February 21, 2003

Carolina in the News

Current National Coverage

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

War Between the Sons 
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 
It could have been any fraternal organization's monthly weeknight meeting, 
several dozen mostly middle-aged men dining on fried food specials inside 
a local restaurant. ... "The Sons of Confederate Veterans is a bellwether of
the way many white Southerners remember the Civil War and the way they 
think that memory should play in contemporary culture and politics," said 
Harry Watson, director of the Center for the Study of the American 
South, at the University of North Carolina. ...
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/news/0203/21scv.html

New Internet Archive On Nazi Victims
The Baltimore Jewish Times
Esther Perlmutter never knew the wartime fate of her aunt. But a few minutes 
on the Internet helped Perlmutter, who lives in suburban Philadelphia, learn 
what befell Mindl Lederman, a resident of Brest-Litovsk, a town on the Polish-
Russian border. ... I do not know of any similar archive for other ghettos," said 
Christopher Browning, a professor of history at the University of North 
Carolina. ... 
http://www.jewishtimes.com/News/2831.stm

National News Note

June Stevens, professor of nutrition and epidemiology in the School of 
Public Health, was cited in the March 2003 issue of Shape magazine. Stevens 
was featured in an article about body-fat-percentage standards for different 
ethnicities. No online links are available. 

State and Local Coverage

Caring for burn victims 
The Herald-Sun
David Williams was operating a rubber-mixing machine when the explosion 
ripped through Kinston’s West Pharmaceutical plant. ... The N.C. Jaycee 
Burn Center has earned a lofty reputation in the past two decades. The center
is the only one in the state verified by the American College of Surgeons, through
the American Burn Association ...
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-322597.html

Bioterror budget boosted
Charlotte Observer
Burke County's health department will get a boost in its efforts to better prepare 
the county to cope with a bioterrorism attack. ... Part of the money will provide 
training for two staff members through the University of North Carolina. ... 
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/states/north_carolina/counties/catawba/5229015.htm

Words of comfort 
News and Observer
Have you ever been sick? Not with a cold or flu. With a cancer, where the 
doctors are not sure whether you are going to make it. Or with a tumor that is 
inoperable. ... Shirley Massey, a clinical chaplain assigned to the N.C. Jaycee 
Burn Center at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, often has the task of taking family 
members in to see loved ones for the first time after they have suffered burns. ... 
http://newsobserver.com/features/story/2226477p-2100955c.html

Playing a Poor Second Fiddle (Editorial)
The Daily Tar Heel 
To counter the low percentage of football players graduating, UNC officials need 
to bolster academic services and players should devote more time to their studies. ...
http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/02/20/3e54def6b96de?in_archive=1

Falling graduation numbers merit concern (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald 
UNC is not a football factory, and it should not tolerate a football factory’s 
academic failures. A new report, however, is raising questions about whether 
the football program’s graduation rates are heading in the wrong direction. ...
http://www.herald-sun.com/opinion/chhedits/57-322548.html

Peeling the Orange
The Herald-Sun
... Serious planning for the university’s "Carolina North" has just started in four 
town-gown committees. ... The university’s political action committee, Citizens 
for Higher Education, dropped quite a bundle of campaign contributions to 
friendly candidates during last fall’s elections. ... 
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-322977.html

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

U. of Michigan Draws a New Type of Recruit
The New York Times
When lawsuits challenging its admissions policies made the University of 
Michigan the next target in a snowballing offensive against affirmative action, its
president, Lee Bollinger, recalled a warning of Judge Learned Hand that roughly 
went "The worst thing that can happen to you in America is to become a 
defendant in a trial." ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/21/education/21AFFI.html
(Note: The New York Times requires free registration to access articles. )

Mixed signals (Editorial)
Charlotte Observer
OK, let's see if we've got this right: The UNC Board of Governors has worked 
for months on a tuition freeze for the coming academic year at the 16 campuses 
of the University of North Carolina. ...
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/5228925.htm

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