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December 2, 2004
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:National Coverage
Licenses Take a Back Seat
Los Angeles Times
Like most of her classmates at Laguna Hills High School, Kayte Greenfelder took driver's education at 16...."There's a fog of misperception, shared by virtually every adult in this country, that every 16-year-old wants a license," said Rob Foss, senior research scientist at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center.
Regional Coverage
Laurel woman named Rhodes Scholar for 2005
The Gazette (Montgomery, Frederick, Prince George's and Carroll counties, Md.)
Education has taken Rachel Mazyck far from her hometown in Laurel to North Carolina and Massachusetts for her undergraduate and graduate studies.
State & Local Coverage
Carolina Covenant garners $900K
The Daily Tar Heel
A plan to help boost low-income students at the University got some help itself Wednesday....The Bank of America Charitable Foundation donated $1 million to UNC on Wednesday to benefit the Carolina Covenant and the School of Law's Center for Banking and Finance.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/dec04/boaconvenant120104.htmlGriffin wins fourth term as Employee Forum chairman
The Chapel Hill Herald
Call it the Forum Four-peat....Tommy Griffin was elected to his fourth consecutive term as chairman of UNC's Employee Forum Wednesday, becoming the first leader in the organization's 12-year history to serve four terms....Just this week, the university announced the creation of its first ombuds office, a place where employees can go to report and deal with workplace disagreements.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/dec04/ombuds120104.htmlGI Bill
WUNC-FM "The State of Things"
In the years after World War II, the population at North Carolina's colleges and universities exploded with new students, most of them funding their education with the new GI Bill....Host Frank Stasio talks with Bob Serow, professor of Educational Research and Leadership at NC State; and Dick Kohn, professor of history at UNC-Chapel Hill, about the impact of the GI Bill on higher education and the military.
Note: This program rebroadcasts at 9 p.m.Carteret says it'll be ready for special election
The Associated Press (N.C.)
Carteret County officials are confident they will be ready to handle as many as 24,000 ballots in a special election Jan. 11 to determine the next state agriculture commissioner, a county elections official said Wednesday...."That's fairly plain language," said Bob Joyce, an election law expert at the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Two networks spurn church's ad
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A 30-second television ad welcoming people to the United Church of Christ has been rejected by CBS and NBC because it was deemed too controversial...."Networks usually err on the side of being cautious," said Robert Lauterborn, a professor of advertising at UNC-Chapel Hill.
UNC-CH psychiatry researcher to lead Columbia program
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
One of the biggest research stars in the psychiatry department at UNC-Chapel Hill is leaving at the first of the year for Columbia University in New York.
Issues & Trends
Skyrocketing college tuition costs pinch students
Asheville Citizen-Times
Anthony Lynch has never had enough money to buy every textbook he needs....University of North Carolina officials said financial aid has increased along with tuition increases. UNC Chapel Hill has begun Carolina Covenant, a program that lets low-income students graduate debt-free.
A mansion fit for a...chancellor (Commentary)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Look, we're not about to get into tiaras here, are we? Or crowns? Or some test whereby candidates for chancellor of University of North Carolina system campuses have to recline on a set of mattresses and announce to the search committee when they feel the pea?
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