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Dec. 8, 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
Night shift tied to risk of premature birth
Reuters
Pregnant women who work the night shift may be more likely than those with traditional work hours to deliver prematurely, study findings suggest. ...Dr. Lisa A. Pompeii and colleagues at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill report the findings in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Kids exercise to feel good, not lose weight
Reuters
Children and young teens may be more likely to exercise if they're motivated by fun and fitness rather than weight concerns, a new study suggests. ...It was something of a surprise that middle-schoolers would want to exercise for the health benefits and the pure enjoyment, study co-author Katie Haverly told Reuters Health. One might expect that young adolescent girls, in particular, would be more motivated by weight loss, noted Haverly, who was with the State University of New York at Albany at the time of the study. She is now based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov05/haverly113005.htmWarner Seeks $255 Million for Science
The Washington Post
Gov. Mark R. Warner has announced a plan to earmark $255 million in new state money for scientific research at Virginia's state colleges and universities over the next two years -- his second major spending presentation in as many days. ...Both the University of North Carolina and the University of Maryland separately do more research than several Virginia institutions combined, Warner said, and the commonwealth must be able to match its neighbors.
Newspaper challenges test Observer's parent
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. ...In Phil Meyer's view, newspapers today must play a difficult hand in a high-stakes game. Meyer, a UNC Chapel Hill journalism professor and author of a recent book on the future of newspapers, said it's up to newspapers to quickly adapt as advertisers and younger readers defect to the online world.
Note: Also ran in the Charlotte Observer.Regional Coverage
Warner plan would boost university research
The Richmond Times-Dispatch
Gov. Mark R. Warner's proposed state spending of $255 million for research and development at public universities could provide a big boost for Virginia Commonwealth University, several officials said yesterday. ..."It pains me greatly," he said yesterday, that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill conducts more research than U.Va. and Tech combined.
State & Local Coverage
Rivals allied on patient safety (Editorial)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
On Feb. 7, the Duke and UNC men's basketball teams will square off for their first contest of the season at the dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill. If tradition holds true, the game, regardless of records, will be highly competitive, with both teams fiercely vying for local bragging rights. ...Fortunately, patient safety isn't basketball. In that area, Duke and UNC hospitals are finding plenty of reason to cheer for each other. And a $1.65 million grant from North carolina GSK Foundation, an organization linked to GlaxoSmithKline, is promising to enhance an already healthy relationship.
Note: No link available.Newspaper deal wouldn't shake earth
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Reports that The McClatchy Co. might bid to buy the bigger Knight Ridder newspaper chain has raised the possibility that one corporation would own the two largest newspapers in North Carolina. ...Being part of a larger chain might help both The Charlotte Observer and the N&O attract more national advertising while the television audience is becoming more and more fragmented, said Philip Meyer, a journalism professor at UNC-Chapel Hill. But at the local level, the papers appeal mostly to different advertisers.
Town has an OASIS for schizophrenics
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Two-thirds of people diagnosed with schizophrenia end up disabled. ...Research at UNC-Chapel Hill and around the world has shown that good treatment early on can help people lead normal lives despite an often-dehabilitating brain disorder.
Changing Picture: Some residents worry about sprawl
The Winston-Salem Journal
There used to be a time that Jack Warren, the mayor of King, knew just about everyone in this small city that straddles Stokes and Forsyth counties. ..."The system is the county pays for schools. But most development takes place in and around cities. And as a consequence, most development is controlled by cities," said David Lawrence, a professor of public law and government at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill's Institute of Government.
Consider source of allegations (Letter to the editor)
The Chapel Hill Herald
We find it curious that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is accusing the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill of serious animal abuse, as noted Dec. 2 in "PETA alleges UNC abusing animals in research labs." After all, it was two PETA employees who were indicted recently in eastern North Carolina on 22 felony counts of cruelty to animals for illegally euthanizing adoptable cats and dogs and then tossing their carcasses into a Dumpster behind a grocery store. ...Karen Hoffman, President, NC Association for Biomedical Research.
Note: No link available.Strip UNC of funding (Letter to the editor)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Carolyn Norton's article ["PETA says UNC abusing animals," Dec. 3] states that the National Institute of Health's Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (NIH's OLAW) issued a report in 2004 backing claims of animal abuse in UNC's labs made by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals following an undercover investigation, but fails to mention that NIH's OLAW released yet another damning report - following a second PETA investigation - on the same subject last month.
Note: No link available.Issues & Trends
Higher (cost) education (Editorial)
The Los Angeles Times
There are few surer ways to increase the gap between rich and poor than by making higher education more expensive. Yet Congress is poised to do just that. Current budget plans would deal federal student loan programs their most painful setback since their inception, limiting the opportunities for those at the lower end of the economic spectrum to build a better life.
Left Out of the Elites
Inside Higher Ed
Elite institutions like Harvard, Yale and Princeton should increase by 30 percent the number of low income students they admit – and they can do so without lowering the quality of their student bodies, a new report by researchers at Williams College asserts. The report’s authors and some other scholars are confident that such shifts in policy will happen — probably not fast enough for advocates for underprivileged students, but perhaps too quickly for some in the upper class.
Bowles to handle board work, UNC
The Winston-Salem Journal
Erskine Bowles' first few months as the new president of the University of North Carolina system are already shaping up to be busy ones. He has a chancellor to choose at the N.C. School of the Arts, the annual tuition debate and tens of thousands of state employees, students and faculty members to oversee.
NCCU promises to be true to its state
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Even as it takes advantage of a new law making it easier to give scholarships to students from outside the state, N.C. Central University on Wednesday underscored its commitment to young North Carolinians. The executive committee of NCCU's board of trustees, in a conference call, approved a resolution adopting the scholarship provision, which was included in the state budget passed by the General Assembly this summer.
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