January 30, 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:

Explosion Rocks North Carolina Factory
CNN, Connie Chung Tonight
Good evening. I'm Connie Chung. Tonight: The roof flew hundreds of feet in the 
air, a massive deadly explosion in North Carolina. ... And with us now on the 
phone from the hospital in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, about 100 miles away 
from the explosion site, is Dr. Cherri Hobgood ... 
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0301/29/cct.00.html
(Note: Hobgood is a professor of emergency medicine. Other national coverage 
known to date mentioning UNC Hospitals or the North Carolina Jaycee Burn 
Center includes Fox News "The Big Story With John Gibson." See North Carolina 
news below for details of additional coverage.)

Short Sellers Are People, Too! (Commentary)
The Wall Street Journal 
"Short people got no reason to live," sang Randy Newman, reflecting a view 
commonly held by investors. Make no mistake. Recent talk of investigating the 
hedge fund industry leaking out of the Securities and Exchange Commission and 
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office arises not because hedge funds 
buy and sell stocks and engage in other wholesome speculative behavior ... We 
won't tax the reader by reciting more studies, but let's pay tribute to economists 
who've been mining this vein of late, including Christopher Geczy, David Musto, 
Adam Reed. ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,business_world,00.html
(Note: Reed is an assistant professor of finance at Kenan-Flagler Business School. 
The Wall Street Journal requires a subscription to access articles.)

Pumped-up portions 
Cleveland Plain Dealer
During a Weight Watchers session many years ago, discussion turned to portion 
size. Participants took turns expressing their confusion - just what constitutes a 
proper serving of food? ... In a University of North Carolina study of three 
national food consumption surveys taken during that period, involving 63,000 
people scattered over 50 states, findings indicate: Serving sizes of salty snacks 
have increased 60 percent ...
http://www.cleveland.com/living/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/living/104383708436660.xml
(Note: Other coverage includes an editorial in The Sacramento Bee.)

Regional Coverage

Web site helps visitors to really measure up
Knoxville News-Sentinel
There might be a few bartenders who'd know what to reach for if a customer 
sidled up to the bar and asked for a butcher of beer ... Russell Rowlett, director of 
the Center For Mathematics and Science Education at the University of North 
Carolina-Chapel Hill, probably would know right off the bat ...
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/national/article/0,1406,KNS_350_1707317,00.html
(Note: This story originally appeared in The News and Observer.)

State and Local Coverage

Several burn victims taken to Chapel Hill
Charlotte Observer
Dr. Luan Lawson heard the loud blast, and knew where she had to go: work. ... 
By late evening, the action shifted to the N.C. Jaycee Burn Center in Chapel Hill, 
where the most critically injured were being treated. As of 9 p.m., doctors at the 
burn center and another Chapel Hill hospital were treating seven patients, and they 
expected three more, all in critical condition. "The extent of the injuries is quite 
dramatic," said Dr. Cherri Hobgood of the burn center....
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/5062558.htm
(Note: Other state and local coverage mentioning UNC Hospitals includes The 
News and Observer, WRAL-TV (CBS, Raleigh), News 14 Carolina (Time-
Warner, Raleigh), WTVD-TV (ABC, Raleigh), WNCN-TV (NBC, Raleigh),
Kinston Free Press, Shelby Star, Winston-Salem Journal and the Asheville 
Citizen-Times. Hospital officials held news briefings Wednesday night and this 
morning for media reporting the story from Chapel Hill.)

Hope, skepticism on AIDS 
News and Observer
In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Bush promised to commit an 
additional $15 billion over three years to fight HIV and AIDS in Africa, and the 
news was met with excitement tempered by a dose of skepticism among Triangle-
area researchers, clinicians, drug makers and advocates involved in global AIDS 
projects. "I'm thrilled -- I'm thrilled to receive whatever resources can be made
available," said Dr. Myron S. Cohen, a professor of medicine, microbiology 
and immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and 
chief of the UNC School of Medicine's Division of Infectious Diseases. ...
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2149948p-2040942c.html

UNC Chapel Hill bases admission on academics (Letter to the Editor)
The Herald-Sun
Your Jan. 26 editorial on the Michigan affirmative action case left readers with 
alarmingly wrong ideas about UNC Chapel Hill. ... 
http://www.herald-sun.com/opinion/hsletters/index.html#314832
(Note: Jerome Lucido is vice provost and director of admissions at UNC 
Chapel Hill.)

Chapel Hill ‘Campus Scene That Rocks’ 
The Herald-Sun
This town rocks. You’ll get no argument from Rolling Stone, the venerable music 
magazine that, in an edition that comes out Friday, will name Chapel Hill as one of 
the nation’s top 10 "Campus Scenes That Rock ...
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-314952.html

Diversity is a plus, so let us admit it (Opinion-Editorial Column)
News and Observer
In recent weeks, a great deal of rhetoric, much of it from high places, has suggested 
that racially integrated higher education is a good idea, but that granting racial 
preferences is an inappropriate way to achieve it. ...
http://www.newsobserver.com/editorials/story/2149892p-2041054c.html
(Note: Arnold H. Loewy is Graham Kenan professor of law at the UNC 
School of Law.)

United we stood (Opinion-Editorial Column)
News and Observer 
Of late, I find myself thinking something I never anticipated. I'm afraid we're 
getting over Sept. 11. ...
http://newsobserver.com/editorials/story/2146025p-2038082c.html
(Note: Gene R. Nichol is dean and Burton Craige professor of law at the 
UNC School of Law.)

A shot against terrorism 
News and Observer
The first phase of the state's smallpox vaccination program began Wednesday with 
the inoculations of about 70 public health officials at the Wake County public health 
center in Raleigh. ... All hospitals in the Triangle are participating: WakeMed, Rex 
Healthcare, Raleigh Community, UNC Hospitals, Duke University Medical Center 
and Durham Regional. ...
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/triangle/story/2150104p-2040982c.html

Intensive caring 
News and Observer
Dr. E. Stephen Edwards isn't home much anymore. Three months into his term as 
president of the influential American Academy of Pediatrics, the longtime Raleigh 
pediatrician has been crisscrossing the country ... He treated patients there for more 
than 30 years, taught pediatrics at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine and 
was a constant advocate for children in organizations such as the N.C. Pediatric 
Society, of which he is a past president. ...
http://newsobserver.com/features/story/2150056p-2040977c.html

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

College lobbyists of all stripes now 
Washington Times
With one child at the University of Maryland and another already graduated, 
Charles and Diane Treat were dismayed to learn the state's flagship campus might 
suffer deep cuts in the next state budget. ... The University of North Carolina system, 
with 16 public campuses, has put together an "Advocacy Notebook" that includes 
its budget requests, funding priorities and tips on how to approach lawmakers. "We 
have definitely seen an impact," said J.B. Milliken, vice president for public affairs 
and university advancement. ... 
http://washingtontimes.com/metro/20030120-59366491.htm

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