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June 12, 2006Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
International Coverage
Aggressive Breast Cancer Found More Often in Black Women
Voice of America
A pair of studies has discovered a connection between younger black women and a more aggressive form of breast cancer. The disease is affecting black women in both Africa and the United States. ... Dr. Lisa Carey is the author of a study conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that focused on African-American women. "Of pre-menopausal African-American woman who develop breast cancer fully, 39 percent of them are this basal-like form, a more aggressive form of breast cancer, compared to only 15 percent in all the other groups," she said.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun06/breastcancerjama060206.htmNational Coverage
Graduates Get an Earful, From Left, Right and Center
The New York Times
And so, in trying to come up with something new, many commencement speakers do considerable research on what to say — and what it is permissible to say — before they address graduating students. ... "My very greatest asset in reaching this point was that I simply did not understand what was impossible,” Wendy Kopp, the President and founder of Teach for America, said at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill commencement.
Speech Transcript: http://www.unc.edu/news/Speeches/commencement051406.htm
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov05/comspeaker06110705.htmFilm Students Honored By The Academy
The Associated Press (National)
Receiving medals instead of statuettes, 13 young moviemakers were honored for their promising short films at the 33rd annual Student Academy Awards on Saturday in Beverly Hills. ... Narrative: -- Gold Medal: "Christmas Wish List," Sean Overbeeke, University of North Carolina.Edwards visits Iowa, bolstered by new poll
The Associated Press (National)
Heartened by a solid showing in an early poll of potential Democratic presidential candidates, former Sen. John Edwards vowed to repeat an intense grass roots campaign which landed him on the Democratic ticket in the last election cycle. ... Since leaving the Senate, Edwards has launched a program at the University of North Carolina focusing on poverty issues and he always makes at least one stop focused on those issues.Edwards, Clinton top Democratic choices for president in 2008
The Des Moines Register (Iowa)
Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina leads a list of potential Democratic presidential candidates while Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack holds fourth place, trailing Edwards by 20 points in an early test of support among likely Iowa caucus participants. ... University of North Carolina political science professor James Stimson said the poll results likely would cause short-term problems for Vilsack, especially in raising money.Satisfaction Not Guaranteed
BusinessWeek
The feeling of frustration provoked by rude service, long lines, ignored complaints, unanswered questions, and interminable phone delays is supposed to be a thing of the past. This is a golden age for consumers, right? ... "In the short term, most companies would say it is appropriate" to trade service for penny-pinching, says Valarie Zeithaml, a marketing professor at the University of North Carolina.State & Local Coverage
Progress on Carolina North is welcomed (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Now that's progress. ... Two weeks after town-gown relations seemed on the brink of rupture over Carolina North, a week after the two sides seemed irrevocably split over the next step in the planning process for the massive campus the university wants to develop, we are seeing significant steps forward.Seeking answers on Carolina North (Opinion-editorial column)
The Chapel Hill Herald
There has been a lot of controversy about Carolina North and the town-gown dynamic. ... As a young Chapel Hillian, I am particularly award of the way this project could enhance or destroy the local quality of life.
Note: No link available.Transit will be focus of study
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The 17,000 parking spaces mentioned in a 2003 concept plan was a shocking figure for Chapel Hill and Carrboro officials already sweating the number of car trips the university's new campus would generate. ... That is why UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser's announcement Friday that Carolina North will not contain 17,000 spaces was called a "breakthrough" and "very significant" by the two towns' mayors.Chancellor backs public transportation for Carolina North campus
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC Chancellor James Moeser pledged Friday that the university would not try to build 17,000 parking spaces at Carolina North, the new research campus it wants to construct in the center of town. ... "The university has always viewed public transit as the most important component of any transportation plan for Carolina North," the chancellor stated.
