February 4, 2004

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

Regional Coverage

Southerners dwindling in the New South
St. Petersburg Times
The South is many things, some based in reality and some of the imagination....Working with researchers at the University of North Carolina's Center for the Study of the American South, [Larry] Griffin analyzed data from 19 polls conducted from 1991-2001.

State and Local Coverage

Reasonable tuition hikes at UNC (Point of View)
The News & Observer
No one likes it when tuition rises at our state's public universities, but those of us responsible for governing must often make difficult choices....For my fellow UNC-Chapel Hill trustees, one of those times came when we recently voted to raise tuition as one of the means to preserve the intellectual capital that makes UNC such a great public university....Richard "Stick" Williams chairs the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees and is vice president of diversity, ethics and compliance for Duke Energy Co.

UNC report focuses on improving morale
The Herald-Sun
While acknowledging a number of workplace problems on the UNC campus, a new report also recommends a number of improvements.

UNC votes on Baddour extension
The News & Observer
North Carolina's Board of Trustees are voting on a three-year contract extension for athletics director Dick Baddour....Nancy Davis, the associate vice chancellor for university relations, said, "We expect to have an announcement soon."

Some doubt wisdom of UNC deal
The News & Observer
When the new CEO of UNC Health Care moved to make management changes last week, he made a discovery: UNC Hospitals chief Eric B. Munson had a severance provision that would pay him $768,476 over two years.

UNC prospers (Letter to the Editor)
The Chapel Hill News
Regarding Eddie Landreth's recent column ("Slipping away," 1/25/04), my reaction is that Landreth should stick to sports. He is ill-informed about Carolina. Had he done any serious research about UNC's accomplishments, he would have found that the campus is better positioned for the future than at any previous time in its history....Matthew G. Kupec, Vice Chancellor for University Advancement, UNC Chapel Hill

They put the 'prof' in profit (Commentary)
The News & Observer
I'm sure you've heard the slam against teachers that goes, "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach."...The average salary for a full professor at UNC-Chapel Hill is $105,200. So if you can get a gig teaching, say, Shakespeare, even as an associate professor ($73,400) or a lowly assistant professor ($61,300), grab it.

Smith shows you the way
The News & Observer
Former North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith said after his autobiography was published in 1999 that he'd never even begin to write another book.

It's all about Dean Smith
The Chapel Hill News
The fact that Dean Smith says he hasn't even read "The Carolina Way," the new book he co-authored with a UNC business professor, offers all the context needed
to understand what Tuesday's book signing was really all about.
(Other coverage about the Smith event included: The Chapel Hill Herald, WRAL-TV, WTVD-TV, WB 22, News 14 Carolina and Carolina Week.)

Judge's epithet draws complaint
The News & Observer
Wake Superior Court Judge Evelyn Hill's courtroom behavior is again being scrutinized, this time for her use of a racial slur while lecturing three young black defendants about discrimination before sentencing them last month on robbery and kidnapping charges...."It certainly is unwise," said Ken Broun, a law professor at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Issues and Trends

Money did not equal votes in 2003
The Chapel Hill News
It's often said that money can't buy everything. And it looks as though -- in the most recent election -- money couldn't score some candidates a seat on the Chapel Hill Town Council.

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