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April 7, 2006
Carolina in the News
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people and programs cited recently in the media:International Coverage
Judas: This is what really happened
The Guardian Unlimited (United Kingdom)
After being reviled for more than 2 000 years as the embodiment of treachery, Judas Iscariot's side of the story was finally published on Thursday. Thanks to a newly discovered gospel in Judas's name, we now know what his excuse was: Jesus made me do it. ...The manuscript also serves as a reminder that the four gospels in the New Testament were not the only versions of Jesus's life in the early Christian era, according to Bart Ehrman, a religious studies professor at the University of North Carolina, at its unveiling on Thursday. "In the struggle among Christian groups to win converts only one emerged victorious," he said. "It declared itself orthodox and all others heretics."
Related Links: http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2006/s1610900.htm
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/
Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1144360212246&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154National Coverage
Ancient Text Shows a Different Judas
The Associated Press (National)
For 2,000 years Judas has been reviled for betraying Jesus. Now a newly translated ancient document seeks to tell his side of the story. ...Christianity in the ancient world was much more diverse than it is now, with a number of gospels circulating in addition to the four that were finally collected into the New Testament, noted Bart Ehrman, chairman of religious studies at the University of North Carolina.
Related Links: http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=1810169&page=1
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/living/religion/14282890.htmJudas: Betrayer or Jesus' best pal?
The Los Angeles Times
Judas Iscariot, long reviled as history's quintessential betrayer, was actually the best friend of Jesus and turned him over to authorities only because Jesus asked him to, according to the Gospel of Judas, a long-lost document revealed Thursday by the National Geographic Society. ..."He's the good guy in this portrayal," said Bart Ehrman, a religion professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "He's the only apostle who understands Jesus."
Related Links: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-religion-judas.html
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/living/education/14286782.htmAncient Gospel Found; Paints Judas As Hero
USA Today
Lost for centuries and bound for controversy, the so-called gospel of Judas was unveiled by scholars Thursday. ..."We're confident this is genuine ancient Christian literature," says religious scholar Bart Ehrman of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He and others on the translation team spoke at a National Geographic Society briefing, where they released a translation.
Related Links: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12186080/
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/
04/07/a_new_judas_emerges_from_rediscovered_gospel/Document suggests Jesus asked Judas to betray him
The Chicago Tribune
A long-lost manuscript dating to the early Christian era and unveiled Thursday tells the Easter story from a strikingly different perspective: that of Judas Iscariot, long reviled as the man who betrayed Jesus. ...In this version, "Judas is the good guy," said Bart Ehrman, a University of North Carolina professor of religious history.
Related Links: http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/nation/04/7JUDAS.html
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06097/680219-82.stmPopular Menopause Treatment Comes Under Fire From Drug Company
ABC News
Menopause started for Jane Danielewicz 10 years ago, but it didn't come with hot flashes. Instead, she suffered debilitating cognitive symptoms. The University of North Carolina English professor was 43 at the time, but she felt she was losing touch with reality. At times, she said, it was so bad she couldn't even drive or read.
New Polymer May Rev Up the Output of Fuel Cells Used to Power Cars
Science Magazine
Most technologies must keep constantly improving to stay on top. But in the world of low-temperature fuel cells--the sort used to power cars--a polymer membrane made by DuPont, called Nafion, has been the gold standard for decades. ...In hopes of boosting the acid content of their polymers, Joseph DeSimone, a chemist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and his graduate student Zhilian Zhou decided to create a polymer with extra links between the chains so that it wouldn't dissolve in water.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/feb05/fuelcells022405.htmlRegional Coverage
Seattle Times figures say JOA loss exceeded $14.6 million in 2003-05
The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times says it lost a total of more than $14.6 million in 2003, 2004 and 2005 under its joint operating agreement (JOA) with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. ...Philip Meyer, a University of North Carolina journalism professor and former newspaper chain executive, agreed. "If you follow my logic, they aren't increasing it [newsroom spending] enough," he said, "because to survive, you've got to produce a better product."
Sex, media, and teens: Who's being influenced by what?
The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, Va.)
Some things you just don't need a Ph.D. to figure out. The media, says Jane Brown, a professor of journalism at the University of North Carolina, are "a powerful sex educator, but not always in the best interest of children." Ms. Brown was the chief researcher of a recently concluded study on the influence of television, movies, magazines, and music on adolescents. After surveying more than 1,000 young North Carolinians, she and her fellow scholars concluded that white kids who were exposed to sexually explicit content between the ages of 12 and 14 are more than twice as likely to have sex before their 16th birthday.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar06/teenmedia033006.htmState & Local Coverage
UNC prof delighted to study 'Judas'
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Two years ago, Bart Ehrman, a professor of religion at UNC-Chapel Hill, got a call from the National Geographic Society asking if he'd like to fly to Geneva to examine an ancient book, purporting to contain the Gospel of Judas.
