July 17, 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 media:

Science in conflict
The Scientist
Scientists and industry watchdogs gathered in Washington, D.C. last 
week to explore egregious cases of industry-led manipulation and 
distortion of scientific research—and to suggest remedies. The 1-day 
symposium, held by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), 
is part of a CSPI project called Integrity in Science...JoAnn Burkholder, 
a professor of aquatic biology at North Carolina State University, and 
Steven Wing, an associate professor of epidemiology at University of 
North Carolina, described how CAFOs have avoided, for the most part, 
strict legislation that would require cleanup of huge animal waste 
deposits, which have been scientifically demonstrated to be major 
threats to air and soil quality in some states
http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20030715/03

National News Note

Ralph Baric, corona virus geneticist at the UNC School of Public Health, 
was quoted in the June 23, 2003, issue of Business Week magazine in 
an article about SARS.

State News Note

The N.C. News Network, which includes 90-plus radio stations across 
the state, plans a story on how the stress of caring for a loved one alters 
the caregiver's immune system for the worse, and the changes remain 
even after the loved one has died. This study was the subject of this
UNC release.
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun03/maccall063003.html

State and Local Coverage

Legislators visit UNC-CH 
News and Observer
Republican legislators came to the ivory tower Wednesday to pose 
some uncomfortable questions to UNC-Chapel Hill leaders: Why has 
the university assigned freshmen two politically explosive books in t
he last two years? Are conservative viewpoints tolerated in UNC-CH 
classrooms? Are university professors out of touch with the mainstream 
values of North Carolinians? 
http://www.newsandobserver.com/front/story/2699263p-2502665c.html

Legislators: UNC book choice offensive, dishonest 
Chapel Hill Herald
The dispute over UNC's summer reading program continued simmering 
Wednesday with a mostly cordial but occasionally contentious meeting 
between university officials and a small group of state legislators. Held 
at UNC's journalism school, the meeting brought several Carolina officials
with key roles in the summer reading program together with some of the 
program's most outspoken critics. 
http://www.heraldsun.com/orange/10-372147.html
(Other media coverage included WTVD (ABC-Durham), Channel 14 
(Time Warner - Raleigh), WUNC-FM, WCHL, The Daily Tar Heel, 
The Alumni Review.)

Book flap at UNC overdone (Commentary)
Charlotte Observer
Recently it has been reported that there is again opposition to the 
summer reading selection for the University of North Carolina at 
Chapel Hill. The book under fire this year is "Nickel and Dimed: 
On (Not) Getting By in America," by Barbara Ehrenreich.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/opinion/6320775.htm

Summer Whining (Editorial)
Fayetteville Observer
The summer-reading flap is back. It appears to have aged over the 
winter like a fine whine. But perhaps this year, the protest over a 
book on a University of North Carolina summer reading list exposes 
the protest as the nonsense it really is.
http://www.fayettevillenc.com/story.php?Template=opinion&Story=5766063

Citigroup chief names associate as new CEO
Charlotte Observer
Sanford Weill, one of the most powerful men on Wall Street, said 
Wednesday he would step down as chief executive at Citigroup Inc. 
by the end of the year...In the wake of the research investigation, Weill 
renamed Citigroup's brokerage business Smith Barney and put it under 
the control of Sallie Krawcheck, a young Wall Street star analyst and UNC 
Chapel Hill graduate. In the announcement Wednesday, Citigroup said 
Willumstad, 57, would have direct responsibility for the consumer business, 
including Smith Barney.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/business/6320743.htm

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Senate panel pushes new hospital 
News and Observer
After weeks of talking about an economic development bill, Senate 
leaders put forward a proposal Wednesday night to build a $180 million 
cancer hospital. The Senate Finance Committee agreed to put the proposal 
in the 70-page "technical corrections" bill passed by state legislators at 
the end of every yearly session.
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2699139p-2502701c.html

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