June 10, 2003

Carolina in the News

Current International Coverage

Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina 
people and programs cited recently in the media:

Young People Trust Government More After 9/11: Poll 
Reuters (international newswire)
Young adults across the United States reported increased sadness after the 
September 11 terrorist attacks but seemed to be back to normal within several 
weeks, survey results show. ... But surprisingly, there were no overall increases in 
the use of alcohol, marijuana or tobacco after September 11, reports a team led 
by Dr. Carol A. Ford of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill
http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=2901287
(Note: This coverage was the result of a UNC news release. Other 
coverage known to date includes Ananova (internet newscast, based in U.K.) 
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_788949.html and The Star-Ledger (N.J.) 
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1055225821272350.xml.)

SARS impact lingers in corporate America
The Economic Times (India)
While SARS grabbed global headlines in March, it had little impact on first-
quarter results. ... "More inventory will hurt margins, but the benefit is that you don't 
lose the demand," said Jay Swaminathan, professor at the University of North 
Carolina's business school.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=15077

Child Care: Giving children a headstart
New Straits Times (Malaysia)
Remember how as children we would tug at mummy's apron strings and ask her 
"Why? Why? Why?" every time she gave us instructions? Children are such curious 
little people. ... A University of North Carolina study found that children who
receive high quality childcare not only perform better in mathematics, they also have
greater thinking and attention skills, and fewer behavioural problems compared 
with children exposed to lower quality childcare programmes.
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/Features/20030608091226/Article/

Current National Coverage

As Vote Nears, UNC and Duke Look to Slow Process 
The Washington Post 
As ACC university presidents prepare for a conference call this morning and a 
possible final vote on expansion after 31/2 weeks of uncertainty for two of the 
nation's most prominent college athletics conferences, two schools appear ready to 
vote against expansion. The chancellor of one of those schools, North Carolina's 
James Moeser, said yesterday in a telephone interview he does not expect a vote 
to take place today because of unresolved issues.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37292-2003Jun9.html

Duke president Keohane not sold on ACC expansion
USA Today
On the eve of today's scheduled conference call among Atlantic Coast Conference 
presidents when a vote on expansion could be held, Duke President Nannerl 
Keohane expressed concerns and indicated she is not ready to vote to add three 
Big East schools. Seven of the nine ACC presidents must be in favor of expansion 
in order for it to pass, and Keohane became the second ACC leader, following 
North Carolina chancellor James Moeser, to express reservations in recent days.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/2003-06-10-duke-reservations_x.htm

SARS lessons in global Spanish flu epidemic that killed 50 million 
The Seattle Times
In the end, almost no place was spared. When the Spanish influenza virus circled the 
world in 1918, 1919 and 1920, it missed the Pribilof and St. Lawrence islands in the 
Bering Sea. ... "Influenza seemed to rage through sub-Saharan Africa as though the 
colonial transportation network had been planned in preparation for the epidemic," 
wrote David Patterson and Gerald Pyle, two University of North Carolina 
historians and geographers responsible for initiating much of the reanalysis of the 
pandemic in the 1980s. 
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/healthscience/134940824_influenza09.html
(Note: This article originally appeared in The Washington Post.)

Stroke's early treatment is helpful (Question and Answer)
Contra Costa Times (Calif.)
Q: My father-in-law died at an early age from a stroke. I don't want the same thing 
to happen to my husband. ... The University of North Carolina has devised three 
tests that can help. 
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/6053811.htm

Link Between Health And Sprawl Makes ‘smart' Growth Look Smarter
The New London Day (Conn.)
When architect David Dixon first made the case for building a pedestrian-friendly
development in Cambridge, Mass. — mixing houses, stores, offices, restaurants 
and apartment buildings — the neighborhood went on the warpath. ... In each case, 
momentum builds “when public health steps in and they suddenly make it all relevant 
to every human being,” says Dr. James Emery, a researcher at the University of 
North Carolina's School of Public Health, Health Behavior and Health 
Education. 
http://www.theday.com/eng/web/mktplace/re.aspx?reIDx=7E62B10D-6D4B-421A-BE8B-E5FA3B28AD9F

National News Note

David Weber, professor of epidemiology in the School of Public Health and of 
pediatrics and medicine in the School of Medicine, was interviewed yesterday on 
CNBC-TV's " The News with Brian Williams" about monkeypox. No online links 
are available.

