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February 4, 2005
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:National Coverage
Edwards to head UNC center
The Associated Press (National)
Former senator and Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards will head a new University of North Carolina center that will study ways to move people out of poverty, the school said Friday.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/feb05/edwards020405.htmlPoor black women's HIV risk higher, CDC survey finds
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
African-American women with HIV are more likely to be poor and unemployed than sexually active black women without HIV, says a survey released Thursday by federal health officials..... "They didn't feel like they had a lot of choices or room to negotiate," said Dr. Peter Leone of the University of North Carolina, who led the study.
Related link: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6908664/Players bulking up is risky business
The Baltimore Sun
The attractions of professional football are apparent to anyone with the ability to reach that level, and for many others who don't...."For 90 percent, they would say they would do it again," said Kevin Guskiewicz, research director of the Center for the Study of Retired Athletes at the University of North Carolina.
Tift Merritt, Singer-songwriter
The Wall Street Journal
Singer-songwriter Tift Merritt never considered herself a musician. "I come at all of this as a writer," she says, having studied creative writing at the University of North Carolina.
Subscription required.Regional Coverage
UVa plans hefty tuition hike
Daily Progress
The University of Virginia's in-state undergraduate tuition could rise at least 10 percent a year for the next five years and possibly more, according to UVa officials....Leonard W. Sandridge Jr., UVa's chief operating officer and executive vice president, noted that the University of North Carolina charges its medical students only $8,800 a year.
State & Local Coverage
Children of UNC employees get boost
The Herald-Sun (Durham)/The Chapel Hill Herald
Bruce Egan is one of those goofy idealists who thinks he can really make a difference....Egan, associate director of the university's IT Response Center -- also known as the computer Help Desk -- has been the driving force behind a new scholarship designed to help the children of low-income UNC employees go to college.
Bush proposal draws critics
The News & Observer
A day after President Bush urged Congress to fix it, Social Security was at the top of the nation's agenda Thursday. But his favored proposal -- allowing workers to put part of their Social Security taxes in personal investment accounts -- was not greeted warmly by all....Michael Stegman, chairman of the public policy department at UNC-Chapel Hill, who served in various roles under presidents Clinton and Carter, opposes private accounts.
UNC's Boosters' seats bring in the money
News & Record (Greensboro)
Paul Lawing sat courtside at the Greensboro Coliseum 14 months ago, and the North Carolina alumnus learned firsthand what he'd been missing as a season-ticket holder with seats several rows up from the players' bench at the Smith Center.
UNC to study drug policies
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Following the drug-related suspensions of several football players, UNC athletics director Dick Baddour has asked the university's faculty athletics committee to review his department's drug policies.
Hollywood howls at forced bath
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
When Paul Connor told co-workers at Cisco Systems that he liked the quirky Wes Anderson movie "The Royal Tenenbaums," they asked him if the suicide scene made him uncomfortable....But Laura N. Gasaway, the director of the UNC-CH law library and a professor of copyright law, has a different interpretation.
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