February 25, 2003

Carolina in the News

Current International Coverage

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

Social Studies: Health watch
The Globe and Mail (Canada)
... It is not always easy to tell when someone is having a stroke. A victim may 
complain of a sudden headache and blurred vision or be unable to speak and 
even appear to be inebriated. However, bystanders can help identify stroke 
victims by using a simple test, say researchers at the University of North 
Carolina-Chapel Hill ... 
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030225/FASS25/TPHealth/

Current National Coverage

Songs of significance
CNN 
The music has echoed in Harlem, New York's renowned black community,
for more than 100 years. The riffs resonate in the Crenshaw area of Los
Angeles, Pittsburgh's Hill District and other urban forges of African-American 
culture. The sounds also came up and spread out of the rural Deep South. ... 
"The black experience is a counterpoint to the white experience, and music has 
always been on the cutting edge of that --- from spirituals to jazz to blues to hip 
hop," says Bill Ferris, former chair of the National Endowment for the 
Humanities now at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/02/24/sprj.bhm.music/

Blacks least likely to support war in Iraq
Contra Costa (Calif.) Times (via a National Associated Press story)
President Bush's push toward war with Iraq has found less support among 
African-Americans than among whites and Hispanics, reflecting what some say 
are economic fears and longstanding resentments over past mistreatment. ... 
Furthermore, African-Americans are less likely to perceive Saddam Hussein as 
the same type of direct threat as al-Qaida or Osama bin Laden, said Joseph 
Jordan, director of the Sonya Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture 
and History at the University of North Carolina. ...
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/5257424.htm

Common Drug Cuts Risk of Clots 
The Washington Post 
Small doses of an old-fashioned blood thinner can safely and sharply cut the 
risk that people who have survived life-threatening blood clots will suffer a 
recurrence, according to a major new study. ... Stephan Moll of the 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who helped conduct the warfarin 
study, said he was also involved in another project evaluating a new blood 
thinner called Exanta ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61972-2003Feb24.html
(Note: This article also appeared in The Contra Costa Times and St. Paul 
Pioneer Press. Other coverage includes WNCN-TV (NBC, Raleigh). A 
UNC news release is available by clicking here.)

National News Note

A study by researchers at the School of Public Health was mentioned in an 
article on the health benefits of tea in this month's issue of Better Homes and 
Gardens magazine. No online links are available.

State and Local Coverage

Rebound Headaches
WTVD-TV (ABC, Raleigh)
We all have occasional headaches, and over-the-counter medicines usually help 
them go away. But when the headaches happen almost every day, and you keep 
popping pills for relief, experts say you're probably suffering from rebound
headaches. ... Pressley didn't realize she was suffering from rebound headaches 
until she met neurologist, Alan Finkel at UNC's Headache Clinic ... 
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/health/021303_NH_reboundheadaches.html

Lerner, partners reloading
Triangle Business Journal
Triangle entrepreneur and FGI co-founder Steven Lerner has filed paperwork 
to create the latest incarnation of 207 Ventures VI, a low-profile angel fund that 
pumps seed money into a short list of startups, some tech-related. ... These days, 
Lerner stays busy wearing several hats. He's an adjunct professor at the 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School 
and a director of Chapel Hill-based Yankelovich Inc., a market research firm. ...
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2003/02/24/story2.html

Charlotte voters to decide term lengths
Charlotte Observer
Charlotte voters will be asked this fall whether they want to double the terms 
of City Council members to four years. ... About 63 percent of the state's 541 
municipalities -- including Mooresville, Statesville, Concord, Kannapolis and 
Hickory -- have four-year council terms, up from 50 percent in 1991, 
according to UNC Chapel Hill's Institute of Government. ...
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/5256001.htm

Kinniard: Working hard for the university (Letter to the Editor)
The Chapel Hill Herald 
I was amazed to read your critical editorial [“Senator needs to buckle down for 
fight,” Feb. 15] based on your misperception about my knowledge and concern 
about the importance of overhead receipts to our university ... 
http://www.herald-sun.com/opinion/chhletters/index.html#324366

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Tuition hikes turn students into lobbyists
The Christian Science Monitor 
Rented two weeks ago at a dirt-cheap rate, the North Carolina Student Association's 
suite of offices is still strictly utilitarian ... But with his association's first-ever office
now open, a swell of money from a new $1 student fee coming in, and the Capitol
only a mile down the street, Mr. Ducote has a bold new agenda for North Carolina's 
165,000 public-university students: Engaging lawmakers directly to guarantee that 
state-school tuitions won't escalate in the face of budget cuts. ...
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0225/p16s01-lehl.html

Easley pushes curbs on budget 
News and Observer
Gov. Mike Easley on Monday proposed joining at least two dozen other states by
imposing statutory limits on state spending each year, appropriating an idea long 
promoted by the state Republican Party. Easley, a Democrat, wants to limit spending
to an index tied to growth in personal income ... 
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2245478p-2116321c.html

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