December 29, 2004

Carolina in the News

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

International Coverage

Oxbridge can't beat being paid to study
The Times, U.K.
Five years ago Rob Squire decided to "have a crack" at the John Motley Morehead scholarship to the University of North Carolina....Set up in 1951 by John Motley Morehead, the founder of Union Carbide, the scholarship was designed to lure future leaders away from Ivy League universities to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

National Coverage

Harvard Rhodes Scholar Factory Spurs Imitation at U.S. Colleges
Bloomberg News Services
Three weeks into the first semester at Boston College in September, political science professor Donald Hafner is already urging a group of freshmen to consider applying for a Rhodes, the world's oldest and most prestigious international graduate scholarship....Among public schools, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has moved out front with nine since 1990, followed by six for the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, the all-time leader among public schools, with 45.

Regional Coverage

Experts: Illegal gambling isn't going away soon
Scranton Times Tribune (Pa.)
In a time when Internet gambling has become prevalent, sports gambling experts warn illegal gambling rings will survive and thrive because they offer conveniences the legal options cannot, such as larger credit lines...."These kinds of things aren't going to disappear anytime soon," said Dr. Koleman Strumpf, associate professor of economics at the University of North Carolina.

State & Local Coverage

N.C. shores not immune to killer wave
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
North Carolinians rightly fear hurricanes more than tsunamis....But no one is sounding an alarm, said UNC-Chapel Hill geology professor Jonathan Lees.
UNC tip sheet: http://www.unc.edu/news/newstips/2004/tip122804.html

DMV system shields reports
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles got a new electronic gadget this summer -- a software program that streamlines accident reports and lets police file reports from patrol cruisers with the press of a button....And, the argument offered by the Attorney General's Office misses a key point, said Cathy Packer, an associate professor who specializes in mass communication law at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Tax violators to get a break
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
In an effort to reclaim $70 million in unpaid taxes, North Carolina will give some of the biggest violators a one-time chance to pay up penalty-free...."It could lead retailers like the Limited to say it's not worth doing business in North Carolina and shift their assets to more tax-friendly states," said James F. Smith, a finance professor at UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Majority rules, County Attorney Mayo confirms
Washington Daily News (N.C.)
When a Beaufort County commissioner proposed changing the Board of Commissioners' prescribed method of preparing the agenda for each of the board's monthly meetings, longtime County Attorney Billy Mayo requested time to study the proposal....Mayo also echoed a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill law professor, who said the commissioners are free to choose their own path toward setting agendas.

Issues & Trends

College Admissions
"The State of Things" WUNC-FM
For many high-school students, it's crunch time; applications to most colleges and universities are due at the end of the week.

Even more reason to freeze tuition (Editorial)
Wilmington Star-News
The feds are cutting scholarship aid to college students. If the UNC Board of Governors and the General Assembly needed any more reason to freeze tuition, there it is.

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