February 25, 2004

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

International Coverage

Half of Young Americans to Get Sex Diseases -Study
Reuters
Half of all young Americans will get a sexually transmitted disease by the age of 25, perhaps because they are ignorant about protection or embarrassed to ask for it, according to several reports issued on Tuesday....They include a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report in the latest issue of the journal Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, and a University of North Carolina report based on interviews with teens and young adults.

National Coverage

STDs Unevenly High in Teens, Young Adults
National Associated Press
Teenagers and young adults account for nearly half the cases of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States though they make up just a quarter of the sexually active population, according to the first extensive national estimate of STDs among young Americans...."Most youth do not use condoms every time they have sex, and most have not been taught the correct way to use a condom," said the report by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina.
UNC News Services release

Findings
The Washington Post
Half of all young Americans will get a sexually transmitted disease by the age of 25, perhaps because they are ignorant about protection or embarrassed to ask for it, according to several reports issued yesterday....They include a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report in the latest issue of the journal Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, and a University of North Carolina report.
Related link:
Young People Account For 50% Of Sexual Disease In US -CDC
Dow Jones Newswires

USA's youth at high risk for venereal diseases
USA Today
One of every two young Americans will get a sexually transmitted disease by age 25, most likely because so many are single, have a series of partners and fail to recognize their risk, say reports out Tuesday....A separate analysis by researchers at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Our Voices, Our Lives, Our Futures: Youth and STDS, examined the challenges of preventing STDS among young people.
(Note: Local coverage includes stories in The News & Observer, and Herald-Sun.)

Life after sports
Sports Business News
The lasting image for so many are the zeroes glowing on the scoreboard....A new study to be published this spring will make a startling link between concussions and depression. Dr. Kevin Guskiewicz, director of the Center for Retired Athletes at the University of North Carolina, has studied more than 2,500 football players and says that athletes who had at least three concussions are more likely to suffer from clinical depression at some point.

State & Local Coverage

Former UNC chancellor Taylor dead at 83
N.C. Associated Press
Nelson Ferebee Taylor, a former chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, died Wednesday at his home after a long illness. He was 83.
UNC News Services release

UNC picks West Point book
The Herald-Sun
UNC's next summer reading book will be a chronicle of the West Point experience. The book is "Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point," by David Lipsky. It was selected Wednesday morning by a campus committee.
http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/02/25/403cb183e01ea
Related links:
http://www.wral.com/news/2872384/detail.html
UNC News Services release

Agreeing to disagree (Editorial)
Greensboro News & Record
During the past two years, two controversial reading choices for UNC-Chapel Hill freshmen have caused grumbling in the General Assembly about low tolerance for conservative viewpoints.

Foes of Cone sale miss bond-posting deadline
Greensboro News & Record
A bondholders committee in the Cone Mills bankruptcy missed its Monday night deadline to post a $35 million bond that would have delayed the company's sale to W.L. Ross & Co. -- suggesting the sale will go through as planned....Elizabeth Gibson, who teaches a bankruptcy course at the UNC-Chapel Hill law school, said it would be unusual for Walrath to change her mind and grant the motion. "Usually, judges have already put a lot of thought into their decisions," she said.

Amendment has friends in N.C.
The News & Observer
Same-sex marriages are already taboo in North Carolina, but opponents of such unions are pushing a constitutional amendment to prevent judges from telling the state otherwise....Although state legislators overwhelmingly supported the 1996 law, they may not want to get involved in a time-consuming, emotional battle that makes a major change to the U.S. Constitution, said Ferrel Guillory, director of the Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Study: Fewer female bosses
The News & Observer
Even as women joined the work force in record number during the 1990s, their overall share of executive and management jobs dwindled, according to a new study by Raleigh's Peopleclick Research Institute....Benson Rosen, a management professor and corporate diversity expert at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler School of Business, said he found the results curious.

Prof: Communities can be 'sustainable'
The Herald-Sun
Communities trying to become truly "sustainable" face a minefield of issues, but it is possible to navigate those problems successfully, a UNC business professor assured a group of 150 business owners, builders and other residents on Tuesday. "At the end of the day, sustainability is not about creating a document that you put on a shelf and point to and say, 'See, here's our plan,' " said the professor, Jim Johnson.

Web tools help groups
The News & Observer
E-mail, office networks and other Internet tools that let businesses, families and friends stay in touch have also become valuable and necessary resources for community-based nonprofit groups...."I've read, if you want to see what'll be going on in the future, look at what kids are doing," said Paul Jones, director of Ibiblio.org, an online library and digital archive at UNC-Chapel Hill. "My 11-year-old is ... [instant messaging] a lot."

Leader to step down
The News & Observer
After 27 years as director of the Durham County Social Services Department, Dan C. Hudgins is resigning to take a new job at UNC-Chapel Hill. Hudgins will leave the county department at the end of April. He has accepted a position in the university's School of Social Work as the coordinator of the Center for Aging Research and Educational Services.
Related link: http://www.herald-sun.com/durham/4-451192.html

UNC's stance on Thursday games is right, but not sufficient (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Game day at UNC is usually a happy occasion, but it should never distract the university from its real business. The athletic program has to be led with the idea that academics rule here.

Kirkpatrick, 64, poet, mentor
The Daily Tar Heel
UNC English professor Robert Kirkpatrick died Tuesday afternoon at the age of 64 from complications stemming from surgery.

Neighborhoods organize over Carolina North
The Herald-Sun
Residents continue to organize in advance of a formal proposal for UNC's Carolina North campus, with a group called Neighborhoods for Responsible Growth making a formal coming-out announcement on Tuesday.
Related link:
http://www.chapelhillnews.com/front/story/1018575p-7038488c.html

Criminals welcome (Editorial)
Wilmington Star-News
As if UNC basketball coach Roy Williams didn't have enough trouble dealing with this year's wildly inconsistent team, he got awful news last week: A prize recruit, the highest-scoring high-school player in state history - yes, including Michael Jordan - has been indicted on drug charges.

N.C.'s 'Charly' has solid night on 'Idol'
The Herald-Sun
UNC sophomore Charly Lowry gave a solid, if not great, performance of Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools" on Tuesday night's episode of "American Idol." Whether or not it was enough to best fellow contestant Latoya London or any of the six other challengers will be revealed tonight when two more performers are chosen for the third season of FOX's popular reality show.

Issues and Trends

A bigger 'boom'... (Editorial)
The News & Observer
Leaders of the state and the Triangle might take a page from actors who make a point of not reading their own reviews. The March cover story of Business 2.0 magazine is so bullish on prospects hereabouts that it could cause complacency.

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