August 6, 2003

Current National Coverage

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

Pressure to pick college cheats students of choices (Editorial)
USA Today
Last week, about 1,000 prospective college freshmen and their families visited
Cornell University for tours by student guides skilled at walking backward while
talking loudly. That same scene is being repeated on hundreds of campuses this
summer. ... Though colleges have promised to reform the admissions system,
change is slow in coming. A few schools have backed away from the early decision
process. The University of North Carolina, for one, has dropped the option

Harmful protein levels, chronic stress linked
The Houston Chronicle
Researchers have identified a mechanism by which chronic stress weakens the
immune system, putting people at greater risk of disease and, possibly, premature
aging. ... Kiecolt-Glaser and her husband, Ronald Glaser, a viral immunologist at
Ohio State University, headed a research team from Ohio State and the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that monitored blood levels of IL-6 in 119 elderly
caregivers and 106 noncaregivers (their average age was 70), for six years.

State and Local Coverage

North Carolina is a come-hither state
The News and Observer
New census numbers confirm what many people already see and hear: North
Carolina is now home to an awful lot of ex-New Yorkers. ... Jim Johnson thought
he had bought a one-way ticket out of North Carolina in 1975 when he went to
graduate school in the Midwest. But by 1992, when Johnson returned to teach
business at UNC-Chapel Hill, he was among a stream of blacks coming home.

UNC-led study shines light on N.C. shaken baby syndrome deaths
The Herald-Sun
A pioneering study led by a UNC pediatrician is shining a light into a dark corner
of North Carolina family life, fixing numbers to the tragedy of shaken baby syndrome.
(Note: This coverage originated from a UNC news release.)

UNC calls Cobb parking deck more vital than ever
The Herald-Sun
The creation of a new parking deck behind Cobb Residence Hall has taken on
added urgency because another parking facility planned for UNC's central campus
won't hold as many cars as originally thought, university officials said Tuesday.

Town to examine UNC energy report
The Chapel Hill News
University officials pressed their case for a chiller plant and parking deck before a
joint town and university committee Tuesday, saying that without new cooling
capacity UNC won’t be able to keep up with new demand from campus growth.

Residents view historic cemetery as 'sacred place'
The Chapel Hill News
It’s a town/gown split of a different sort as longtime backers of the university,
former administrators and faculty line up to fight a proposal to put a parking deck
and chiller plant near the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery.

(Note: Other outlets covering Tuesday's joint town-gown meeting included
WNCN-TV (NBC-Raleigh), which interviwed Trustee Chairman "Stick" Williams,
and WCHL-AM.)

Roses and Raspberries
The Chapel Hill News
... Raspberries to UNC for clamping down on free parking for its public lots
closest to downtown.

County hopes for senior center campus
The Chapel Hill News
UNC officials are reviewing a request from the Orange County Board of
Commissioners to donate three acres of the university’s Horace Williams property
to provide parking for a new senior center planned for a nearby location.

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