August 2, 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

Now, the Poor Don't Need to Mortgage Their Future
The New York Times
In the competitive early 90's, many colleges increased their aid to talented students regardless of whether they actually needed financial help....Chapel Hill has steadily increased spending on student aid for a decade, but that hasn't closed the gap in college-going rates, says Shirley Ort, associate provost and director of scholarships and student aid.
Note: News Services arranged the interviews with Chancellor Moeser and Shirley Ort.

Aid Programs That Shun Loans
The New York Times
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Students from families with income up to 150 percent of the federal poverty level.

Harvard, Wisconsin produce most corporate leaders
Bloomberg News
The University of Wisconsin apparently is a top breeding ground for corporate leaders....The top 10 educators of CEOs also include public universities including the University of Texas, City University of New York, University of North Carolina, University of California, University of Missouri and University of Washington.

New U. president winning hearts
Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Weeks before officially taking the helm at the University of Utah today, the U.'s new president, Michael K. Young, was busy "mending fences" in state government.... U. spokeswoman Coralie Alder said [Sarah] Michalak decided to take a new job as head of the library system at the University of North Carolina because it was an "opportunity she couldn't turn down."
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jul04/michalak072204.html

Egg-freezing for fertility offers hope - and hype
The Philadelphia Inquirer
After 20 years of trying, scientists are finally figuring out how to freeze a woman's eggs so she can look forward to making babies with Mr. Right, even if he doesn't show up until she's halfway to retirement....In layman's language, said University of North Carolina fertility specialist Marc Fritz, head of the committee that developed the guidelines: "This is just not ready for prime time."

Enlisting aid of generals
Buffalo News
In its earliest stages, the race between President Bush and his Democratic challenger, Sen. John F. Kerry, could become a war of the generals....University of North Carolina historian Richard Kohn told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that dabbling in politics "undermines the neutrality of the military, as perceived by the American people. It reinforces the view that the military is just another special-interest group."

Regional Coverage

SCLC gathers amid changing image
The Times-Union (Jacksonville)
It began its work with the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955...."When it was fighting clearly for civil rights legislation to knock down the Jim Crow laws and customs, the SCLC with Martin Luther King Jr. obviously played a major role," said Ferrel Guillory, director of South Now, a group at the University of North Carolina that studies Southern life, media and politics.

Edwards' trial work was noble (Commentary)
Myrtle Beach Sun News
I've been trying, ever since John Edwards came to national attention and started drawing fire from Republicans, to figure out what is so intrinsically bad about being a trial lawyer....Ferrel Guillory, director of the University of North Carolina's Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life, scoffing at the idea of Edwards as an "ambulance chaser,"....

Company hopes to open doors to name recognition
Palm Beach Post
When you've only got one dish on the menu, it had better be good....Plaza's strategy is a good one for reaching the construction industry, said Joe Bob Hester, assistant professor of advertising at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

State & Local Coverage

Center exploring black culture opens
The News & Observer
It's certain to happen. Someone will step up to a microphone at UNC-Chapel Hill this month and say how wonderful it is to celebrate the grand opening of the university's free-standing black cultural center....Joseph Jordan, director of the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, will wince when he hears this.

Easley's veto decisions get closer look in election year
N.C. Associated Press
Gov. Mike Easley appears to enjoy signing bills into law much more than bringing out his somewhat-smudged veto stamp....Joe Ferrell with the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said the governor must weigh his sense of good public policy against the will of the Legislature.

UNC cashes in with ads (Point of View)
The News & Observer
The decision to solicit advertising for renowned Kenan Stadium and the hallowed Dean Dome at UNC-Chapel Hill has some people wondering what's wrong with this picture.

Sunday forum (Letters to the Editor)
The News & Observer
UNC's signs and athletic students...Will that be the General Motors 50 Yard Line? Advertising signs are coming to UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan Stadium and Dean Smith Center, but officials promise that they'll be tasteful.

UNC hires agency to boost sagging football ticket sales
Triangle Business Journal
With its season ticket baseline sagging, the struggling football program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill added marketing muscle in the off-season.

State's duty to students affirmed
The News & Observer
In a decision hailed as a key victory for schoolchildren across the state, the N.C. Supreme Court on Friday upheld much of a lower court's ruling that the state must do more to improve the quality of education in one of North Carolina's poorest counties...."It affirms virtually all of Manning's decision -- with respect to the methods he followed, with respect to the facts he found, with respect to the legal conclusions that he reached," said Jack Boger, a law professor at UNC-Chapel Hill who specializes in education cases

Hopping Up to D.C.
Winston-Salem Journal
Today's arrival of Independence Air at the Piedmont Triad International Airport could help bring in more travelers, revenue and recognition for the airport, officials hope...."The arrival of Independence Air is important in not only maintaining service levels but also keeping ticket prices competitive," said John Kasarda, the director of the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Black Wall Street is revisited
The News & Observer
More than 200 black business leaders and the people who want to succeed them will descend on the Bull City this weekend for the first Black Wall Street National Conference....Raleigh's business community is centered on state government; Chapel Hill's is focused on the university. Durham, meanwhile, hosts one of the oldest black business leagues in the country, said Jim Johnson, a management professor at UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Managers suing for overtime pay
The News & Observer
In the retail world, known for hard work and little pay, being promoted to store manager was always considered a ticket to a better life...."It begins to hurt when resources are limited," said Jayashankar Swaminathan, a management professor and retail supply chain operations expert at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Something for nothing?
The News & Observer
The state legislature has handed North Carolina charities a new breed of golden goose: benefactors who are rich, elderly, healthy and underinsured....State Sen. Tony Rand, a Fayetteville Democrat who got the revision added to the state budget as an amendment, said the UNC General Alumni Association is interested in tapping the funding source.

UNC should lead West House fundraising (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Calls for the preservation of West House, a 69-year-old building that's squarely in the middle of UNC's planned Arts Common, have put university administrators in a bit of a bind.

UNC estimate: It'll cost a half million ($) for West to go
The Chapel Hill Herald
A new report commissioned by UNC estimates that it would cost more than $500,000 to move West House to a new location.

Issues & Trends

Drill tests disaster response
The News & Observer
A group of terrorists detonated a dirty bomb in Charlotte on Saturday that spread radioactive material over the region....UNC-Chapel Hill's Air Care and Duke University's Life Flight were on hand to simulate flights from their respective hospitals to the airport to take care of the most severely wounded, but the drill's centerpiece was the Hercules.

ACC parity may shrink BCS hopes
The News & Observer
Other than some anticipation for the season-opening game between conference newcomer Virginia Tech and Southern California, the ACC's three-day football kickoff ended last Tuesday without generating much discussion about non-conference games.

Smart tuition break (Editorial)
The News & Observer
Allowing the more than 100,000 active duty military men and women assigned to North Carolina bases to pay resident tuition rates at state-supported colleges and universities is more than a feel-good, "support the troops" effort.

Chapel Hill Transit adds 'Safe Ride' shuttle
The Chapel Hill Herald
Chapel Hill Transit's new service schedule that begins today will include an additional "Safe Ride" route that will shuttle late-night passengers on weekends.

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