Correction: A headline in Saturday's paper erroneously implied that UNC Chancellor James Moeser said there would be no parking spaces at the planned Carolina North development. In fact, Moeser pledged the university would not try to build 17,000 parking spaces at Carolina North. …
No link available.Politically speaking
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
"I believe that our commitment to public transit is demonstrated every day. We will not waver in that commitment as Carolina North becomes a reality." UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser, who announced this week that the university will help fund a transportation study with Chapel Hill and Carrboro and will drop plans for 17,000 parking spaces in its proposed Carolina North research campus. ... Douglas Crawford-Brown of the Carolina Environmental Program at UNC-Chapel Hill will present a report on the Community Carbon Reduction Program at Monday night's Chapel Hill Town Council meeting.In cancer's crosshairs (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill have found that young black women are especially susceptible to an aggressive form of breast cancer with high mortality rates. That bad news is tempered only by the fact that once people learn about a threat, they have a better chance to avoid it. ... Early detection improves a person's chance of survival.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun06/breastcancerjama060206.htmSay What? It's Cahlfax, not Colefax, locals insist
The Winston-Salem Journal
Pity Colfax. They tried to take away the post office years ago. The place is getting squeezed by Greensboro on one side and Kernersville on the other. And people don't even say the name right anymore. ... "I guess if you were being strict, you would find out how the vice president pronounced his name and go that way," said Harry L. Watson, the director of the Center for the Study of the American South, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "But I think the people who live there have the best claim for deciding how it ought to be pronounced."Digital libraries conference focus
The Chapel Hill Herald
Nearly 500 technology experts from more than 25 countries will visit the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill next week for the sixth annual Association of Computing Machinery/Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Computer Society Joint Conference on Digital Libraries. .... Hosted by the School of Information and Library Science, the conference, to be held Sunday through Thursday (June 11-15).
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UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun06/computing0606.htmChildren's future, not deportation, is her worry
The Star-News (Wilmington)
Every day it's the same as Ana no Flores leads her daughter by the hand to her Toyota Corolla to drive her sons to school.For no, an undocumented immigrant, it's paying the $459 a month for her single-wide mobile home and the future of her twin 14-year-old sons - not deportation - she worries about most.U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement agents. ... Out of 600,913 Hispanics living in this state, it's estimated 270,410 are undocumented, according to UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler School.PlayMakers director brings deep experience
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
PlayMakers Repertory Company has a lot to boast about in its new producing artistic director, Joseph Haj. ... Nothing beats working in a top-notch educational environment, Haj said in a telephone interview last week, as he prepared to move from California to Chapel Hill for his July 1 start date.
Note: No link available.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun06/PlayMdirect060706.htmBill Cosby to appear at Chapel Hill for fundraising event
The Associated Press (NC)
Bill Cosby will visit the Triangle area this weekend to help a longtime friend. Cosby will appear at Memorial Hall Saturday night to raise money for the Chuck Stone Citizen of the World Award Fund. More than $16,000 has been raised so far.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may06/cosby050806.htmReaders lament stock-listing loss (Opinion-editorial column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The elimination of daily stock listings, which began Tuesday, brought forth a steady stream of protests from investors whose reactions ranged from disappointment to bewilderment to anger. ... Milton Heath, professor of government at UNC-Chapel Hill, said, "This is the one thing the paper could do to cause me to drop the newspaper."Issues & Trends
Artificial-Blood Study Has Critics Seeing Red
The Chronicle of Higher Education
In a dozen or so scientific studies, people have been serving as medical guinea pigs unwittingly, without giving their consent to participate. Most of those cases have provoked little public outrage. But one study of a blood substitute has raised the ire of politicians and health specialists alike. ... Nancy M.P. King, a professor of social medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and two colleagues argued in the May-June issue of The American Journal of Bioethics that the study was unethical and that once patients arrive at the hospital, they should receive blood — or be asked to consent to an in-hospital study of PolyHeme.Attorney to lead UNC board
Greensboro News-Record
Throughout the years, Jim Phillips has witnessed UNC at work on many levels: as student body president at UNC-Chapel Hill, as a member of its board of trustees and as one of the 32 voting members of the UNC Board of Governors. ... Friday, the Greensboro attorney was elected to a two-year term as chairman of the Board of Governors, the policy-making body for the state's public university system. ... "To serve on this board is an opportunity to give back and to make sure that the university does the same for people like me for years to come," he said.
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http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-742859.htmlUNC system ups online focus
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC President Erskine Bowles wants the UNC system to be a major player in online education to compete with for-profit schools, such as the University of Phoenix. ... It will enable us to reach out internationally, and I think we'll be able to take advantage of our great brand that we have," he said. "I just see enormous opportunity."
Related Link: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/14786464.htmStudent aid in UNC system helps cover tuition, fee hikes
The Charlotte Observer
UNC Charlotte and other UNC-system schools are still affordable for most state residents, aided largely by an increase in need-based and merit aid for students, according to a recent study by the N.C. State Education Assistance Authority. ... Undergraduate enrollment at UNC-system schools increased by 14 percent, or 15,838 students.Hundreds gather for final goodbye to Hugh Morton
The Associated Press (NC)
Broad interests, tempered passion and determination to improve the world around him made Hugh Morton a leading citizen of the "greatest generation," Morton's close friend Bill Friday said Friday. At a funeral service attended by about 800 mourners at First Presbyterian Church, Friday, a longtime president of the University of North Carolina system, and others remembered the deep-seated sense of public service that drove much of Morton's life.
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