June 2, 2005

Carolina in the News

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

National Coverage

Gene May Affect Blood-Clot Drug's Effects
Health Day News Service
Testing for variations of a gene that helps control blood clotting could one day help doctors write better prescriptions for warfarin, a clot-preventing drug that is taken by millions of Americans and is difficult to manage, researchers report....The gene, designated VKORC1, was described only last year by a group led by Dr. Darrel W. Stafford at the University of North Carolina.

State & Local Coverage

Moeser to join NCAA task force
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser has been selected by the NCAA as a member of the new task force that will explore the future of college sports.

UNC merchandise sales booming
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Early this past March, sales of North Carolina's athletic licensing products were slumping, down about 20 percent from a similar period in 2004....Since the Tar Heels clipped the nets in St. Louis in April, fans have clamored for hats, T-shirts and multiple other champ-labeled items. Merchants have reveled in the business boom. So has the university, which has gotten more money to pump into its general scholarship fund and into the athletics department's budget.

Get ready to say goodbye to the airport (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Horace Williams Airport has been on shaky ground for some time....For a long time, the university fought that move. But then it jumped on the bandwagon, for a completely different reason. UNC wanted the airport off the Horace Williams Tract so it could begin construction of its massive Carolina North satellite campus.

Up in the Air
The Daily Tar Heel
University officials first moved to close the Horace Williams Airport three years ago....The airport, which has been under the University's control for more than half a century, conflicts with the first phase of Carolina North's development.
Related Link: http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/06/02/429f0c34e322e

Just say no to developing parking lot (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill News
Over the years I have been pegged as a member of the "go-go growth" crowd by Dan Coleman, local columnist and political attack dog for certain members of our community....Let's help make Chapel Hill a Shining City on the Hill for the Arts by using Lot 5 to create much-needed transportation infrastructure (i.e., parking) for UNC's $165 million Performance Arts Common.

'Remember the war'
The Chapel Hill News
"Remember the Alamo." "Remember the Maine." "Remember September 11th."...In each case, the call to remember the dead only led to more dead, UNC historian Sarah Shields said Monday.

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