December 16, 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:

A Second Look
The Chicago Tribune
The medical textbooks give a dry, clinical description of the congenital 
deformity known as Crouzon syndrome: The sutures of the skull fuse 
prematurely, sometimes at birth, trapping the growing brain ... Dr. Tim Turvey, 
a professor of oral maxillofacial surgery at the University of North Carolina 
in Chapel Hill, says he has done about 25 of the traditional procedures and 
has an infection rate of less than 10 percent. ... 
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/health/chi-0212150428dec15,1,2523529.story
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Blacks go south in reverse migration
The Miami Herald
It is a lovely time of year, summer. The cotton stalks standing tall under the 
wilting heat. The bayou, quiet and still, at Low Water Bridge Road, where so 
many have been baptized into worshiping a southern God ... ''Ambivalence 
about the South has been a kind of a theme song in this region throughout the 
20th century,'' says Harry Watson, director of the University of North 
Carolina's Center for the Study of the American South. ... 
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/4741469.htm

GOP Fears Lott's Miscue Is a Setback for Party
The Los Angeles Times
Things had been looking up for Republicans who want their party to seem 
more welcoming to minorities. ... "There's no longer the old blatant racism of 
the old Southern demagogue, but you cannot say race has evaporated as a 
factor in Southern politics," said University of North Carolina political analyst 
Ferrel Guillory. ... 
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-gop15dec15.story
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Dine with care during the holidays
Houston Chronicle
Nutritional mischief. That's what can undermine healthy eating and exercise 
habits during the holidays -- unless you take steps now to counter it. ... "The 
nature of foods at this time of year becomes much, much richer," notes Barry 
Popkin, professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel 
Hill. ... 
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/food/1700032
(Note: This article originally appeared in The Washington Post.)

Pentagon focuses on domestic violence
The Boston Globe
A spate of wife-killings at the Fort Bragg army base has focused new attention 
on domestic violence in the US armed services, which critics say the Pentagon 
has failed to address adequately. ... Of 1,213 reported domestic violence
incidents known to military police in 2000 considered serious enough to merit 
disciplinary action, the military reported 29 in which the perpetrator was court
-martialed or sent to a civilian court for prosecution, said University of North 
Carolina social anthropologist Catherine Lutz, who has studied the issue. ...
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/349/nation/Pentagon_focuses_on_domestic_violence+.shtml

State and Local Coverage

Race's role in college admissions 
News and Observer
As a university admissions director, Jerry Lucido knows his office sometimes 
rejects white students while enrolling African- Americans who have lower grade-
point averages and SAT scores. ... "It's one of many things we consider, and it's 
never the first criterion," said Lucido, director of undergraduate admissions for 
UNC-Chapel Hill ... 
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/2024194p-1956011c.html

Bush honors UNC-CH student 
News and Observer
A 20-year-old Durham man who has spent half his life volunteering and helping 
disadvantaged children received the nation's highest volunteering award from 
President Bush on Friday. In a White House ceremony, William Chandler 
Vatavuk, a UNC-Chapel Hill junior, and 19 others from across the country 
were named winners of the President's Community Volunteer Award. ...
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/2024207p-1956108c.html

Asian oysters could replace natives 
News and Observer
With disease sucking the life from North Carolina's ailing oyster industry, state 
officials are trying to determine whether Asian oysters would be tasty saviors or 
an alien menace that would choke coastal waters like kudzu. The state Division 
of Marine Fisheries is working with a researcher at the University of North 
Carolina who plans to cultivate a half-million sterile oysters at various sites over
the next two years ... Even the biologist heading the project, Charles H. "Pete" 
Peterson of the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City, said 
controls are needed so the oysters don't become "a marine kudzu." ...
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nc/story/2025812p-1957420c.html

Democrats' eyes turn to Edwards 
News and Observer
Allies of U.S. Sen. John Edwards suggested Sunday that Al Gore's exit may 
bolster Edwards' presidential prospects, but they insisted that it ultimately will 
have little bearing on whether the North Carolina Democrat decides to run. ...
"He still has a big mountain to climb to do this," said Thad Beyle, a political 
science professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ... 
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nc/story/2025912p-1957357c.html

UNC faces nearly $350K cleanup bill 
The Herald-Sun
Cleanup from the ice storm’s damage to the UNC campus is expected to cost
about $350,000. ...
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-299554.html

Finding ports in the storm 
News and Observer
The Dec. 4 ice storm could not have come at a worse time for Rick Hendrick 
Chevrolet in Durham. ... "It's a giant pain for everyone, but the net effect will 
be positive," said James F. Smith, an economist at UNC-Chapel Hill. ... 
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/2024195p-1956107c.html

Interview methods can be crucial
Charlotte Observer
Believe the children. In the '80s, those words became a rallying cry for 
parents, therapists and others seeking to persuade the nation's criminal 
justice system to take allegations of child sex abuse seriously. ... Children's
testimony wasn't accepted without corroboration, and a child reporting sex 
abuse might be hushed or blamed, says Mark Everson, a UNC Chapel 
Hill psychiatry professor who directs a program on childhood trauma 
and maltreatment. ... 
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/4743040.htm

Colleges graduate thousands midyear 
News and Observer
Thousands of college students are receiving a special holiday gift this month: 
sheepskin. Universities around North Carolina held midyear commencement 
ceremonies for a growing number graduates who finish in August and 
December. ... This week, nearly 2,900 students will graduate Wednesday 
at N.C. State University. UNC-Chapel Hill's commencement is scheduled
for Friday.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/2024204p-1956058c.html

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Junior Colleges Try Niche as Path to Top Universities
The New York Times
To all her snooty high school peers, who looked at her with pitying smiles 
upon hearing that she was bound for a junior college rather than the Ivy 
League, Tiana Cornelius has one thing to say. ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/15/education/15COLL.html
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Waste site may stymie Estes Drive widening 
Chapel Hill News
A new report from the state Department of Transportation details the 
difficulties in store for plans to widen Estes Drive, including the possibility 
that radioactive and hazardous waste could be mixed in with garbage at 
an old landfill near the proposed roadway. ... 
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/story/2019654p-1953203c.html

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