March 7, 2003

Current International and National Coverage

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

Another day, another new benefit from the ultimate miracle pill
The Independent (U.K.)
Felix Hoffmann, an industrial chemist working for the German pharmaceutical
company Bayer, is credited with being the first to synthesise aspirin in 1897. ...
Another study, published today, looked at the effects of aspirin on 635 patients
who had previously suffered and had been treated for colorectal cancer. The
scientists, led by Robert Sandler of the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, split the patients into two groups, those who were given aspirin each day
and those who received a placebo.
Full story
(Note: Continuing coverage mentioning Sandler's research includes reprints of
yesterday's New York Times article in The International Herald Tribune and
The Singapore Straits Times as well as staff-written stories in today's Indianapolis
Star, and The Chicago Chronicle (a university publication of The University of Chicago))

State and Local Coverage

Generous gift (Letter to the Editor)
Wilmington Morning Star
EDITOR: Thank you for reporting the generous gift to the University of North
Carolina School of Pharmacy that was made by Fred Eshelman. What a
wonderful way to help with education in North Carolina! Dr. Eshelman serves
as a fine role model for all of us. In a time of economic stress, the schools need
our help more than ever. Just a small gift of money to the school of your choice
(grades K through graduate school) can make a big difference in providing for
the needs of students. What better investment can we make in our future?
Heyward C. Bellamy, Wilmington
Full story
(Note: To view this letter, go to the above url and scroll down to the bottom
of the web page.)

UNC announces free oral-history workshops
The Outer Banks Sentinel
Determined to get Grandpa's World War II stories on tape? Not sure how to
open up those memory floodgates and keep him talking once he starts ...
Graduate students and staff of the Southern Oral History Program at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will teach the workshops, which
will cover interview techniques, equipment, post-interview processing and ways
to share and present findings. ...
Full story
(Note: This story is based upon a UNC news release on this subject.)

Graduate School Celebrates 100th Birthday
The Daily Tar Heel
The Carolina Club in the George Watts Hill Alumni Center rang with the jubilant
voices of the UNC Walk-Ons singing "Happy Birthday to You" on Thursday
afternoon. From the decorated birthday cake down to the blue and white balloons,
the Centennial Kickoff Celebration recognizing the 100th anniversary of the
Graduate School had all the elements of a classic birthday party. ...
Full story
(Note: A UNC news release about the Graduate School is available here.)

Living out, driving in
News and Observer
Drawn by open spaces and cheaper houses on the region's edge, Triangle
residents are increasingly likely to live in one county, work in another and spend
more of each day in their cars. ... Jim Johnson, a demographer at UNC-Chapel
Hill, thinks some people are nearing the limits of how far they will drive to work. ...
Full story

You might be a redneck...
Fayetteville Observer
You might be a redneck if ... "It's strange, and the people referred to as rednecks
were clearly not what we associate the word with today," said Harry Watson of
the Center of Southern American Studies in Chapel Hill ...
Full story

Lang tied to son of investor
News and Observer
Mayor Glen Lang, who has been pressured recently to explain his business
connection to a developer with interests in Cary, is in business with the developer's
son, according to federal documents. ... Experts at UNC-Chapel Hill's Institute
of Government said that having a business partner related to someone connected
to a project coming before a town council isn't necessarily a conflict of interest.
Full story

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

For schools and jobs (Editorial)
Charlotte Observer
Gov. Mike Easley's proposed $15 billion budget does what it ought to do: It
continues the state's traditional emphasis on improving education and preparing
its people for the world of work. ...
Full story

Research Funds Survive Early Cuts
The Daily Tar Heel
Gov. Mike Easley's budget proposed Wednesday left untouched the UNC system's
more than $120 million in overhead receipts -- a major victory for UNC-Chapel Hill
administrators, if only for now. ...
Full story

State schools join Clemson in funding struggles
The Clemson Tiger (student publication of Clemson University)
"These are tough times for everybody," UNC-Chapel Hill Provost Robert
Shelton said as he summed up a telephone interview Monday afternoon.
Shelton had just finished detailing what his university is doing to cope with another
round of cuts from its state appropriations.
Full story

Keep it or mend it? (Editorial)
Charlotte Observer
Has Title IX, the landmark 1972 legislation that greatly improved women's
participation in sports, hurt men's sports in the process? The answer is often in
the eye of the beholder. ...
Full story

New sprinkler proposal extends worthy law (Editorial)
Chapel Hill Herald
It took a tregedy -- the deaths of five people in a fire at the Phi Gamma Delta
fratnerity house on Cameron Avenue - to prompt the Chapel hill Town Council
to pass an ordinance requiring fire sprinklers in fraternity and sorority houses,
most new apartments and many new commercial buildings ..
Full story

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