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July 30, 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
Accounting in College Lures More Students
The Wall Street Journal
Here are some numbers that don't appear to add up...."Accountants are more behind the scenes and the only credit they do get is when something bad happens," says Elizabeth Murphy, who finished a master's in accounting this May from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Heels' stamp all over U.S. basketball team
National Associated Press
Red, white and Carolina blue....Larry Brown, a former player and assistant at North Carolina, is the head coach. Roy Williams, former assistant and current head coach of the Tar Heels, is Brown's assistant. And paying a visit to the team's pre-Olympic training camp this week is the biggest Tar Heel of them all, Dean Smith.
Regional Coverage
Dems' message tough sell for Miss. delegates
The Clarion-Ledger (Miss.)
The Mississippi delegation to the Democratic National Convention will leave Boston with a tough job ahead - to sell the state's conservative voters on their party's candidates and message....Ferrel Guillory, a political science professor at the University of North Carolina, said the party's platform would always be a problem in the conservative-leaning South.
State & Local Note
The North Carolina News Network yesterday interviewed Dr. Allison Rosenberg, associate vice chancellor for research and federal affairs, for a story on the university's newly funded Citizen-Soldier initiative that aired yesterday afternoon and this morning. NCNN provides newscasts for some 90 radio stations across the state.
Dr. Cam Patterson, professor of medicine and director of UNC's Cardiovascular Biology Center, was interviewed this morning on WCHL about the medical school's $8.6 million grant from the National Institute on Aging.
State & Local Coverage
$1.9M grant to fund water reuse system
The Chapel Hill Herald
A $1.9 million grant from the state's Clean Water Management Trust Fund will allow the Orange Water and Sewer Authority to use "reclaimed" water at UNC facilities.
WFU uses presidential race to pique freshmen's interest, stimulate discussions
The Winston-Salem Journal
Tyler Van Zandt follows foreign policy, has worked on U.S. Rep. Richard Burr's Senate campaign and is not above yelling at the television set when politicians irritate him.....This year students at the school (UNC-Chapel Hill) are reading Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point, the story of four classes at the U.S. Military Academy.
Forsyth looking for alternatives to building a new jail
The Winston-Salem Journal
Forsyth County commissioners balked yesterday at the possibility of having to build a new jail....Plyler, former Sheriff Ron Barker and other county officials met in 2001 to analyze a study of the jail done by the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Police respond faster after reorganization
Greensboro News & Record
If you've called police for an emergency recently, they've most likely responded quicker than in years past....A recent report generated by the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government measured response times in 13 North Carolina cities during the 2003 fiscal year.
Chairman says actions may be against rules
Washington Daily News
Beaufort County Republicans began crying out Wednesday morning over their dissatisfaction with the way a majority of the county GOP's executive committee handled the resignation of Republican Commissioner Carol Cochran the previous night....Spruill said he had checked the definition of an official resignation with David Lawrence, a professor in the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Online BMI calculator now offered for kids
The Chapel Hill Herald
"Get Kids in Action," a partnership between the UNC's School of Public Health and Gatorade, has launched an online body mass index, or BMI, calculator specific to children.
Free resource guide available to N.C. breast cancer patients
The Chapel Hill Herald
North Carolina women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer now have a newly updated 300-page resource directory to guide them through diagnosis, treatment and other issues....The center is housed in the UNC School of Public Health's N.C. Institute for Public Health. The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center also is a partner.
Hospital data collection system will look for outbreaks
The Herald-Sun/The Chapel Hill Herald
Duke University, Durham Regional and UNC hospitals are among more than 100 major N.C. hospitals set to participate in a unique surveillance system designed to provide early warnings about public health hazards such as infectious disease outbreaks and terrorist attacks.
Diligence yields scholarships
The News & Observer
At 14, Emmeline Igboekwe was lured from Nigeria to Brooklyn with the promise of an opportunity to continue her education....Igboekwe is pursuing a doctorate of pharmacy studies at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Note: A staff reports version of this story is in todays' Herald-Sun.In the Wings
The News & Observer
Chapel Hill's Wordshed Productions will bring its clever adaptations of John Cheever short stories to Scotland's Edinburgh Fringe Festival next month. But first, it needs some dough. So tonight and Saturday, the company will stage a fund-raising mini-revival of "A Paradise It Seems: the Short Stories of John Cheever" at Swain Hall at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Issues & Trends
Ticking time bonds (Editorial)
The Charlotte Observer
If Gov. Mike Easley vetoed a new borrowing plan the General Assembly passed before it left town in mid-July, he'd have good reason....This call could go either way. While the heart of the bill encompasses needed new facilities at the universities in Chapel Hill,
Football, felons and ACC (Editorial)
The Herald-Sun
The Atlantic Coast Conference has no influence on admission policies at its member universities, but the decisions those schools make influence the ACC. Case in point: Willie Williams and the University of Miami.
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