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March 15, 2007
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
International Coverage
Many Immigrants New to U.S. Rarely Get Preventive Health Care
Voice of America
U.S. immigration reform and illegal immigration came up again and again during President Bush's tour of South and Central America. ...Dr. Annette Dubard treats patients at a community health clinic. She is also a researcher at the University of North Carolina. She and a colleague looked at how North Carolina provides medical care under a government-sponsored program for the needy called Medicaid.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar07/medicaid030807.html‘Airports on a rapid growth curve’
Express Travel World (Mumbai, India)
John D Kasarda is an advocate of the theory of 'airport cities'. ...The distinguished professor of management and director of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School says that cities built around international airports are better positioned for global trade and competitiveness.National Coverage
Of the Places You'll Go, Is the Library Still One of Them?
The Wall Street Journal
In 1998, a new library was built near my home in suburban Detroit. To raise funds, the library sold bricks for the entrance walkway for $100 each, and my wife and I bought one. ...But today, they own books in part because of society's "insatiability" for material things, says Mel Levine, a pediatrics professor at the University of North Carolina Medical School.'March Ad-ness' Is Now Courting College Web Sites
The Wall Street Journal
As millions of fans gear up today for the tipoff of the NCAA men's basketball tournament -- sometimes referred to in marketing circles as "March Ad-ness" -- advertisers are thinking beyond the huge audiences for national telecasts and Webcasts. ...Advertisers such as Pontiac and Wachovia are augmenting their broad TV campaigns on CBS's tournament broadcasts by trying to tap into individual schools through their athletic departments' official Web sites, such as tarheelblue.com for the University of North Carolina or msuspartans.com for Michigan State.Introductory Course Makeovers
Inside Higher Ed
Intermediate algebra at the University of Alabama used to be your basic introductory class — lecture format, little interaction. ...Glynis Cowell, director of the UNC Spanish language program, said the change could help accommodate more students.Men and boys are suffering from eating disorders
The Washington Post
They exercise for hours, devise rigid rituals surrounding food, obsessively monitor their weight and yearn to resemble the taut-bodied celebrities whose images grace magazine covers. ... Such experiences are common among men with eating disorders, said psychologist Cynthia Bulik, director of UNC’s eating disorders program.$4 Drugs Good For Some, Don't Help Others
NBC NewsChannel
The recent roll out of the four dollar generic drug program by large national retail chains has prompted many people to consider switching pharmacies. ...Her partner, Pharmacist Jena Ivey, who works with seniors through the University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy, and was a valuable resource when Vera heard about the four dollar generic drug offers.
Note: This segment was distributed to NBC affiliates nationwide.Regional Coverage
More stringent rules needed to protect NFL's hard hitters
The Richmond Times-Dispatch (Va.)
NFL players do not want to miss a game because of a pulled muscle, much less suffer a season-ending knee injury. ...A University of North Carolina survey of 2,552 retired pro football players indicated they faced a 37 percent higher risk of Alzheimer's than other men their age.State and Local Coverage
UNC to hold meetings on Carolina North ideas
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC-Chapel Hill officials say they have three "conceptual approaches" to developing the Carolina North research campus that they want to show to the public this spring.
