March 25, 2004

Carolina in the News

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

National Coverage

Fructose sweetener linked to rise in American obesity
National Associated Press
Researchers say they've found more evidence of a link between a rapid rise in obesity and a corn product used to sweeten soft drinks and food since the 1970s....Barry Popkin, a professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who worked on the study, said he believes a third to half of the increase in calorie intake since the 1970s comes from soft drinks and fruit drinks.

UNC Students Fight Perceived Bias at School
Fox News
Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill say they have had enough with being made to feel their views - decidedly not liberal - are illegitimate....Dean Bresciani, the vice chancellor of students at the school, admits that the professor was out of bounds.

Chapel Hill Settles Part of Lawsuit Accusing Women's Soccer Coach of Sexual Harassment
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will pay a former women's soccer player $70,000 and have its women's soccer coach participate in sensitivity-training programs for eight years in order to settle part of a $12-million sexual-harassment lawsuit that was filed in 1998, university officials announced this week.

State & Local Coverage

The Special Hour
WCHL 1360 AM
Former Chancellor Paul Hardin interviews Associate Provost Shirley Ort about the Carolina Covenant.

UNC to apply parking break
The Chapel Hill Herald
Carolina's lowest-paid employees will get a bit of a break under a new parking fee structure likely to win approval from the UNC trustees today....While most employees earning less than $25,000 a year would seem unlikely to pay for the more expensive permits, some do for work purposes, said Carolyn Elfland, associate vice chancellor for campus services.

Trust fund set up for UNC School of Social Work
Triangle Business Journal
Miriam McFadden of Nashville, Tenn., has established a $1.2 million trust fund that will be used to recruit and retain faculty for the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Oyster catches meager
The News & Observer
Charlie Antwine on Wednesday plunged his oyster tongs to the bottom of the Newport River, scissored the 10-foot handles with a snap and and hoisted up a clattering basket of shells....Charles "Pete" Peterson, a researcher with the University of North Carolina's Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City, is growing sterile Asian oysters to see how they fare in Tar Heel waters.

UNC: Gone, but not forgotten
The Herald-Sun
Roy Williams will leave for the Final Four in about a week. He won't be happy there.

Issues and Trends

UNC System Hopes To Better Account For How Tuition Money Spent
WRAL-TV (CBS, Raleigh)
The University of North Carolina system said it will aggressively track tuition spending next year...."Increase offerings for students," said Jeffrey Davies, UNC's vice president for finance. "Reduce class sizes. Hire less part-time faculty."

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