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February 28, 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
U.S. Teens Share Parents' Religion, Survey Finds
Los Angeles Times
The stereotype of teenagers being rebellious may well hold true in matters of clothing, music and parental authority, but it fails to capture the religious lives of American teenagers, according to a recent nationwide telephone survey.....More than 3,000 English- and Spanish-speaking American 13- to 17-year-olds were surveyed and 267 in-depth interviews were conducted over a nine-month period in 2002-03 by Christian Smith, a sociology professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a team of researchers, including doctoral candidate and coauthor Melinda Lundquist Denton.
Looking Back From Human History; Teenagers, Not Aliens (Commentary)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
It makes no more sense (and no less) to aim our historical narrative towards Homo sapiens than towards any other modern species....Christian Smith, professor of sociology, with Melinda Lundquist Denton, Ph.D. candidate, both at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers, published by Oxford University Press
Subscription required.Studying the South
Southern Living
The director of the UNC Center for the Study of the American South, Harry Watson, gives new meaning to the word "busy."
Liberal-leaning think tanks boom
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Last week, as the ghost of LQC Lamar smiled down on the proceedings, a think tank was launched....Several of the society's founders, including former Mississippi Gov. William Winter and journalist Hodding Carter, were on hand at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill for a two-day conference that ended Saturday and which marked the beginning of the new Center for a Better South....
Ex-VP hopeful rallies party
The Miami Herald
A former U.S. vice presidential candidate on Saturday offered something Democratic activists hadn't heard in a while: hope and a vision for the party's future.....Edwards...accused the Bush administration of being too closely tied to Wall Street with its plan to partially privatize social security, and hinted at some of the work he plans to do as head of an anti-poverty think tank at the University of North Carolina.
Related links: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/epaper/2005/02/27/a3a_edwards_0227.html
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-cedwards27feb27,0,4831605.story?coll=sfla-news-browardDirectionless young adults need patience (Commentary)
The Baltimore Sun
Mel Levine has been a pediatrician for more than 30 years, and in that time he has watched some of his toddlers take their first, unsteady steps into adulthood....Levine, a professor of pediatrics at the University of North Carolina Medical School at Chapel Hill, spends much of the book discussing how teachers and parents can prepare children for adulthood.
US Economy in 2004 Registers Highest Growth in Five Years
Voice of America
The U.S. economy registered stronger than expected growth in the final three months of the year, taking the 2004 growth rate to 4.4 percent, the best showing in five years....Jim Smith, a professor of economics at the graduate school of business at the University of North Carolina, says the report suggests that the economy will continue to grow rapidly during the course of 2005.
Regional Coverage
Some prey on risky borrowers
The State (Columbia, S.C.)
Those of us with good credit know we can negotiate for the best mortgage loans. We know we can usually find lenders willing to cut us a break by eliminating certain fees or expensive loan terms....Prepayment penalties increase the risk of mortgage foreclosure in subprime home loans, according to the Center for Community Capitalism at the University of North Carolina.
Historian disputes 'Da Vinci Code'
The Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Va.)
Historian Bart D. Ehrman has a strong opinion about the best-selling book "The Da Vinci Code."...Dan Brown, author of "The Da Vinci Code," sets up a problem at the outset of the book, said Ehrman, professor and chairman of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
State & Local Coverage
UNC student leader a difference maker
The Chapel Hill Herald
Seth Dearmin grew up in Pinnacle, N.C., a town so small he needs to mention two larger towns nearby to help you hone in on its location...From that tiny rural hamlet, Dearmin came to UNC-Chapel Hill three years ago and immediately felt at home.
Rams' worthy cause (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Last year, Courtney Bumpers became the first NCAA champion in gymnastics at UNC-Chapel Hill. With a cumulative grade point average of 3.4, Bumpers exemplifies, in every way, the fine student-athletes we recruit to UNC. And she is one of the reasons the Rams Club exists -- to provide scholarship support for student-athletes who excel academically and athletically.
