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July 11, 2006
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:International Coverage
Networking the volcano
TechWorld (United Kingdom)
Reventador, located in northern Ecuador, is an active volcano. In 2002 it erupted with such massive force that it blanketed Quito, Ecuador's capital city 60 miles to the west, with a layer of ash so thick the airport had to shut down. ... Previously, seismologists from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and University of North Carolina (UNC) collected data by lugging bulky, heavy sensor stations up the mountain - each one containing a car battery for power plus sensors, cables, and data logging and data storage equipment.
National Coverage
Taking Some Cherries a Day
The Wall Street Journal
Could cherry pie actually be good for you? Cherry growers and companies marketing cherry products claim the small fruit contains natural chemicals that decrease inflammation, aid sleep, soothe arthritis and even fight cancer. ... "The science isn't there," says Barry Popkin, a professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Animal and lab studies aren't enough to prove an effect in humans, he says.
Tips on traveling for an interview
CNN.com
Congratulations! You've been asked to come in for an interview. Traveling to meet with a potential employer is no vacation, but it doesn't have to pack on additional stress. ... CNN.com spoke with Marcia Harris, director of University Career Services University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, to come up with some helpful hints to make the road to the interview a little smoother.
To Transform And Transcend
Investor's Business Daily
The great mystery regarding the life of Roman poet Publius Ovidus Naso — or as we know him, Ovid — was what forced him into exile in A.D. 9. ... Sara Mack, professor of classics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says the key to Ovid's spirit is his "airy mocking freedom."
GOP needs DeLay ruling to be reversed, and quickly
The Hill (D.C.)
Republicans may need a quick court ruling that former Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) is ineligible to run for Congress if they are to have a shot at retaining his seat in November. ... “They’re rare cases, but it is not unusual for them to take it,” said University of North Carolina constitutional-law scholar Michael Gerhardt, referring to cases involving questions of eligibility.
State & Local Coverage
Collection added to library site
The Chapel Hill Herald)
A 10th collection has been added to the UNC Library's "Documenting the American South" Web site of historical materials and literature, appearing on the site's 10th anniversary year. The collection, "The First Century of the First State University," tells the story of Carolina from 1776-1875. It illuminates events leading to the state legislature's charter of the university in 1789, as well as those surrounding the laying of the cornerstone of Old East -- UNC's first structure and the nation's oldest state university building -- and arrival of the first students in 1796.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun06/oralhist060906.htmEasement to ensure land stays open
The Chapel Hill Herald
Let's say the Town Council wakes up in an odd mood one day and wants to build something on the town's land along Morgan Creek or the Merritt Pasture, or sell those parcels off to a private owner to develop in some way. ... Across town, the notion of conservation easements has come up in discussions of the Carolina North campus that UNC hopes to build over the coming decades. Citizens and officials have wondered if the university would be willing to put a conservation easement on at least some of the land it doesn't plan to develop Carolina North for the foreseeable future.
Study: Latinos bring view of blacks
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Latino immigrants bring negative attitudes toward blacks with them from their home countries rather than develop them after they arrive here, a team including four Duke and two UNC researchers say. ... UNC researchers Gerald F. Lackey and Kendra Davenport Cotton participated, as did J. Alan Kendrick of St. Augustine's College in Raleigh.
Some aim to get UNC's Forest Theatre back into production mainstream
The Herald-Sun (Durham)/The Chapel Hill Herald
Each August, the often empty outdoor theater on the edge of UNC's campus transforms into a playground for giant puppets. The life-sized puppets, courtesy of Paperhand Puppet Intervention, hide behind the Forest Theatre's stone walls and surrounding woods, then make their way onto the stage.
PlayMakers announces plays
The Chapel Hill Herald
From Steve Martin's hilarious adaptation of "The Underpants" to a dramatization of Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Bluest Eye," PlayMakers Repertory Company will present a variety of offerings in 2006-2007.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun06/PMseason062107.htm
Blessed be the bloggers
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The election of the Rev. Frank Page as president of the Southern Baptist Convention last month may have been historic in one key way: It marked the first time that a major religious group opted for an upstart candidate on the strength of a technological innovation -- the blog. ... When Marcie Cohen Ferris, a professor of American studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, came out with her book on Southern Jewish cooking, "Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South," she started a blog, too. Jewish women have been particularly active on the blogsphere. The Velveteen Rabbi and Jewesses with Attitude are examples.
A year later, silence marks nation's grief
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Britain fell silent Friday on the first anniversary of the suicide bombing assault on London's transit system -- a stunning strike that killed 52 commuters and wounded more than 700. ... Chapel Hill's Megan Mazzocchi, associate director of UNC-CH's Morehead Foundation, had arrived in London the day before with her husband, Jay, and their two daughters, Seton and Mary Clare. Mazzocchi was on another subway train when the bombs went off. The others were safe in a London apartment.UNC agrees to manage Chatham Hospital
The Chapel Hill Herald
The UNC Health Care System will take over management of Chatham Hosptial at the start of August, building on the relationship UNC and the hospital have had for the past decade. ... "We agreed to accept Chatham's offer because we've worked so closely with them for 10 years," said Karen McCall, vice president of public affairs and marketing for UNC Health Care.
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Issues & Trends
UNC bill alarms insurance boss
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A move to exempt UNC campuses from state construction review could endanger tens of thousands of college students in North Carolina, Insurance Commissioner Jim Long warns.
Long balks at UNC building changes given initial Senate OK
The Associated Press (N.C.)
The number of reviews performed on University of North Carolina campus construction projects would be reduced from six to one in a bill tentatively approved Monday by the Senate.
Monday at the General Assembly
The Associated Press (N.C.)
People who make less than $6.15 per hour come Jan. 1 will get a raise to that level with the new year as the General Assembly gave final approval to a $1 minimum wage increase. ... The number of reviews performed on University of North Carolina campus construction projects would be reduced from six to one in a bill tentatively approved by the Senate. The measure has been strongly criticized by Insurance Commissioner Jim Long because of safety concerns for university buildings.
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