July 21, 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

Two books delve into true crime
USA Today
After a diet of fictional whodunits, a hunger grows for reading about some real crime. ...Midnight Assassin, meticulously researched and written by Patricia Bryan and Thomas Wolf, offers an absorbing look at a 1900 murder in an Iowa farmhouse and, as a subtext, how the roles of women in America were beginning to change.
Note: Patricia Bryan is a professor in the School of Law at UNC Chapel Hill.

State & Local Coverage

Steps taken to add spots in WNC to official Trail of Tears
The Asheville Citizen-Times
Some of more than 20 routes and sites in Western North Carolina may be considered for addition to the historic Cherokee Trail of Tears. ...Brett Riggs, an archaeologist with the Research Laboratories of Archaeology at UNC-Chapel Hill, has spent years researching WNC Cherokee sites, primarily in Cherokee County, for the North Carolina chapter of the national Trail of Tears Association.

Man has no doubt his bite was delivered by a shark
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Let others doubt or debate whether it was a sand shark, bull shark, bluefish or some other ocean critter. ...If the attack is confirmed, Humphrey, 22, a Springfield, Va., community college student, would be the 24th person bitten by a shark in North Carolina waters since 1870, according to Frank J. Schwartz, a researcher at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City.

Fresh herbs add zest to summer meals (Commentary)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Looking for a way to make summertime meals more exciting? Try using fresh herbs. ...Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a licensed, registered dietitian and author. She holds a doctorate in health policy and administration from UNC-Chapel Hill, where she is a clinical assistant professor in the School of Public Health.

Although common, acid reflux needs medical attention (Commentary)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Up to 40 percent of adults experience at least some symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD. The most common of these symptoms is heartburn. ...Nicholas Shaheen, MD, MPH, is director of the Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing at the University of North Carolina Hospitals.

Issues & Trends

UNC brass won't swap mansions
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The next president of the UNC system is likely to make $350,000 to $450,000 a year in base salary, plus other perks of the job, including a private club membership, a car and a house. ...The UNC Presidential Search Committee apparently wants to preclude the suggestion that the UNC president and the UNC-Chapel Hill chancellor trade houses.

Next UNC leader faces long wish list
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
The broad array of character traits desired of the UNC system's next leader is so exhaustive that some joked Wednesday the only characteristic missing is the ability to walk on water.

UNC gets full $73M funding request
The Chapel Hill Herald
A legislative resolution keeping the state running until a formal budget is approved included full funding for enrollment at the state's public universities. ..."We're just relieved that the General Assembly has once again recognized the importance of the university continuing to grow," said J. Bradley Wilson, chairman of the UNC system's Board of Governors.

Workers rally for pay raises
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
After 10 years as a health care technician at the John Umstead psychiatric hospital in Butner, Waldo Fenner said he is scraping by on a salary of just under $24,000 a year. ...A second rally will be held at noon today in Goldsboro's Pedestrian Plaza, and the final rally will take place at noon Friday near UNC-Chapel Hill's library.

Resident to appeal court's road closure OK
The Chapel Hill Herald
A local resident is trying an alternate route after hitting a roadblock in his lawsuit to keep a stretch of road near his home open to vehicles. ...Peter White, the garden's director and a biology professor at UNC, said design work was almost done for the road improvements the garden has to do before closing off Laurel Hill.

Other schools might see tuition autonomy
The Daily Tar Heel
UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State University are no longer the only state universities that could gain tuition autonomy. Speaker Jim Black, D-Mecklenburg, said Tuesday that a proposal dealing with a university’s right to govern its own tuition practices would not be reserved for the two institutions.

Produced by News Services, Carolina in the News is an e-mail sampling of current news media coverage about Carolina people and programs, as well as issues and trends that affect the university. Stories usually will be online and available free for a limited time - often one to two weeks. Expiration dates before stories move to archives vary by media outlet. Some outlets require free user registration or a subscription.

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