June 23, 2003

Carolina in the News

Current National Coverage

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

A Model Program to Rehabiliate Homes in Freeport
New York Times
In looking for a rundown property last winter to highlight a new 
federal program that would rehabilitate houses in lower income 
neighborhoods, the Community Development Corporation of Long 
Island turned to officials of the South Shore village of Freeport, 
where the corporation has its Nassau County office...Freeport's 
three-year goal is to weatherize and rehabilitate 195 of the 1,520 
houses in the northeast region of the village, said Ms. Garvin. 
"That is more than 10 percent of that region, the number that 
a research team from the University of North Carolina feels is 
necessary to encourage others in the neighborhood to invest in 
their homes," she said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/realestate/22LIZO.html

Safe at the plate
Los Angeles Times
The 10-year-old boy was sliding into second base last fall during 
a Little League game when a thrown ball hit him squarely in the 
mouth, knocking out two front teeth...New research is providing 
evidence for youth baseball leagues on the effectiveness of preventive 
safety measures involving equipment and restrictions on children's 
playing time. In one large study, researchers at the University of 
North Carolina at Chapel Hill found the use of face guards for batters 
and base runners and so-called "safety" balls dramatically lowered injuries.
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-fitness23jun23,1,767061.story?coll=la-headlines-health
(Note: This report follows-up on a study publicized by News Services)

Black Schools, White Schools
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The growing demand among black and white parents for "neighborhood" 
schools, coupled with metro Atlanta's residential segregation, means 
that fewer and fewer children experience integrated classrooms. This 
increasing racial isolation in schools is called resegregation..."White 
people who grow up in racially isolated schools, however excellent, 
are increasingly going to be out of step in the world in which they 
are going to live," says Jack Boger, deputy director of the University 
of North Carolina Center for Civil Rights. 
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/0603/22seg.html

Regional Coverage

Inner peace blooms along with flowers in horticultural therapy
Fort-Worth Star Telegram
Nature is good for all of us. This is why hospitals develop healing 
gardens for patients. It's why people go to botanical gardens for 
therapy -- to work the soil and clear their minds...Recently, I spoke 
with Nancy Easterling, a horticultural therapist at the North Carolina 
Botanical Garden at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 
As president of the American Horticultural Therapy Association, 
she recently delivered a national address on horticultural therapy 
at the United States Botanical Garden in Washington, D.C.
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/living/6150566.htm

State and Local Coverage

UNC leader pushes Miami
News and Observer
Another meeting of the ACC's Council of Presidents came and went 
Saturday morning with no vote on expansion, but North Carolina 
Chancellor James Moeser is pushing harder in favor of adding only Miami. 
http://newsobserver.com/sports/college/story/2639301p-2447979c.html

Moeser pushes to only add Miami 
The Herald-Sun
UNC chancellor James Moeser is not in favor of ACC expansion. 
Check that. He's not planning to vote for expansion of the league 
to 12 teams. But Moeser is pushing for the league to expand to 10 
teams, adding only Miami. 
http://www.heraldsun.com/sports/18-364525.html

Presidents to talk, may vote
News and Observer
The ACC presidents and chancellors are scheduled to speak again 
at 9 a.m. today in a conference call that could result in a vote on the 
league's potential expansion. 
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc_expansion/story/2637320p-2446301c.html

Two votes should get extra look
News and Observer
I know -- and by now the world must know -- it takes more than 
two schools to block the expansion of the ACC. But the numbers 
shouldn't matter. The names should.
If North Carolina and Duke don't want to expand, that should be 
enough. Those two may be only two, but without them there 
wouldn't be an Atlantic Coast Conference.
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc_expansion/story/2637320p-2446366c.html

What's the ACC to do? (Editorial)
Durham Herald-Sun
To paraphrase Daniel Webster, the ACC is a small conference, 
but there are those who love it. And there are those who want to 
expand it. And those who do not want to expand it. And those who 
believe the ACC is the devil?s henchman, bound and determined 
liquidate the Big East Conference. So what?s a modest, successful 
athletic federation that stretches along the seaboard from Maryland 
to Florida, to do? 
http://www.heraldsun.com/opinion/hsedits/56-364133.html

Ardent volunteer wins high praise 
News and Observer
The way Chandler Vatavuk prefers to see it, getting smashed in the 
mouth with a metal baseball bat was a valuable life experience.
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2639236p-2448079c.html

Swooning economy swipes Morehead's clout at UNC 
Chapel Hill Herald
Four years ago, before the economic swoon sucked the life out of 
investors the nation over, things were pretty good at UNC's Morehead 
Foundation. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-364465.html

UNC arts umbrella falls to budget cuts
Chapel Hill News
The language used by the team appointed to evaluate the Arts 
Carolina program at UNC could hardly have been more clear or 
more forceful.
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/story/2635481p-2444704c.html

UNC proposes parking change (Editorial)
Chapel Hill News
When the University of North Carolina unveiled its central campus 
development plan two years ago, officials made much of its pedestrian-
friendly nature.
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/opinion/story/2635471p-2444698c.html

Advisory group fears being outpaced by UNC 
Chapel Hill News
Members of a town-sponsored committee say they’re concerned that 
a conceptual plan may be in place for the university’s Carolina North 
before the community has had a sufficient chance to offer suggestions.
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/story/2635482p-2444710c.html

Report ties downtown's future to new office
Chapel Hill News
The Chapel Hill Town Council Monday will take up a special 
report on the downtown that recommends setting up an economic 
development office to build a better business and residential climate 
downtown.
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/story/2635492p-2444719c.html

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Split Decision on Use of Race in University Admissions
New York Times
In its most important statements on affirmative action in a quarter-century, 
the Supreme Court narrowly upheld the admissions policy of the University 
of Michigan law school today, finding that minority applicants may be given 
an edge, but struck down the part of the university's undergraduate-admissions 
system that had relied on a point system.
The law school's policy was affirmed in a 5-to-4 ruling, written by Justice Sandra 
Day O'Connor, that rejected Bush administration arguments that the policy 
should be struck down. She declared that the Constitution "does not prohibit 
the law school's narrowly tailored use of race in admissions decisions to further 
a compelling interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a 
diverse student body."
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/23/politics/23WIRE-COURT.html

State running out of time to set budget 
News and Observer
Two months ago, the House and Senate had each passed a budget and 
prospects for ending the session before the start of the fiscal year seemed good. 
http://newsobserver.com/news/nc/story/2637401p-2446327c.html

High-tech triangle envisioned by NKU 
Kentucky Post
North Carolina has its research triangle. Northern Kentucky 
wants to be known for its high-tech triangle. A new, glossy 
13-page brochure is marketing a "technology commercialization 
triangle'' in Campbell County as the place for technology-oriented 
companies to take their businesses to the next level. The Tri-County 
Economic Development Corporation, or Tri-Ed, will use the brochure 
to lure companies from their current locations to the newly established 
high-tech corridor. 
http://www.kypost.com/2003/06/20/khitech062003.html

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