May 30, 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:

The May 29th issue of the London-based The Economist featured an article 
mentioning Carolina in connection with the impact of budget cuts on U.S. public 
universities. News Services supplied the reporter with budget data. No online 
links are available.

Current National Coverage

Morning Glory, Dangerous Work
Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.)
The muffled, rhythmic beat of hooves on freshly harrowed loam in the half-light 
that heralds dawn brings a racetrack to life. ... The study conducted at the 
University of North Carolina found an injury rate among jockeys of 606 injuries 
per 1,000 person-years, far worse than contact sports such as football or 
hockey.
http://www.nynewsday.com/sports/olympics/ny-riders0530,0,5288904.story?coll=nyc-sports-short-navigation

Safe at home?
Munster Times (Ind.) 
Baseball, according to NCAA research, is the safest sport of all those played 
at the collegiate level. .... Now, based on research done at the University of 
North Carolina and published in February in the Journal of the American Medical 
Association, safety experts are pushing Little League and those who follow its 
rules to mandate the use of facemasks on helmets and reduce-impact, or softer, 
baseballs.
http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2003/05/30/sports/top_sports/78e1def7813ae41386256d3500751907.txt

Regional Coverage

N.C. clinic lacks dentist for patients
Myrtle Beach Sun News (S.C.)
About 3,000 people, mostly low-income children, are waiting to see a dentist at 
the Rockingham County dental clinic, where there hasn't been a full-time dentist 
since September. ... For clinics like Rockingham's, there are not enough dentists 
to go around. About 75 dentists graduate each year from the University of North 
Carolina School of Dentistry in Chapel Hill, the state's only dental school.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/sunnews/news/local/5975347.htm
(Note: This story originally appeared in The Greensboro News and Record and 
was also featured in the News and Observer.)

North Carolina News Note

Jeffrey Beam, assistant botany librarian in the Coker Hall biology library, was 
interviewed on WUNC-FM's "The State of Things" Thursday. Beam discussed 
his poetry. 

Anna Waller, research assistant professor of emergency medicine at the UNC 
School of Medicine, was interviewed by WUNC-FM and the North Carolina 
News Network about her research and work with the new North Carolina 
Emergency Department Database. Both stories aired last week. For more 
information, go to 
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may03/waller052003.html.

State and Local Coverage

UNC has a billion reasons to celebrate (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Let’s face it: a billion dollars isn’t what it used to be. ... What is perhaps most 
striking about the accomplishment is that the university is barely halfway toward its 
actual fundraising goal, which is a staggering $1.8 billion.
http://www.herald-sun.com/opinion/chhedits/57-357139.html
(Note: For more information, go to 
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may03/billion302052303.html)

$2.5M gift aids UNC research on SIDS 
The Herald-Sun
The pediatrics department of UNC’s School of Medicine received a $2.5 million 
donation Thursday from a Blowing Rock couple whose 4-month-old daughter 
diedsix years ago from sudden infant death syndrome. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-357206.html
(Note: For more information, go to 
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may03/biles052903.html)

Public Expansion (Commentary)
The Daily Tar Heel 
Chancellor James Moeser has not kept his intention a secret. Since arriving in 
Chapel Hill in summer 2000, the music professor-turned-administrator has striven 
to make UNC-Chapel Hill the best public university in the nation. 
http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/05/29/3ed64ff24b0a9

Study: Trimeris drug shows promise
Triangle Business Journal
The Trimeris AIDS drug enfuvirtide, which is marketed as Fuzeon, shows strong
promise in treating drug-resistant cases of the life-threatening infection, a study 
conducted with patients in North America and South America concludes. ... "This 
is one of the most important studies performed to date in HIV-infected patients 
who have already received highly active antiretroviral therapy and a landmark study 
for the field of HIV," said Dr. Joseph Eron, an associate professor of medicine 
at the UNC School of Medicine and a report author. 
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2003/05/26/daily17.html
(Note: This study was the subject of a UNC news release,
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may03/eron052803.html)

Skeptical on stimulus 
News and Observer
Like any small-business owner, Matt Carter welcomes every tax break he can get. 
... "Nobody is going to go out and buy something because there's a tax deduction," 
said Douglas Shackelford, a professor of taxation at the Kenan-Flagler 
Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill. 
http://newsobserver.com/business/story/2576467p-2391044c.html

Guilford College to stop binding early admissions
Triad Business Journal
Guilford College will cease its binding early admission policy for first-year students 
starting this fall. ... But today, UNC-Chapel Hill and other schools are dropping 
the binding early admission policy because its become unpopular with their 
customers and their guidance counselors. 
http://triad.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2003/05/26/daily22.html

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Shortfall grows by $55 million 
News and Observer
Gov. Mike Easley and legislative leaders say new, more pessimistic economic 
forecasts for the coming budget year predict a further $55 million drop in state 
revenue, forcing lawmakers to contemplate new sources of money or still more 
cuts. 
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nc/story/2576479p-2391149c.html

ACC's bad grade (Editorial)
News and Observer
The leaders of the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
have gone where some administrators have feared to tread: They've voted to oppose 
expansion of the Atlantic Coast Conference on the grounds that faculty members 
should be more involved in negotiations and discussions 
http://newsobserver.com/editorials/story/2576345p-2391222c.html

Big East fights back 
News and Observer
A group of Big East Conference presidents, perhaps in a last-gasp effort to keep 
the league intact and derail ACC expansion, plans to meet with Miami president 
Donna Shalala on Wednesday. 
http://newsobserver.com/sports/story/2576489p-2391123c.html

Group quiet on ACC growth 
News and Observer
Faculty leaders at N.C. State University took no position Thursday on adding new 
schools to the Atlantic Coast Conference, but -- citing the proposed expansion -- 
they called on the ACC to strengthen and codify its academic principles. ... 
http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2576404p-2391231c.html

'Green' projects estimate: $15.6M 
The Herald-Sun
The proposed "Green Infrastructure" bond gets its quirky name from the green-
ways, open space and other projects that it would fund around Chapel Hill. ... 
Chapel Hill has to move its transit and public works operations in 2006 because 
its lease for the current site on the Horace Williams tract expires, and UNC 
Chapel Hill won’t be renewing it. 
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-357207.html

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