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December 8, 2003
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:National Coverage
50 and Ready for a Colonoscopy? Doctors Say Wait Is Often Long
The New York Times
Doctors in many parts of the country say the demand for colonoscopies to screen for colon cancer has surged so much in recent years that patients are having to wait months or are simply being turned away.... In Chapel Hill, N.C., where the routine wait is as much as six to eight months, Dr. Michael Pignone, an internist at the University of North Carolina, worries about patients with potentially serious symptoms, like blood in the stool, being put in a queue for a test.
Registration required.Local Television Stations Pine For Spending Boom of... 2002?
The Wall Street Journal
The economic recovery may be at hand, but for Jeff Bartlett, general manager of WMUR television in Manchester, N.H., this year's modest turnaround doesn't compare with the economic heights of 2002....A report by a University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill professor Thad Beyle found that gubernatorial candidates in 2002 spent in excess of $833 million, or 41% more than candidates in those states spent in 1998.
Subscription required.School Choice Plan Has Eighth-Graders Mulling Career Path
The Washington Post
Eighth-grader Chris Fantasia, who wants to be a musician, head chef or "political something" when he grows up, is one of 2,100 Montgomery County students who for the first time get to choose their high school....Patrick Akos, a professor of school counseling at the University of North Carolina, said, "Developmentally, middle school is a time for exploring, and eighth grade should be a time they aren't narrowing choices but expanding them."
Registration required.State and Local Coverage
UNC planners keep ears to the ground
The Herald-Sun
UNC planners have emphasized that the current plan for Carolina North is a work in progress, and Vice Chancellor Tony Waldrop says that more changes are forthcoming.UNC finds public reaction 'constructive'
The Chapel Hill News
Why won't university officials consider permanently preserving a portion of the Horace Williams property?....Tony Waldrop, UNC vice chancellor of research and economic development, led a panel of UNC administrators and consultants, the members of which fielded questions from audience members at four public meetings.Carolina North: Lots of questions, few answers (Commentary)
The Chapel Hill News
If UNC is graded on community outreach for its planned Carolina North project, then the university gets an A for effort....Vice Chancellor Tony Waldrop led a road show of planners to four different public meetings about Carolina North, two on campus and two in the community.Planners should rebalance housing, parking (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
The draft plan for Carolina North that UNC officials showed off last week held few surprises. As such, our basic reaction is the same one we had to a version that surfaced earlier this fall: It includes twice as much parking as is needed, and only half as much housing.Hotel law raises privacy issues
Greensboro News-Record
The guest-registration records at hotels and motels in Reidsville can now be examined by police without a court order, based on an ordinance passed by the Reidsville City Council this week....Arnold Lowey, a law professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, said the ordinance doesn't violate the U.S. Constitution.Land use plan foes to take office
The Charlotte Observer
On Monday Weddington's present and future will meet face to face...."They can't just take office and repeal everything that has been done," said David Owens, a UNC Chapel Hill Institute of Government professor who specializes in land use and zoning law.A faith rooted in mystery (Book review)
The Charlotte Observer
In this exploration of the origins and development of Christianity, Bart D. Ehrman, a professor of religious studies at UNC Chapel Hill, provides a fascinating and controversial perspective. He undertakes to show that Christianity has followed a tortuous and mysterious route to its current set
of practices and beliefs.Young buck
The News & Observer
Not long ago the term "new economy" was impossible to avoid. In September, however, The Economist reported that "[t]he number of articles in financial newspapers containing the words 'new economy' is now running at only 5% of its level in 2000."...Peter A. Coclanis is chairman of the History department at UNC-Chapel Hill. He has recently co-authored a book with David L. Carlton titled "The South, the Nation, and the World: Perspectives on Southern Economic Development."Bells to ring for holidays
The News & Observer
Travis Kephart has the power to stop time -- or at least the representation of it on the massive clock faces atop the Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower. But the college senior, the latest in a long line of master bell ringers at the UNC-Chapel Hill landmark tower, has more than time management on his
mind these days.PlayMakers stage toy drive
The Herald-Sun
Proof, in the form of a beaming young girl holding a teddy bear, let members of PlayMakers Repertory Company know they were doing the right thing.... That thing is the UNC-based theater company's toy drive, running now for the 17th year.Tar Heels roll to 18th National Championship
The News & Observer
...Yes, the Tar Heels did deserve it, with a 6-0 rout over Connecticut capping a perfect 27-0-0 season and a string of six NCAA College Cup games without allowing a goal.Acorn Fights
The News & Observer
A s a kid, I was always happy when the acorns started falling because it meant that the neighbor boys would soon be spending Saturdays in daylong mock battles.
Note: Michael Chitwood teaches in the creative writing department
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