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February 22, 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
Summers's Harvard Gaffes Obscure Bid to Recruit Poor Students
Bloomberg News Service
Harvard University President Lawrence Summers slipped off his suit jacket and grabbed a Ping-Pong paddle. The former U.S. Treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton had come to a public high school in downtown Chicago on a rainy day last November with a message: Harvard wants you....Leaders of other colleges, including Princeton, the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are also easing costs for low-income students.
For Crickets, It's Wise to Blend In
The New York Times
Flightless Mormon crickets, like those on a road in northeastern Utah, above, are a lot like locusts - except that when they migrate by the millions, they walk and hop....Dr. Gregory A. Sword of the Department of Agriculture's Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory in Sidney, Mont., worked with colleagues from the University of North Carolina and the University of Toronto to test this hypothesis.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/feb05/lorch021505.html
Registration required.Future Shock Concept Gets a Personal Twist
The New York Times
There is never enough time or money; this much we all know....Dr. Gal Zauberman of the University of North Carolina and Dr. John Lynch of Duke, professors of marketing, have found that future expenditures of time are always psychologically discounted - that is, a future disbursement of time seems to be worth less than an outlay of time in the present.
Registration required.Heartburn Relief, From Aciphex to Zantac
The New York Times
Five popular heartburn drugs work in essentially the same way, but only one of them, Prilosec, is sold without a prescription...."These conditions are so common and the drugs are so safe that patients go through them like water," said Dr. Nicholas Shaheen, director of the Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing at the University of North Carolina.
Registration required.Basic issues in LSU's future (Editorial)
The Advocate (Baton Rouge)
It's only fair that Sean O'Keefe, who assumes his new position as LSU chancellor today, be given a little time to get his feet on the ground, perhaps particularly given that his tenure has started with the distraction of a reported audit of his tenure as administrator of NASA....Places like the University of North Carolina and UT in Austin have long positioned themselves as intellectual leaders in their states, and we think by and large their states are much better off because of it.
Demos split on electoral strategy in South
The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
As former Vermont governor and Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean took the helm of the Democratic National Committee a week ago, he declared he would make the party competitive in all 50 states, including in the South....To Ferrel Guillory, director of the Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life at the University of North Carolina, Democrats' success in the South is as much about message as messenger.
Regional Coverage
New urbanism taking to streets
The Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)
Patrice Stein was living in a spacious suburban house with her husband a few years ago, but something was missing....More and more of these mixed-use, or "new urbanist," developments are springing up throughout the country, said Dan Rodriguez, a professor at the University of North Carolina's Department of City and Regional Planning.
State & Local Coverage
Nonresidents pay tab when leaders cut funds
The Daily Tar Heel
Out-of-state students pay more than the cost of attending the University, and the difference might make up for reduced state funds, experts say.
Related Opinion-Editorial columns:
http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/02/22/421b2f93caeb1?in_archive=1
http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/02/22/421b304f77f4a?in_archive=1
http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/02/22/421b2fda4becf?in_archive=1
http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/02/22/421b30113d439?in_archive=1Mandate beats out the market
The Daily Tar Heel
The pressures of market-driven education are taking a toll on the nation's colleges and universities, a recent report states, but UNC-system administrators say they are holding fast to their constitutional obligation to state residents.
UNC to offer eating disorder screenings
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Area residents who think they might be facing anorexia, bulimia or other eating disorders can get a free, confidential screening from the UNC Department of Psychiatry.
Palestinians and Israelis travel to icy Antarctica to find common ground
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
For four Jews and four Arabs, there was something both symbolic and familiar about being stuck together with nowhere to go, surrounded only by water and snow....Nathaniel joined three other members of the traveling crew at UNC Monday to discuss the trip and its symbolic importance on the larger, international level.
Issues & Trends
Union pushing on insurance
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The State Employees Association of North Carolina said Monday it is mobilizing to combat further erosion in the health plan provided to state workers, retirees and teachers, which is facing the possibility this year of premium increases and benefit cuts.
UNC plan highlights statewide need (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
The state is fortunate to have a group of smart, motivated people from the UNC system trying to figure out a way to make employee health insurance more affordable and flexible. We hope their work will also benefit the hundreds of thousands of non-UNC employees who also serve the state.
Easley makes pitch to improve the state's schools
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Gov. Mike Easley pledged Monday to keep an almost singular focus on protecting, reforming and expanding how people are educated in North Carolina.
Related link: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/2148885p-8530899c.html
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