July 18, 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:

Survey Links Obesity With Food Portions 
Washington Post
The steadily growing size of the food portions served at restaurants 
and at home is one of the causes of obesity in this country, according 
to a new survey by the American Institute for Cancer Research...The 
real culprit is "our sedentary society," said Steven C. Anderson, 
president and chief executive of the National Restaurant Association. 
He cited a recent study by researchers at the University of North Carolina 
showing that caloric intake per capita has remained the same for many years, 
while exercise rates have declined. 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8383-2003Jul17.html?nav=hptoc_h

National News Notes

Eight medical specialties offered at UNC Hospitals rank among the top 50 
programs of their kind nationwide, according to the July 28 issue of U.S. News 
& World Report. The magazine unveiled the rankings Thursday for its 14th 
annual "America's Best Hospitals" issue, which will appear on newsstands July 21.
To view the UNC Health Care news release, click below: 
http://www.unchealthcare.org/newsroom/newsreleases/newsrelease.cfm?release=usnews_2003.htm
To view the U.S. News and World Report site, click below:
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/nycu/health/hosptl/tophosp.htm

State and Local Coverage

Senate approves cancer center 
News and Observer
A proposal for a $180 million replacement for the aging cancer treatment 
center at UNC-Chapel Hill won Senate approval Thursday but faces 
an uncertain fate in the House. 
The cancer center drove the lopsided, 34-6 approval of an omnibus bill 
that changed laws on everything from beer to redistricting suits. A 
final Senate voted is expected today.
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2703377p-2506777c.html

Hospital as a 'correction'? (Editorial)
News and Observer
It may well be that the state needs a new cancer hospital to replace 
an older facility at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 
but the way in which state Sen. Tony Rand of Fayetteville has moved 
in his chamber to get the deed done leaves much to be desired. First, 
he attached the project to a "technical corrections" bill, which is an 
annual house-cleaning measure to fix a variety of typographical errors 
and the like in legislation. That bill isn't designed to cover things of 
this magnitude, and such a maneuver also short-circuits debate, coming 
as it does at the end of this legislative session. 
http://newsobserver.com/editorials/story/2703328p-2506849c.html

UNC gets some good money news 
Chapel Hill Herald
The UNC system received some good news Thursday when state
budgeters opted to put $9.4 million more than originally planned 
into a pot of money campuses rely on for a variety of needs. 
http://www.heraldsun.com/orange/10-372525.html

Land sale will pay tuition 
Greensboro News and Record
Nintey-three acres on Vickery Chapel Road that has been farmed since 
the early century is for sale. UNC-Chapel Hill is selling the land, which 
it inherited last year, to pay for scholarships for Jamestown students.
http://www.news-record.com/news/local/hp/mitchell18h.htm

In minimum-wage world, how far would you make it? (Commentary)
Asheville Citizen-Times
Surprise, surprise. Students at UNC-Chapel Hill are riled up again 
over a summer reading selection. First the commotion concerned Islam. 
Now it's all about minimum wages. Don't these kids have something 
better to do, like sling hash at the local Waffle House? 
http://cgi.citizen-times.com/cgi-bin/story/editorial/38542

Book pulls legislators to UNC
Charlotte Observer
Republican legislators want to know why leaders at the University 
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have assigned freshmen politically 
explosive books in the last two summer reading assignments.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/6329669.htm

Meeting of minds, sort of (Editorial)
Durham Herald-Sun
Wednesday's parley between a group of Republican legislators and 
UNC Chapel Hill administrators probably didn't change any minds 
on the "Nickel and Dimed" flap. The legislators no doubt departed 
the campus convinced that the university really is a tax-supported 
redoubt of the left, while the administrators likely whistled under 
their breath at the temerity of the Philistines' questioning their 
judgment. 
http://www.heraldsun.com/opinion/hsedits/56-372459.html

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Tens of Thousands Will Lose College Aid, Report Says
The New York Times
The first report to document the impact of the government's new 
formula for financial aid has found that it will reduce the nation's 
largest grant program by $270 million and bar 84,000 college students 
from receiving any award at all.
The report, by the Congressional Research Service, the research arm 
of Congress, does not calculate the full effect of the changes, since it 
does not consider the further cuts in student awards that will probably 
occur once the new formula is applied to billions of dollars in state 
awards and university grants.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/18/national/18GRAN.html?hp

Biomanufacturing plan has support, no money 
News and Observer
University, community college and biotechnology industry leaders 
said Thursday that they have solidified their plan for a statewide 
training network for biomanufacturing jobs. Now they must find 
money to make it happen. 
http://www.newsandobserver.com/front/story/2703534p-2506763c.html

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