June 25, 2004

Carolina in the News

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

International Coverage

Mother's fish diet boost to baby
BBC News, U.K.
The findings are based on analysis of the eating habits of 7,400 mothers....Julie Daniels, from the University of North Carolina, studied women taking part in the Children of the 90s project based at the University of Bristol.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun04/daniels062404.html

Get smart: eat oily fish on a sensible scale
The Times, UK
BRITONS have been told to eat more oily fish to combat heart disease, make them brainier and prevent them going insane....Mothers who want brighter children should eat fish regularly during pregnancy, according to new research from the University of North Carolina.

State & Local Coverage

Drivers still wedded to cars
The News & Observer
Tony Moll's fight against traffic is a lonely one...."As a user, you have no option; you're car-bound," said Daniel Rodr'guez, a professor of urban planning at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Justice's tortured reasoning (Point of View)
The News & Observer
Something has gone wrong at the U.S. Department of Justice. The Justice Department memorandum from 2002 that recently came to light, claiming that the president may ignore domestic and international rules against torture, exhibited a remarkably distorted understanding of the rule of law in a democracy....William P. Marshall is the Kenan professor of law at the UNC School of Law.

Issues & Trends

Senate budget favors military
The News & Observer
The state Senate approved a budget Thursday that includes money for a Marine Corps museum in Jacksonville and a veterans' nursing home in Salisbury.

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