December 5, 2003

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

National Coverage

The New Old-Time Religion
U.S. News & World Report
What would Jonathan Edwards think of suburban Chicago's Willow Creek Community Church, where every weekend some 17,000 congregants arrive in their Chevy Tahoes and Toyota minivans to worship in the enormous brick-and-glass auditorium?...But when researchers focus on ordinary evangelicals, as University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill sociologist Christian Smith does in his book Christian America? What Evangelicals Really Want, they find "more diversity, complexity, and ambivalence than conventional wisdom would lead us to expect."

State and Local Note

WUNC-FM will be broadcasting four episodes of the radio series "The Blues," distributed by Public Radio International. Bill Ferris, professor of history and senior associate director of the Center for the Study of the American South is featured as an expert in each program. The programs will air Sundays from 11 a.m. - noon Dec. 7, 14, 21, and Jan. 4.

State and Local Coverage

Carolina North questions abound
The Herald-Sun
The latest round of questions and comments about UNC's planned satellite campus hit on recurring themes Thursday, like traffic and taxes, while there were new twists as well.

PlayMakers' comedy has unscripted laughs
The Herald-Sun
Rachel Fowler refuses to let anything trip her up -- including a near-fall on opening night -- in her PlayMakers' debut in "Hobson's Choice."...Director Blake Robison said he believes that Maggie learns compassion in the course of the play. Robison, who makes his PlayMakers' directorial debut with this play, earned his MFA at UNC, appearing in many of the company's productions.

Issues and Trends

Federal Prosecutor Found Dead With Stab Wounds
The New York Times
A federal prosecutor in Baltimore was found dead with multiple stab wounds on Thursday in a creek in a rural area of Pennsylvania, hours before he was scheduled to appear in court in the case of a violent drug ring....A graduate of the University of North Carolina law school, he worked as a local prosecutor in Brooklyn before joining the Justice Department four years ago as an assistant United States attorney, officials said.
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Law school dean comments on Luna, alumnus slain in Pa.

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