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March 19, 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
Most girls are crazy about algebra in a changing room
The Australian (Sydney)
It's straight from the David Lee Roth school of sociology. ...Barbara Fredrickson, an eminent professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina, and her colleagues decided the best way to examine whether women's self-objectification had an impact on their brain power was to conduct a math test, but a math test with one big difference.National Coverage
Entrepreneurship 101
The Wall Street Journal
Two years ago, Arizona State University graduate student Greg Peterson and a friend hatched plans for a TV show that would instruct homeowners how to renovate in environmentally and socially responsible ways. ...This fall, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will begin offering a three-course certificate in entrepreneurship for graduate students in all academic fields. Those looking to eventually start businesses can pursue an "enterprise" track, while those just seeking basic business skills and an understanding of the entrepreneurial mind-set can choose the "literacy" track, says Ted Zoller, executive director of the university's Center for Entrepreneurial Studies.Bank's credit cards for noncitizens raise ire
Christian Science Monitor
As Bank of America tests a new credit card in California – which customers may get without a Social Security number – it has found itself in the middle of a hornet's nest over immigration. ...Approving such a law would amount to an entire nation burying its head in the sand, says Jim Johnson, director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.Concussions Give the NFL a Major Headache
"Morning Edition," National Public Radio
Dr. Kevin M. Guskiewicz, UNC professor of exercise and sport science, was featured on today's (March 19) edition discusses the effects of multiple concussions of NFL players. Recent stories about the long-term health effects of concussions have put the National Football League on the defensive. A critic says the league has made misguided attempts to solve a problem exposed by improved medical research.To help students graduate debt-free, Davidson will end loans in need-based financial aid
The Associated Press (National)
Davidson College announced Monday it will do away with loans when awarding need-based financial aid, a move school officials said would allow students to graduate debt-free. ...And even public universities, such as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, have stopped forcing loans upon the neediest students.
Related link: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8989545Davidson College, in Move to Increase Access, Will Substitute Grants for Loans for All Students
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Davidson College plans to announce today that it will no longer make student loans and will instead meet students' financial need with grants and work-study jobs. ...Some institutions, including the University of Virginia and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, have eliminated loans for their neediest students.For Bookstores, a Real Page-Turner
The Washington Post
Want to see the future of the book? Pay attention to what's on the screen. ...Up comes an e-book on the screen. It's "In Pursuit of the Almighty's Dollar: A History of Money and American Protestantism," from the University of North Carolina Press. The pages look just like those in the print edition.A yearlong chat ends
The Los Angeles Times
Peering down from an airplane last spring, Ze Frank decided to turn the Earth into a sandwich. ..."He understands that this is a social medium," said Terrell Russell, a graduate student studying online culture at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.Regional Coverage
Latino-focused businesses take heat
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
When Pizza Patron, a Dallas-based restaurant chain, decided to accept Mexican pesos, it created a promotional campaign featuring the Mexican flag and the slogan "Bienvenido Paisano," or "Welcome Countryman." ...Jim H. Johnson, director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said American companies will continue to market to Latinos, both legal and illegal, because they represent a growing population of buyers.Brunswick ponders affordable housing
The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
Norm Rogers has often heard the adage associated with lower- to middle-class Brunswick County residents: "There's a saying here in Brunswick County that you work for beer, bait and bullets," said the sales manager of ModCo, a construction company. ...Bill Rohe, director of the Center for Urban and Regional Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, moderated Friday's discussion and said there was one question that would need to be answered when the study was in.State and Local Coverage
Carolina North not on Easley's list
The Chapel Hill Herald
The $12.2 million UNC is seeking for Carolina North is not among the budget items that Gov. Mike Easley is recommending the state Legislature fund. ...Jack Evans, the UNC Chapel Hill executive director for Carolina North, said he is hopeful that the bid will get "favorable consideration" when the state Legislature discusses it.Traveling labs give kids taste of biotech
The Charlotte Observer
"When I grow up, I want to be a biotechnician." Maybe you haven't heard your kids say it, but you might. ...Making students aware of such choices is one of the goals of Destiny, a science education program from UNC's Morehead Planetarium and Science Center that includes a traveling science laboratory.
