January 14, 2004

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

National Coverage

Tests show low parasite risk to Bay oysters
Associated Press
A mysterious parasite sickening Asian oysters in waters off North Carolina likely
holds no threat to future habitats of similar nonnative oysters in the Chesapeake
Bay, preliminary tests show....Within three weeks of putting the bivalves into the
sound last year - in cages and in aquaculture tanks - 60 percent were sick and
many died, said Charles Peterson, a professor at the University of North
Carolina Institute of Marine Sciences who is overseeing the project.

State and Local Coverage

UNC honoring Duke (yes, Duke) official
The Charlotte Observer
In what is being called a rare act of academic collaboration, UNC Chapel Hill has
established a visiting professorship to honor the outgoing president of its longtime
rival Duke University.

Joint professorship to honor Duke leader
The News & Observer
Tar Heels and Blue Devils don't normally see eye to eye, but this week the light blue-deep blue rivalry turned into a lovefest. UNC-Chapel Hill said Tuesday that it will honor Duke University President Nan Keohane with a $3 million endowed professorship in her name. The money will provide for UNC-CH and Duke to share a visiting professor at the two campuses each year.

Professorship to honor Keohane
The Herald Sun
UNC and Duke University have joined forces to create a $3 million professorship in
honor of outgoing Duke President Nan Keohane.

UNC's tuition plans raise ire
The News & Observer
UNC-Chapel Hill faculty and students are voicing strong objections to the university trustees' plan to raise tuition dramatically for out-of-state students.

Driver's cousin killed in car wreck
The Charlotte Observer
A senior at East Lincoln High School likely will be charged today in connection with an accident in which he lost control of his car and hit an oak tree, killing his cousin, who was a passenger, police said.....Car crashes are the most common cause of death among teenagers, especially among those who are inexperienced and impulsive, according to studies from the University of North Carolina's Highway Safety Research Center.

Garner considers paintball ban
The News & Observer
Garner police Chief Tom Moss said his staff will consider whether to recommend banning the firing of paintball guns within town limits, after a recent incident in which a boy was partially blinded in a drive-by paintball shooting....The N.C. Crimes guidebook published by the UNC-Chapel Hill Institute of Government identifies a deadly weapon as "any instrument that under the circumstances of that use is likely to cause death or serious bodily injury."

Maxine Swalin's at work on a new legacy
The Chapel Hill News
Since the day after she turned 100 on May 7, 2003, Maxine Swalin's mission in life has been to ensure that the planned transformation of the northwest quadrant of the Chapel Hill campus of the University of North Carolina into the Arts Common becomes reality.

Issues and Trends

College presidents learn it's hard to keep sports pure
USA Today
For two decades, critics of big-time college sports have portrayed the involvement of school presidents as key to controlling the growing commercialization on campus and maintaining academic integrity. But 2003 was filled with excesses and scandals, and this time campus chief executives figured prominently in them.

Group's petition likens UNC officials to lobbyists
The Chapel Hill News
It looks as though a recent attempt by university administrators to "put a personal face" on the university in the community may have backfired....A resident-advocacy group is calling for an end to a recently enacted system designed to promote regular one-on-one interaction between university administrators and members of the Chapel Hill Town Council.

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