July 24, 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:

Updates on Billion-Dollar Campaigns at 23 Universities
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The 23 American universities that are seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected 
a total of $452.3-million in gifts and pledges during the last month for which they 
had data available. ... The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $1.032-
billion as of July 7 (increase of $22.1-million in the last month); the goal is $1.8
-billion by 2007. 
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/07/2003072404n.htm
(Note: The Chronicle of Higher Education requires a subscription to access articles.)

Fighting fat (Commentary)
The Guardian (U.K.)
Two weeks after I wrote about the forbidden subject of how "fat America" was in 
denial, comes news of one of the first corporate sponsored campaign initiatives 
aimed specifically at tackling the subject of obesity. Gatorade, the sports drink, is 
linking up with the University of North Carolina to run a long-term $4m campaign 
called "Get kids in action", firmly targeted at encouraging America's couch potato 
children to get out and exercise.
http://media.guardian.co.uk/columnists/story/0,7550,1004564,00.html
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University anti-alcohol plan a failure? 
MSNBC
One of the most popular campaigns to curb alcohol use on campus hasn’t reduced
student drinking and may actually have increased it, according to a new report from 
the Harvard School of Public Health’s College Alcohol Study. ... The campaigns 
have claimed success at some of the largest universities in the nation, such as the 
University of Virginia and the University of North Carolina.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/943077.asp?0cv=HA00

Whaley into swing of it 
The Post Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 
Suzy Whaley knows there's no chance to hide now. So she made sure she stood 
out from the crowd Wednesday on the eve of her history-making venture on the 
PGA Tour. ... Whaley's sports psychologist, Dr. Richard Coop from the University 
of North Carolina, blamed the error on Whaley not knowing in advance that the 
pros in PGA Tour pro-ams have to putt out on every hole. 
http://www.syracuse.com/sports/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1059041792311072.xml

State and Local Coverage

UNC trustees to get first black chairman 
The Herald-Sun
UNC's Board of Trustees will have its first black chairman when Richard "Stick" 
Williams is sworn in today. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-374479.html

UNC booster club can't quite cover cost of scholarships 
The News and Observer
For the first time in years, the University of North Carolina's athletics department 
will have to help pay the cost of athletics scholarships because the school's 
booster club can't fully cover it. 
http://newsobserver.com/sports/story/2719968p-2521960c.html

UNC may change stance on arena ads 
The Herald-Sun
Long a taboo subject, the use of corporate advertising in UNC sports arenas is 
receiving some consideration by university leaders as they grapple with continued 
financial problems. The head of a committee of UNC's Board of Trustees 
broached the controversial subject Wednesday during a report by Athletics 
Director Dick Baddour
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-374554.html

UNC planners discuss chiller plant 
The News and Observer
Planners at UNC-Chapel Hill told trustees Wednesday that a much-debated 
chiller plant and parking deck proposal were not included on a development plan 
Town Council members approved in October 2001 because campus officials
were trying to include only buildings they thought would be built during an eight-
year span. 
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2719865p-2521895c.html

N.C. legislators have no business attempting to intimidate universities 
over reading programs (Editorial)
Asheville Citizen-Times
Once again, in a move that demonstrates an appalling disrespect for the concept 
of the free exchange of ideas, Republican members of the North Carolina General 
Assembly have attempted to intimidate the University of North Carolina over a 
book chosen for a summer reading program.
http://cgi.citizen-times.com/cgi-bin/story/editorial/38894

Students flooded with pro-capitalist teaching (Letter to the Editor)
The Herald-Sun
As an incoming freshman to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I was 
assigned to read “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America,” by 
Barbara Ehrenreich. I am appalled by the audacity of Michael McKnight, a UNC 
senior and leader of an opposition group, and the few state senators who joined 
this bandwagon.
http://www.herald-sun.com/opinion/hsletters/index.html#374371

An introduction to life (Letter to the Editor)
News and Observer
I would like to thank state Sen. Hugh Webster for stating some of the most 
important reasons that UNC-Chapel Hill freshmen should participate in this year's 
reading program. Webster's reported criticism suggests that the university and its 
culture often forget about the struggles of mundane reality. 
http://newsobserver.com/editorials/story/2719804p-2521922c.html

UNC-CH founds new nonprofit
Triangle Business Journal 
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has established a new nonprofit 
corporation called IntraHealth International Inc., which is dedicated to making 
improvements in international health issues. 
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2003/07/21/daily28.html

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

A ‘Disaster’ at Berkeley
Newsweek
For many high-school seniors, the University of California, Berkeley, is the holy 
grail, a chance to study with the best minds from around the world. But as 
prospective students and their parents toured the campus last week, the school
had to work hard to put on a good face for them. ... The budget crunch has put 
extra pressure on nearly everyone at this storied campus.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/941473.asp?0dm=s129k

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