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March 10, 2006Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:International Coverage
Contest aims for real world experience
The Financial Times (United Kingdom)
Kenan-Flagler Business School is to host an MBA competition in which students apply venture capital skills to assess socially and environmentally sustainable companies. Students fromschools across the US will take part in the first annual Sustainable Venture Capital Investment Competition at the North Carolina School at the end of this month.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar06/conferencebio030106.htmNational Coverage
Blood-substitute study is criticized by U.S. agency
The Wall Street Journal
A little-known federal agency charged with protecting patients in medical research has expressed ethical concerns about a study of a Northfield Laboratories Inc. blood substitute being given to hundreds of trauma patients without their consent. ...In the current issue of the journal Ethics & Human Research, Nancy M.P. King, a social-medicine professor at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, writes that denying half of the patients blood in the hospital doesn't meet a key FDA criterion for allowing a non-consent trial, which is that standard therapy be "unproven or unsatisfactory."
Blood product trials spur FDA meeting
The Chicago Tribune
Drug and medical device companies that want to test their products on patients without their knowledge may face new rules about notifying the public under proposals soon to be discussed by the Food and Drug Administration and senior congressional leaders. ... "In this case, blood isn't perfect, but it is not so lousy that we need to deprive people of blood when it's available," said Nancy King, one of the three IRB authors and professor of social medicine at the University of North Carolina.
Charming and Venerable, With Kayaking Nearby
The New York Times
The Ashley and Cooper Rivers, sparkling blue in the early morning sunlight, flow into Charleston Harbor and form a verdant peninsula where towering moss-draped oaks and tall palmetto trees shelter one of the country's most beautiful historic neighborhoods. ..."Civilized" is the word that Dottie Bernholz, 65, a lawyer who works at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, used one Friday afternoon to describe the atmosphere of the peninsula.Universities Forgo Millions Over Strings Attached to a Foundation's Grants
The Chronicle of Higher Education
News that one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs in the United States is getting ready to provide $2-billion to set up endowments at more than a dozen universities has sent university leaders at some of the nations' top research universities scrambling to make their a case for a piece of the pie. ...The confidential agreement, a copy of which was obtained by The Chronicle from the University of North Carolina under a public-records request, calls for the universities to license to the institute "all university intellectual property for which the institute requests a license in the life sciences and biomedical areas," excluding work already promised by the universities to other parties.
Newspaper chains face tough financial challenges
"Newshour," PBS
Phil Meyer, the Knight Chair in Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was featured on today's (March 10) PBS's Newshour with Jim Lehrer. The lack of enthusiasm among potential buyers of the Knight Ridder Company further highlighted the troubled state of America's newspaper industry. Meyer discusses the financial pressures faced by large newspaper chains, as the final day passes for companies to submit bids on Knight Ridder Co. the nation's second largest newspaper chain.
Report names 2 bidders for Knight Ridder
The Herald-Leader (Lexington, Ky.)
Newspaper publisher McClatchy Co. and a consortium of private equity groups submitted bids for Knight Ridder yesterday, according to reports on The Wall Street Journal Web site. ...Philip Meyer, author of The Vanishing Newspaper, said he hopes the board might decide to sell the company to McClatchy, even if the company offers a few dollars less per share than another bidder. Meyer, the Knight Chair in Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said the corporate cultures of quality journalism mesh better with the two companies.
Nancy Kruh: Terror at home? (Commentary)
The Dallas Morning News
Insurgents or terrorists? For almost three years, that's been the ongoing Iraq debate. On the homefront, there's a similar quandary now: crime or act of terrorism? Tony Blankley and Kathleen Parker take diverging views in the case of Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, an Iranian Muslim who plowed his SUV into a crowd of University of North Carolina students last week, injuring nine. After turning himself in, he told police and reporters he was trying to "avenge the deaths of Muslims around the world."
Note: Wednesday's Orlando Sentinel opinion column by Kathleen Parker about the Pit investigation was distributed by Tribune Media Services and has been reprinted in newspapers including The Gwinnett Daily Post (Ga.), The News-Leader (Springfield, Mo.), The Union Leader (Manchester, N.H.). Link from Wednesday's Carolina in the News: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-parker0806mar08,0,5430364.column?coll=orl-opinion-headlines
State & Local Coverage
Moeser: No signs before UNC attack
The Charlotte Observer
There's no way UNC Chapel Hill officials could have intervened to help a former student who police say drove an SUV through the heart of campus in an attempt to kill Americans, Chancellor James Moeser said Thursday.
Moeser will not label SUV attack
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
It's not up to UNC-Chapel Hill to declare last week's SUV attack on campus an act of terrorism, Chancellor James Moeser said Thursday, responding to criticism from some students.
Related Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/158/story/416644.htmlUNC may strengthen security at The Pit
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
UNC is considering adding vehicle barriers around The Pit, and strengthening other barriers already in place on campus, in response to last week's attack at the popular campus hangout. Meanwhile, students are planning an afternoon of festivities in The Pit when they return from spring break as a way to assert that the area is their place to socialize and have fun.
Related Link: http://www.heraldsun.com/orange/10-710840.htmlNew Security at UNC's Pit
WTVD-TV (ABC, Durham)
UNC Chapel Hill is considering adding security at the Pit. It comes exactly one week after an SUV plowed through a group of students, sending six to the hospital.
Related Link: http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=triangle&id=3978509New Inductees For NC Journalism, Advertising, Broadcasting Halls
The Associated Press (N.C.)
Nine communications professionals and one educator will be inducted next month into the N.C. Journalism and Advertising Halls of Fame and the N.C. Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. The halls are based in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The ceremony will be held April 2.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar06/hallfame030906.htmRussian orchestra brings 'soul' to UNC
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
The word "soul" came up several times in an interview earlier this week with Sergei Markov, chief executive of the Russian National Orchestra, which performs Sunday in Chapel Hill's Memorial Hall on the UNC campus.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/feb06/russianorch022106.htmCritic's picks - Theater
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
In "God's Man in Texas," at PlayMakers Repertory Theatre, playwright David Rambo explores televangelism and the inner machinations of a megachurch undergoing a rocky change in leadership. ...You need not be a religious believer to appreciate this riveting, humorous drama. The play runs through March 26 at the UNC-Chapel Hill theater.
Teens' space invaded
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
It's hard to believe, but as MySpace spent the last couple of years handing out invitations and 60 million young people joined the party, Mom and Dad barely noticed. ..."That secretive thing is gone," said Debashis Aikat, an associate professor at UNC-Chapel Hill who teaches classes about the social aspects of technology.
Issues & Trends
Math school faces decision
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Trustees at the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics could decide today whether to become a full-fledged member of the UNC system or go it alone. ...Now, a 30-member board of trustees sets salaries and allocates money without the oversight of the University of North Carolina system's Board of Governors.
Bowles: Challenges Lie Ahead
The Southern Pines Pilot
Erskine Bowles got a wake-up call about the U.S. economy last year when he was helping with the tsunami recovery. ...Bowles is president of the University of North Carolina system. He’s well known to most North Carolinians, having twice run for the U.S. Senate and lost. He was Clinton’s White House chief of staff.
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