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Dec. 5, 2005
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:National Coverage
Memos could hinder Alito's confirmation effort
The Washington Post
The recent disclosure of memos detailing Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito Jr.'s opposition to abortion rights as a Reagan administration lawyer have created a delicate challenge for the 55-year-old federal appeals judge. ...Now Alito must explain "the possible relationship between these documents and his judicial philosophy, or how his judicial philosophy is separate from these strong statements he makes in the documents," said Michael Gerhardt, a professor of constitutional law at the University of North Carolina.
UNC Tip Sheet: http://www.unc.edu/news/newstips/2005/supremetip103105.htmlHard-wired to learn?
The Kansas City Star
See Dick think. He is not like Jane. ...While it is a tall order for high school instructors facing 150 students a day and standardized-test demands, grasping the varieties of brain-based learning and behavior patterns would make their jobs more enjoyable, said Mel Levine, author of A Mind at a Time. “Teachers need to know a lot more about individual learning and how it works,” the University of North Carolina pediatrics professor told parents and teachers at Pembroke Hill School, which invited him to lead a training session.
Newspapers confront hard challenges
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
A decade ago, as Knight Ridder Chairman Tony Ridder hosted an annual meeting with his newspapers' editors, he was asked what concerned him most about the business, what kept him awake at night. ...In Phil Meyer's view, newspapers today must play a difficult hand in a high-stakes game. The University of North Carolina journalism professor and author of a recent book on the future of newspapers said that "the effects of technology are not going to stop," and that it's up to newspapers to quickly adapt as advertisers and younger readers defect to the online world.
State & Local Coverage
Taking the Rhodes to Mars (Question-answer)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Kate Harris, a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill, last week won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in England. Harris, 23, of Georgetown, Ontario, was the fifth student attending college in North Carolina to win the prestigious scholarship in November.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov05/harris112705.htmStudents rebel against ranking
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Natalie Sprague considers herself a typical student, meaning she actually wants to take time for lunch each school day. But at ultra-competitive Enloe High School, she is losing ground to students who give up food to take courses that boost their grade point averages. ..."You have to have some way of communicating the quality of your students to parents," said Steve Farmer, admissions director at UNC, while noting that UNC doesn't want only applicants with high class rankings.
Famed musicians to play at UNC
The Chapel Hill Herald
Pianist Emanuel Ax and clarinetist Richard Stoltzman will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Hall as part of the 2005-2006 Carolina Performing Arts Series. ...The concert at UNC will feature works by Claude Debussy, Johannes Brahms, Leonard Bernstein, Robert Beaser, whose works have been performed around the world, and Lukas Foss, who began composing before he was 10 years old.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov05/axstoltz113005.htmMore lawyers adapt approach for Latinos
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
It was Sunday, and Marie Cruz needed legal help. Her common-law husband had been arrested after the couple argued and was due in court the next day. ...(Gabriel) Jimenez, who teaches a course called "Representing the Latino client" at the law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, makes sure he meets personally with new clients in his office, where they can see his framed licenses and diplomas on the wall. Before he asks them personal questions, he tells them about himself.
Whatever happened to feminism?
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
It's a frequent trick of women's studies professors. On the first day of class, they ask their students: How many of you are feminists? ...Does this mean young women are abandoning feminism? No, says Diane Kjervik, director of the Carolina Women's Center at UNC-Chapel Hill. She believes they're molding it for their own generation, making savvy decisions about their education, work and family.
Specter of ghost ships past lives
The Chapel Hill Herald (Durham)
Long before he was a writer and UNC professor, Bland Simpson was a regular at the old Chapel Hill public library in downtown. He was fairly hooked on the place, which essentially was an old house stuffed to the eaves with books, near the University Baptist Church. Simpson's idea of fun was to leave the nearby junior high school on a Friday afternoon, check out something from the library like the complete works of Edgar Allen Poe, and spend much of his Saturday savoring the book.
Plant tour reveals UNC campus roots
The Chapel Hill Herald
When William Lanier Hunt came to Chapel Hill in 1927 as a first-year student at UNC, he arrived with two truckloads of plants. Toward the end of his career as a horticulturalist, writer and lecturer, Hunt began offering annual winter walking tours of the original UNC campus -- a tradition carried on by botanist Ken Moore.
Book looks at school resegregation
The Chapel Hill Herald
It appears to be a growing problem in the South. Public schools seem increasingly like those before the civil rights revolution, when black children attended their schools and white kids went to different schools. ..."This book presents extensive evidence showing that public schools in the South are growing more segregated by race and by socio-economic class," said Jack Boger, a professor at the UNC law school and co-editor and one of the contributing writers to the book.
What's going on
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Study of Pain: The School of Dentistry is announcing a $19 million cooperative agreement today with the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research -- one of the largest grants in UNC history -- to launch the largest study ever on the second-most common and debilitating sources of face and head pain after the headache: temporomandibular joint disorder.
UNC Media Advisory: http://www.unc.edu/news/media/2005/maixnerADV120205.htmKenan-Flagler Dean: James A. Gray III is returning to his alma mater as associate dean of external affairs at Kenan-Flagler Business School.
UNC News Brief: http://www.unc.edu/news/briefs/2005/112805.htmAT&T Chairman: David Dorman, chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T, will speak Tuesday at Kenan-Flagler Business School as part of the Dean's Speaker Series.
UNC News Brief: http://www.unc.edu/news/briefs/2005/112905.htmMarshall Scholarship: Senior Wesley Judkins Campbell was one of 43 U.S. college students to win 2006 Marshall Scholarships funded by the British government, worth more than $70,000 each.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov05/marshall112805.htmCruelty-free research (Letter to the editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Thanks for highlighting, in a Nov. 17 article, the activist group Stop the Exploitation of Research and Animals in the Triangle, or SERAT. As special education teachers who work with autistic children, we support human studies at UNC-Chapel Hill using MRIs to compare visual centers in people with autism versus those without autism.
Issues & Trends
Short shrift for science (Editorial)
The Boston Globe
The United States has mom, apple pie, and a booming celebrity culture. But what gives the country a competitive global edge is science: from drugs to medical devices to the basic research that explores fundamental questions without having a specific application in mind. Sadly, just as other countries are revving up research funding, federal science agencies face limits. President Bush proposed a one percent increase for the National Institutes of Health's 2006 budget, which would be eroded by inflation.
Imported Brains (Editorial)
The New York Times
On one side, there's the risk: one of the plotters in the first World Trade Center bombing was on a student visa. On the other, there's the benefit: last year, 565,039 foreign students contributed about $13.3 billion to the United States economy.
Morgan Stanley names Erskine Bowles to board
The Wall Street Journal
Morgan Stanley, continuing its corporate-governance makeover, named financier and Democratic senatorial candidate Erskine Bowles to its board. ...Bowles, 60 years old, is president-elect of the University of North Carolina, a position he accepted after losing the state's senatorial contest in November. He served as chief of staff to former President Bill Clinton and head of the Small Business Administration in the Clinton White House. Mr. Mack was a strong supporter of President Bush in the last election.
Instant replay (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The N.C. School Boards Association has turned up the heat on state legislators to undo a bad bit of business they did last session. The association is right, and lawmakers ought to repeal the sorry bow they made to political pressure. Boosters from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill pushed legislation that changed rules to have all full-scholarship students officially be classified as in-state students.
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