July 28, 2004

Carolina in the News

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

National Coverage

An aesthetics of inadequacy (Interview)
The Atlantic Monthly
When, as a college freshman, Alan Shapiro decided to become a poet, he failed to keep it from his family....He teaches at the University of North Carolina and lives
in Chapel Hill.

A Philly legend comes home
Philadelphia Daily News
Chuck Stone returned to Philadelphia on July 21 to celebrate his 80th birthday and the publication of his first children's book: "Squizzy the Black Squirrel: A Fabulous
Fable of Friendship."...Stone left the Daily News in 1991 to teach at the University of North Carolina.

What Works?
American Journalism Review
In his two stints at the Times-News in Burlington, North Carolina, Editor Lee Barnes has hired two black journalists....Chuck Stone, for one, is sick of hearing the
supply excuse - or any others, for that matter. "I'm very intolerant of people who say they can't get diversity," says Stone, a UNC-Chapel Hill journalism professor
who was the first president of NABJ.

Regional Coverage

How to make yourself less yummy to a mosquito
San Angelos Standard Times
It's not your imagination: You really are yummier to mosquitoes than the other guy....Dr. Mark Fradin, a dermatologist and professor at the University of North
Carolina in Chapel Hill, starting scouring scientific literature on repellents about eight years ago, hoping to better advise his patients.

State & Local Coverage

Councilman criticized for 2 jobs
The Charlotte Observer
Councilman John Fishe wears two hats....But there's nothing illegal about Fishe holding both positions or speaking out on the department, said David Lawrence, a
professor at UNC Chapel Hill's Institute of Government. The professor did call the situation "pretty unusual," however, and couldn't recall similar examples in the
state.

Experts: Legality of county vote unclear
Independent Tribune, Cabarrus
County Commissioners waded in to untested legal territory when they allowed one commissioner to attend their Monday meeting by telephone, according to several
legal experts...."There are no court decisions on that issue and people who know about county government law differ," said Joseph Ferrell with the Institute of
Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

An open letter to a new arrival (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Dear Sen. Edwards: Welcome to the neighborhood. We're glad to hear that, even though you've been pretty busy lately, you've found the time to buy some land in
this community....Speaking of Horace Williams, that site, as you may know, is slated for development into something called Carolina North.

Stem-Cell Research Of Particular Interest In Triangle
WRAL-TV (CBS, Raleigh)
At the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night, the son of former Republican President Ronald Reagan talked about stem cell research -- an issue opposed
by the Bush Administration....Some of the tiny cells grow in Dr. Frank Longo's University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill lab.

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