March 11, 2004

Carolina in the News

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

State & Local Coverage

Tuition hike could help faculty retention
News 14 (Time Warner, Raleigh)
At least 60 professors left UNC-Chapel Hill last school year for better pay at other schools. The departures are one reason school administrators said they need to raise tuition...."We always have excellent universities coming after our faculty, that hasn't changed," UNC-Chapel Hill Provost Robert Shelton said.

Demonstrators mobilize for anti-war rally
Fayetteville Observer
Anti-war demonstrators from throughout the Southeast plan to hold a rally in Fayetteville on March 20, the first anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq....Other scheduled speakers include Elaine Johnson of Orangeburg, S.C., whose son was killed in Iraq, and Catherine Lutz, a University of North Carolina anthropology professor who has written a book about Fort Bragg's effect on Fayetteville.

UNC toxic waste missing
The News & Observer
Two barrels of hazardous waste have been missing since January from a demolition site at UNC-Chapel Hill, and their contents are crucial in a contract dispute that raises questions about oversight during a huge campus construction boom.

Uneasy work in progress
The News & Observer
In 1992, Steve Silverleaf moved into a loft on Main Street, a raw, empty space with running water and enough room to create figurative collages from acrylic paint and paper....Across the urban landscape in places such as New York's SoHo or Boston's Leather District, artists have colonized tenement enclaves or old manufacturing towns because the space is a steal, said Thomas Campanella, an assistant professor of city and regional planning at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Radical feminism series planned
The Herald-Sun
Three UNC student organizations have teamed up to put together a weeklong series of events addressing issues related to radical feminism. ... The Carolina Women's Center attempts to serve the interests of 20,000 female students, faculty and staff on campus, said director Diane Kjervik. In attempting to do so, there will invariably be some factions who disagree with programming or viewpoints, she said.
News release on the university's sixth annual women's week events:
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar04/womensweek030804.html

Early music vocal, lute duo to perform March 19 at UNC
Kinston Free Press
Early music specialists Richard Wistreich, bass, and Nigel North, lutenist, will perform 17th-century virtuoso solo songs on March 19 at the University of North Carolina.

Issues and Trends

Alumni are getting more generous
USA Today
Alumni donations to U.S. colleges and universities increased 11.9% last year, a rebound from the sharp declines of the previous year, a survey reports today.

Giving to Colleges in 2003 Remained at Previous Year's Level, Survey Finds
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Giving to colleges and universities was flat in the 2003 fiscal year, according to the results of an annual survey scheduled for release today.
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Duke explains campus plans
The News & Observer
Duke University administrators spelled out long-range plans for the redevelopment of Central Campus at a neighborhood meeting Wednesday, repeating one message over and over: Duke doesn't want to hurt businesses on Ninth Street or other commercial districts. But many of the merchants in Duke's formidable shadow were not convinced, after looking at 50-year plans for a hotel, auditorium, restaurants, offices, shops and new housing in the 200-acre wedge between East and West campuses.

Policies protect donated bodies
The News & Observer
The illegal sale of human body parts in California is unlikely to change how North Carolina medical schools handle bodies donated to their campuses. Officials at Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, East Carolina and Wake Forest universities said Wednesday their programs are closely managed and would not permit donated cadavers to be used for anything but education or research.

Changes in store for ACC Tournament (Editorial)
Greensboro News & Record
For certain, this edition of the men's ACC Tournament, which begins today at the Greensboro Coliseum, will go down in the history books as the last with nine basketball teams vying for the title.

It's not cheap, sport (Editorial)
Wilmington Star-News
The ACC basketball tournament starts tonight, and if you're a cable-TV customer, you're entitled to enjoy it. You're paying for those games, and they ain't cheap.

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