May 11, 2004

Carolina in the News

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

State & Local Coverage

UNC hires information tech chief
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC's two-year search for a new chief information officer is finally over. The university has appointed Daniel Reed, a high-speed computing expert who joined the UNC faculty in January, to the positions of CIO and vice chancellor for information technology.

Experts: Good News On Job Horizon For Recent College Grads
WRAL-TV (CBS, Raleigh)
Thousands of graduates recently said goodbye to college life. There is some good news for some Triangle-area graduates who are trying now to enter the workforce...."The students graduating this year are far better off than those who graduated a couple of years ago," said Marcia Harris, director of Career Services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Missing UNC student drowned
The News and Observer
UNC-Chapel Hill police are investigating the apparent suicide of a student who drowned in Jordan Lake ...

The public needs an open Memorial (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Memorial Hall was a disaster. It was either too hot or too cold and always too uncomfortable. The stage was too small, the restrooms too few and the acoustics, at best, too problematic.

Issues & Trends

State has cash to spare
The News & Observer
Legislators returned to Raleigh on Monday with surplus cash to spend for the first time in four years. But they quickly discovered the $300 million kitty won't come close to satisfying every desire in an election year....Dana Cope, the employees association's executive director, said worker raises should be legislators' top priority -- much higher, for instance, than the $300 million-plus sought for research centers at UNC-Chapel Hill, East Carolina University, UNC-Asheville and UNC-Charlotte.

 

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