Related link: http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/553630.html
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar07/cnorthmeeting031407.htmlStudy finds Medicaid money spent on childbirth
WCHL-AM (Chapel Hill)
There’s a misconception in America that a lot of the Medicaid budget is being spent in large part on recent immigrants. But a study from UNC researcher Doctor Annette DuBard shows the overwhelming majority is spent on childbirth.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar07/medicaid030807.htmlRight foods can lower cholesterol (Commentary)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
If you struggle to keep your cholesterol level down, you know there's a long list of tasty foods you have to avoid. That's why it's nice now and then to think about the long list of good-tasting foods you can enjoy and how some of those foods can even help you keep your cholesterol level under control. ...Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy at UNC.Report: VA nurse filed inaccurate records
The Charlotte Observer
Federal inspectors last year found that a Salisbury VA nurse, charged with monitoring care for some of the system's frailest veterans, filed inaccurate reports on their health and listed one as being in "stable" condition 12 days after he had died. ...Oscar Aylor, a UNC Chapel Hill professor, said the nurse would have been fired for such an "incredible" offense at civilian hospitals he has helped run.'The VA is waiting for us to die'
The Independent Weekly (Durham)
As an Army soldier during the Vietnam War, David Best patrolled Korea's demilitarized zone, lugging a 40-pound pack on his back in temperatures as bone-chilling as 20 degrees below zero and as smoldering as 100. ...Kabatchnick is now the supervising attorney for the Veterans Law Project, a new legal clinic at N.C. Central University, where he and 19 students from NCCU and UNC-Chapel Hill are defending veterans and preparing their claims and appeals for free.Bill would end corporal punishment in schools
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Two out of three school districts in North Carolina let school officials spank students. ...According to a survey taken this year by the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work, 68 school districts in North Carolina allow corporal punishment, and 47 prohibit it.Move on to ban school paddling
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
A statewide advocacy group is pushing N.C. lawmakers to adopt a bill that would ban corporal punishment in every North Carolina public school. ...Person County is one of 67 North Carolina school districts -- 58 percent, according to a UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work survey -- that allows corporal punishment. Forty-eight districts -- or 42 percent -- ban it outright.
Related link: http://dwb.newsobserver.com/news/ncwire_news/story/3023320p-9442742c.html'24' gets another Cheney
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Monday's episode of "24" on Fox ended with disgraced ex-President Charles Logan flatlining on a gurney, after the former Mrs. President stabbed him during his visit to the mental institution where she's staying. ...Richard Blackburn, associate professor of business at UNC-Chapel Hill, agrees. "My daughter and I were watching Monday's episode -- another opportunity to talk about world events -- and the cigar trimmer scene (and the other scene where the Russian got his brains blown out) were gratuitous to say the least. Let's hope Fox gets this message loud and clear."Council questions magistrate system
The Rocky Mount Telegram
The Rocky Mount police chief – in his attempt to address all angles of crime-fighting – has tried recently to tackle what the police department sees as problems at the magistrate's office. ...If there's an area of the law the magistrates need more training in, he said he calls the University of North Carolina Institute of Government and asks for classes to be offered.City may fly ahead of bird grant
The State Port Pilot
The application is in the mail, and by summer Boiling Spring Lakes should learn whether the federal government awards the city a grant that would help fund a habitat conservation plan, or HCP. ...“We just want to avoid a trespass,” added city attorney Elva Jess, who told Candler that she plans to talk with Richard Whisnant, an associate professor of public law and government with the Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina who has offered to serve as a legal consultant, on whether an ordinance is an option.Farmworker protection, not just memorials
The Independent Weekly (Durham)
Each lost farmworker's name was read aloud—sometimes haltingly, as English-speakers tripped over Spanish syllables—then a bell tolled, and a new candle danced in the brisk breeze behind the flower-strewn altar draped in the purple cloth of Lent. ...A 2005 study by UNC researchers showed that 45 percent of the 161 heat stroke deaths in the state since 1977 took place on farms, or an average of three per year. Farmworkers' deaths tend to be undercounted in Department of Labor statistics; the undocumented status of many workers adds to their invisibility.Issues and Trends
Group calls for end to free game tickets
The Charlotte Observer
Should public universities give free sports tickets to lawmakers? ...Spokeswomen for Winthrop and UNC-Chapel Hill said the schools don't give away tournament tickets to elected officials or their staffs.
Related link: http://www.newsobserver.com/114/story/553602.htmlPurdue U. Is Poised to Announce Relationship With Billionaire's Foundation to Commercialize Research
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Purdue University is about to become the first public university in the United States to sign a deal with a billionaire's foundation that has been trying to provide $100-million endowments to universities to finance programs designed to kick-start commercialization of their inventions. ...But officials at those institutions -- the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University -- said the foundation's demand for rights to cherry-pick the most promising university inventions for commercialization would conflict with other research agreements and did not make good business sense for the universities.More scrutiny, not fewer PACs (Opinion-editorial column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
For a couple of years, a debate has simmered over two political action committees -- one devoted to lobbying the legislature for UNC-Chapel Hill and one doing the same for N.C. State University. On Feb. 28 a group of students from four historically black colleges and universities turned up the heat.
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