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March 31, 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
Rice ranks 4th on list of higher ed's best values
The Houston Chronicle
For years, Rice University has been ranked as one of the nation's best values in higher education....In a new book, America's Best Value Colleges, the Princeton Review says Rice is the nation's No. 4 "best value" college after the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Amherst College in Massachusetts and City University of New York's Brooklyn College.
File-sharing lawsuits go abroad
The New York Times
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, a worldwide recording industry association, announced on Tuesday its initial round of lawsuits against individuals whom it asserts illegally share files of copyrighted music....In perhaps the most damaging evidence against the lawsuits' effectiveness, researchers at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina reported this week that file swapping has had little to no effect on sales of legal recordings.
Charges of song swapping go global
USA Today
Following in the footsteps of the U.S. record industry, an international music trade group on Tuesday went after song swappers in four countries, announcing legal action against 247 individuals....Just this week, Harvard and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill issued a joint report saying that unauthorized downloaders had a "limited effect" on CD sales.
Study: File downloads don't affect sales of CDs
The Boston Globe
Will consumers buy the latest music recordings when they can download them for free from the Internet?...''When we first saw the results, we said, 'No, no, no, no, no. We must be doing something wrong,' " said Felix Oberholzer-Gee, who prepared the study with Koleman Strumpf of the University of North Carolina.
State & Local Coverage
Princeton Review puts UNC at top of best-value colleges
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC has topped The Princeton Review's list of best-value colleges.
Kenan-Flagler dean makes $100K gift to UNC
Triangle Business Journal
Steve Jones, dean of the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina, has made a $100,000 gift to the John Motley Morehead Foundation.
UNC release link: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar04/deanjones032904.htmlDuke, UNC share Class of 2008
The Herald-Sun
Officials at Duke University and UNC announced this week that 38 high school seniors, including students from Ethiopia and Tanzania, have been chosen for the Robertson Scholars Class of 2008.
Joint UNC-Duke release: http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/news/scholarship_0304.htmlSchools join obesity battle
Fayetteville Observer
The Cumberland County school system is one of three districts in North Carolina to receive a grant to fight childhood obesity....NC Prevention Partners is a nonprofit organization housed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health.
UNC release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar04/toolkit033004.htmlGay vows face legal obstacles
The News & Observer
The gay Durham duo suing for a marriage license face long odds in their attempt to wed...."Why would the legislature write a law requiring a register of deeds to issue a marriage license to people who may not legally marry?" asked Janet Mason, a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill's Institute of Government who specializes in family law.
Campus award under attack
The Chapel Hill News
Yonni Chapman wants the university to acknowledge that the namesake of the Cornelia Phillips Spencer Bell Award espoused racist views, but the activist and doctoral candidate in history stopped short of calling for the honor to be named for someone else.
Roses & raspberries
The Chapel Hill News
Roses to Madeline G. Levine, winner of the Cornelia Phillips Spencer Bell Award for women who have made outstanding contributions to the university....Roses also to UNC Chancellor James Moeser, who addressed the Spencer controversy head-on by agreeing to start a formal campus dialog, as an academic exercise, on whether the award in Spencer's name should be continued.
Malice played for laughs
The News & Observer
'Don'tcha like a good fight?" one brother says to another late in "The Lonesome West." If you do, Martin McDonagh's pitch-black comedy of fraternal spite may help you get out some aggression without leaving your seat....Coleman, played with deceptively teddy-bearish hostility by Chris Chiron, has just shot and killed their father -- on purpose.
Issues and Trends
International Relations 101 (Opinion-Editorial)
The New York Times
Osama bin Laden and other terrorists are on the brink of achieving an unanticipated victory, one that could have long-term consequences for the United States. Over the decades, millions of young people from other countries have come to America to study at our colleges and universities.
Students Lobby Congress for Increased Higher-Education Spending
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Chanting and holding up banners proclaiming that "Education Is a Right for All," about 100 college students from around the country rallied on Capitol Hill on Tuesday in support of larger Pell Grants and increased federal spending on higher education.
Closing of Gap store will create a big hole
The Chapel Hill Herald
Chapel Hill shoppers will soon have to go elsewhere for their khakis....In addition to the Gap, First Union and Sephora, the downtown business district has suffered the loss of Michael Jordan's 23 and several other stores in recent years. The managers of the VisArt Video chain have also announced that their store at the corner of West Franklin and Mallette streets will close at the end of August.
Bad idea on downtown parking
The Chapel Hill News
The announcement of the Gap's departure from Franklin Street is a sobering shock to downtown Chapel Hill. If we needed any more incentive to get about the business of jump-starting downtown revitalization, that should take care of it.
No later hours for paying to park
The Herald-Sun
The Town Council unanimously agreed Tuesday night to not extend to midnight the hours during which drivers have to pay to park in two downtown lots.
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