August 18, 2004

Carolina in the News

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

State & Local Coverage

A Christian Controversy (Editorial)
The Winston-Salem Journal
The broken record plays on at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with critics once again charging that the school's administration is anti-Christian.

Jones is backing fraternity
The News & Observer
UNC-Chapel Hill's dispute with a Christian fraternity has drawn the attention of U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, who has asked the federal government to look into the matter.
Note: An Associated Press version of this story ran in The Chapel Hill Herald today.

Anti-bias policy that's silly (Commentary)
The News & Observer
It's tough being a liberal....I can hardly get through the day without my knee jerking or my heart bleeding. But sometimes the hardest part is staying in step with the liberal marching band....Let's say that you are a Filipino student at UNC-Chapel Hill. It is a long hike from Chapel Hill to Manila, so you and some Filipino friends form a Philippine Students Association.

Two radio stations to air N.C. Symphony
The News & Observer
The N.C. Symphony has struck a deal with two regional radio stations to broadcast its classical music concerts beginning this fall....In the WUNC broadcasts, UNC-CH Chancellor James Moeser will interview Llewellyn and guest soloists during concert intermissions.

Taking on tuition (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer
Regarding "UNC outprices itself" (Aug. 7), Dennis Rogers erred in suggesting that UNC wouldn't need more funding to support student-athletes if tuition hadn't been increased. Eliminating tuition shifts the cost of providing an education from families who can afford it to state taxpayers...Shirley Ort, Associate provost, UNC-CH

UNC Hospitals posts a profit
The News & Observer
UNC Hospitals made money on its health-care business during the fiscal year that ended June 30 and is expecting to do even better this year, the chief executive of the UNC Health Care System said Tuesday.

Companies revise earnings
The News & Observer
The post-Enron era has produced a wave of earnings restatements in which companies erase previously reported financial results and produce revised -- and usually worse -- numbers...."If you look at a graph, you see a huge spike up" in earnings restatements, said Robert Bushman, an accounting professor at UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Study supports pairing Prozac, therapy
The News & Observer
Pairing Prozac with talk therapy works best to curb depression in children, according to research published today by Duke University scientists...."Really all that existed was some very compelling individual cases and anecdotal reports about people who did things to themselves or others that were uncharacteristic," said Dr. Jeffrey A. Lieberman, a psychiatrist and researcher at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Key issues on West House remain same (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
As one can tell from reading state Sen. Ellie Kinnaird's adjoining guest column, our editorial last Saturday on the effort to save UNC's West House hit a nerve.
Note: A number of letters to the editor appeared in today's paper but were of yet available online.

Take another look at West House (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill News
Why the big hoopla, some folks wonder, over preserving West House on the UNC campus?

Issues & Trends

ACT, SAT essays under the red pencil
USA Today
Meredith Brand can't say much about what's going on behind closed doors here at ACT Inc. headquarters: Her work deals with the closely guarded essay questions being developed for the testing company's signature product - its ACT college entrance exam.

Average ACT scores rise for first time in 7 years
USA Today
The national average composite score for the ACT college entrance exam increased this year for the first time in seven years, a report released Tuesday says. But it adds that an "alarming number" of 2004 graduates who took the test are unprepared for college science and math courses.

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