August 31, 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

Change at CDC Draws Protest
The Washington Post
A bureaucratic shuffle within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has prompted a political firestorm among experts in worker health and safety and has reignited questions about the Bush administration's commitment to sound science....."I can't fathom it because almost everyone works, so you'd think that healthy work would be important," said Dana Loomis, an epidemiologist and environmental health scientist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Intelligence agencies need defense-like overhaul, many say
Knight-Ridder Wire Service
The news: President Bush on Friday gave more power to the CIA chief, in effect making him the national intelligence director....Military historian Richard Kohn of the University of North Carolina says that compared with the armed forces, "Change is more difficult with the intelligence community. They're much more diverse, and they operate so much more in secret. The intelligence people have a much greater capacity to say, `Tut, tut - you haven't been cleared.' They play that card a lot."

Bush Will Win, Economic Models Say; War, Terror Are Wild Cards
Bloomberg News Services
President George W. Bush will win four more years in the White House under formulas devised by professors to predict the outcome of U.S. presidential elections....As early as the 1860s, organized markets accepted wagers on the elections, according to a study by Paul Rhode and Koleman Strumpf, economics professors at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

Bush 'has not wavered'
Orlando Sentinel
The Republican Party opened its 2004 convention in this city still scarred by the worst terrorist attacks in U.S. history, calling President Bush a strong leader for dangerous times....Ferrel Guillory, director of the Program on Southern Politics and Media at the University of North Carolina, said McCain's support of Bush also helps the senator build credibility with Republican conservatives in case he decides to run for president again in 2008.
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Bottled water no tonic for warding off cavities
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Most people choose bottled spring water for its purity and taste....John W. Stamm, dean of the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry at Chapel Hill and spokesman for the American Dental Association, said that although he recommended fluoridated bottled water, he also believes even people who drink "only" bottled water get fluoride from other sources.

State & Local Coverage

Whirl's nothing new for senator
The Charlotte Observer
Elizabeth Dole is in full convention mode....."She owes the White House a lot," said Ferrel Guillory, who directs the Program of Southern Politics, Media and Public Life at UNC Chapel Hill.

The issue is funding (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer
David French made some excellent points about the freedom of association in his Aug. 27 Point of View article about the Alpha Iota Omega Christian fraternity at UNC-Chapel Hill. Unfortunately, his points aren't relevant to his position.

Weekend parties keep police on the go
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC students are back in town, and police had one of the busiest weekends they can remember just trying to keep up with them.

Children of Kerry, Edwards tour NC college campuses
N.C. Associated Press
The children of Democratic presidential and vice presidential hopefuls John Kerry and John Edwards are in North Carolina Tuesday to appeal to college students....From there, the children of the candidates head to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Related link: http://www.herald-sun.com/durham/4-517240.html
Note: Coverage aired on WUNC-FM and News 14 (Time Warner, Raleigh).

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