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August 13, 2003
Current National Coverage
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:Research Notebook
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.)
... No deaths from heatstroke occurred among young U.S. football players during
the 2002 season, a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study shows.
Regional Coverage
N.C. town may limit number of dogs per house
The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
Kellie Nance is raising eight dogs at her island home in hopes they'll be champions
on the show dog circuit. ... Ben Loeb, a professor at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill's Institute of Government, said a lot of N.C. towns have
considered placing limits on the number of dogs a household is allowed to have.
State and Local Coverage
Women making health choices
The News and Observer
Women in North Carolina have gotten better about going to the doctor every other
year for colorectal and breast exams, but they are also putting their health in danger
on a daily basis by smoking and drinking more and carrying around extra fat. Those
findings were announced Tuesday as part of a women's health report card, which
was issued by a coalition of health organizations led by the N.C. Program for
Women's Health Research at UNC- Chapel Hill.
(Note: This coverage was the result of a media briefing held at UNC Hospitals.
Other media outlets covering the event include The Herald-Sun, WRAL-TV (CBS,
Raleigh), News 14 Carolina (Time Warner, Raleigh), WTVD-TV (ABC, Raleigh),
WUNC-FM (NPR, Chapel Hill) and WCHL-AM.The report card findings are also
detailed in a UNC news release.)
Tax credits get mixed review
The News and Observer
The state's Bill Lee tax credits are steering some jobs to depressed areas, but most
companies receiving them are being rewarded for positions they would have created
regardless of incentives. That's the latest analysis of a state program that spent more
than $200 million on economic development in North Carolina from 1996 to 2001.
UNC-Chapel Hill professor Michael Luger, who did the report for the Department
of Commerce, does not offer an opinion as to whether the state program should
continue.
Campus landmark stages a renaissance
The Chapel Hill News
Now on stage at Memorial Hall is a lift truck and piles of scattered debris. Raining
down on them are sprays of sparks and bits of metal and masonry as welders cut
through the iron reinforcement of the stage house roof.
Social studies squeeze
The News and Observer
Vampires in North Carolina? Not really, but Jessica Collins did have a reason for
wondering. ... But Debra Henzey, director of the Civic Education Consortium
based at UNC-Chapel Hill, is skeptical whether the new curriculum will really do
much to promote social studies instruction in elementary and middle schools.
A close pass by red planet
The News and Observer
When the sky is clear, Bill Webster rises before dawn, rolls a 150-pound telescope
out of his garage and trains it on a reddish gleam in the southwestern sky. ... "Mars
may not be as inhospitable a place as we used to think," said Chris Clemens,
a UNC-Chapel Hill astrophysicist.
4-year terms for commissioners wouldn't involve other changes
The Herald-Sun
The Durham County Commissioners will ask voters in November to allow them to
run for four-year terms, but no other changes such as staggered elections or districts
are in the works, county officials said Tuesday. ... Joseph Ferrell, a professor with
UNC's School of Government, said that around 1905, when North Carolina's
county government system was substantially revised from its 19th-century setup,
all of the state's counties elected officials to two-year terms.
Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina
Courts Weighing Rights of States to Curb Aid for Religion Majors
The New York Times
Teresa Becker made a costly decision when she chose after her sophomore year to
major in theology. ... Eleven states prohibit aid for the study of theology.
(Note: The New York Times requires free user registration to access articles.)Tuitions up steeply nationwide
The Christian Science Monitor
After graduating from a high school near Phoenix, Caleb Alvarado decided not
to get a full-time job like many of his friends, but to become instead the first male
member of his family to go to college. ...Across the nation, students and parents
are bracing for broad tuition increases that, at flagship universities, could be the
largest in 30 years.
Bush Misuses Science, Report Says
The Washington Post
The Bush administration has repeatedly mischaracterized scientific facts to bolster
its political agenda in areas ranging from abstinence education and condom use to
missile defense, according to a detailed report released yesterday by Rep. Henry
A. Waxman (D-Calif.).
UNC may set rules to manage top jobs
The Herald-Sun
It isn't often that university chancellors fall ill or are otherwise unable to do their
work. But it can happen, and the code governing the state's university system
doesn't say how administrators should respond if it does. So over the next year,
the UNC system Board of Governors will examine whether the university's
president should have the power to dismiss chancellors or place them on
involuntary leave.
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