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March 31, 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
What is a 'journalist'? (Opinion-Editorial Column)
USA Today
Rat on your source or go to jail. When a journalist for a print or broadcast medium faces that choice, he or she usually has the benefit of a deep-pocketed employer who will pay legal fees and keep the paychecks coming....Philip Meyer is the Knight Professor of Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The MBA Youth Movement
Business Week
After graduating from a high school for gifted students, Joshua Gerlick dropped out of Carnegie Mellon University's pre-med program in Pittsburgh to pursue his dream: Launching a consulting firm with a focus on multimedia design....Other schools like the Kenan-Flagler Business School at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are offering global programs to undergraduates based on the programs they have offered MBAs for years.
AIG Delays Report on Accounting Troubles
The Associated Press (National)
Amid widening government probes into its financial practices, insurance giant American International Group Inc. acknowledged Wednesday it had improperly booked transactions with a unit of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. that artificially boosted its reserves....Robert Bushman, a professor of forensic accounting at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School, said he thought the departure of Greenberg was a catalyst.
Navy Airstrip Plan Hits Local Head Winds
The Wall Street Journal
When the Navy decided in September 2003 to build a practice-landing field for jets near here, one military planner described it in internal documents as a "political win/win."....When the Navy produced 190,000 pages of unindexed documents as its record, the attorneys assembled 30 law students from the University of North Carolina and Duke University, who volunteered to read them.
Subscription required.'A gigantic difference for patients'
Houston Chronicle
Don Corley got the bad news late last year. After he survived an intense surgery in which doctors sliced a broad swath near his stomach to fix a ballooning aorta, the body's largest blood vessel, doctors told Corley he needed to do it all again...."When you look at these numbers, they're very impressive," said Dr. Mark Farber, a vascular surgeon and assistant professor at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Timely Bid on Ticket Site Yields Final Four Seats for Devoted Fan
The Wall Street Journal
To get to the Final Four, some teams deploy crafty zone defenses or an elaborate full-court press....Naturally, teams favored to make the event trade at higher prices. Forwards for the University of North Carolina team were typically trading above $200.
Subscription required.Strong Roots Help May Flower
The Washington Post
On a basketball team studded with NBA lottery picks and human highlight reels, it's easy for even the biggest guy to get lost in the shuffle. Fortunately for the talent-laden North Carolina Tar Heels, that has never bothered Sean May.
San Joses paper gets another SABEW award
The Associated Press (National)
The San Jose Mercury News of California won an award for overall excellence for the sixth straight year, while Bloomberg News and Crain's Chicago Business won three prizes each in the annual Best of Business contest of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers....Student Contest: The Daily Tar Heel, University of North Carolina, "Rising Tensions Lead CIO to Resign" by John Frank and Emily Steel.
State & Local Coverage
Academic Bill of Rights not a good idea (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
The Academic Bill of Rights, just introduced into the North Carolina General Assembly, is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Ostensibly designed to protect academic freedom on campus, in reality it pushes a highly politicized agenda that hopes to control views it considers antithetical.
Academic Bill of Rights
"The State of Things" WUNC-FM
A bill making its way through the North Carolina legislature would assure fair treatment for all college students. And while it sounds simple enough, the bill is stirring up debate about ideological tolerance on campus. Host Frank Stasio gets the faculty perspective from Mike Munger, chair of the political science department at Duke University; and Judith Wegner, professor of law and chair of the faculty at the University of North Carolian at Chapel Hill.
Note: This program rebroadcasts tonight (March 31) at 9.Bill aims at campus liberalism
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Quiet down and take a seat, people. The topic for today's class is whether liberal professors at North Carolina's universities are stifling conservative viewpoints....Judith Wegner, faculty chairwoman at UNC-Chapel Hill, has heard people use this example before -- many times. She thinks it is cited often because the problem isn't common enough to yield a lot of other examples.
Band Members Head To Final Four
WNCN-17 (NBC, Raleigh)
Some of the best seats for the University of North Carolina's trip to the Final Four won't go to big boosters. They go to the pep band.
Fans can see UNC game at Smith Center
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
UNC will open the Dean E. Smith Center this weekend for fans to watch the Tar Heels battle in the Final Four in St. Louis.
Related link: http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/unc/story/2266672p-8646049c.html
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar05/sc033005.htmlTar Heels are St. Louis bound
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
There was nothing but love for the Tar Heels from the long corridor of cheering supporters who gave the Carolina basketball team a brief but enthusiastic send-off Wednesday at the Dean Smith Center.
Heels-Haters hone back-handed praise
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
For a die-hard Duke or N.C. State fan, watching North Carolina partake in the Final Four feast can be as insufferable as bad barbecue.
Unwed partners surprised by law
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A Pender County woman's suit challenging a state law against living out of wedlock has alerted many couples that they are not only under the same roof but on the wrong side of the law...."I can say to a substantial certainty that the statute itself is unconstitutional," said Arnold H. Loewy, a criminal and constitutional law expert at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Official: No more town business via e-mail
The Charlotte Observer
Harrisburg Town Administrator Carl Parmer said he will close his town e-mail account Friday....When the Observer first asked for Parmer's e-mails, his office sought its own legal opinion on whether a town administrator's e-mails are matters of public record. Parmer's staff contacted UNC-Chapel Hill Public Law and Government Professor A. Fleming Bell.
Refusal of project presents legal risk
The Charlotte Observer
If the Cabarrus County commissioners turn down a planned subdivision in western Cabarrus, they risk having a court overturn their decision, the county manager warned in an e-mail this week....Land owners have a right to develop their property, but not without restrictions, according to David Owens, a planning expert at UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Government.
County officials clash over policy
The Charlotte Observer
A long-running dispute between Union County manager Mike Shalati and commissioner Stony Rushing has flared up again, with Rushing's criticism of the county's water and sewer line easement policy.....Shalati's dealings regarding his house don't appear improper, and there's no reason he should have said anything about it to the board, said David Lawrence, a professor of public law and government at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Maps lead to zoning issues for N. Topsail
The Daily News (Jacksonville)
The North Topsail Beach Board of Aldermen notified a packed town hall Wednesday night that the zoning map that - until recently - was used by the town was inaccurate and would have to be replaced....According to David W. Owens, a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law and Government, the consequences stemming from an inaccurate map could be large for landowners.
Wayne native chosen to lead Special Libraries Association
News-Argus (Goldsboro)
Rebecca Brogden Vargha, a librarian at the School of Information and Library Science at UNC-Chapel Hill and a Wayne County native, has been chosen the next president-elect of the Special Libraries Association.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/briefs/2005/032805.htmlIssues & Trends
OWASA hopes water users' comments will flow
The Chapel Hill Herald
OWASA leaders want to hear from local water and sewer customers tonight on how the utility is doing in meeting their current needs and planning for the future....The highlight of that effort so far is OWASA's current partnership with UNC.
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