December 11, 2002

Carolina in the News

Current National Coverage

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

Gut reactions 
New York Daily News
A stomachache caused by emotional upset is so familiar that we've got an 
expression for it: getting "butterflies." ... "Irritable bowel syndrome as a 
condition has defied good medical treatment," says gastroenterologist 
Douglas Drossman of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ... 
http://www.nydailynews.com/12-10-2002/city_life/health/story/42064p-39684c.html

Iraq protests mark Human Rights Day 
United Press International
Demonstrations marked the 53rd anniversary of International Human Rights 
Day Tuesday, with a possible war in Iraq shifting some of the focus from the 
traditional issue of the death penalty and individual rights. ... Last year, a 
University of North Carolina study found individuals who kill a white person 
in the state are 3.5 times more likely to receive the death penalty ... 
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20021210-045514-1217r

State and Local Coverage

Ice storm makes mess of UNC trees 
The Herald-Sun
The good news is that UNC will get a lot of free mulch. The bad news? It 
comes at great expense. ... 
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-297725.html

Storm’s outages teach UNC powerful lessons 
The Herald-Sun
UNC’s main campus lost electricity for only several hours following last 
week’s snow and ice storm, regaining it relatively quickly thanks to power 
supplied by its own plant. ... 
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-297724.html

AlphaVax attracts biodefense grant 
News and Observer
AlphaVax, a Research Triangle Park biotechnology company, has received a 
$6.5 million federal grant to help develop a vaccine for a rare but lethal virus
that could be used as a weapon by terrorists. ... We're determined to be one 
of the four," said Dr. Bill Roper, dean of UNC's School of Public Health ...
http://newsobserver.com/business/story/2014416p-1948970c.html

Peace Corps opens UNC recruiting post 
The Herald-Sun 
Aiming to increase its already high yield of volunteers from UNC, the Peace 
Corps has opened a campus recruiting office, one of 40 such sites nationwide. ... 
http://www.herald-sun.com/archives/URNDetail.cfm?URN=0401720796
(Note: The Herald-Sun requires free registration to access archives.)

City's kids put to the test in '48 
Winston-Salem Journal
When members of the Eugenics Board of North Carolina were trying to 
decide whom to sterilize, they almost always relied on IQ scores as the one 
objective measure they could count on among a number of other 
considerations. ... A difference in IQ scores ... was noted in a 1948 study 
conducted by A.M. Jordan, a professor at the University of North 
Carolina at Chapel Hill. ...
http://www.journalnow.com/wsj/specialreports/againsttheirwill/parts/three/storybody3.html
(Note: This article is a part of a five-part series on the North Carolina's 
sterilization program.)

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Colleges Sending Teacher-Candidates To See the World
Education Week
Become a student of the world, and you'll be a better teacher when you 
return to America. ... The University of North Carolina plans to launch a 
venture for preservice teachers next summer, said Millie Ravenel, the 
director of UNC's Center for International Understanding in Raleigh. ...
http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=15international.h22

Memo to Board of Governors: Freeze it (Editorial)
Chapel Hill Herald 
This hardly seems a good time to speak favorably of a freeze. But, no, we 
don't mean that one. Rather, the UNC system's Board of Governors is 
floating the idea of freezing tuition for the next school year at the system's 
16 campuses, including Chapel Hill. ...
http://www.herald-sun.com/archives/URNDetail.cfm?URN=0401720820
(Note: The Herald-Sun requires free registration to access archives.)

Given economic hardships, a tuition freeze is justifiable (Editorial)
Asheville Citizen-Times
UNC-Asheville student leaders and student leaders from other state university 
campuses are supporting a freeze on tuition increases for the next academic 
year and it's easy to understand why. ...
http://cgi.citizen-times.com/cgi-bin/story/editorial/24977

Tuition Freeze (Editorial)
Winston-Salem Journal
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors should approve a 
proposal to freeze tuition next year systemwide....
http://www.journalnow.com/wsj/opinion/MGBLTSXAK9D.html

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