January 31, 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:

Central Asia: Leaders look to UN, not US, to deal with Iraq
EurasiaNet 
In his annual State of the Union speech on January 28, US President George 
W. Bush warned that he is prepared, if necessary, to use the "full force" of the 
US military to disarm Iraq, if the United Nations fails to act. ... Steven Sabol
is an assistant professor of history at the University of North Carolina 
and an expert on Central Asian affairs. He noted that, despite their misgivings 
about war in Iraq, Central Asian governments nevertheless remain hesitant to 
openly criticize the United States. ... 
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/pp013003.shtml

Health Tips ... from UPI 
United Press International 
... Gum disease has been linked to health risk in pregnant women and their 
unborn children, at times leading even to death, a study shows ... Mild PIH 
can usually be kept under control until birth, but severe cases may require
preterm delivery, said the researchers at the University of North Carolina, 
Chapel Hill, and Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. ...
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030128-041449-1536r
(Note: To view this science brief, go to the above url and scroll down
the page.)

Alternative Voices on Campus
The Nation
Vanderbilt University in Tennessee is a traditionally conservative school. The 
majority of students support President George W. Bush, according to Jay 
Prather, editor of the Vanderbilt alternative newspaper Orbis, and there has 
been no significant antiwar demonstration on campus since Bush's "Axis of Evil" 
speech in January 2002 .... Jenny Stepp, former editor of the Boiling Point 
at the University of North Carolina, explained that "post-9/11, it was really
important to get out there and present the left idea of things and explain why, 
instead of just saying no [to war].... One of the publication's most important 
functions is to provide that forum." ...
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20030217&s=waligore
(Note: Boiling Point was also listed on The Nation's top 10 list of "vibrant 
alternative student publications," http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20030217&s=papers)

State and Local Coverage

Moeser defends research receipts 
The Herald-Sun
Drafted at the last minute to address a Thursday gathering of local business 
leaders, UNC Chancellor James Moeser asked the group to urge state 
legislators not to divert millions of research dollars from the university while 
dealing with the state’s budget crunch. ...
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-315431.html
(Note: WCHL-AM also is providing extensive coverage of the chancellor's speech.)

Center tries to save 10 
News and Observer
Even before the helicopters landed, Dr. Michael Peck and his team at the 
UNC Hospitals burn center knew everyone was in for a hellish few days ...
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2153653p-2043806c.html

UNC treating 10 injured in Kinston blast 
The Herald-Sun
All 10 victims of the Kinston explosion taken to the N.C. Jaycee Burn Center 
at UNC Hospitals were in critical condition Thursday night, doctors said. ...
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-315439.html

UNC nurse earns meeting with Bush 
The Herald-Sun
Foreign dignitaries and members of Congress aside, most people don’t get 
to sit down and swap a few words with the president of the United States. 
But on Wednesday, Ernest Grant, a nurse at the N.C. Jaycee Burn Center
at UNC Hospitals, was ushered into the Roosevelt Room of the White 
House with other nurses from different parts of the country and had a short, 
informal chat with the most powerful man in America. ...
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-315428.html

Teacher retention called key 
News and Observer
Most states could solve their public school teacher shortages if they simply 
did a better job of holding on to their classroom teachers ... "The message 
of this report needs repeating," said Barnett Berry, director of the Southeast 
Center for Teaching Quality, based at UNC-Chapel Hill. ...
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2149944p-2041056c.html

State wants to control non-native oyster spread 
Jacksonville Daily News
The state Division of Marine Fisheries wants to be in charge of any program that 
allows non-native oyster production in North Carolina ... Pate’s statements came 
in defense of division funding for a study of the Suminoe oyster in North Carolina 
waters that will be conducted by Charles Peterson, professor of marine sciences 
with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Institute of Marine 
Sciences in Morehead City. ...
http://www.jdnews.com/Details.cfm?StoryID=10045

State AIDS Numbers Up, Local Cases Still Zero
The Mountain Times (Boone, NC)
Although the number of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases 
reported in North Carolina “increased dramatically in 2002,” according to a
statement released by the NC Department of Health and Human Services, the 
tri-county areaof Ashe, Avery and Watauga saw only one new case of human 
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) last year and no reports of AIDS ... However, 
a one-year grant awarded to UNC-Chapel Hill provides an additional test that 
should reduce false-negative results ...
http://www.mountaintimes.com/mtweekly/2003/01-30/aids.php3

WUNC moves talk show host 
News and Observer
There's going to be a change in "The State of Things" at WUNC-FM. 
Beginning Monday, Mary Hartnett will no longer host the noon show, an audio 
newsmagazine that airs live Monday through Thursday, centering on the people, 
issues and ideas related to North Carolina. The show is repeated at 8 p.m. 
The station has chosen Frank Stasio and Melinda Penkava as guest hosts ... 
http://newsobserver.com/features/story/2153778p-2043929c.html

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Title IX Panel Acts Moderately 
The Washington Post 
A national commission yesterday decided on a broad menu of recommendations 
designed to clarify the way colleges and universities can comply with Title IX, 
but backed away from the most dramatic proposals for altering enforcement 
of the law that bans sex discrimination in collegiate sports. ... 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1295-2003Jan30.html

House is still without speaker 
News and Observer
House Republicans and Democrats began serious negotiations Thursday on a 
framework for an unprecedented experiment in shared government after a sixth
ballot in the House speaker's race ended with no one winning a majority. ... 
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nc/story/2153761p-2043823c.html

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