August 11, 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

Video gaming technology branching out, getting serious
National Associated Press
On a flat-panel computer screen the size of some televisions, video game producers populate an unnamed Islamic land where Special Forces troops have dropped in and are being challenged to learn their way around....The Army built this studio just outside Raleigh for its proximity to talent produced by Duke University, North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Fewer blacks to start at UGA
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The number of African-American freshmen enrolling at the University of Georgia this fall is lower than at any time in recent history, despite efforts to increase the number of black students.....Almost 12 percent of the fall 2003 freshman class at the University of North Carolina were African-Americans.

Technological innovations help swimmers over track stars
Contra Costa Times
Defending Olympic champion Lenny Krayzelburg skipped wearing a high-tech swimsuit for his 100-meter backstroke semifinal race and almost ended up having to skip the finals at last month's U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials...."You can attribute part of that to physics," said Charles Y. Smith, a sport physiology professor at the University of North Carolina.

State & Local Coverage

Finance chief warns of debt trouble ahead
The Charlotte Observer
If Union County officials don't curb spending, especially school construction, the county will owe more money than it can handle in five years, the county's top financial planner warned....John Vogt, a professor of public finance at UNC Chapel Hill, said a county of Union's size would "want to remain well within 15 percent."

A test to digest
The News & Observer
You've heard of disposable cameras.....The capsule "does what food does," said Dr. Douglas Morgan, a gastroenterologist and an assistant professor of medicine at UNC Chapel Hill's School of Medicine.

N. Clayton wants voice
The News & Observer
Walking around his north Clayton neighborhood, Donald Holden wipes his brow with a washcloth and recites a litany of problems more common to urban centers: drug activity, dilapidated houses and delayed response for emergency services....He has arranged a neighborhood meeting tonight with Anita Earls, advocacy director for the Center for Civil Rights at the UNC-Chapel Hill Law School, which focuses on civil rights and social justice research and advocacy.

A winner coaching winners
The Chapel Hill News
At the start of each new season, University of North Carolina coach Dennis Craddock talks to his track-and-field and cross-country athletes about team goals, and each year winning the Atlantic Coast Conference title tops the list.

Five Faiths Project comes to campus
The Chapel Hill Herald
Launched in 1996 in response to a child's question, The Five Faiths Project teaches about religions as a way of fostering an understanding of religious diversity in the community....The project continues at the Ackland Art Museum this weekend with the Five Faiths Colloquy as well as an upcoming exhibition of contemporary art and a performance series.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/aug04/ackland080404.html

Orange agencies practice bioterror response
The Herald-Sun
Chapel Hill resident Candy Holtzman found herself Tuesday in a cafeteria infirmary at Culbreth Middle School sitting face to face with a doctor telling her she has
pneumonic plague...."In the real world, I would give you this form and you would be picked up here and sent to the hospital," said Michael Fisher, the medical director of the Orange County Health Department and a physician with the UNC Family Practice Center.

Issues & Trends

Help for getting into college
Today Show, NBC
Aug 10: Barbara Kantrowitz, a senior editor at Newsweek, talks with NBC's Natalie Morales about the latest Newsweek/Kaplan College guide.
Note: The Newsweek/Kaplan College Guide is not due out until next week. UNC-Chapel Hill was named as this year's hottest school for health careers.

University system hands out $1,000 raises
N.C. Associated Press
Professors and administrators in the University of North Carolina system can expect a pay raise of at least a $1,000 in a few weeks from funds appropriated this
summer by the Legislature.

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