July 5, 2005

Carolina in the News

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

National Coverage

Democracy Has Its Own Timetable, Mr. Bush
The Washington Post
"America's mission in Iraq," the president proclaimed in his speech at Fort Bragg on Tuesday, "is . . . a free, representative government that is an ally . . . and a beacon of hope in a part of the world that is desperate for reform." And it should be a nation, he continued, "that can govern itself, sustain itself and defend itself." ...ichard Kohn, a military historian and former chief of history for the U.S. Air Force, chairs the Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

'I'm Not Going to Come Home': One Marine's Third Iraq Tour
The Washington Post
Shaded by a towering blue spruce in Wheeler Park stands a gray granite monument that honors this city's men and women who have died in combat from the Spanish-American War to, as the memorial reads, "Iraqi Freedom." ..."We're not expanding numbers, and we're not reducing our commitments around the world," said University of North Carolina history professor Richard H. Kohn, a former chief of Air Force history at the Pentagon. "We're taking it out of the hide, as they say in the military."

Who Gets the Break?
Time Magazine
"Pamela" would like you to know that she loves art. ...Many listeners were worried that expanded in-state rates would not only suck up taxpayer dollars but would also make it harder for their kids to get into top state schools like the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Walk-through lets freshmen hit the ground running
The Baltimore Sun
Brian Schultz was supposed to be working at his summer job at Ikea in White Marsh, earning money for his coming freshman year at Washington College. ...Colleges including Princeton University, the University of North Carolina and Loyola College of Maryland all have some form of summer orientation.

TV Thief Finds Freedom Frustrating
The Associated Press (National)
As hard as it was to spend 35 years in prison for stealing a black-and-white television, Junior Allen has found freedom just as frustrating. ...Allen's case caught the attention of University of North Carolina law professor Rich Rosen. The professor convinced Allen that his best chance of getting out was to put away his anger and bitterness.

NAACP considers a new approach
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
With Bruce S. Gordon's stellar background in corporate America, his installation as executive director of the NAACP at its 96th annual convention in Milwaukee could herald a new beginning for the venerable civil rights organization's relationship with the Bush administration. ..."The NAACP has been adrift," said Walter C. Farrell Jr., a professor of social welfare and associate director of urban investment strategies in the Kenan-Flagler Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a former professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

SU launches sport management program
The Central New York Business Journal
This fall, Syracuse University will launch the new sport management undergraduate-degree program in the College of Human Services and Health Professions (HSHP). ...Veley plans to model the department after established sport-management programs at schools with strong athletics programs like the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Arizona State University, he says.

State & Local Coverage

Foote was wordsmith to cherish
The Charlotte Observer
Shelby Foote, who died last week at age 88, was a great talker as well as a great writer. Anyone who requires verification can check out Ken Burns' 11-hour documentary "The Civil War," which features nearly 90 Foote interviews. ...Foote attended the University of North Carolina for two years, and many of his papers are there. Southern Historical Collection director Tim West says there are many fine items for public inspection, including meticulously handwritten drafts of Foote's three volume "The Civil War: A Narrative."
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Married to the Military
"The State of Things" WUNC-FM (Chapel Hill)
Dick Kohn was one of Melinda Penkava's guests on Friday's edition of "The State of Things" on WUNC-FM. The program's focus was a new documentary about the challenges of military life for families of soldiers and servicepeople called "Married to the Military." This new documentary featured a variety of families based at Fort Bragg and aired nationally on NPR stations, including WUNC, Friday evening.