Related letters to the editor:
http://www.newsobserver.com/print/saturday/opinion/story/2161282p-8542394c.html
http://www.newsobserver.com/print/saturday/opinion/story/2161281p-8542594c.html
http://www.newsobserver.com/print/saturday/opinion/story/2161280p-8542507c.html
http://www.newsobserver.com/print/saturday/opinion/story/2161283p-8542524c.htmlListening Post
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
From The Daily Tar Heel, student newspaper at UNC-Chapel Hill, an editorial says a court ruling fails to support the university's nondiscrimination policy.
Group awaits word of its fate
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
"Slaves to Righteousness" reads the slogan on the cover of the handbook of UNC-Chapel Hill's Alpha Iota Omega fraternity.
Triad company actually sees health care costs decline
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
For most companies and consumers, health care costs have been moving in one direction in recent years: up...."The notion of firms getting actively involved with improving the health care of their workers is a powerful idea," said Dr. William Roper, dean of the School of Medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill. "It clearly is a trend nationally."
Buried Mountain History
WUNC-FM
The Sons of Confederate Veterans in Hendersonville, North Carolina are looking for lost graves - hidden away in overgrown and rundown cemeteries across Western North Carolina. Every weekend dozens of people turn out with chainsaws and weed-whackers to uncover forgotten history.
Note: Harry Watson, director of the UNC Center for the Study of the American South, was interviewed for this story.Act fast to recover from scam (Commentary)
The Charlotte Observer
I'm hearing from a lot of people lately who seem to have legitimate problems but have sabotaged recovering their lost cash or property....Don't forget to see if a state commission regulates a profession, such as insurers and doctors, that also has its own complaint system, said Robert Adler, a UNC-Chapel Hill law professor.
Now consumers of news are producing it, too
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Dan Gillmor thinks digital technology is reshaping journalism, giving it a populist flair and turning it into what he calls "roll your own, open-source news gathering."...He's written up these ideas in "We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People" (O'Reilly, $24.95), and he recently brought his ideas to UNC-Chapel Hill, where I heard him speak at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Heels fans hang on his every word (Tar Heel of the Week)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Some radio play-by-play announcers stuff their statistical information into manila folders. Others jot important notes on simple index cards....Not Woody Durham.
Bunker Hill grad dances the night away
Hickory Daily Record
Siera Heavner stayed up dancing all night Friday - for a good cause....Heavner, a freshman at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is on her feet to support the families of North Carolina Children's Hospital. Each of the 600 dancers participating raised at least $75.
Police say assault on student was hate crime
The Chapel Hill Herald
A UNC student was attacked on Franklin Street early Friday morning in what the Chapel Hill Police Department has classified as a hate crime.
Issues & Trends
U-M to offer needy undergrads a grant
Detroit Free Press
The cost of attending the University of Michigan could go down for about 2,900 in-state undergraduates this fall under a new grant program, to be announced today that will give needy students $500 to $1,500 a year.
Study Offers Mixed Assessment of Race-Conscious Admissions Policies
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Race-conscious college-admissions policies often stigmatize black and Hispanic students as academically inferior, even though the students who gain entry through such policies generally perform better than others, according to a study presented here last week at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science....The study has been submitted for publication in the journal Social Forces, published by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As of last week it was under review.
Subscription required.Taking from Perkins to pay Pell
News & Record (Greensboro)
Federal budget proposals could prove to be a double-edged sword for college students who depend on federal financial aid to pay for their education.
For liberal arts education to thrive, honest intellectual debate and inquiry are essential (Editorial)
Asheville Citizen-Times
America has a network of liberal arts colleges and both private and public universities that should be the envy of the world. Consider, as just one regional example, Western North Carolina. In our small corner of the country we enjoy the services of the University of North Carolina at Asheville, Western Carolina University, Brevard College, Mars Hill College, and Warren Wilson College. That list omits our many fine community and technical colleges....Just a little past that, there are Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, Wake Forest, Guilford and Davidson. This list is far from exhaustive.
Small town pride
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Chapel Hill is named one of America's "10 small-town gems" in the March issue of National Geographic Traveler. The article, titled "Think Small," focuses on university towns that keep visitors "feeling young."
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