April 26, 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

The B-School Hierarchy
The New York Times
The doors to the hotel ballroom hadn't opened yet, but the 200 M.B.A. students lined up outside were busy plotting their strategy....Last year, business schools in North Carolina -- at Wake Forest, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke -- started a March fair for ''just-in-time hiring,'' since many companies now delay to the spring hiring decisions usually made in the fall.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/25/edlife/EDMBAT.html

War Isn't Their Kind of Game
Los Angeles Times
Even people close to Pat Tillman, teammates who knew of his determination and patriotism, were startled when he left professional football to join the Army two years ago...."What's so unusual about Tillman is not that he gave up so much money," said Richard H. Kohn, a professor of military history at the University of North Carolina.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-athletes24apr24,1,4496694.story?coll=la-headlines-sports

What Conflict?
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Mark W. Yusko, the endowment whiz kid who runs the University of North Carolina's UNC Management Company, is leaving, the institution announced last week.
http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v50/i34/34a02906.htm
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Music downloads on the rise again
San Jose Mercury News
Internet music downloading is rising again, even as the recording industry's relentless anti-piracy campaign has scared millions of adults away from unauthorized file-swapping networks....A newly released two-year economic study conducted by Harvard Business School and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill attacked the reliability of telephone surveys that questioned people about alleged illegal behavior.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/8521844.htm?1c

Hugs all around
Dallas Morning News
Whether politicians or primates, we human beings embrace for comfort, for consolation, to curry favor and sometimes to demonstrate power....Recent studies by two researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill suggest that a timely hug between spouses or long-term partners reduces stress in both and, for the woman, produces a calming effect and a desire to comfort and nurture others.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/texasliving/stories/042404dnlivhugs.22d62.html

From Companion's Lost Diary, a Portrait of Einstein in Old Age
The New York Times
Around Princeton she was known as Einstein's last girlfriend....After attending library school at the University of North Carolina, she found work at the Firestone Library in 1944, becoming its first map curator in 1952.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/24/nyregion/24EINS.html

State & Local Coverage

No reason to order demolition of dorm (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC trustee Rusty Carter's inability to find what he terms a "compelling argument" that supports renovating rather than replacing Morrison dorm is more than a bit puzzling.
http://www.herald-sun.com/opinion/chhedits/57-473609.html

Carolina chancellor calls for action to quell inflation of GPAs
The Herald Sun
A new campus report reveals that UNC students receive more A's than any other grade...."I really believe it's something we must grapple with," UNC Chancellor James Moeser said Friday at a meeting of UNC's Faculty Council.
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-473647.html

Will there always be a South? Yes, says Ferris
The Charlotte Observer
Bill Ferris is modest but determined about his singing....He chaired Bill Clinton's National Endowment for the Humanities (1997-2001) and recently became the Joel R. Williamson Distinguished Professor of History at UNC-Chapel Hill, a great coup for the university and a natural home for him.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/editorial/8515114.htm

Records on Crystall case come to light
The Daily Tar Heel
The incident in lecturer Elyse Crystall's English 22 class is just one example of harassment in UNC classrooms, according to records submitted by the University in response to a federal probe.
http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/04/23/40891393c2f7d
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http://www.newsobserver.com/nc24hour/ncnews/story/3538017p-3141269c.html

Council actions erode clarity of stance on airport (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
The Town Council's apparent eagerness to use the Horace Williams Airport as a tool to slow UNC's development of the Carolina North satellite campus has put it in a bind.
http://www.herald-sun.com/opinion/chhedits/57-474005.html

All eyes on airport's future
The Chapel Hill News
A joint state legislative committee will take up the fate of the Horace Williams Airport during the short session that begins May 10, lawmakers on the committee said.
http://www.chapelhillnews.com/front/story/1166932p-7270388c.html

Two largest universities to double campus space
Shelby Star
The days of classrooms and labs laid out in a compact area may be a thing of the past for North Carolina's two largest public universities....Take Interstate 40 to the west a little ways, and you'll find administrators at the UNC-Chapel Hill campus working on their proposed research campus - called Carolina North. If Chapel Hill town officials give their blessing, construction of the Carolina North campus on what's known as the Horace Williams property could begin within a couple of years.
http://www.shelbystar.com/portal/ASP/article.asp?ID=9379

