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January 21, 2003
Carolina in the News
Current National Coverage
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the national media:
Fickle Evolution: Winged, to Wingless, to Winged
The New York Times
The fluttering wing of an insect is a gossamer marvel capable of such power and
precision that it is thought to be one of the chief innovations that allowed them to
become the soaring rulers of this age. ... "The thinking has always been that these
losses are an evolutionary dead-end," Dr. Joel Kingsolver, an evolutionary
biologist at the University of North Carolina, said. ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/21/science/life/21EVOL.html
(Note: The New York Times requires free registration to access articles.)
Health Tips ... from UPI
United Press International
Many of the seniors citizens taking such dietary supplements as multivitamins,
calcium or ginkgo biloba may not need them, nutritionists say ... Pamela Haines
of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, said many older people do
not tell their doctors they are taking dietary supplements, which can lead to
harmful interactions with prescribed medications in some cases. ...
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030119-061033-9971r
10 Exercise Trends for 2003
WebMD
She's a bicycling fanatic. He's a treadmill guy. Some like salsa dancing. In this too
-flabby world, we all need a boot to get more exercise. ... For busy people with
limited free time, the sheer concentration of workout equipment -- bicycle, rowing
machine, treadmill, stair stepper -- makes a gym, club, or fitness center attractive,
says Jamy McGee, fitness director at Wellness Center at Meadowmont, part
of the University of North Carolina Healthcare System in Chapel Hill. ...
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/59/66781.htm?z=1728_00000_1000_pk_03
Fewer women having abortions
Beacon Journal
As people on both sides of the abortion debate mark the 30th anniversary of Roe
v. Wade on Wednesday, fewer women are opting to end their pregnancies. ...
"That does definitely improve compliance, because most women don't want to
have to worry about it, especially the younger women,'' said Dr. Mardia Stone,
a reproductive health clinical program specialist with INTRA, an organization
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that promotes reproductive
health. ...
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/local/4988421.htm
Current Regional News
Florida study fails to link cell phone use to crashes
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
It provokes debate among policy-makers, police officers and any driver who
owns a cell phone: Will talking on the phone while driving increase your risk of
getting into a crash? ... Yet a study by the University of North Carolina paid for
by AAA showed driver distraction was a factor in 8 percent of 32,303 traffic
accidents analyzed from 1995-99 ...
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-pcell12jan21,0,2841402.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines
North Carolina News Note
Penny Gordon-Larsen, an assistant professor of nutrition in the schools
of public health and medicine, was the featured guest on WUNC-FM's
"People's Pharmacy Friday," for a discussion of the growing epidemic of
obesity in North Carolina.
State and Local Coverage
Affirmative Action Proves Hot Topic On MLK Day
WRAL-TV (CBS, Raleigh)
On a day when most people paid tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., the debate
over Affirmative Action heated up. That included news that the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill is getting involved in the Supreme Court fight over
the University of Michigan's policy. ... "We feel it's important," UNC-CH
Chancellor James Moeser said ...
http://www.wral.com/news/1920940/detail.html
UNC to back University of Michigan policy
The Herald-Sun
UNC plans to chime in soon on the debate over affirmative action with a
statement in support of the University of Michigan’s admissions practices. ...
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-311529.html
(Note: A related story was featured in the News and Observer,
http://newsobserver.com/news/triangle/story/2119781p-2017871c.html)
New Smithsonian director did his homework in N.C.
Charlotte Observer
City leaders saw No. 4 Mill as a dilapidated impediment to the progress of
Carrboro. The old cotton mill in Orange County was the past. A shopping
mall was the future. Brent Glass disagreed ... But the new director of the
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington says he
wouldn't have won as many of them if he hadn't been a Tar Heel. "North
Carolina is where I developed an understanding and appreciation between
academic research and public history," said Glass, who earned his doctorate
from UNC Chapel Hill. ...
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/4987641.htm
Support lags for endowed chairs
News and Observer
Taxpayers have provided millions since 1985 to help North Carolina's public
universities attract distinguished teachers and researchers to their campuses. For
every $2 contributed by private donors to create endowed professorships, a
state trust fund kicks in $1. ... UNC-CH has endowed chairs in nearly every
discipline, from business to social work to neurosurgery to American art. In
recent years, UNC-CH made notable hires by giving distinguished professorships
to William Ferris, a historian and former chairman of the National Endowment
for the Humanities, and Terry Magnuson, a geneticist who is now leading UNC
-CH's genomics initiative. ...
