February 7, 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:

Applying economics to troop deployment 
The Business Times (Singapore)
Do superior numbers and more sophisticated technology guarantee victory in a 
US war against Iraq? History has some lessons worth pondering ... Stephen 
Biddle of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for example, cogently 
argued that technology was only a part of the reason for the decisive victory in 
the 1991 war ... 
http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/sub/views/story/0,4574,71914,00.html
(Note: This same report appeared in Thursday's issue of The New York Times.)

Current National Coverage

Racial slurs can be 'deadly' for politicians, experts say
The Orlando Sentinel
Trent Lott lost the most powerful position in the U.S. Senate for suggesting that 
the nation would be better off if Strom Thurmond, a one-time segregationist from 
South Carolina, had been elected president. ... "An overt racial slur these days is 
really deadly politics, not simply because it will repel blacks, but because it will 
repel moderate and conservative white voters as well," said Ferrel Guillory of 
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ... 
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-loc-race07020703feb07,0,252859.story?coll=orl-news-headlines

Computers Users, Please Stand Up 
Wired News
For all those moms who have ever shouted, "Go outside and play!" at teens who 
sit for hours in dim rooms in front of the computer or TV, here's some more 
ammunition: Blood clots are afflicting chronic computer users who sit immobile 
for too long. ... Stephan Moll, director of the thrombophilia program at the 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is following two similar cases in
the United States. ...
http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,57580,00.html

Experts joining meeting on learning disabilities
Honolulu Star-Bulletin 
Two mainland specialists on learning disabilities will address the 10th Pacific 
Basin Learning Disabilities, ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and 
Teen Conference Feb. 14-16 at the Sheraton-Waikiki Hotel. They are: ... 
Arthur Anastopoulos, professor in the University of North Carolina 
psychology department, director of the graduate training program in 
clinical psychology and director of an ADHD Specialty Clinic for children, 
adolescents and adults. ...
http://starbulletin.com/2003/02/06/news/story12.html

State and Local Coverage

Old hormone reduces premature births 
The Herald-Sun
A hormone injection invented in the 1930s and overlooked for some three 
decades could have a new life reducing premature births for thousands of women, 
according to research supported by a UNC professor of obstetrics and 
gynecology. The UNC physician, John Thorp Jr., said the drug is a form of 
progesterone that many doctors used to prevent premature birth until the early 
1970s. ...
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-318080.html

N.C. has high rate of ADHD 
News and Observer
Children in North Carolina are more likely to be prescribed stimulants to treat 
attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder than youngsters in most other states, 
according to a study published this week that looked at the prescription rates in 
33 states and the District of Columbia. ... "From a public policy perspective, there 
is disagreement about these numbers," said Dr. Albert J. "Jack" Naftel, a 
psychiatrist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and one of the 
authors of the Johnston County study. ...
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nc/story/2178068p-2062818c.html

Protecting Yourself Against Smallpox
WTVD-TV (ABC, Raleigh)
The first phase of North Carolina's smallpox vaccination program has been 
underway for a week now. It includes a small group of health workers who
would be the first to treat victims in the event of an outbreak. ... "The vaccine is 
somewhat less safe than some of the other vaccines we give, although side effects 
are still rare," said Dr. David Weber, an epidemiologist at UNC. ...
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/health/020603_NH_smallpox1.html

Peeling the Orange 
The Herald-Sun
Although UNC Hospitals’ recently opened wellness center in Meadowmont is 
tax exempt, that business still will yield $195,000-plus for the 2003 tax year in 
payments to local governments. ... The afternoon sun on Groundhog Day shone 
brightly on the William Lanier Hunt Campus Walk on Sunday in the continuation 
of a winter tradition started by Hunt himself. Ken Moore, assistant director of 
the N.C. Botanical Garden, recounted for a strolling audience of several dozen 
the natural wonders of the original campus around McCorkle Place. ...
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-318069.html

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Poll Finds Wide Support for Bush's Stance Against Michigan's Race-Conscious 
Admissions Policies
The Chronicle of Higher Education
A majority of Americans approve of the Bush administration's recent decision to 
oppose the University of Michigan's race-conscious admissions policies before 
the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a Los Angeles Times poll published on 
Thursday ...
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/02/2003020701n.htm
(Note: The Chronicle of Higher Education requires a subscription to access articles.)

Lee becomes education adviser 
News and Observer
You can put that gold retirement watch for Howard Lee back in the box. Gov. 
Mike Easley announced Thursday that Lee, 68, would become his education and 
budget adviser, a post that he tailored for the former state senator, Chapel Hill 
mayor and secretary of the state Department of Environment, Health and Natural 
Resources ...
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/triangle/story/2178179p-2062918c.html

Some in GOP skip speech 
News and Observer
Republican Richard Morgan, presiding on his first day as House speaker, asked
his colleagues on both sides of the aisle Thursday to "stop our political bickering 
and do the work of the people," but several vacant Republican seats signaled that 
the infighting among Republicans wasn't over. ... "We can build on the nationally 
recognized teaching and research being conducted at our universities, the work-
force-training capacity of our community colleges, as well as the established 
presence of major biotech firms to attract more jobs in biopharmaceuticals and 
biomanufacturing to all areas of the state," Morgan said. ...
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nc/story/2178069p-2062815c.html

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