Council must continue stand for closing airport (Letters to the Editor)
The Chapel Hill Herald
We were deeply dismayed to learn that, last week, the Chapel Hill Town Council chose not to endorse its long-standing position to close down Horace Williams Airport when it voted to suspend discussions with the university on Carolina North until the airport's future is resolved.
http://www.herald-sun.com/opinion/chhletters/

Next president's appointees critical to Roe's status (Opinion/Editorial Column)
The Charlotte Observer
Since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, abortion politics have been a mainstay of American presidential elections....Gene Nichol is Dean of the School of Law at UNC Chapel Hill.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/editorial/8514909.htm

Dentist looks back on 50 years of change (Question and Answer)
The News & Observer
Dr. Henry Lineberger Jr. is one of 15 surviving members of the first graduating class in the UNC School of Dentistry.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/3542456p-3145432c.html

Luring the big fish
The Charlotte Observer
As the economy recovers and companies look to expand, how will North Carolina wrestle new jobs from competing states?...Mike Luger, an economist who directs the Office of Economic Development at UNC Chapel Hill, says about 40 states have incentive programs, and the number is growing.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/business/8515248.htm

Bank's mistake pays off for county
The Charlotte Observer
A clerical error by a Charlotte banking giant will save Cabarrus County government more than $50,000 over the next two years....Frayda Bluestein, an expert on conflicts of interest in government contracts at UNC Chapel Hill's Institute of Government, said she doesn't see any concerns because Carpenter doesn't work for Bank of America.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/states/north_carolina/counties/cabarrus/8515123.htm

Athletes making progress toward graduation
The Chapel Hill News
This was the win they really wanted at the University off North Carolina.  Graduation rates for UNC athletes are up this semester across the board. Good news for a school where academics are emphasized, and at a time when the NCAA is reviewing plans to tighten academic requirements for post-season participation.
http://www.chapelhillnews.com/sports/story/1167010p-7270736c.html

Free bus rides continue to pay off
News 14 (Time Warner, Raleigh)
More people are opting to take the bus in Chapel Hill and this is helping more than the environment....UNC-Chapel Hill and government funding helps pay to keep the fare free buses rolling.
http://rdu.news14.com/content/headlines/?ArID=46434&SecID=2

Book captures arboretum's beauty
The News & Observer
Kemp Nye was a daring UNC-Chapel Hill student in 1934 when he bet several classmates a week's worth of sandwiches and chocolate milk that he could swing from tree to tree across Coker Arboretum -- the botanical jewel in the heart of campus.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/3542453p-3145360c.html

Suicide suspected at UNC-CH
The News & Observer
UNC-Chapel Hill campus police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in Forest Theatre early Friday.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/3537652p-3140592c.html

Issues & Trend

For state employees, it's time (Point of View)
The News & Observer
State employees have not received a pay raise for the past two years, and the $625 raise they were grant by the legislature back in 2001 was negated by health care cost increases....A 5 percent pay raise will not only help make state jobs more competitive, improving recruitment and retention....Dana Cope is executive director of the State Employees Association of N.C.
http://www.newsobserver.com/
Note:  This article is not available online.

NCSU seeks aid on salary
The News & Observer
As chancellor of N.C. State University, Marye Anne Fox earns nearly a quarter of a million dollars a year....After UNC-CH trustees said they couldn't afford the best chancellor candidates, the Board of Governors authorized a 33 percent private supplement for the whole system.
http://www.newsobserver.com/front/story/3542561p-3145369c.html

Chapel Hill tax hike likely
The News & Observer
In a year when the sluggish economy is showing sputters of recovery, property owners in this town might have to come up with more in the coming fiscal year for their municipal tax bill.
http://newsobserver.com/news/triangle/story/3537820p-3140555c.html

Duke selects summer reading (Footnotes)
The News & Observer
This summer, Duke University's freshmen will read "Mountains Beyond Mountains," the story of Paul Farmer, a 1982 Duke graduate, Harvard professor and infectious disease specialist who helped start an international agency that brings modern medical care to the poor....In other summer reading news, Appalachian State University students will read "A Hope in the Unseen" by Ron Suskind.
This article is not available online.

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