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2115126p-2014019c.html
Celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Chapel Hill Herald
The birth of Martin Luther King Jr. will be commemorated locally in a number
of ways in the next week, highlighted by an address at UNC by a noted religion
and black studies scholar. ... "We think that if we're celebrating or
commemorating a legacy, we want to let people learn about it, and not just a
narrowly-defined group of people, but a whole university community," said
Archie Ervin, UNC's director of minority affairs. ...
http://www.herald-sun.com/archives/URNDetail.cfm?URN=0409488452
(Note: The Chapel Hill Herald requires free registration to access archives.)
Nonprofit nails $24.5M
Triangle Business Journal
A nonprofit founded in 1995 with a $10 million grant from securities industry
kingpin Charles Schwab is on the cusp of closing a four-year fundraising effort
that will net $24.5 million. All Kinds of Minds Institute was founded in 1995 to
help children, including those with disabilities, learn better through the use of
technology and original teaching methods. ... All Kinds of Minds founder, Mel
Levine, a professor of pediatrics at the University of North Carolina
Medical School in Chapel Hill, says the money will fund a slew of new
projects nationwide ...
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2003/01/13/story7.html
Governor's approval rating up, poll shows
News and Observer
A majority of North Carolina voters believe that Gov. Mike Easley is doing a
good job as chief executive, according to a new survey. The poll of 603 likely
voters by Research2000, based in Maryland, found that 52 percent of those
surveyed say they approve of the job Easley is doing, compared to 39 percent
who say they disapprove. ... Thad Beyle, a political-science professor at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, speculated that Easley's recent
media attention may be helping his overall job-approval rating. ...
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2107515p-2008819c.html
Smallpox vaccine is a small price to pay (Editorial)
Chapel Hill Herald
It is the nature of terrorism to seek to exploit any lapse of vigilance to work its
malice upon a peaceful society. ... That UNC and UNC Hospitals have been
in the forefront of developing a defense against the unthinkable is only yet
another distinction for the university and its prominence in the field of public
health. ...
http://www.herald-sun.com/opinion/chhedits/57-310890.html
Today's column is full of mistakes (Commentary)
Charlotte Observer
One day at Independence High, a student asked teacher Harry Braun, "Where
can I learn to speak some European? I'm going to Europe this summer." ...
Teachers, show us the errors of our ways: ... "(In college), don't hesitate to go
to professors' offices to ask for help ...We often lament that we sit alone during
office hours, with no students showing up. We succeed if our students succeed."
-- Peter Filene, UNC Chapel Hill ...
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/4976397.htm
(Note: News Services worked with this columnist to arrange the interview with
Dr. Filene.)
McNair designed covers for Motown albums
Fayetteville Observer
In his own way, Curtis McNair left his mark in the music world. He counts some
80 albums on the Motown Records label, back in the days when the Detroit-
based company produced smash hits in near assembly-line fashion. ... John
Covach is an associate professor of music at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. For seven years, he has taught the course History of
Rock Music, and he is working on a textbook with the same name. ...
http://www.fayettevillenc.com/story.php?Template=features&Story=5396253
Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina
Venture Funds Are Receiving Less Money From Universities
The Wall Street Journal
An important funding source for venture capitalists could be slowing to a trickle.
Allocations to venture capital by the nation's colleges and universities -- which
traditionally rank among venture capitalists' most reliable partners -- have
reversed course, a study shows.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1043108399708430144,00.html?mod=todays%5Fus%5Fmoneyfront%5Fhs
(Note: The Wall Street Journal requires a subscription to access articles.)
Endowments down, study says
News and Observer
College endowments last year turned in their worst performance since 1974, a
stark contrast to the investment boom of the 1990s and a financial blow at a
time when many public schools are losing state aid. ...
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2119832p-2017962c.html
University-college zoning pushed
News and Observer
Months after N.C. Central University won approval to build a new dormitory in
a historic neighborhood, city-county planners are proposing a special zoning
district for Durham's institutions of higher learning. ... Consigned to a zoning no-
man's land, universities across the country have carved out exclusive zoning
districts, Hails said, including UNC-Chapel Hill, where town officials created a
subclassification for office/institutional zoning that only applies to the university. ...
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2107492p-2008739c.html
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