March 29, 2005

Carolina in the News

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

National Coverage

Too many schools flunk fairness test (Opinion-Editorial Column)
Chicago Sun-Times
March madness. We witness young athletes in brilliant motion, doing the impossible under intense pressure....Georgetown isn't alone. Stanford graduated 86 percent of its African-American basketball players over the last four classes. The University of North Carolina, still in contention for the title, is already a champion, having graduated 84 percent.

Bush's Domestic Adviser Is 'a Jack of All Trades'
The Washington Post
Growing up in a working-class neighborhood in Northwest Washington, Claude A. Allen thought of the White House mainly as a destination for school field trips.....Bachelor's degree, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; law degree, Duke Law School.

The Alternative Genome
Scientific American
A discussion of RNA therapy in the article "The Alternative Genome," (April issue of Scientific American) mentions UNC professor of pharmacology Dr. Ryszard Kole: "Ryszard Kole of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill first demonstrated this technique on human progenitor cells from patients with an inherited disorder called beta-thalssemia...."

State & Local Coverage

Jonathan Edwards
"The State of Things" WUNC-FM
Eighteenth-century Calvinist minister Jonathan Edwards has been best remembered for "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." The sermon, a fiery depiction of divine justice, is still standard reading in some high school classrooms. Host Frank Stasio talks with Philip Gura, professor of American Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, about the famous minister. In his new book, "Jonathan Edwards: America's Evangelical" (Hill and Wang/2005), Philip Gura argues that Edwards has been popularly misunderstood.
Note: This program rebroadcasts tonight (March 29) at 9.

Tar Heel T-shirt sales soar
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Nadeen El-Haddad didn't waste any time. Her beloved Tar Heels clinched a Final Four berth Sunday afternoon. Monday morning, El-Haddad was at UNC's Student Stores not too long after opening, picking through powder blue T-shirts commemorating the team's latest achievement.

Shoppers prowl for Carolina blue
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
For many UNC basketball fans, the week leading to the NCAA's Final Four in St. Louis began Monday with a trip to the T-shirt shop.

Secondhand smoke is newsletter topic
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Environmental Tobacco Smoke Training, Education and Research Program at UNC-Chapel Hill has developed a newsletter about curtailing people's exposure to secondhand smoke.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar05/millerm032105.html

Women's center plans week of events
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A United Nations official, a former pro football player and a Wall Street wizard will be among speakers during Women's Week through Saturday at UNC-Chapel Hill.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar05/woweek05032105.html

How music sharing works
The Charlotte Observer
Entertainment companies as well as Christian groups, pro sports leagues, artist and industry trade organizations and state attorneys general (including those in the Carolinas) complain that file-sharing software allows illegal swapping of copyrighted movies and music, as well as porn....Swapping does not hurt record sales; changing music and entertainment tastes do, according to a study co-authored by UNC-Chapel Hill economics professor Koleman Strumpf.

Cleveland area weighs townhood
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Cleveland community in western Johnston County has eluded definition for more than a decade....North Carolina incorporates one to six new towns each year, said David M. Lawrence, a UNC-Chapel Hill professor of government, but they aren't predominantly in the Triangle.

Issues & Trends

New Guidelines Are Intended to Help Public Colleges Avoid Disputes With Their Private Foundations
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Two higher-education professional organizations have jointly created guidelines that may help stem the growing controversies surrounding the relationships between public institutions and their affiliated private foundations.
Subscription required.

Income Gaps Found Among the College-Educated
The Associated Press (National)
Black and Asian women with bachelor's degrees earn slightly more than similarly educated white women, and white men with four-year degrees make more than anyone else.

College graduates see their debt burden increase
USA Today
Geoff Tam-Scott probably will be paying off his college education until he's 35, but at age 22 he considers himself lucky: A year after graduating from Amherst College, he shells out only $125 a month on about $20,000 in loans.

Produced by News Services, Carolina in the News is an e-mail sampling of current news media coverage about Carolina people and programs, as well as issues and trends that affect the university. Stories usually will be online and available free for a limited time - often one to two weeks. Expiration dates before stories move to archives vary by media outlet. Some outlets require free user registration or a subscription.

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