May 16, 2003

Carolina in the News

Current International Coverage

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

Prospects are slim for class of 2003 
The International Herald Tribune
North Carolina In years past, most seniors at the University of North Carolina 
ignored the recruiters from Newell Rubbermaid Inc., the maker of dishwashing 
gloves and Calphalon cookware, dismissing the company as another unfashionable 
manufacturer. But this year, the handful of students Newell hired as management 
trainees became minor campus celebrities because they had secured jobs months 
before graduation. 
http://www.iht.com/articles/96357.html
(Note: This article originally appeared in The New York Times.)

Analysis: Paper waste: garbage or goldmine?
Ethical Corporation magazine (London, U.K.)
Electronic information technology was a key driver of business growth and change 
during the 90s. But paper and printing are still omnipresent, their use is increasing 
and they continue to play a central role in every aspect of business. ...According 
to Professor Stuart Hart, Director of the Center for Sustainable Enterprise at 
the Kenan Flagler School of Business in North Carolina, "Few executives realize
that environmental opportunities might actually become a major source of revenue 
growth ..."
http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=600

Current National Coverage

73 Granted Scholarships From Cooke Foundation 
Washington Post 
The $500 million foundation created by the estate of former Washington Redskins 
owner Jack Kent Cooke yesterday announced the names of 73 college students 
who will receive virtually full scholarships for their undergraduate or graduate
studies. ... The graduate winners include ... Daniel R. Hinson of Springfield and 
the University of North Carolina ... 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61362-2003May15.html

Regional Coverage

Democrats face GOP challenge in South (Commentary)
Mobile Register (Ala.)
When the South is itself, it's Republican. That's a one-sentence summary of the 
challenge the Democratic party faces in winning elections in the region it used to 
own. It's the analysis Saul Shorr offered to around 20 Southern journalists who 
attended the annual Southern Journalists Roundtable last weekend, sponsored by
the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of 
North Carolina in Chapel Hill. 
http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/gowens.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/1053076719265430.xml
(Note: Speakers at the roundtable, organized by Carolina's Program in 
Southern Politics, Media and Public Life, included Chancellor Moeser, 
Gov. Mike Easley and Erskine Bowles.)

State and Local Coverage

Hooding ceremony a matter of degree 
The Herald-Sun
For years, doctoral candidates taking part in UNC’s annual May commencement 
were little more than an afterthought in a rambunctious ceremony heavy on frivolity
but light on academic heft. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-352832.html
(Note: A related UNC news release is available at 
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar03/hooding031103.html)

Putting a lid on spam
Charlotte Observer
By summer's end, more than half the e-mail sent to the nation's inboxes will be 
spam. ... Some companies have been forced to block all e-mails from nations 
notorious for spam, such as South Korea, China, Russia and Hungary, Mozena 
said. UNC Chapel Hill does not have that luxury, considering the number of 
foreign students and faculty. ... "It's absolutely overwhelming," said John Oberlin,
the university's associate vice chancellor for information technology.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/5873517.htm

Peeling the Orange
The Herald Sun
... The new lobby and entrance to N.C. Memorial Hospital has been completed 
and now connects all four UNC Hospitals in a single interior concourse. ... Skate-
boarding, a practice unknown when the Morehead Planetarium Sundial was built, 
will be inherently discouraged when the current renovation of the 1956 facility is 
finished. ... The latest published list of "best (U.S.) places to live" ranks Chapel 
Hill (with Raleigh/Durham) in third place. The survey in the current issue of 
AARP’s "Modern Maturity" considers 10 criteria in its rating for retirees
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-352830.html

Former Gov. Scott Chimes In On Daughter's Political Struggle
WNCN-TV (NBC, Raleigh)
Former Governor Bob Scott has come to the defense of his daughter, Agriculture 
Commissioner Meg Scott Phipps. Scott says he's told Governor Mike Easley he's 
not happy with his decision to ask Phipps to resign. ... Under the circumstances, 
a Phipps candidacy in 2004 has the potential to hurt Democrats regardless of 
whether Phipps herself is indicted, said political analyst Ferrell Guillory. Guillory, 
director of the Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life at the 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said the aides' guilty pleas made 
Easley's path fairly obvious.
http://www.nbc17.com/news/2204344/detail.html

Another choice for surgery 
News and Observer
The imminent completion of Rex Healthcare's long-planned outpatient surgery 
center in the lucrative Cary market is about to make the rivalry between Raleigh's 
two largest hospitals a little more interesting. ... Then, a bigger deal -- UNC 
Health Care's purchase of Rex -- came along and knocked the project off 
course. 
http://newsobserver.com/front/digest/story/2541762p-2360168c.html

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

The New Gender Gap (Cover Story)
Business Week 
Lawrence High is the usual fortress of manila-brick blandness and boxy 1960s 
architecture. ... The female-to-male ratio is already 60-40 at the University of 
North Carolina, Boston University, and New York University. To keep their 
gender ratios 50-50, many Ivy League and other elite schools are secretly 
employing a kind of stealth affirmative action for boys.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_21/b3834001_mz001.htm

Time out (Editorial)
News and Observer
The effort, informally approved this week, to add perhaps three schools to the
roster of competitors in the Atlantic Coast Conference seems not even remotely
related to the academic missions that presumably drive the very existence of 
member schools. ... Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser rightly cites a concern 
that maintaining academic standards and the "culture" of the close-knit ACC might 
be more difficult with a 12-member conference. ... 
http://newsobserver.com/editorials/story/2541713p-2360216c.html

Potential TV money lures ACC 
News and Observer
The driving force behind the ACC expansion bandwagon is money, and proponents 
are anticipating that a 12-team league could bring in as much as $40 million more a 
year, largely by doubling the value of the current television contract for football 
games. ... UNC-CH Chancellor James Moeser raised concerns about how the 
economics would work out. But even Moeser said there is the potential for more
money
http://newsobserver.com/sports/story/2541837p-2360112c.html

ACC faculty chime in on adding schools to conference 
The Herald-Sun
At UNC Chapel Hill, the potential expansion of the Atlantic Coast Conference has 
been a hotly debated topic over the last week, and a number of faculty members 
have chimed in opposing the change. ... Celia Hooper, who chairs Carolina’s 
faculty athletics committee, is troubled by the expansion proposal. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-352869.html

This game is about money (Editorial)
Wilmington Star-News
Seven of the nine universities in the Atlantic Coast Conference voted Tuesday to 
invite three more schools to join them in a sprawling, soulless league of greed. ... 
To their credit, the chancellors of UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke voted against this 
disgusting travesty. 
http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030516/EDITORIAL/305160301

Fans can only watch ACC's plan to expand (Commentary)
News and Observer
There are plenty of unanswered questions about the proposed expansion of the 
Atlantic Coast Conference, but the biggest riddle so far is this: Where are the fans?
... Only Duke and UNC seem prepared to defend the way things are.
http://newsobserver.com/sports/story/2541839p-2360087c.html

Hopes of budget deal fading 
News and Observer
State lawmakers' hopes are fading that they can assemble a budget deal by the end 
of May, but legislative leaders say negotiations are progressing. 
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nc/story/2541867p-2360193c.html

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