June 2, 2004

Carolina in the News

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

National Coverage

Fighting in the Shadow of Iraq
The Washington Post
When Michael O'Neill heard about the two young soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division who were killed several weeks ago in Afghanistan, a twinge of pain tore through him....Richard H. Kohn, chairman of curriculum in peace, war and defense at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a former Pentagon chief of Air Force history, said Afghanistan has not been "forgotten, but I'd say it's been pushed to the back of people's minds."

Updates on Billion-Dollar Campaigns at 20 Universities
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The 20 American universities that are seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected a total of $567.9-million in gifts and pledges during the last month for which they had data available.....The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $1.23-billion as of April 30 (increase of $30-million in the last month); the goal is $1.8-billion by 2007.
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Molecule in Soy May Reduce Risk of Colon Cancer
Voice of America
Foods made from soybeans are increasingly popular, and not just because of the taste....There were a few side effects reported, including breast enlargement. But researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said none of these effects were serious.

State & Local Coverage

Food Network visits Triangle
The News & Observer
Through the magic of television, a show about one day of eating for $40 actually begins with lunch....The western part of the Triangle fit geographically into a run of locations that included Bermuda, Hilton Head and Asheville. Then there was the allure of the campuses of UNC and Duke in the springtime.

E-mail joins list of alumni perks
The News & Observer
Since graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2001, Nadia S. Lynch's e-mail address has changed three times -- creating a bit of e-drama....Since UNC-CH started the service in September 2002, more than 6,000 alumni have registered. More than 700 signed up in the past 60 days, said Roger Nelsen, director of alumni records and information systems with the UNC General Alumni Association, which runs the forwarding program.

Issues & Trends

College Groups Protest Some Proposals in House Bill to Extend the Higher Education Act
The Chronicle of Higher Education
College lobbyists have warned the Republican leaders of the education committee of the U.S. House of Representatives that they will oppose legislation the lawmakers introduced last month to renew the Higher Education Act unless major changes are made in the proposal.
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Starting over (Editorial)
The News & Observer
Leaders of rural N.C. counties must collaborate to stimulate businesses that can employ locally and compete globally pride in hard-working families, on the land as well as on factory floors -- distinguishes North Carolina's broad coastal plain. But the recent recession has only underscored the unhappy fact that much of Eastern North Carolina -- along with rural swaths of the Piedmont and mountainous counties -- has been something of a poor relation to the state's metropolitan areas. Economic globalization has obliterated thousands of manufacturing jobs as well as the primary market for the east's traditional cash crop, tobacco.

Committee stands firm on MLK Boulevard
The Chapel Hill News
Airport Road would become Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard if the Town Council concurs with a committee recommendation. The committee stuck with an earlier decision Tuesday despite a compromise floated late last week that would have dedicated the thoroughfare in the civil rights leader's honor but not changed its name.

Winmore loses out on land parcel
The Chapel Hill News
The three planned phases of the contentious Winmore mixed-use development are now two. The Winmore developers had planned to build the project, the first under Carrboro's Village Mixed Use classification, in phases on three adjoining tracts of land off Homestead Road. Of the three tracts, Winmore's developers own one and are to purchase the second from UNC.

Public transit remain a great town resource (Letter to the Editor)
The Chapel Hill News
Thanks for the important report (CHN, May 19) on our great community resource, Chapel Hill Transit. I read with strong pride that ridership continues to increase in our fare free bus system. I hope to read of even more increases a year from now as more people realize the public treasure at our fingertips.

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