December 3, 2003

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

National Coverage

ADHD focuses on adults
USA Today
...Researchers believe that as many as 4% or 5% of U.S. adults have ADHD, but perhaps only 15% to 25% of them know it.....Mental health experts say Nessing is lucky to have a diagnosis. "When I was a medical student, we were taught it didn't exist in adults," says Richard Weisler, an adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Croom's hiring cheered beyond football
USA Today
When Sylvester Croom is introduced today as Mississippi State's football coach, school officials will emphasize that the Bulldogs hired the best coach for the job, not the best African-American one...."This registers at the top of the scale, in terms of fundamental change in the American South," said William Ferris, the senior associate director at the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina, a Mississippi native and co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.

State and Local Coverage

UNC outlines plans for 'Carolina North'
The News & Observer
First there was Research Triangle Park. Then N.C. State University started Centennial Campus. Now everyone can see the UNC-Chapel Hill model for a satellite research campus of its own.

UNC raises curtain on Carolina North
The Chapel Hill Herald
Ladies and gentlemen of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, UNC would like to introduce you to Carolina North.

UNC unveils more detailed Carolina North plan
The Chapel Hill News
UNC officials are cautiously optimistic that construction of the university's planned Carolina North development can begin some time in 2005.

Child-sex convict may get hearing
The Charlotte Observer
A Monroe man convicted 12 years ago in one of the state's largest child sex assault cases will likely get a hearing to argue for his freedom....UNC Chapel Hill law professor Richard Rosen said there are strong arguments for Parker's claims that he was wrongly convicted.

Earle donates record collection to UNC
Outer Banks Sentinel
It might seem that a three-bedroom house with a three-car garage would be a little lonely for just one person. But not if he had 60,000 records to keep him company....Movie posters, magazines, song folios, cassette tapes, soundies (precursors to music videos) and 60,000 78-rpm records comprised the personal collection of Eugene Earle of Nipomo, Calif. Earle recently donated his collection to the Southern Folklife Collection in the manuscripts department of Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Lawrence returns with 'Word'
The News & Observer
In TNT's new original drama "Word of Honor," North Carolina native Sharon Lawrence plays Marcy Tyson, an upstanding, elegant wife, mother and school principal whose past as an '80s rock groupie is revealed in the tabloid press.... She's back in the Triangle this week as a Frey Foundation Visiting Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina, her alma mater.

Issues and Trends

Appraisals vary on Cameron Avenue property
The Chapel Hill News
Four appraisals have been conducted during the past four years on a property the university plans to acquire on Cameron Avenue, according to documents on file in the N.C. State Property Office.

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