Carolina in the News  

Current National Coverage   

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

Q&A with Kenan-Flagler's James Johnson (Question and Answer)
BusinessWeek Online
Diversity is an issue weighing heavily on B-school administrators and faculty
alike. Many minority professors say they spend a lot of time mentoring not
just students but MBA alums who find few allies in the workplace.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_19/b3832070_mz056.htm  

 Women are poised to prosper in Iraq
The Chicago Tribune
Figures draped in drab burqas symbolized the plight of women during the
war to liberate Afghanistan from Taliban fundamentalists. ...  Dr. Maha
Alattar, now a physician and professor at the University of North
Carolina medical school, fled Iraq with her family in 1982 to escape
religious and ethnic persecution.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/women/chi-0305070032may07,1,7581303.story
(Note: This story originally appeared in The Dallas Morning News. The
Chicago Tribune requires free registration to access articles.)   

Twisting phrases? Shut up!
Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah)
As chief of staff to a California assemblyman, Bob Hartnagel chooses his
words carefully - especially when his boss is around. But once the coast is
clear, he can't resist tossing off a playful "Shut up!" to his colleagues. ...
"Words that were once considered rude are now included in regular conver-
sation, but in a context that lets you know it's not impolite,"says Connie
Eble, professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,490033230,00.html
(Note: This article originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal and was
also reprinted in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.)   

Driven to Distraction (Editorial)
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
Stories about drivers paying more attention to their cell phone conversations
than the road abound - people running stop lights, running dog walkers off the
street and running into telephone poles. ... Researchers at the University of
North Carolina recently found that drivers talking on a cell phone were nearly
twice as likely to be involved in rear-end collisions that those not using the
devices.
http://www.bangornews.com/editorialnews/article.cfm/ID/400471/cfid/8233313/cftoken/4292548  

Two who favor pedestrians visit Rochester to talk about it
Democrat and Chronicle
Two national advocates for creating pedestrian-friendly streets are visiting the
Rochester region this week, brainstorming with urban planners, neighborhood
leaders and government officials about ways to improve walking and bicycling
 in the area. ... Not to mention the public health benefits, added Mark Fenton,
the host of the PBS show America's Walking and a program manager with 
the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center at the University of North 
Carolina.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/news/0507story19_news.shtml   

National News Note  

John Thorp, professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the School of 
Medicine, and Steven Steinhubl, associate professor of medicine, were 
interviewed recently this week for a medical news segment for Ivanhoe Broad- 
cast News, which provides news feeds to more than 250 affiliated television 
stations with the potential to reach more than 80 million households. Local 
affiliates includes News 14 Carolina (Time Warner, Raleigh) and WNCN 
(NBC, Raleigh).   

State and Local Coverage   

SARS scuttles studies in Asia
Charlotte Observer
Appalachian State University senior Cameron Hackenberg spent two years
learning to speak Chinese. ... My first priority is to ensure that the students'
health and safety is not compromised in any significant way," says Bob Miles,
study abroad director at UNC Chapel Hill, which last week canceled a trip
to Beijing.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/5802366.htm   

NC Bill Aims To Curb Aggressive Driving
WNCN-TV (NBC, Raleigh)
Aggressive drivers in North Carolina could soon face a bigger headache than
someone driving "too slow'' on the highway. ... Eric Rodgman, a researcher
with the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center
in Chapel Hill, said it's hard to collect information on aggressive driving. But
the research center has found that among speeders, the highest percentage --
36 percent -- are 16- to 25-year-old males.
http://www.nbc17.com/news/2182703/detail.html   

Town to build new home for firefighters
Charlotte Observer
After sharing a building with Town Hall and then with the town Police
Department for 70 years, the Stanley Volunteer Fire Department will soon get
a place of its own on Black Snake Road. ... "The award should be made to
the lowest responsible bidder, taking into consideration quality, performance
and time," said Frayda Bluestein, professor of public law and
government at UNC and a member of the Institute of Government.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/states/north_carolina/counties/gaston/5802470.htm   

NBA name narrowed to 3
Charlotte Observer
Charlotte Bobcats. Charlotte Dragons. Charlotte Flight. Those are the three
finalists for the name of Charlotte's new NBA team. ... Names are important
not only as connective tissue to fans and the region, but in merchandising a
team, said UNC Chapel Hill advertising professor Tom Bowers.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/5802525.htm   

Maxine Swalin, bursting with energy at 100, will get award
The Herald-Sun
Maxine Swalin's energy crackled over the phone line Tuesday as she
explained that she was very busy....  Tonight, she'll give her speech, "Coming of 
Age in North Carolina's Fifth Century," when she receives the North
Caroliniana Society Award at a banquet at the Carolina Inn.
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-349752.html
(Note: Swain was the subject of a UNC news release,
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/apr03/jones041103.html)   

Take me out to the ball park
Chapel Hill News
At 7 a.m., before the sun had climbed over the trees, Chuck Ward and Larry
King arrived at UNC's Boshamer Stadium, unlocked the doors and equipment
sheds, and slid open the big gate in the fence along the third-base line.
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/our_town/story/2517758p-2339124c.html   

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina   Eggheads Unite
The New York Times
Michael Janson, a tall, well-mannered University of Pennsylvania doctoral
student, seethes about the modern university: beholden to corporate donors,
enthralled by corporate-management strategies, all too willing to exploit the
workers -- including its own graduate students -- who make the place run. ...
Graduate students, serving as T.A.'s and even as lecturers, pick up the teaching
slack. This makes for a great fiscal model -- tenure produces high fixed costs,
while disposable T.A.'s work for peanuts.  ... Administrators have made the
mood only worse by sending their own salaries through the roof ... No surprise,
then, that fed-up T.A.'s like Janson are at last taking matters into their own
hands.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/04/magazine/04STUDENT.html
(Note: The New York Times requires free registration to access articles.)   

Budget planning -- take two
News and Observer
A decline in tax revenues in April means that Gov. Mike Easley and legislative
leaders will have to go back to work on a new state budget plan to cover a
shortfall that is larger than previously expected.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nc/story/2518995p-2340197c.html   

Easley: Agencies must cut up to 5%
Charlotte Observer
Gov. Mike Easley announced Tuesday that sluggish tax collections in the key
month of April will force N.C. agencies to return as much as $300 million to the
state with just 55 days left in the fiscal year. It's bad news for just about anyone
who gets state money. Universities, health programs, prisons, parks and most
other agencies will have to return up to 5 percent of their total budgets ...  "It
may or may not be achievable," said Jeffrey Davies, vice president of
finance for the University of North Carolina system.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/5802522.htm   

Crunched by the numbers (Opinion-Editorial Column)
News and Observer
How to balance funding for worthwhile activities against funding for basic
services is always a tough problem for legislators. For one thing, the definitions
for "worthwhile activities" and "basic services" are not agreed on by all.
http://newsobserver.com/editorials/story/2518932p-2340174c.html
(Note: Lee Pedersen is distinguished professor of chemistry at UNC-
Chapel Hill.)   

UNC revises parking plan
Chapel Hill News
Town officials are studying the effect of a shift in the university's parking lot
plans that are part of the first request for a major modification to the school's
long-range development plan.
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/story/2517967p-2339305c.html   

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