Lottery debate continues
The Associated Press (N.C.)
It's a sure bet that if North Carolina becomes the final state on the East Coast to offer a lottery, supporters say, legislators will have hundreds of millions of new dollars to spend every year on education. ..."A casino tends to be an amusement location, whereas a lottery is kind of a daily or weekly or episodic purchase," said Ferrel Guillory, the director of the Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

New vaccines? Not so fast
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Merck and GlaxoSmithKline, pharmaceutical leaders in the vaccine business, are expected to bring to market nine new vaccines by 2010. Five of them are geared toward teens and adults. ..."We decided we didn't need vaccines anymore," said Jeff Frelinger, chairman of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Reaching around the world
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Smith Breeden Associates has spent most of its 23 years managing investment portfolios for some of America's top public and private institutions. Now the company is ramping up global expansion and plans to open its first offices abroad, in Europe, Japan and possibly even China. ..."Everyone sees the potential in China. The question is, do you beat the competition," said Bob Conolly, a professor of international finance at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Sharks a low risk at N.C. coast
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Thirty years ago this summer, beachgoers' perceptions of the ocean were forever changed when the blockbuster "Jaws" first appeared in theaters. ...Frank Schwartz, a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill's Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City, said the blacktip shark is the North Carolina species most likely to attack.

This well-heeled PAC packs a powerful punch (Opinion-editorial column)
The Charlotte Observer
Listen to this: "Our University is one of our state's most important funding resources, with growing financial needs. Yet the sources of UNC's funding are in constant legislative debate and under growing uncertainty."

No rest for the bleary
The Chapel Hill News
When I told my obstetrician I was having trouble sleeping in the final months of my pregnancy, he told me Mother Nature might be preparing me for a newborn. ...“It is not a good thing to sleep like a baby,” said Dr. O’Neill D’Cruz, director of UNC’s pediatric sleep disorders program. “It’s when adults are forced to sleep like babies that we get into trouble.”

UNC classmates busy on Broadway
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
If you're ever in New York, look up Michael Cumpsty. ...Cumpsty's the male lead in a cast that includes Kate Burton and Lynn Redgrave -- plus one of his classmates from UNC-Chapel Hill, Kathryn Meisle. Both were in the Professional Actors Training Program class of '85.

Fewer students majoring in industry could lead to labor shortage
Triangle Business Journal
The number of freshmen declaring majors in computer science is declining at colleges nationwide and in the Triangle, creating the potential for a shortfall of computer workers going forward. ...Combined enrollment in computer science programs at N.C. State, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte has fallen from 1,988 in 2000-2001 to 1,333 in 2004-2005.

What America lost in the revolution (Opinion-editorial column)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
For English folk like myself who gratefully make their homes in beautiful North Carolina, the July 4th holiday is a bit of a double-edged sword. ... Andrew Reynolds is an associate professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Hard road to progress in Africa (Opinion-editorial column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A lot of people are talking about the need for a "Marshall Plan for Africa." To be sure, one can't expect much sense from rock musicians such as Bob Geldof or Bono, but we have the right to expect more from serious politicos such as British leaders Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and from distinguished economists such as Jeffrey Sachs. ...Peter A. Coclanis is associate provost for international affairs and the Albert R. Newsome professor of history at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Issues & Trends

$500K for next UNC chief?
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
The next leader of the UNC system will live in the president's official residence, drive a state car and enjoy a comped membership to the Carolina Club, the swanky private eatery on the UNC Chapel Hill campus.

Court favors schools on fines
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
North Carolina's public schools are entitled to tens of millions of dollars in fines and forfeitures that are paid every year to various state agencies, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday. ...In siding with the schools, the high court defined such fines and forfeitures to include everything from the parking tickets issued on University of North Carolina system campuses to the penalties paid by taxpayers for late or insufficient payments.

Students again ask for a vote on board
The Associated Press (N.C.)
Amanda Devore spent the past year helping set policy at the University of North Carolina system as a member of its board of governors.

Do the math on books (Letter to the editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Your editorial about the cost of UNC school books ("Book smarts," June 28) complained because a few UNC students, or their parents, have to pay $100 out of their own pockets for a math book.

Look up 'public servant' (Letter to the editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
It seems that the UNC Board of Governors has hired a paid consultant who has recommended that we won't be able to attract a suitable pool of candidates for the UNC presidency without offering "at least" a salary of $500,000 (news article, June 29).

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