Carolina North panel gets organized
The Chapel Hill Herald
Members of the Leadership Advisory Committee for Carolina North didn't come to any agreements on details for the proposed UNC campus at their meeting on Thursday. ...On Thursday, after each of the four groups gave presentations on their recommended principles for developing Carolina North, facilitator Kenneth Broun, a UNC law professor and former Chapel Hill mayor, said he noticed similarities among many of the goals.
Related Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/426157.htmlSchools' Graham institute designs off -- for now
The Chapel Hill Herald
The city schools' next school won't be a prekindergarten-through-second-grade building, but Board of Education members aren't abandoning the idea of working with a local child development institute to make the project happen. ... Thursday's discussion came as part of a series of conversations with researchers about the First School. The researchers first approached the school board several years ago about working with the district to build the facility on UNC's Carolina North campus.
Peripatetic Edwards still has star power
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
John Edwards is still a rock star. The former U.S. senator was in the nation's capital Thursday to help U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy push for an increase in the federal minimum wage. ...Since leaving the Senate, Edwards has taken on the problems of poor Americans. He is the director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Critic's picks - Dance
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Dance fans couldn't ask for more variety in performances than tonight's Triangle Dance Festival, a fund-raiser for the N.C. Alliance for AIDS Services, as well as AIDS clinics in Kenya and India. The festival, at 8 p.m. in UNC-Chapel Hill's Memorial Hall, will feature the Bhangra Elite Indian dance troupe, Latin dancers Que Rico, Bhatt folk dance, the UNC step teams, Duke African Dance Ensemble, the Language Arts hip-hop duo with Bboys, and hip-hoppers MiscONcEptions and Kamikazi.
Critic's picks - Classical
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
...Sunday also brings a tribute to North Carolina composer Roger Hannay, who died earlier this year. This free concert of his works in UNC's Hill Hall combines the talents of an array of area musicians, including pianists Richard Luby and Marmaduke Miles, cellist Brent Wissick, baritone Michael Kallstrom and the UNC Wind Ensemble.
Cheap thrills
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Three thousand pages and nearly 20 years in the making, Taylor Branch's three-book history of the civil rights movement, "America in the King Years," is social history told with the sweep of cinema. The giants of the era, from MLK to LBJ, loom over the scene in a way that might make you wonder what happened to such larger-than-life leaders.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar06/branch032806.htmDance festival is AIDS benefit
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The inaugural Triangle Dance Festival for AIDS will be held at 8 p.m. tonight in Memorial Hall, on Cameron Avenue at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Conference set on sexuality, faith
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
More than 300 students and activists from all over the Southeast will gather this weekend at a UNC-Chapel Hill Unity Conference to discuss sexuality and faith.
Let the brain games begin
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
They have their own discounts, their own communities and hangouts, and they have a voting bloc so powerful they can change the course of a national election. ..."The main issue is a lot of people talk about this stuff like we have the same understanding we do about cardiovascular training," said Dr. Thomas Parsons, a post graduate fellow at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine's Department of Neurology.
Specialists: Officer showing good signs
The Charlotte Observer
People can survive gunshots to the brain depending on the path of the bullet and how much energy it carries, medical experts said Wednesday. "The shock waves can extend beyond where the bullet stops and can cause anything from no deficit at all to coma and death," said Dr. Eldad Hadar, a neurosurgeon at UNC Chapel Hill.
DWI testers get busy early on weekend
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
It's the weekend. Time for hundreds in the Triangle to knock off work, throw back a few cold ones and get behind the wheel. ..."We haven't made much of a further dent in the problem," said Rob Foss, a senior research scientist at the UNC Highway Safety Research Center. "And it's sure not for lack of trying."
Durham teachers group makes endorsements
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Durham Association of Educators has announced its endorsements for the school board elections May 2. ...The association did not endorse any candidate for District 3, saying it could not reach a consensus. Longtime board member Gail Heath is not seeking re-election to the seat. Community activist Steven Matherly; Phillip Graham, a social scientist with expertise in crime and adolescent behavior; and Kirsten Kainz, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are running for that seat.
Issues & Trends
Federal Panel on Higher Education Identifies Access and Lifelong Learning as Top Goals for Final Report
The Chronicle of Higher Education
With less than four months remaining in its charter, the secretary of education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education took a series of votes on Thursday aimed at identifying members' top five goals for its report.
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