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June 8, 2005
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:International Coverage
15 US students begin six-week programme at UJ
The Jordan Times (Amman)
A group of University of Jordan students on Monday joined 15 of their peers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) at the launch of a programme designed to enhance intercultural understanding....The team of US students is accompanied by Edward Curtis, a professor specialised in Middle East studies from the UNC, who will be delivering lectures on Arab history and the Islamic civilization.
National Coverage
Within Everyone's Reach
Business Week
Part of the motivation for putting The Scholar on the air is to help families understand that higher education is within everyone's reach....Through the Carolina Covenant, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides students from low-income families with a debt-free full ride, as long as they agree to work on campus 10 to 12 hours a week.
Soldiers' divorce rates up sharply
USA Today
The number of active-duty soldiers getting divorced has been rising sharply with deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq....Dennis Orthner, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who has studied military families for 28 years, says he isn't surprised by the rise in divorces.
Beating The Odds
The U.S. News & World Report
The crowd applauded wildly and wouldn't be quieted. The overflow audience in the Orlando hall was clearly grateful for what it had just heard. One person described it as "mind boggling," another as "jaw dropping," and several said they were on the verge of tears....Lisa Carey, medical director of the Breast Center at the University of North Carolina, is studying whether this broad group can be subdivided into smaller groups, one of which may respond to drugs like Iressa and Tarceva, which target another receptor known as EGFR.
China launches people's war on AIDS
The Baltimore Sun
In an aggressive new anti-AIDS push, China's Health Ministry is urging the promotion of free condoms and needle exchanges - strategies previously considered taboo by the conservative communist government....Myron Cohen, a University of North Carolina researcher who works closely with the Chinese government on HIV/AIDS issues, said officials had been discussing the new policy for a year. By acknowledging the reality of AIDS, he said, the Chinese government would reduce the disease's stigma, which keeps many from seeking treatment.
State & Local Coverage
UNC professor gives 16 gallons of blood since '56
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Willis Brooks doesn't remember exactly why he wandered on down to his first blood drive....Brooks, now 69 and a history professor at UNC, has become something of a poster child for the local chapter of the American Red Cross, an astonishing example of dedication and consistency.
Related Link: http://www.ibiblio.org/wunc_archives/news/index.php?p=240Pledge supports hospital lodging
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Because of a $2 million pledge from the State Employees' Credit Union Foundation, about 6 acres in eastern Chapel Hill are closer to becoming a home away from home for relatives of seriously ill patients at UNC hospitals...."It's hard to describe the enormousness of this gift," Maxwell said Tuesday after a ceremony and morning reception at the Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.
Related Link: http://www.chapelhillnews.com/news/story/2482353p-8886655c.html$2M gift will help build home for adult patients
The Chapel Hill Herald
While UNC Hospitals has much to offer, said Brian Stabler, an emeritus professor of psychiatry at the university, "It doesn't have a place where families can stay, where families can rest and refresh themselves after a long day."...Family House will serve the families of patients receiving treatment for organ and bone marrow transplants, cancer, severe burns, eating disorders and other critical care patients.
Triangle schools drafting constitutional lessons
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
While area students are planning out their free days this summer, Triangle school officials are already planning classes for mid-September. And one topic is taking precedence -- the U.S. Constitution....UNC-Chapel Hill will focus its efforts on some of its in-house constitutional experts. Gail Agrawal, interim dean of UNC Chapel Hill's law school, said the university probably will present a panel discussion led by several members of the law faculty. The panel likely will discuss a wide range of constitutional issues, including the First Amendment and civil rights.
Invisible fences (Letter to the editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Exclusion of African-American neighborhoods from Pinehurst, Southern Pines and Aberdeen and control of their property through extra-territorial jurisdiction (ETJ), reported on in your June 5 article "Pinehurst in black and white," is a common pattern in towns across North Carolina. The UNC Center for Civil Rights' Invisible Fences conference examined the extent of racial exclusion. It is clearly the result of the annexation laws and practices in North Carolina, where primarily high-value properties are annexed.
We can't get bored with the Sudan (Opinion-editorial column)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
The western portion of Sudan -- the province of Darfur -- is a desolate area the size of France, which until recently was largely untouched by outsiders. But the horrific violence unleashed by the Khartoum government to put down a local rebellion has brought the sandy backwater into western focus....Andrew Reynolds is an associate professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been an adviser on constitutional design issues in Afghanistan, Iraq and Sudan, among other countries.
Issues & Trends
Feeling the crunch
The Chapel Hill News
Anna Morosoff gazed at the Carolina blue sky through the towering treetops of her Greenwood Road neighborhood....Darryl Gless, a UNC English professor, said Greenwood residents were "awakened from our slumber" by a $1.4-million house completed early this year. He said he wants to keep Greenwood a community where his 1,650-square-foot home will not be out of place.
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