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July 31, 2006
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:National Coverage
Southbound
The New York Times
For generations, college-bound students in the South have made the trip that some know as the I-85 crawl, visiting colleges along the interstate from the heart of North Carolina into the northwest corner of South Carolina. ... Some colleges on the route — Duke, Wake Forest, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — need no introduction.
It Takes Muscle
The New York Times
On the last day of classes, Meredith Cohen is five hours east of Lafayette College, in Room 307 of the Comfort Inn in Worcester, Mass., doing two things most would consider antithetical. ... Heather Claytor, a sophomore shooting guard for the women’s basketball team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has gotten to bed at 4 a.m. after returning to campus from an away game, and then had to be up for a 9 a.m. psychology class.
Stay hydrated to beat heat
USA Today
Douglas Casa knows something about heat stroke — and not just because he's director of athletic training education at the University of Connecticut. ... "The educational process has to continue every year," says Fred Mueller, director of the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
State & Local Broadcasting Note
French Broad River
"Our State," UNC-TV
From the headwaters west of Rosman in Transylvania County, Bland Simpson, director of UNC's creative writing program, takes us down the French Broad River. This was the first of the wide streams or “broads” early settlers met flowing into what was then French territory. From the ill-fated launching of a steamship line in the 1870’s, moon-shine shootouts in Madison County and the great flood of July, 1916, the river claims a rich history. Today, it’s a whitewater treasure teeming with wildlife thanks in part to local clean-up efforts. The episode will air Aug. 2, 2006 at 8 p.m.
State & Local Coverage
Push from top spurs UNC gifts
The Chapel Hill Herald
- With UNC basketball coach Roy Williams doing television commercials and Chancellor James Moeser visiting alumni clubs, UNC has received pledges of more than $287.2 million during its Carolina First Campaign during the past fiscal year.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jul06/0506giving072706.htmUNC considers Singapore alliance
The Chapel Hill Herald
A UNC proposal to start a groundbreaking joint-degree program with the National University of Singapore should go before the UNC system's Board of Governors next month, a university official said last week. ... "This is pathbreaking," UNC Chancellor James Moeser told the university's Board of Trustees on Thursday.
UNC professor earns honor
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Charlotte civil rights attorney and UNC professor Julius Chambers has been given the Thurgood Marshall Award by the American Bar Association, according to the N.C. Bar Association. The award, presented annually by the American Bar Association's Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section, was established in 1992 to honor Marshall, the first African-American U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Note: No available link.For the first time in years, "I could see"
The Fayetteville Observer
At 85, Allen Grammer can’t do the things he used to. ... Through Stapleton’s connections, four days later Grammer was in Chapel Hill speaking with Dr. Travis Meredith, chairman of Department of Ophthalmology at UNC Chapel Hill.
Music lovers find piano sale a key reason to buy
The Herald-Sun (Durham)/The Chapel Hill Herald
- The sounds of songs from "Für Elise" to "Pop Goes the Weasel" echoed through UNC's Hill Hall on Saturday. It was the annual piano sale at UNC, and visitors could test their skills on more than 60 of the instruments.
A celebration of 15th century printing at UNC Chapel Hill
The Charlotte Observer
A leaf from the Gutenberg Bible, the first work in color by an English printer and other rare items from the earliest years of movable type are on display through mid-September in Wilson Library at UNC Chapel Hill.
Glycemic index isn't magic number (Commentary)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Our national obsession with carbohydrates is waning, but one tool of carb counters -- the glycemic index -- continues to generate interest. ... 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.
Southeast Raleigh's economy considered
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The City of Raleigh will hold a public meeting on economic development in Southeast Raleigh at 7 p.m. today in the City Council chamber at the Avery C. Upchurch Government Complex, 222 W. Hargett St. James H. Johnson Jr., director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center at the UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School, will make a presentation on his study of strategies to enhance the competitiveness of Southeast Raleigh in a "knowledge-based economy in the 21st century."
Advertisements pit jeweler against jeweler
The Fayetteville Observer
One Fayetteville jeweler is using an ad campaign to throw stones at another’s Hearts on Fire brand of diamonds. ... That’s often the problem a company runs into when it mentions a competitor in its advertisements, said John Sweeney, a communications professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
ABC law may end investigation of sale
The Greensboro News & Record
Contrary to its author's intent, the new High Point ABC law makes it unlikely the ABC board's improper sale of property last year will ever result in criminal prosecution. ... Frayda Bluestein of the Institute of Government at UNC-Chapel Hill said the state's main conflict-of-interest law only bans public employees from profiting directly from a governmental contract they make or administer, which wouldn't apply in the Greensboro Road sale.
Public may get input on project
The Chapel Hill Herald
Town officials are considering ways for the community to share their ideas on how Daniel Boone Village could be redeveloped. ... Tom Campanella, a planning and design professor at UNC who serves on the town's Planning Board, said in an e-mail this week he would be interested in participating if he can.
Note: No available link.Southern Folklife Collection
"Back Porch Music Concert," WUNC-FM
On the last Sunday of each month, around 9:30, Back Porch Music presents audio selections from the collection housed in Wilson Library on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. The SFC contains over 160,000 sound recordings, including cylinders, acetate discs, wire recordings, 78 rpm and 45 rpm discs, LPs, cassettes, CDs, and open reel tapes. These broadcasts are made possible with the help of Steve Weiss and Kelly Kress from the SFC.
Southern Folklife Collection: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/sfc1/Michael Chitwood (Question-answer)
The Independent Weekly (Durham)
Michael Chitwood has a good attitude about this global warming heat and humidity we seem to be glued into this Piedmont summer. After all, isn't that what we've come to expect of our favorite local poets? ... Michael will be teaching again at UNC this fall, his seventh year there as a visiting lecturer.
Issues & Trends
Murdock on a health kick
The Associated Press (National)
Last year, Dole Food Co.'s owner David H. Murdock negotiated with D.H. Griffin Wrecking Co. to handle a massive demolition job in North Carolina. During a tense pause in the talks, Murdock abruptly gave the company's 285-pound founder a tongue-lashing. ... The University of North Carolina and other leading academic institutions in the state already have committed to having a presence on Murdock's campus.
Dental school study shouldn't slow progress
The Daily Reflector (Greenville)
A state-mandated review shouldn't slow consideration of ECU's proposed dental school, according to a UNC system official. ...The state budget specifically mandates that the feasibility study focus on how a new dental school would affect the existing one at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
NCCU law school joins Princeton Review list
The Triangle Business Journal
North Carolina Central University is one of 11 institutions across the country to be added to The Princeton Review's annual list of the nation's best law schools. ... The Princeton Review included 159 law schools in the 2006 edition, including those at Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campbell University and Wake Forest University.
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