June 9, 2004

Carolina in the News

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

State & Local Coverage

State budget heads to Senate
N.C. Associated Press
As House leaders defended their version of a $15.8 billion state budget, lobbyists Tuesday began pressing the Senate to restore state money to programs that saw their budgets trimmed.

Woman did all that she could to protect herself, police say
The News & Observer
Christen Naujoks first went to UNC-Wilmington police for help March 22, after her worried mother had called the department about John Peck's threatening behavior....UNC-Chapel Hill asks applicants to provide written explanations of previous convictions for anything more than minor traffic violations.

State Broadcast Notes

Florence Soltys, clinical associate professor at the School of Medicine and School of Social Work, was a guest on yesterday's "The State of Things" on WUNC-FM. The program was about the increased numbers of retirees settling in North Carolina. Dr. Soltys was on for the full hour with host Melinda Penkava. "The State of Things" is the statewide public affairs program airing live at noon and rebroadcast at 8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays.

David Weber, professor of epidemiology in the School of Public Health and of medicine and pediatrics at the School of Medicine, was a guest Friday (June 4) on WUNC-FM's "People's Pharmacy Friday." He fielded questions from the hosts and callers regarding West Nile virus and protection against mosquito bites.

Issues & Trends

UNC enrollment gets look
The News & Observer
There is no law saying University of North Carolina system schools can only allow 18 percent of a freshman class to be from out of state, but legislators want to change that.

Easley oversees reopening of dorms
The Herald-Sun
Gov. Mike Easley visited his alma mater Tuesday to announce the reopening of two N.C. Central University dorms damaged by mold.

UNC pay proposal delivers a big shock (Editorial)
Greensboro News & Record
It shocked the University of North Carolina Board of Governors that Marye Anne Fox's new job in California will increase her pay by 40 percent.

Pay at the top (Editorial)
The News & Observer
To hear some members of the University of North Carolina system Board of Governors tell it, it's a wonder tumbleweeds aren't blowing through the administration buildings on UNC system campuses -- so underpaid are those in charge there.

Dollars for chancellors (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill News
It may well be that UNC chancellors and the president of the system need a pay increase. But boy is the timing lousy.

Expect to live on that? (Commentary)
The News & Observer
I feared this was going to happen. One day the state is invaded by giant African snails -- we're talking 8-inch slimy gastropods that can eat the paint off your house -- and the next day you can't hire a new university chancellor for love nor money.

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