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April 30, 2004
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:
International News Coverage
Google IPO Seen as Salve for Silicon Valley
Reuters, UK
The initial public offering of No. 1 Web search firm Google will be a windfall for its venture capital backers and a much-anticipated salve for Silicon Valley, industry watchers said on Thursday...."It's a big deal and hopefully more real than symbolic," said Mike Hennessy, senior investment director for the University of North Carolina, a fund that has some venture holdings but not in Sequoia or Kleiner Perkins. "It does look like there are models from that bubble era that do work and are worthwhile."
National Coverage
Answering Net Calling Hang-Ups
Plus: The Low Down on Music Downloads
ABC News
In this week's Cybershake, we take a look at the rocky rise of Internet telephony. Plus, we take note of the latest news surrounding online music downloads....But that could be an incorrect assumption, says Koleman Strumpf, an associate professor of economics at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
In touch with their own internal GPS
Newsday
Seafaring captains of old probably could have learned a thing or two from the sure-fire navigation sense of Atlantic green sea turtles, whose pinpoint accuracy across vast ocean distances has now been attributed to an inner compass and map....University of North Carolina biologist Kenneth Lohmann, the study's lead author, said prior knowledge of green sea turtle navigation had been limited primarily to understanding how hatchlings use wave direction as a cue and an inner magnetic compass as a simple guide to reach the sea after birth.
What, not enough nose rings?
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Yet another theory is dumping on St. Louis' ability to create jobs, bashing the region and others like it on the most unlikely of economic measures: its lack of gays and bohemians...."Most Americans are boring people," said John Kasarda, a professor at the University of North Carolina, who's neither a supporter nor a critic of Florida's.
State & Local Coverage
Business incentives backed by Easley recommended by legislative panel
NC Associated Press
A legislative committee has endorsed expanding and reworking business incentives sought by Gov. Mike Easley to help create new jobs as North Carolina seeks to counter recent economic setbacks....The committee also asked that the General Assembly:...build a new cancer center at UNC-Chapel Hill and stroke research center at East Carolina University.
NCAA passes 'landmark' reforms
The News & Observer
The NCAA Division I board of directors on Thursday approved academic reforms that it hopes will re-emphasize the "student" in "student-athlete."..."We needed these reforms 10 years ago," North Carolina chancellor James Moeser said.
Related link: http://nytimes.com/2004/04/30/sports/30ncaa.html
Social services chief feted
The News & Observer
After Dan Hudgins' 37 years in government and nearly as many at the helm of the Durham County Department of Social Services, some people might say he should be tired of bridging gaps between state funding and county residents' needs....He will step down today to join the School of Social Work at UNC-Chapel Hill.
War dead list won't air locally
Asheville Citizen-Times
Beth Whitener would rather the country see her husband's face and hear his name on national television than see his moment of remembrance get caught up in politics....Usually, when network affiliates choose not to run national programming, questions of morality are at issue, said Cathy Packer, associate professor of media law at UNC- Chapel Hill.
A world beckons after 34 years
The News & Observer
A Johnston County man imprisoned for almost 34 years for stealing an old woman's television might finally go free -- in another year and a half....Allen's lawyer, UNC-Chapel Hill law professor Rich Rosen, said Allen turned down the commission's first offer, to release him in three years, and accepted the 18-month deal reluctantly.
Issues & Trends
Need-Based Aid Benefits Society and Deserves Increased Support, Report Says
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Current levels of need-based student aid may not be sufficient to help all qualified high-school students from low-income backgrounds attend college, according to a report scheduled to be issued today.
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Sustainable community visions presented
The Chapel Hill Herald
A sustainable community is compact, has meaningful jobs and multiple forms of transportation, and protects the rural landscape, according to a draft report from a group created by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce.
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