North Carolina News Note

Karin Yeatts, research assistant professor of epidemiology at the School of 
Public Health, was interviewed by WUNC-FM (National Public Radio) for a 
newscast that aired yesterday evening during NPR's "All Things Considered" time 
slot and this morning during NPR's "Morning Edition." Yeatts was interviews about
her study on the high percentage of North Carolina children that suffer undiagnosed 
asthma.

State and Local Coverage

N.C. children suffer untreated asthma 
The Herald-Sun
Asthma appears to be a "sleeper" disease waiting to be diagnosed in thousands of 
wheezing children throughout North Carolina, according to a UNC research study 
published Monday in a leading children’s medical journal. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-360567.html
(Note: For more information, go to this UNC news release.)

Computer training center crashing 
Chapel Hill Herald 
UNC's latest victim of the budget cut ax is a campus computer training center. The
training center, housed in Hanes Hall and operated by Academic Technology and 
Networks, has been eliminated, a savings of $100,000, said Linwood Futrelle, 
ATN's director of distributed support. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/archives/URNDetail.cfm?URN=0422872809
(Note: The Chapel Hill Herald requires free registration to access archives.)

Duke, UNC boost research spending 
The Herald-Sun 
Duke University and UNC spent record amounts on research in the 2001 fiscal year 
and posted higher returns on royalties and other academic licensing than in the 
previous year, a recent survey shows. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/archives/URNDetail.cfm?URN=0422872805
(Note: The Herald-Sun requires free registration to access archives.)

Country music's origins examined 
News and Observer
The twang of a country crooner on a car radio often conjures up images of Nashville, 
with the bright, showy lights of the many stages in the world's country music capital. 
... "First of Their Kind: The Origins of Recorded Country Music," an exhibit in the 
Manuscripts Department on the fourth floor of Wilson Library at UNC-Chapel 
Hill, traces the origins of the genre.
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2603873p-2416122c.html

Northern Nash day care receives five-star rating
Rocky Mount Telegram
The on-campus day care center at Northern Nash High School has been given a five-
star rating from the Division of Child Development of the N.C. Department of Health 
and Human Services. The Children's Center, part of Northern Nash's Early Child-
hood Education program, was evaluated using the Environment Rating Scales 
developed at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the 
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/newsfd/auto/feed/news/2003/06/10/1055218417.03033.6721.3924.html

Water line dig blocks campus connector 
The Herald-Sun
For the second straight summer, a portion of Raleigh Street is closed for the 
installation of a new water line. This year, the section of the street running from South 
Road to Cameron Avenue is under construction; a year ago, the northern half of the 
roadway, from Cameron Avenue to Franklin Street, was completed. ... "Any time you 
close a road, it causes a little disruption," said Maj. Jeff McCracken of UNC’s 
Department of Public Safety. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-360560.html

UNC program cut chump change (Commentary)
The Chapel Hill Herald 
"Chump change" is small change, nickels, dimes and quarters, that looks like a lot of 
money, but really isn't. That would certainly seem to define the $165,000 that UNC 
will save by dumping the H.E.E.L.S. for Health program for faculty and staff, a drop
in the bucket compared to Carolina's overall budget cuts of $30 million in the face 
of declining state revenues. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/archives/URNDetail.cfm?URN=0422873029

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Halt cuts in budget, education chiefs ask 
News and Observer
The Senate gave educators and economic development experts an opportunity 
Monday to plead for no more budget cuts in the next two years, but they had to 
share the floor with about 60 people from an anti-tax group who showed up to oppose
any tax hikes. ... About 25 school superintendents joined an equal number of 
community college presidents and several UNC chancellors to impress upon legis-
lators that further budget cuts would reverse the gains they have made in student 
performance and in training workers in a tough economy. 
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nc/story/2606588p-2418680c.html

Suitors line up for new hospital 
News and Observer
Choosing a location for a $110 million psychiatric hospital has become one of the 
most contentious endeavors of the General Assembly this year, and for reasons that 
go well beyond patient care.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nc/story/2606585p-2418705c.html

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