January 6, 2003

Carolina in the News

Current International Coverage

Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people 
and programs cited recently in the international and national media:

A chance to shine in San Diego 
Financial Times (London, U.K.)
The last thing that the US economy needs right now is another business school, right? 
Wrong, says Bob Sullivan, dean of the Graduate School of Management at the 
University of California, San Diego. ... In 1997, after a brief stint back in Texas, he 
took the top job at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North 
Carolina at Chapel Hill. ... Kenan-Flagler has blossomed under Prof Sullivan's 
leadership to become a rising star among the 750-odd business schools in the US ...
http://search.ft.com/search/article.html?id=030105001760&query=sullivan&vsc_appId=totalSearch&state=Form

Revenge is silent for staff yelled at by boss
Sydney Morning Herald
Abusive bosses may motivate their employees to meet deadlines, but workers take 
silent revenge in ways that can damage a company's bottom line. ... The findings came 
from a study of 373 National Guard members and their supervisors by Kelly Zellars 
and Bennett Tepper of the University of North Carolina ... 
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/05/1041566306997.html

Current National Coverage

Pharmacy schools can't keep up with demand
Chicago Tribune 
So much has changed since pharmacist Barry Golin collected his degree from Drake 
University and hung his shingle in Chicago in 1961. ... Meanwhile, longtime pharmacy 
schools are expanding to accommodate larger classes. The University of North 
Carolina at Chapel Hill, for example, just doubled the size of its 100-year-old School 
of Pharmacy ... 
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/health/chi-0301050326jan05,1,3178896.story
(Note: The Chicago Tribune requires free registration to access articles.)

Science Notebook
The Washington Post
Spiny lobsters find their way around their submarine world -- and in particular, can 
find their way home when they're lost -- by using the Earth's magnetic fields ... 
Knowing that spiny lobsters emerge from crevasses at night, forage widely, and 
return to the same hole or one very close to it at dawn, Larry C. Boles and Kenneth 
J. Lohmann, biologists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 
theorized that the crustaceans might be capable of navigation. ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8525-2003Jan3.html
(Note: Other coverage includes The Dallas Morning News and The Durham 
Herald-Sun.  A UNC news release about this study is at
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jan03/lohmann121702.html)

Golf course upgrade pending
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Plans to fix up a 211-acre golf course the city government purchased from Miami 
Dolphins owner H. Wayne Huizenga could hinge on whether officials in Tallahassee 
relax Florida's strict environmental standards. ... But there are studies suggesting 
people could be at risk when they have contact with arsenic-filled soil, said Steve 
Patch, director of the University of North Carolina's Environmental 
Quality Institute. ...
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-carsenic04jan04,0,240603.story?coll=sfla-news-broward

Regional Coverage

2004 Campaign: North Carolinian is a legal legend
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Before turning to politics, John Edwards was one of the most celebrated trial lawyers 
in North Carolina history. ... "He's taken the measure of everyone else in the field, 
and he's clearly not intimidated," said Ferrel Guillory, director of the Program on 
Southern Politics, Media and Public Life at the University of North Carolina at 
Chapel Hill ... Sen. Edwards earned his undergraduate degree from North Carolina 
State University and his law degree from the University of North Carolina .... 
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/editions/friday/news_e3511314a3dca1d500dc.html
(Note: This article also appeared in The Wilmington-Morning Star.)

State and Local Coverage

Right call in Chapel Hill (Editorial)
News and Observer
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's latest tempest was quickly put back 
where it should be, on a low simmer in the teapot. ...
http://newsobserver.com/editorials/story/2067769p-1985645c.html

UNC chancellor makes a right decision (Editorial)
Chapel Hill Herald
When officials at UNC recently asked student organizations to make changes in the 
language of their charters or mission statements, the directives looked to be straight
from the department of “Duh!” ...
http://www.herald-sun.com/opinion/chhedits/57-305363.html

'Country mouse' feels at home in Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill Herald
William Ferris began his move from Washington, D.C., to Chapel Hill in August and 
is getting close to being done. ... Ferris, who last summer took the post of associate 
director of the UNC Center for the Study of the American South, said his first
few months in Chapel Hill have been hectic ... 
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/snapshots/story/2061445p-1981583c.html
(Note: This article includes a photo of Ferris.)

UNC benches a fitting tribute to Wellstone (Editorial)
Chapel Hill Herald
We can’t say that taste in public monuments has improved much from the 19th 
century’s penchant for heroic statuary. ... 
http://www.herald-sun.com/opinion/chhedits/57-305622.html
(Note: This coverage originated from a UNC news release, 
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jan03/wellstonebench010303.html)

Wellstone memorial planned for campus
Chapel Hill News 
They say it's the kind of thing that Paul Wellstone would have liked -- an array of 
benches designed to serve as a place that fosters discussions about the issues of the 
day. Two UNC faculty members who knew the late Minnesota senator well are 
spearheading a campaign to raise $25,000 for a campus seating area dedicated to 
the memory of the UNC alum who earned recognition for his devotion to liberal 
ideals, social justice and community-based politics....
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/story/2061716p-1981578c.html
(Note: A related story appeared in The News and Observer, 
http://newsobserver.com/news/triangle/story/2067964p-1985585c.html)

UNC to begin building at K-12 campus 
Chapel Hill Herald
Five years after the planning process began for an off-site teaching facility, the 
UNC School of Education is within sight of breaking ground on its new wing 
at Smith Middle School. ...
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/story/2061715p-1981823c.html

Your responsibility (Speech Transcript)
News and Observer
From the midyear commencement address at the University of North Carolina 
at Chapel Hill by James Leloudis, associate professor of history, associate 
dean for honors and director of the James M. Johnston Center for 
Undergraduate Excellence at UNC. ...
http://newsobserver.com/news/q/story/2066600p-1984740c.html

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

UConn Speeds Toward 'a State of the Art Campus'
The New York Times
The University of Connecticut campus in Storrs, construction workers are already 
as common a sight as students as the the hard hats scramble to finish a 
modernization program in 2005. ... 
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/05/realestate/05CONN.html
(Note: The New York Times requires free registration to access articles.)

Black works to keep seat 
News and Observer
Jim Black, who hopes to win a third term as speaker of the state House, has been 
calling allies, trying to mend fences with rivals and touting himself as the best chance 
for Democrats to hold on to power ... 
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2066332p-1984711c.html

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