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July 25, 2005Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:International Coverage
A novel way for frosh to bond
The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Even before he starts his first year of university this fall, Henry Ngan is saddled with a homework assignment. ...Prof. Sutherland's reading program, which just started this year, is based on a similar program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There, all new undergraduate students are assigned a book over the summer, and then participate in a two-hour discussion with professors.
National Coverage
Lending a Hand to Argentina's Protesters; Foreign Volunteers Glean Perspective On Globalization
The Washington Post
It's not the usual sort of vacation destination, hidden away among crumbling brick bungalows on a rutted mud road. ...Stallmann, like the two other tourists sleeping in the Matanza bunkroom last week, said he decided on his own to come to Argentina after hearing a guest speaker at the University of North Carolina describe its social movements.
Star-Crossed
The Chronicle of Higher Education
As the recruiting season was heating up earlier this month, top college-basketball coaches and several professional scouts descended on a cramped gymnasium here to check out 200 of the best high-school players in the country. ...Roy Williams, who led the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to this year's NCAA championship title, calls the NBA rule "window dressing" that would do little to deter players from turning pro at what many basketball observers believe is too young an age.
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Mizzou scientist seeks vaccine that can block sperm
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Imagine a temporary immunity to baby-making. ...Despite the promise of immunocontraceptives, pharmaceutical companies are biding their time and sticking with the hormonal approach, says University of North Carolina reproductive biologist Michael O'Rand, who has worked on a male immunocontraceptive.
British Muslims at forefront in fight against 'dark forces' within Islam
The Associated Press (National)
A packed mosque, an influential cleric and powerful denunciations against violence in the name of Islam: The scene was exactly what British authorities want to see. ..."You could set up an ideological war within Britain's Muslims," said Carl Ernst, a specialist in Islamic affairs at the University of North Carolina. "You'll have people going into mosques to see who is a `good' Muslim and who is a `bad' Muslim. This could be even more dangerous and terribly divisive."
'Dukes of Hazzard' enjoys renewed popularity across the nation
The Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA)
They may have been the last to holler yeeee-hiiii! on prime-time television. ...William Ferris, associate director of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina, thinks places like Hazzard and Mayberry, fictional or not, exude a charm "that Americans are hungry for."
Terror watch on Tappan Zee Bridge
The Journal News (White Plains, NY)
On the evening of the July 7 London bombings, the Rockland Sheriff's Marine Unit was escorting the ferry from Haverstraw to Ossining when an urgent call came over the radio: suspicious vessel at the Tappan Zee Bridge. ...David Schanzer, director of the Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security at Duke University and the University of North Carolina, said that anywhere large numbers of people gather or pass through — including bridges, office buildings and shopping malls — is a potential terror target.
State & Local Coverage
An invitation to visit UNC's future (Opinion-editorial column)
The Chapel Hill Herald
My wife, Susan, and I recently returned from an exciting week in Singapore and Bangkok. We spent time with students studying in Singapore, with alumni working to forge ties between the Pacific Rim and Chapel Hill, with staff from our Kenan Institute Asia, and with fellow university presidents in a roundtable hosted by the National University of Singapore to explore global developments in university research and education. Carolina continues to explore meaningful partnerships that benefit our students and the state’s economy. ...James Moeser is chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Note: There is no link available to this column.UNC's tuition tiff may widen
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The UNC system's simmering family feud is on the verge of boiling over. A battle of persuasion is under way at the General Assembly, with UNC-Chapel Hill backers and leaders of the larger UNC system lobbying against each other over who should have the authority to raise tuition at the big research campuses of UNC and N.C. State.
Autism education's shining light
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
When Eric Schopler was 11, he had only a vague understanding of why his family had to leave their home in Germany. ...The program he founded at UNC-Chapel Hill 40 years ago -- Division TEACCH, or Treatment and Education of Autistic and Communication-Handicapped Children -- has been replicated on every continent, even in countries such as China, where the concept of autism was unknown until recently.
