings are "very encouraging."

Close gaps in wall between ads, unpaid information (Editorial/Opinion)
USA Today
When a stranger calls you at home, the first thing you want to know about that caller is whether he or she wants to sell you something. An upfront answer can save you some time....Philip Meyer holds the Knight Chair in Journalism at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is also a member of USA TODAY's board of contributors.

State and Local Coverage

Airport issue shouldn't stop planning (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill News
There may be some prudence - fiscal or policy - in the Chapel Hill Town Council deciding to put the brakes on planning for Carolina North.

UNC forum chairman to run for N.C. Senate
The Herald Sun
Tommy Griffin, the three-term chairman of UNC's Employee Forum, is running for the State Senate.

State starts anti-driving effort
The News & Observer
Under the cloud of a federal mandate to make the Triangle's dirty air healthy again, state agencies and regional employers are revving up campaigns to slow the growth of automobile travel and highway congestion....UNC-Chapel Hill, Orange County's only certified commuter-friendly workplace, will have on-campus parking for fewer than 60 percent of its employees by the time it finishes an eight-year construction campaign.

UNC Management Co. head steps down
Triangle Business Journal
Mark Yusko, who oversaw the creation of UNC Management Co. to invest the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's $1 billion endowment, has resigned to start his own investment business. Yusko's resignation takes effect June 30, UNC officials say.
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2004/04/19/daily21.html
UNC News release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/apr04/yusko042004.html

Rising tensions lead CIO to resign
The Daily Tar Heel
A fractured vision for the long-term management of the University's $1 billion endowment has pushed UNC-Chapel Hill Management Co.'s Chief Executive Officer Mark Yusko to pursue his fund management strategies in the private sector.

Take a step into history at renovated Thomas Wolfe House
Asheville Citizen-Times
When it comes to the authenticity of the Thomas Wolfe House restoration, Julia Wolfe likely would approve. But boy oh boy, would the former boarding house matron balk at....The idea was to return the house as closely as possible to its 1916 condition, the year Thomas Wolfe left Asheville to study at UNC-Chapel Hill. Wolfe's mother, Julia, bought the boarding house - named the Old Kentucky Home - in 1906 and added a dozen rooms in 1916.

Students try to petition Sara Lee for union vote
Winston-Salem Journal
Two student-activist groups brought their appeal for an independent union vote at Sara Lee Corp.'s garment plant in Monclova, Mexico, to the headquarters of its branded-apparel division in Winston-Salem yesterday....The petition has been signed by more than 100 students at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Download music for free today at UNC
The Herald Sun
The choices are numerous, the consequences frightening. For college students these days, the temptation to download music files illegally from the Internet is tempered by the promise of very real punishment. So what's a UNC student to do?

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