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March 4, 2005
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:International Coverage
Unfit athletes
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill obtained data on the heights and weights of players in the National Football League and then calculated their body mass index, or BMI. The results showed that more than a quarter of NFL players have a BMI that qualified as Class 2 obesity, a level that would normally put a person at an elevated risk of weight-related health problems.
Related national link: http://online.wsj.com/public/article/0,,SB110978995542768451,00.html?mod=todays_free_featureNational Coverage
Yale Cuts Expenses for Poor in a Move to Beat Competitors
The New York Times
In an effort to outdo its rivals, Yale University said yesterday that it would no longer require parents earning less than $45,000 a year to pay anything toward their children's educations....The University of North Carolina, for instance, no longer requires students from families of four earning about $37,000 or less to take out any loans to cover school expenses.
Registration required.Yale University Follows Harvard's Lead to Lure Poorer Students
Bloomberg News Service
Yale University President Richard Levin said he will follow Harvard's lead and reduce costs for lower-income students, a week after Yale students closed the admissions office to protest financial-aid policies....The move comes as other schools, including the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provide more financial aid to low-income students.
When asked about spiritual life, most teens say they embrace traditional path (Commentary)
Detroit Free Press
When asked about spiritual life, most teens say they embrace traditional path....Here's the news: A national study of teens' religious lives was released this week by scholars at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
If Fat Is Bad, How Good Is Really Skinny?
Newhouse News Service
There's another side to the obesity story. It's the skinny story....But perhaps 70 percent of being thin is genetic, said researcher Cynthia Bulik, director of the eating disorders program at the University of North Carolina.
Regional Coverage
Safe Routes to Schools Help Fight Childhood Obesity
KOLD-TV (CBS, Tuscon, Ariz.)
A nationwide plan to fight childhood obesity, pollution and traffic finds an incubator in bicycle-friendly Tucson....."We want to see more kids walk and bike to school. We want to encourage that, but first we work on making sure it's safe. Fix the environment, then work on encouragement is the plan," said Mark Fenton of the National Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center at the University of North Carolina.
State & Local Coverage
Christian frat at UNC may regain status
The Herald-Sun (Durham)/The Chapel Hill Herald
A Christian fraternity at UNC stands to regain its official status as a student organization -- at least temporarily -- while its lawsuit against the university plays out.
Religious fraternity wins round
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A religious fraternity at UNC-Chapel Hill has won an early battle in its First Amendment lawsuit against the university.
UNC statement: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar05/statement030305.htmlGlobalization and the South
"The State of Things" WUNC-FM
The South isn't what it used to be. Mexican haciendas sit beside old Baptist churches, and the sprawling suburbs house people from all over the country and the world. Host Gail Harris leads a conversation about where to locate southern identity in a time of economic and social change. Guests include: Jim Peacock, professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Tom Rankin, director of the Center for Documentary Studies. Both will be presenting at this week's Navigating the Globalization of the American South Conference at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Note: This program will rebroadcast tonight at 9.High-ranking naval officers go back to school, MBA-style
The Associated Press (N.C.)
For one week in Chapel Hill, the Navy's top officers are getting a crash course on how to give the nation's taxpayers the best national defense at the lowest possible price....The Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is one of two sites in the nation that offers the seven-day Navy Executive Education Program about five times annually.
Cape Breton fiddler to perform at UNC
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Musician Natalie MacMaster has a light, sprightly voice and an almost imperceptible Canadian accent that comes out when she says "about" as "aboot."...The Grammy-nominated MacMaster is performing at 8 p.m. tonight at UNC-Chapel Hill's Great Hall as part of the Carolina Union Performing Arts series.
Musical looks at race
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
When Creighton Irons set out to tackle racism for his final undergraduate project at UNC-Chapel Hill, he knew it would be tough to get people to talk about the subject. Many people don't want to acknowledge racial prejudice, and fewer still care to discuss it with a stranger.
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