June 27, 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

The Young Labeled 'Entitlement Generation'
The Associated Press (National)
Evan Wayne thought he was prepared for anything during a recent interview for a job in radio sales. ..."We're seeing an epidemic of people who are having a hard time making the transition to work--kids who had too much success early in life and who have become accustomed to instant gratification," says Dr. Mel Levine, a pediatrics professor at the University of North Carolina and author of a book on the topic called "Ready or Not, Here Life Comes."

President pulls the plug on PITAC
Federal Computer Week
President Bush has let an advisory committee on information technology expire without reappointing current members or selecting new ones. ...PITAC's final report was issued by the Computational Science Subcommittee, led by Dan Reed, vice chancellor of IT and chief information officer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "People are a little demoralized about the fact that PITAC hasn't been renewed," he said.

State & Local Coverage

Campus PAC's muscle (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
For those North Carolinians who have long supported the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the system of which it is part, it's really hard to decide in which direction to aim one's exasperation.

University PAC should just back away (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Alums, good friends and boosters of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have every right to broadcast their support for their beloved campus. They can get those customized UNC license plates and fly those blue Carolina flags from their vehicles and wear as many T-shirts, sweatshirts, baseball caps and basketball jerseys as they can fit on. They can paint their houses baby blue.

Lobbying effort harms UNC system (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill News
It is easy to forget, here in the shade of the oaks and poplars on McCorkle Place, that the University of North Carolina doesn’t just consist of our beloved Chapel Hill campus. ...The Citizens for Higher Education, a big-spending political-action committee led by UNC-CH alums and supporters, last week launched an aggressive campaign designed to push legislation that pits the two biggest schools — UNC-CH and N.C. State — against the Board of Governors and the other 14 schools in the UNC system.

Exploring wounds of race
Chancellor braces for summer book flap, but so far none has emerged
The Chapel Hill Herald
The subject matter is shocking, the imagery stark and frightening, and the ninth word in the book is among our society's most inflammatory. ... "The intent is not to be provocative in an emotional sense," Jordan (director of UNC's Sonya Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History) said. "What it provokes is a deeper level of thinking. We're supposed to move students past their level of understanding."

UNC admits no wait-listers, Duke very few
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Prospective college students hoping to squeeze into one of the last wait-list slots at Duke or UNC may want to seriously consider Plan B. ..."Because we're over our original [enrollment] goal, we will not be going to the wait list," said Stephen Farmer, UNC's director of undergraduate admissions. "We've already told a bunch of people on the wait list that we won't be able to enroll them."

In the rough (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The 2005 U.S. Open at Pinehurst is history. ...Timing its own drive to mesh with the Open, the Center for Civil Rights at UNC-Chapel Hill has pushed municipal annexation of the five areas.

We're maneuvering through unfinished transitional justice (Opinion-editorial column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
'I would draw links between several things I'm seeing right now. Argentina is considering criminal prosecutions for human-rights violations in its past. Then, of course, in Mississippi, we have the state prosecution of the man accused of murdering three civil rights workers [in 1964]. ...Adrienne Davis, Reef C. Ivey II professor of law at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Built with bondage
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The high-profile disclosure of Wachovia's historic ties to slavery and the public apology recently offered by its chairman provide a graphic example of the ongoing campaign to force America to confront its racial misdeeds. ..."Race is the Achilles' heel of both our region and our nation," Williams Ferris (associate director of the Center for the Study of the American South at UNC-Chapel Hill said. "We've got to come to terms with race and our history if we're going to move forward."

A license to steal? (Opinion-editorial column)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
On the surface, the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision Thursday to give local governments broad powers to seize private property seems clearly wrong, handing municipalities and developers a stick with which to beat the little people and a license to steal their property. ...In any event, North Carolina law would not have permitted it, according to David Lawrence, a professor at the UNC School of Government.

Issues & Trends

UA campaign raises $1 billion
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Dave Gearhart grabbed the handlebars and took off. ...A became the 14th institution in the United States to recently reach the $1 billion mark, joining the flagship universities of Michigan, North Carolina, Wisconsin and others.

Book smarts (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Knowledge is precious. And if it's in a new college textbook, that description takes on a whole new meaning. ...Toward that end, one hopes, the University of North Carolina system is going to look at the issue of textbook prices.

Hearn gave WFU role on national stage
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
When Thomas K. Hearn Jr. arrived at Wake Forest University 22 years ago, it was a well-regarded Baptist campus with a regional focus and just a bit on the sleepy side.

Foy says he'll run again
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The first days of summer must have warmed Kevin Foy's cold feet. ...Giving up the mayor's chair would have meant "a more normal type of income," Foy said, but he thought there was more to do at Town Hall, such as negotiating with UNC-Chapel Hill over the planned Carolina North research campus, downtown revitalization and affordable housing.

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