December 12, 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:

Let's tone down this triumph of strategy over substance (Commentary)
The Philadelphia Inquirer
In 1784, Benjamin Franklin noticed how strange it was for Europeans to sleep 
until noon when the sun rose at 6 or 7 o'clock. ... Worrying that this trend will 
only exacerbate inequality in higher education, Yale, Stanford, University of 
North Carolina and a few other well-positioned schools decided recently to 
replace ED [early decision] with a nonbinding, early action system of 
notification ... 
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/columnists/jane_eisner/4719599.htm

A Stone's throw
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Charles Stone III, son of legendary newsman Chuck Stone, knew early on he 
wouldn't be following precisely in his father's footsteps. ... "It was fantastic," said 
Chuck, now teaching at the University of North Carolina. ... 
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/living/4702196.htm

Current Regional Coverage

How students find place for faith at school
The State (Columbia, S.C.)
About a dozen Irmo High School students laughed as one of them explained 
how she had to correct a common misconception about Ramadan. ... Research 
released by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this month suggests 
that high school seniors who say they are religious have more positive attitudes 
about life and have fewer discipline problems. ... 
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/4721397.htm
(Note: To view a UNC news release about this study, click here.)

State and Local Coverage

Golden Leaf gives $200,000 grant to UNC School of Nursing
Triangle Business Journal
Golden Leaf Inc. has given a $200,000 grant to the University of North Carolina 
at Chapel Hill School of Nursing and several community partners to offer a 
distance-education master of science in nursing degree in eight North Carolina 
counties. ...
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2002/12/09/daily47.html
(Note: This coverage originated from a UNC news release.)

Sterilization was often the way out 
Winston-Salem Journal
She was 17, just a girl, and she was in the State Home and Industrial School for 
Girls in Moore County. ...That was because most people in the mental-health 
field were aware that IQ tests were flawed and that the entire concept that genes 
always passed on intelligence was wrong, too, said Gilbert Gottlieb, a research 
professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who 
worked at Dorothea Dix Hospital in the late 1950s. ... 
http://www.journalnow.com/wsj/specialreports/againsttheirwill/parts/four/storybody5.html

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

UNC panel tackles questions of tuition 
The Herald-Sun
A familiar conversation arose Wednesday during a meeting of a UNC system 
task force revising the university’s tuition policy. The task force, comprising nine 
members of the UNC system’s Board of Governors, was fine-tooth-combing a 
series of changes to the university’s existing tuition policy when the oft-debated 
topic came up. ...
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-298164.html

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