Related Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/print/sunday/city_state/story/2622896p-9059155c.htmlResearcher leads new HIV charge
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A trip to Zambia in 1999 changed the course of Barton Haynes' career, and it may end up changing the course of AIDS research in the United States as well. ...To tackle the problem, Haynes forged his first multicenter alliance. He worked with scientists at UNC to try to identify a new infectious agent of AIDS in patients with hemophilia, who were later found to have contracted the virus through blood transfusions before blood supplies were screened.
A dose of fairness (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Even under this country's topsy-turvy health-care system, it has never seemed fair that hospitals and some doctors typically charge higher rates for patients without insurance and lower rates for people with insurance coverage. ...Indeed, UNC's move is a step in the right direction, but the public hospital ought to study how it could offer vitally needed care on an even more affordable basis.
Free care costs rise at local hospitals
The Greensboro News & Record
The cost of uncompensated care provided by the Moses Cone Health System has more than doubled in four years. ...According to a 2003 report by the Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC-Chapel Hill, more than 66,000 Guilford County residents below the age of 65 went without health insurance in 2003
Here, politics is a family affair
The Charlotte Observer
Here, politics is a family affair. Many Hemby Bridge residents are related, including town leaders Jane Duckwall. ...But that's not unusual in small towns, said A. Fleming Bell, professor of public law and government at the UNC School of Government. And there are no prohibitions against relatives serving together.
Boards busier, reaping more riches
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Shareholders are having to pony up more money to keep companies honest. Pay for boards of directors, who dozed as executives looted in scandal after corporate scandal, is surging both locally and nationally. ..."It has to go up," said Robert Bushman, an accounting professor at UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School. "It's just a harder job. If you make the job harder, you've got to pay more."
With no real deadline, N.C. legislative session keeps going
The Associated Press (N.C.)
The General Assembly is heading again into the dog days of summer without a budget, and without much ambition to pass laws requiring work to end earlier. ...Joe Ferrell with the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said lawmakers shouldn't necessarily focus on session limits as the solution to long summers in Raleigh.
Southern heritage group faces division
The Associated Press (N.C.)
Even as it comes together for its annual convention, the most prominent Southern heritage group finds itself a house divided between old-style preservationists and new leaders who see Confederate symbols as a political cause. ...Harry Watson, director of the Center of the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina, said groups such as the SCV have become more assertive in the political landscape over the past two decades.
UNC women's center looks for first full-time director
The Chapel Hill Herald
In the beginning, people didn't even quite understand that UNC's new women's center was entirely separate from another, similarly named entity across town. ...The Carolina Women's Center, created in 1997, struggled at first to break from the shadows and establish its own identity.
Newspaper and TV station: best buddies? (Commentary)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Every weekday evening at about 6:30, a reporter in The News & Observer newsroom delivers the news -- on television. ...Philip Meyer observes all this from his perch as Knight professor of Journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. "I think it's a good trend, because it's a way for newspapers to broaden their reach," said Meyer.
Holding out for a hero
The Hickory Daily Herald
People are seeking heroes. ...Brian Sturm, an expert on children’s literature, says there are several reasons we crave stories like the Potter series.
UNC Tip Sheet: http://www.unc.edu/news/newstips/2005/potter0605062905.htmBuffalo bonuses (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
North Carolina has traveled far in recent years from its traditional opposition to economic development incentives. ...But the Lee Act has put more money in wealthier counties and generated few jobs in poor areas designated as development zones, according to studies conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Banks bury Americans in hefty fees
The Wilmington Morning Star
Wilmington businessman Ross Marino thought that signing up for his bank’s online record-keeping service would make his life easier. ...A study commissioned by the League and carried out by a UNC-Chapel Hill economist found that the 2.6 million credit union members in the state saved $336 million in a single year over commercial bank depositors, Mr. Schline said.
Issues & Trends
University's pharmacy school starting in temporary buildings
The Associated Press (N.C.)
A pharmacy school at Elizabeth City State University will get started in temporary quarters until the school's new building can be constructed. ...ECSU's pharmacy classes will be taught in conjunction with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's pharmacy school. Classes will be taught via the Internet with each university sharing instructor duties, officials said.
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