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August 5, 2005
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:National Coverage
Habitat for Humanity Picks New Leader Amid Turmoil
The New York Times
Habitat for Humanity International, one of the country's most successful charities, named a new leader yesterday, hoping to preserve its donor base and put behind it the turmoil over the firing in January of its founder, who has started a rival charity. Jonathan T. M. Reckford, who becomes the charity's chief executive, has a résumé that includes stints at Goldman, Sachs & Company, the Walt Disney Company, Best Buy Inc. and most recently as executive pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church in Edina, Minn.
Related Link: http://newsobserver.com/24hour/nation/story/2611058p-11071084c.html
Note: Reckford, the son of Professor Emeritus Kenneth Reckford, is a 1984 alumnus of Carolina and was a Morehead and Luce Scholar.Can Alcoholism Be Treated?
Business Week
Dr. Olivier Ameisen is a 51-year-old cardiologist in Paris. He is also an alcoholic. ...That's not the same as abstinence, but Dr. James C. Garbutt, an alcoholism researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says reduced drinking is still meaningful in a disease that is remarkably resistant to treatment.
Regional Coverage
Foreclosures On The Increase As Subprime Loans Proliferate
The Day (New London, Conn.)
Loans to homeowners with less-than-sterling credit are the fastest-growing segment of the mortgage market as lenders reach out to those unable to qualify for conventional mortgages. ...About 3.5 percent of subprime mortgages and refinancing loans go into foreclosure, but a study by the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School found that 20 percent of refinancings in 1998 through 2000 that were examined wound up in foreclosure.
State & Local Coverage
Leader: Tuition plan is a no-go
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A controversial proposal to give UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State University tuition-setting authority is dead, Senate leader Marc Basnight said Thursday. "It won't get done, but it will have a very positive effect at the end of the day," he said in a meeting with reporters and editors at The News & Observer.
N.C. House, Senate agree to third budget delay
The Associated Press (N.C.)
The General Assembly on Thursday passed its third stopgap spending measure of the year, voting to keep state government operating for another week while negotiators put the finishing touches on a budget. ...The Senate has backed off its efforts to grant the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and N.C. State University the right to set a portion of their own tuition rates, according to Basnight's office. The House had opposed the idea, saying it would harm the entire UNC system.
No hasty vote (Editorial)
The Charlotte Observer
A small group of legislative leaders has been working hard for weeks behind closed doors to achieve a compromise on North Carolina's $17 billion budget. ...Creation of a state lottery and authorization for N.C. State and UNC-Chapel Hill to set their own tuition, to cite two examples, should be considered on their own merits, not shoved down the throats of legislators who are forced to accept them or vote against the entire budget.
UNC prof, author dies at age 83
The Chapel Hill Herald
Max Steele, 83, distinguished author and a professor of English, emeritus, at UNC, died Monday in Chapel Hill.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/aug05/steeleobit080505.htmNo Comparison (Editorial)
The Fayetteville Observer
With only one vote remaining - and its results a foregone conclusion - Cape Fear Valley Health System will soon leave the public sector and become a private institution. ...Even when state Sen. Tony Rand tossed an 11th-hour alternative - merger with UNC Hospitals - Cape Fear officials held firm and rejected the idea, with no small measure of anger over the Senate majority leader's interference.
UNC Park & Ride program is a good beginning
The Chatham Weekly Journal
Mass transportation ... something the County isn't into as of yet, but UNC, Chapel Hill, and Orange County is serious about. The UNC park and ride lot on 15-501 is a beginning. It is at the county line to be in close proximity to UNC, obviously, because it shortens the routes of the busses, providing greater service coverage.
Devotees welcome Steak n Shake
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Ginny Lawler is an unpaid, unabashed and unapologetic cheerleader for the Steakburger. ...Whether or not the reaction is cultivated, the Steak n Shake mania is tied to a marketing concept known as brand experience, said Barry Bayus, a marketing professor at the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler School of Business.
Issues & Trends
Bowles 'only one' to be UNC system president
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Call it the inevitability of Erskine Bowles. But the former White House chief of staff seems to be emerging as the favorite to become the next president of the University of North Carolina system. "I think he is the only one," state Senate leader Marc Basnight said Thursday. "Erskine should be it. I'm saying he will be."
Fiske college guide names UNCA a ‘best buy’ again
The Asheville Citizen-Times
When Bridget Robinson of Mars Hill was deciding where to go to college, she took note of “The Fiske Guide to Colleges” and its endorsement of UNC Asheville as a “best buy.” ...The only other North Carolina institutions named to the Best Buy list are UNC Chapel Hill and Elon University.
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