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June 15, 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
HIV striking more women in South
USA Today
AIDS is surging among women in the South, driven by poverty, powerlessness, a lack of awareness of the disease and poor access to medical care, researchers said Tuesday....Adaora Adimora of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine says social and economic influences have a major effect on women's sexual behavior and their risk of disease, especially social segregation.
Related Link: http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/0605/15nathiv.htmlU.S. Open Offers Stage to Communities
The Associated Press (National)
If a hard rain falls on the North Carolina Sandhills this week, it could temporarily halt play at the U.S. Open golf tournament at Pinehurst...."Cities try to use it to their advantage," said David Lawrence, who studies annexation issues at the University of North Carolina. "What they're interested in, typically, is annexation that doesn't cost them very much ... or allows them to break even."
Golfers' paradise lost on hamlet
Kansas City Star
Maurice Holland strides across his immaculate living room, opening the curtains to point out the window. Everything they want is that close, within eyesight, just across the railroad tracks...."It's literally just on the other side of the tracks from nicely maintained streets with streetlights," says Anita Earls, an attorney with the University of North Carolina Center for Civil Rights.
A Course on the Golf Course
Business Week
Along with her load of required classes, Amanda Thompson, a 2005 MBA graduate of the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., filled some holes in her program....In the name of bringing people together, the golf club at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School at Chapel Hill has a Golden Tee video-game tournament, so those who are shy about trying the sport out on the green can take a virtual shot instead.
Stent Treatment May Be Best Even Hours After Heart Attack
Forbes
People who came to a hospital many hours after suffering a heart attack did better with invasive artery-opening treatment that included the implant of a stent than with clot-dissolving drug therapy....But many of the 365 patients in the German trial, all of whom were treated 12 to 48 hours after the heart attack began, did not suffer a total stoppage of blood flow, pointed out Dr. Sidney C. Smith Jr., a spokesman for the American Heart Association and a professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina.
Heavy use of alcohol dulls brain, SLU finds
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Heavy drinking, even for short periods, can mean long-lasting brain damage....Scientists have known that long-term alcohol abuse can hurt the brain, but few studies have examined whether short bursts of heavy drinking also can have persistent effects, said Dr. Leslie Morrow, associate director of the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill.
Good Dental Care a Must For Moms
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pregnant women understandably may be thinking about what color to paint their baby's room or what to name their baby, but medical researchers and dental hygienists say they also should be thinking about their teeth....Steven Offenbacher, a periodontist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry, performed one of the country's largest studies on gum disease and low birth weights. His team of researchers monitored the effects of poor dental hygiene in 891 pregnant women.
Diet pop's obesity link puzzles scientists
Indianapolis Star
Just when you thought the news about losing weight couldn't get any worse, try this: A review of 26 years of patient data found that people who drink diet soft drinks were more likely to become overweight....But noted obesity researcher Barry M. Popkin, head of nutrition epidemiology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, cautioned that the San Antonio researchers don't have enough information to draw conclusions about diet soft drink consumption and obesity risk.
Edwards Builds New Platform
The Washington Post
John Edwards may formally deny he is a candidate for president, but it's awfully hard to tell. Last year's Democratic vice presidential nominee pulled into Iowa -- whose caucuses gave Edwards his biggest victory -- Tuesday to talk about poverty and moral values....Edwards took a two-year faculty position at the University of North Carolina, where he will lead the new nonpartisan Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity.
Related Link: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/11893395.htmMo. Dean Admits Not Attributing Comments
The Associated Press (National)
A University of Missouri-Kansas City dean said Tuesday he made "a stupid mistake" by including unattributed excerpts from a nationally known scholar in a 2003 campus speech....A University of North Carolina professor, (Sally Greene), discovered similarities between LeBeau's speech and one given by West while she was doing an Internet search for the source of a quote.
State & Local Coverage
Not keeping up with UNC upkeep (Opinion-editorial column)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
We imagine a lot of jaws dropped at the headline in Sunday's Herald-Sun: "UNC crumbles despite bonds." The story, by reporter Eric Ferreri, detailed how, in spite of a $3.1 billion bond issue (yes, that's "billion" with a "b") passed by voters in 2000 for renovations and new facilities, the state's universities still have about $1 billion in deferred maintenance needs...."Lawmakers go for the glamorous renovation and construction projects, but let maintenance slide."
Legislature needs to provide repair funds (Opinion-editorial column)
The Chapel Hill Herald
When voters of this state overwhelmingly approved a massive $3.1 million bond program in 2000 for construction and rehabilitation of the facilities of North Carolina's public university system and community colleges, they almost certainly had no idea that they might need to do it all again, and soon....As one UNC-Chapel Hill trustee put it, "The last thing we want to do is get back into the same situation we found ourselves in before the bond program." But that, he suggested, is exactly what's happening.
Families cope with separation
The Fayetteville Observer
Amy Uptgraft was left alone at home with 6-month-old twin boys when her husband deployed to Iraq in January 2004....Gary Bowen, a professor in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said the poll findings are a positive sign for the military. The response to the question on support reflects "the increased emphasis the military is placing on taking care of one another," he said.
Life beyond the GPA
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
They're the best of the best -- the Triangle high school students who finished at the very top of their graduating classes....UNC-Chapel Hill -- the reigning NCAA basketball champion -- also came out on top in attracting the most Triangle valedictorians. More than 20 of the vals are headed to Chapel Hill.
Butterfly ballots in Afghanistan? (Opinion-editorial column)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Think your 2004 election ballot had lots of names you didn't recognize? Try voting in Kabul. Two thousand four hundred ninety-two men and 342 women have registered to be candidates for Afghanistan's momentous parliamentary elections in September....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.
Chapel Hill may curb noise
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
People who like to mow their lawns, blow leaves or use weed-eaters in the cool of the early morning or late evening might soon have to adjust their yard-work schedules....At UNC-Chapel Hill, where landscapers use blowers to clean walkways, lawns and other open spaces, campus representatives urged the council not to be too restrictive.
Issues & Trends
N.C. House debate has more for state workers, Medicaid
The Winston-Salem Journal
The House rolled out a $17.1 billion spending plan Wednesday that restores Medicaid cuts made by the Senate and gives state workers a higher pay raise for next year....University of North Carolina system campuses and programs would be ordered to reduce spending by 2 percent. The House also gave UNC $12.7 million less to pay for enrollment increase for distance learning programs.
Hobgood's Deal (Opinion)
The Winston-Salem Journal
At first blush, it might seem that Wade Hobgood will get a sweetheart deal when he steps down as the chancellor of the N.C. School of the Arts at month's end, especially since the school experienced some of its worst trouble with him at the helm....His harshest critics might say that Hobgood should have been bumped out of the University of North Carolina system in the wake of a state audit that found significant financial irregularities at the school of the arts.
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