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July 23, 2007
Carolina in the news
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
Edwards urges focus on working poor
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA)
For almost four decades, the millions of Americans living at the cold, hard bottom of the economic barrel have been largely missing from presidential campaigns. ...The richest 1 percent of Americans control 19 percent of the national income, the largest share since Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president, according to the University of North Carolina's Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, which Edwards headed until late last year.
Related Link: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18609450&BRD=1304&PAG=461&dept_id=180488&rfi=6Why America is losing to al-Qaida (Commentary)
The Baltimore Sun
The intelligence community's report last week that al-Qaida has "regenerated key elements of its homeland attack capability" confirms that our six-year effort to undermine the radical Islamist movement that fuels al-Qaida and its affiliated organizations is in tatters. ...David H. Schanzer is the director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security at Duke University and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Which religion is the right religion?
The Dallas Morning News
Is the pope Catholic? I ask because the recent foofarah over Benedict XVI's statement that the Roman Catholic Church is the only Christian ecclesial body that possesses the fullness of truth scandalized quite a few folks, even some Catholics. ...Several years ago, researchers with the University of North Carolina's National Study of Youth and Religion polled American teenagers and found that faith was important to them. But it's faith not in established religion but rather in what NYSR's social scientists termed "Moralistic Therapeutic Deism."
Freshman summers booked
The Dallas Morning News
Colleges across the country encourage (and some require) incoming freshmen to read a common book over the summer and prepare to discuss it in the fall. ...Some book selections stir controversy. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ended up in federal court in 2002 after a conservative Christian group sued to prevent discussions about the summer reading selection Approaching the Qur'án: The Early Revelations by Michael Sells.
Traffic Pollution Could Raise Heart Risk
HealthDay News
People who regularly breathe in fumes from heavy traffic are more likely to get the hardening of the arteries that boosts heart attack risk, a German study finds. ..."The follow-up data will be important to have," said Dr. Sidney Smith, professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina and a former president of the American Heart Association.
Are You Getting the Right Amount of Fluoride for Good Dental Health?
About.com
On the other side of the debate, concerns have risen that our increased reliance on non-fluoridated bottled water instead of tap water may be leading to increases in tooth decay (some bottled waters have added fluoride). However, speaking in a May 2002 UPI Science News article, John W. Stamm, dean of the School of Dentistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a spokesperson for the American Dental Association, said, “It’s very important to realize that there are many sources for body fluids…The fact that one may be consuming variable amounts of bottled water seems to me to be insufficient reason to be concerned about a fluoride deficient diet.”
Regional Coverage
Dangerous habits
Courier News (NJ)
"Most of our kids are more savvy surfers than we are," agreed Cynthia M. Bulik, professor of eating disorders at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and director of the UNC Eating Disorders Program at UNC Hospitals. To help parents keep control, she tells them to "hone your own surfing skills" and "keep your family-access computer in a place where everyone can see what is being surfed."
Anti-hog farm fight continues
SCNow.com (South Carolina)
Members of the Pee Dee Indian Nation of Upper South Carolina and residents from across Dillon County gathered Saturday to discuss the next course of action in opposing the possible construction of an industrial hog farm in the area. ...Steve Wing, a professor of public health at the University of North Carolina, said the proposed hog farm would have adverse effects on the workers and those who live in the area surrounding the operation.
Multitasking Leads To Multistressing
The Newton Bee (CT)
We've all seen them; maybe we've been them. People so busy, so rushed, so stressed, that they have no choice but to try to perform two or four or more tasks at the same time. ..."Even in the US, the majority of people with high blood pressure are not treated adequately," says Dr Sidney Smith of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who advises the World Heart Federation. "Look at China, look at Africa, go around the world. It is a major risk factor."
Grant enables study of American Muslims
MyrtleBeachOnline.com
Researchers at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will join for a two-year study on how American Muslims address messages of extremism in their communities, UNC-Chapel Hill announced Thursday.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jul07/muslimstudy071907.htmlViagra's New Frontier: Post-Cancer Treatment
The Courant (CT)
After prostate cancer surgery last March, the 56-year-old Geller just wanted to get his life back to normal. And new research strongly suggests that a daily regimen of sex-enhancing drugs started immediately after surgery can help patients avoid the impotence that vexes so many men after their cancerous prostates are removed. ..."We've found increased resumption of normal erections," said Dr. Culley Carson, chief of urology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Carson, who is a past president of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America, starts his patients on Cialis the day after prostate surgery.
More senior citizens choose to keep working
The Capital (MD)
"The fact is people are healthier, they are living longer and, for some, they just don't want to stop working," said Victor Marshall, director of the University of North Carolina's Institute on Aging. "Retirement doesn't automatically mean that you go sit on the front porch and do nothing. People like to stay busy."
State & Local Coverage
UNC planning carefully for future (Commentary)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
We have partnered with the local community in recent months to engage in conversations about the university's plans for the Carolina North campus. Those discussions have included several well-attended community meetings in which our neighbors had opportunities to share their comments and perspectives about the possibilities for the 900-plus acres of the Horace Williams tract. James Moeser is chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Carolina North meeting July 31
The Chapel Hill News
UNC leaders are inviting local residents, faculty, staff and students to participate in the latest in a series of community meetings about the Carolina North campus on July 31. This meeting will present the same draft plan that will be submitted to the university's Board of Trustees on July 26 and will include comments and feedback from the trustees about the plan.
Scholarships instrumental at UNC
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
If a bassoon were a person, it would be a quirky, independent woman. A violin would be a light and playful figure of femininity. Or at least, that's what some of UNC-Chapel Hill's new Kenan Music Scholars think.
Study of concussions' effects grows
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Seeing stars. Getting dinged. Having your bell rung. Those vivid euphemisms for sports concussions are becoming less funny by the minute as science develops more tools to study them and researchers, including a group at the University of North Carolina, find more reasons for athletes to fear them.
The end of history
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
It takes a mere instant for Scott J. Parker's smile to fall to a frown as he poses for photos on a sunny July afternoon. ...No, Parker's mixed emotions come from the fact that he is preparing to say farewell to the Waterside Theatre and other beloved stages as he retires from his job as the director of the Institute of Outdoor Drama at UNC-Chapel Hill.
WORLD VIEW
The Daily Southerner (Tarboro)
The trip, 2007 Study Visit, is a part of the World View program sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The aim of the program is to increase global education and multiculturalism.
Nintendo game system helps patients rehabilitate after injuries
Associated Press (North Carolina)
It took a car accident and the onset of Parkinson's disease, but 68-year-old Nathan Woodlief may finally have a chance at beating his grandson at video games. ...At the University of North Carolina, golfers hobbled by back and other injuries are getting a chance to play through with the BacktoGolf therapy program developed by a Pebble Beach, Calif., physician.
Issues & Trends
Candidates filing in local elections
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Here's a list of candidates who filed Tuesday for local elections this fall in Durham, Orange and Chatham counties.
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