UNC Media Advisory: http://www.unc.edu/news/media/2007/destiny022607.htmlDavidson College dropping loans from aid
The Charlotte Observer
Davidson College will announce today that it will no longer offer loans in its student financial aid packages, partly to attract students who shied away from applying to the school because of its costs. ...That fall, UNC Chapel Hill announced the "Carolina Covenant," removing loans for students whose families made 150 percent of the federal poverty level -- then $28,000 for a family of four.'This is a long-term battle. ... In the end, it will be worth it' (Commentary)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Dr. Maha Alattar of Durham is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Medicine. When she was 13, more than two dozen of her family members were rounded up and deported to Iran. Five of her cousins were killed.Dental students launch a life-changing experience (Opinion-editorial column)
The Chapel Hill News
Each year since 2003, the UNC School of Dentistry has selected four outstanding students to embark upon a trip that has been changing the lives of both the people of Malawi, located in the Sub-Saharan region of Africa, and student dentists of the UNC Malawi Dental Project. The project is designed to engage UNC dental students in promoting HIV/AIDS education and in providing oral health care and oral health education in the capital city of Lilongwe, Malawi. Malawi is the fourth-poorest nation in the world with a population of 13 million.Classical fans get trip back in time
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The last time the Cleveland Orchestra performed in the Triangle was 20 years ago almost to the month. The visit occurred at the tail end of a wonderful era in which area music lovers could routinely hear all the great orchestras of America and the world without leaving home.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar07/cleveland030207.htmlFull season ahead for Memorial Hall
WCHL-AM (Chapel Hill)
There was some question when Carolina Performing Arts was re-inaugurated of how long it would take to get on its feet. Executive Director for the Arts Emil Kang thinks that with the Cleveland Orchestra in the house this weekend, they’re doing fine.A flair for the dramatic
The Chapel Hill Herald
People who have seen plays like "The Lost Colony" in Manteo or "Unto These Hills" in Cherokee on summer vacations might not know the outdoor historical dramatic tradition got its start in North Carolina. At UNC on Saturday, about 150 young actors hoped to get their starts in the profession by singing, dancing and acting their way into a summer role in an outdoor historical play.UNC professor hobnobbed with the famous(Opinion-editorial column)
The Chapel Hill News
For almost 50 years, mathematician Archibald Henderson (1877-1963) was the acknowledged "renaissance man" on the UNC faculty. On his 67th birthday, he was heralded as "the most versatile scholar in America today." Early on, he espoused and explained Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. He was a commentator on American and European drama and the appointed biographer of George Bernard Shaw, and an historian of early North Carolina and areas west of the southern Appalachians, all wrapped in one.Danger of fire sparks request
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Eleven years after a fraternity house fire killed five students at UNC-Chapel Hill, about 35 percent of the UNC system's dormitories still do not have sprinklers.
Related link: http://www.newsobserver.com/580/story/554676.htmlMoving during the school year creates challenges
The Winston-Salem Journal
First-grader Mallik Booe has attended three schools in three years. ...Moving or anything else that disrupts regular schooling is always bad for students, said Gerald Unks, a professor of education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Bill would ban school spankings
The Chapel Hill News
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.Researchers hear about affordable housing needs
The Wilmington Star-News
When concerned residents, real estate agents, developers and community advocates gathered Friday to discuss affordable housing, one thing was repeated: Brunswick County has a serious need. ...William Rohe and Spencer Cowan, from the Center for Urban and Regional Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, are conducting the study to assess the needs and to develop strategies to provide more affordable housing.Incorporation sparks differing views
The Outerbanks Sentinel
The attempt to incorporate the village of Corolla began with a petition sent to the Currituck County Board of Commissioners in 2003. ...The Sentinel queried Robert Joyce, a professor at the University of North Carolina's Institute of Government about the whether the special legislation would pass in the General Assembly.Lawyers search for DNA evidence to clear man
The Kannapolis Independent Tribune
Attorneys for a Concord man serving two life sentences after being convicted of first-degree rape and first-degree burglary in 1976, are searching for DNA evidence that could clear the man’s name, according to court documents. ...The motion also claims that a blood sample was taken from the victim and sent to the Department of Pathology, UNC Chapel Hill, which is now called UNC Hospitals.Two new papers will focus on community
The Chapel Hill News
"Keep it local," the mantra of many in Carrboro, doesn't apply just to the food and the shops anymore. ...The Commons is an online newspaper -- www.carrborocommons.org -- run by students in a community journalism course at UNC's School of Journalism and Mass Communication.Issues and Trends
Purdue's President Says $100-Million Deal With Mann Foundation Suits University's Tech-Transfer and Research Goals
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Treading where several other universities have declined to go, Purdue University formally announced last week that it would become home to a new $100-million institute financed by a foundation created by the billionaire Alfred E. Mann. ...That issue was one of the key sticking points last year, when North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill decided to forgo a Mann foundation proposal (The Chronicle, May 19, 2006).
Related links: http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i29/29a02702.htm
http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070317/News01/703170333/-1/NEWS01The new UNC (Editorial)
The Charlotte Observer
Let's start with this prediction: By 2017, the demand for seats in the University of North Carolina system could reach nearly 300,000 -- almost half again as large as the current 202,381.
Related link: http://www.newsobserver.com/579/story/554681.htmlUNC says cost of books must fall
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Though tuition at North Carolina's public universities keeps climbing, students will get some relief on the high price of textbooks. On Friday, the UNC Board of Governors required campuses to reduce book costs, which typically add $800 to $1,200 to a UNC system student's annual bill.
Related link: http://charlotte.com/204/story/54625.htmlMurdock, Bowles heading to Kannapolis
The Charlotte Observer
Dole Food owner David Murdock and UNC system President Erskine Bowles are scheduled to be in Kannapolis April 18 for ceremonies at Murdock's North Carolina Research Campus, a Murdock official said.UNC-RM research near end
Rocky Mount Telegram
With a long-awaited study on UNC-Rocky Mount nearing completion, supporters are scrambling to show the school would attract enough students to make the would-be university viable.Butterfield rallies against lobby groups
The Wilson Times
Rep. Farmer-Butterfield, a majority whip in the House, is joining the effort to halt each campus of the University of North Carolina system from forming its own lobby groups.Trouble on the horizon at lot 5 (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Let's hope they don't find anything. Let's hope the environmental assessment, being undertaken this weekend, on downtown parking lot 5 shows no problems at all. Because if it doesn't, there are very serious consequences.
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