August 10, 2004

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

National Coverage

Kids' fitness
Naples Daily News (Fla.)
Now that it's back-to-school time, it should also be back-to-fitness time for children. ... "Get Kids in Action," a research, outreach and educational program based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill offers fitness and nutrition tips on its Web site at www.getkidsinaction.org.
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State & Local

Report: County losing ground
The Shelby Star
The reality: Cleveland County is "getting poorer faster," says Brent Lane, executive director for the University of North Carolina's Center for Competitive Economies

History, living and spoken (Editorial)
The News & Observer
In the African-American community, a growing worry is that young people have little concept of the fear felt and blood shed by earlier generations to gain basic civil rights. ... The effort is reminiscent of the Southern Oral History Program at UNC-Chapel Hill.

West House fight gains support
The Chapel Hill News
The effort to preserve the West House on the UNC campus hasn't yet budged the university on the issue, but it has in recent days gained some high-profile allies.

Kinnaird joins West House push
The News & Observer
State Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, a tenacious preservationist who was instrumental in the 1970s effort to save Carrboro's Carr Mill, is lending her name and energy to the fight for West House, a quirky brick building on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.

In a grand tradition (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer
Letter-writers' mostly adverse reactions (The People's Forum, Aug. 2) to UNC Law School Dean Gene Nichol's "liberal" Op-ed articles show that he is doing exactly what tenure was created to foster (but seldom does): promoting free expression of ideas that may not represent the current majority views.
(Note: Other letters about Nichol's column also appeared Saturday.)

N.C. Latino community: Is it going anywhere?
Henderson Daily Dispatch
Perhaps the most important fact about North Carolina's Hispanic community was mentioned near the end of a daylong conference devoted to Latino issues Friday. ... "We do both in the South," said [Winifred] Ernst, who runs Conexiones, a part of the Center for International Understanding at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Issues & Trends

UNC faculty get a raise
The News & Observer
The UNC system's 15,000 professors and administrators will each receive a raise of at least $1,000 this year, starting in a few weeks.
Related story: http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-509462.html

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