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July 27, 2007
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
International Coverage
HMOs to start ad blitz against Medicare cuts
Reuters
U.S. health insurers will launch one of their biggest campaigns ever on Thursday to stem the loss of billions of dollars in Medicare payments and they will feature seniors, like Harry and Louise a decade ago, fretting over their benefit coverage. ..."The industry has a lot at stake, not just in the short term in terms of profits and margins on these plans, but in terms of a long-term attempt to privatize as much as Medicare as they can," Jonathan Oberlander, associate professor of politics and policy at the University of North Carolina, said.
National Coverage
Drinking Teens Eschew Beer for Hard Liquor
HealthDay News
Hard liquor is the drink of choice among the 40 percent of teenagers who try alcohol, a new government study shows. ..."The rate of teen drinking is pretty dang high," said Dr. James Garbutt, a professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "It is intriguing that hard liquor is the preferred beverage. I wouldn't intuitively have thought that."
For Coral, a Cure Worse Than the Disease
ScienceNOW
Researchers have found that the chemicals used to clean up marine oil spills may be much more harmful to the coral than the oil itself. ...Marine biologist John Bruno of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, agrees. "Sooner or later, we are going to see a truly devastating spill hit a coral reef," he says.
State & Local Coverage
UNC's fate tied to project
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Leaders at UNC-Chapel Hill say the future of the nation's oldest public university rests on Carolina North, the enormous research campus planned not far from the center of town. ..."The time of talking about Carolina North is over," Perry said, contending that UNC is the only university of its size and stature without a research campus.
Related Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/650106.htmlEast West's Perry named UNC trustees chair
Triangle Business Journal
Roger Perry, president of Chapel Hill development firm East West Partners, was on Thursday elected chair of the board of trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jul07/botofficers072607.htmlSpring Lake native gets role on UNC board of trustees
The Fayetteville Observer
A Spring Lake native has been named chairman of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill board of trustees. Roger L. Perry of Chapel Hill was elected chairman Thursday by his fellow trustees. He will serve in that role for one year.
UNC pegs fiscal 2007 gifts at $251M
WRAL-TV (CBS)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill set a fundraising record in fiscal 2007, garnering $250.8 million in private gifts, officials said Thursday. The total represents the fourth straight year that UNC has set a giving record. In fiscal 2006, the school obtained $239 million in gifts. "This is an historic year for Carolina," Paul Fulton, a member of the university's Board of Trustees and co-chair of the Carolina First Campaign Steering Committee, said in a statement.
Related Link: http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2007/07/23/daily41.html
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jul07/fygiving072607.htmlHouse up, but no bidders qualify
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Auctioning a home can be useful in speculative markets where determining market value is difficult, said Don Stanford, a Chapel Hill lawyer who teaches business law at UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School. He added he doesn't expect to see many similar home auctions in the Triangle.
Visit by former editor gives ideas for improvement (Opinion column)
Alleghany News (Sparta)
I'm trying a few new things this week after having a community journalism class offered by a former editor of The Alleghany News. Jock Lauterer was kind enough to come to Alleghany County last week to offer a little free instruction to staff members of the newspaper. He is a professor in the journalism department at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and is the director of The Carolina Community Media Project at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Issues & Trends
Brief look at a $20 billion budget
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Here's a breakdown of the budget agreement by Senate and House leaders ...UNC faculty would receive a 5 percent raise. ...The tax on tobacco products other than cigarettes would go up 10 percent to help pay for cancer research at UNC-Chapel Hill. ...More than $850 million would be spent on 66 projects that include UNC research buildings, prison expansions, $100 million in water and sewer bonds and $120 million for land preservation. ...The proposal gives $60 million toward an expansion of the Learn and Earn program that provides financial aid to needy students so they can get a bachelor's degree from a UNC college debt-free.
Related Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/662/story/651219.html
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