Aug. 18, 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

Virginia's Tepid Terp Spirit
The Washington Post
There are some 20,000 alumni of the University of Maryland living in Northern Virginia alone. Have they no pride? ...The jury is still out, but the evidence suggests that Seminoles from Florida State University, Yellow Jackets from Georgia Tech and Aggies from Texas A&M now living in Virginia collectively have more school spirit than the state's Terrapin alumni. They all have their own plates, as do alumni of Rutgers, Villanova, Ohio State, North Carolina State and the University of North Carolina.

State & Local Coverage

Stat Guy: The numbers may pay off for student
The Winston-Salem Journal
To members of the Society for American Baseball Research, Trent McCotter seemed like any other guy with a fixation for statistics. ...Lately, McCotter has been more preoccupied with getting ready for college. He's due to start his freshman year at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Four students get IBM experience and leave results
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Four students in IBM's elite Extreme Blue internship program will be leaving with valuable experience when they return to school next week -- but they'll also be leaving something of value behind. ...Georgiana Ivy, a rising senior at Duke University, stayed close to her home campus, but students from UNC and N.C. State University held positions in the Extreme Blue programs in California and Austin, Texas, respectively.

Shots aim to prevent spread of disease
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Hundreds of UNC students scrambled to get antibiotics last school year as four students became ill with meningococcal meningitis -- a potentially deadly bacterial infection causing inflammation of the tissue around the brain and spinal cord.

UNC road projects nearly finished
The Chapel Hill Herald
Two campus road projects that have made life a bit more difficult for motorists this summer are expected to conclude before students return to town next week. ..."The projections are pretty good," said Bruce Runberg, UNC's associate vice chancellor for facilities planning and construction. But he cautioned: "All of this assumes we have no hurricanes or torrential downpours."

15-501 search for park-ride lot gets big boost
The Chapel Hill Herald
As the town of Chapel Hill resumes its search for a spot along the U.S. 15-501 corridor for a park-and-ride lot, it will have a sizable chunk of federal money in hand to help with the project. ... And he said the town and its partners in Chapel Hill Transit -- UNC-Chapel Hill and Carrboro -- would have to provide matching funds for the federal money that could total about $250,000.

Issues & Trends

When the Dream Candidate Wants the Job
Up & Coming Magazine
You've got to think that most of the potential candidates to replace Molly Broad as the University of North Carolina's system president have already been scared off. ...When the chief competition once served as the top administrator for the United States government, well, you better have your ducks in row.

Duke to give freshmen a treat
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Last year, Duke University freshmen got free Apple iPods when they arrived on campus. ..."Chapel Hill has totally thrived off that," Parker said. "There's no reason Durham can't, too."

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