July 8, 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:

A bear market for business schools 
Business Week online
Recessions usually are good for business schools. ... Sherry Wallace, 
admissions director at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler 
Business School, says her institution will award one-third fewer fellowships 
this year than last. 
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_28/b3841053.htm
(This story also appeared on MSNBC.)

Trust Your Gut When It Comes to College Selection 
Washington Post
For the many soon-to-be college freshmen looking forward to starting 
their adult lives later this summer, let us consider the story of Lauren 
Krupka, who says her introduction to college was "the worst three weeks 
of my life."...A few weeks ago, for instance, I reported on Garrett Hall, a 
2002 graduate of Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville, Md., who 
with some reluctance went off to the University of North Carolina-Chapel 
Hill last year after his first six choices all wait-listed him. Hall quickly fell 
with love with the school, once more proving my point that going to just 
about any college is going to be a lively and satisfying adventure. 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25285-2003Jul8.html?nav=hptoc_ed

National News Note

The July issue of Better Homes and Garden magazine cited Add Health, 
a study being conducted by the Carolina Population Center, in a story about 
discussing sex with teen-agers. 

Carolina is mentioned in the July issue of Mother Jones magazine in a story about
 Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a recipient of UNC's Distinguished Alumnus Award and 
the founder of the famous City Lights bookstore in San Francisco.

Regional Coverage

Cancer research focuses on brain
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
Memphis researchers are trying a more targeted approach to killing cancer 
cells that linger after brain tumors are removed...The study also is being 
conducted at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 
http://www.gomemphis.com/mca/local_news/article/0,1426,MCA_437_2094609,00.html

State and Local Coverage

Nonacademic to head UNC business school 
Chapel Hill Herald
An international banker with ties to UNC is returning to lead the university's 
business school. Steve Jones, a 1974 Carolina graduate who later received his 
master's in business administration from Harvard University, is expected to 
be named dean of the Kenan-Flagler Business School by the university's 
board of trustees at its July 24 meeting. http://www.heraldsun.com/orange/10-369146.html
(A related story also appears today in The News and Observer
http://newsobserver.com/business/story/2677312p-2482336c.html)

New book, new UNC controversy 
Group says 'Nickel and Dimed,' the assigned reading for freshmen, has a 
liberal bias 
News and Observer
UNC-Chapel Hill officials might have thought a book about the economic 
struggles of America's low-skilled workers would be a safe pick for their 
freshman summer reading assignment. But the summer book choice is 
stirring up trouble again, a year after the emotional debate over an assigned 
book about the Quran.
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2677259p-2482311c.html

UNC Health Care gets OK for $25.6M in renovations
Triangle Business Journal
North Carolina's state Certificate of Need office has approved two proposals by 
UNC Health Care to renovate more than 62,000 square feet of space at UNC 
Hospitals. The total cost of the renovations will be about $25.6 million. 
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2003/07/07/daily7.html

Assembly considers limit on awards
Charlotte Observer
John Faulkner of Raleigh and Wes Robinson of Charlotte are doctors who 
could benefit or suffer from the General Assembly's attempts to rewrite medical 
malpractice laws in the coming weeks. ... While cap proponents contend 
physicians are leaving the profession or North Carolina or both, the number 
of doctors in the state has been rising steadily, according to the N.C. Health 
Professions Data System maintained by UNC Chapel Hill.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/6242536.htm

Civics to be stressed in state classrooms 
Sun Journal (New Bern, NC)
Gov. Mike Easley and the state Legislature want students in North Carolina 
to learn more about civics, and they have approved a provision in the state 
budget that recommends changes...The recommendations grew out of a study 
by the University of North Carolina-based North Carolina Civic Education 
Consortium that surveyed 800 students aged 13 to 17 on their civic knowledge.
http://www.newbernsunjournal.com/Details.cfm?StoryID=9872
(This Associated Press story, originating in the Durham Herald-Sun, also appeared 
in the Myrtle Beach Sun News.)

State House bill would crack down on illegal immigration
Greenville News
Tracy and Yaritza Rodriguez aren't taking any chances. 
Since the young couple got married last year, Tracy, a New York native 
now living in Greenville, makes sure all of his Venezuelan wife's paperwork 
is in order showing that she is legally living in the United States - just in 
case she gets pulled over or runs into other problems...A University of North 
Carolina demographics expert said that while federal authorities may be 
hunting terrorists, any crackdown on immigrant laborers may spur a 
"backlash" from employers in construction, poultry processing and other 
industries who thrive on immigrant labor. 
http://greenvilleonline.com/news/2003/07/07/200307079712.htm

Gambling a sure bet for professor 
News and Observer
Koleman Strumpf likes to spend the first week of March Madness holed up 
in a Las Vegas casino making legal bets on NCAA basketball tournament games. 
While others flock to slot machines or blackjack, roulette and poker tables, 
Strumpf, an economics professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, cozies up with basketball 
fans in front of several big-screen TVs and a couple dozen smaller sets, testing the odds.
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2675091p-2480172c.html
(An Associated Press version of this story also has appeared in publications including 
The Asheville Citizen-Times, The Charleston Post Courier and The Myrtle Beach 
Sun News.)

Carolina Review set to celebrate 10 years 
The Herald-Sun
Like that of many fledgling campus publications, the Carolina Review's debut came 
in fits and starts. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-368691.html

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Tuition hike reduces access to UNC system (Question-Answer)
News and Observer
Jonathan Ducote, a rising senior at N.C. State and the student representative 
on the UNC Board of Governors, wasn't surprised to see a 5 percent tuition 
increase in the budget passed by the legislature last week .
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2675092p-2480242c.html

3 throw hats in ring for Chapel Hill Town Council race 
Chapel Hill Herald
On the first day of election filing, two challengers and an incumbent entered 
a Town Council race that's sure to put at least one new face on the council. 
Bill Strom, one of five incumbents up for re-election this year, filed for another 
four-year term. Two members of the Parks and Recreation Commission, Andrea 
Rohrbacher and Terri Tyson, also will vie for council seats. The election is on 
Nov. 4. 
http://www.heraldsun.com/orange/10-369200.html

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