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May 2, 2005
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:International Coverage
Hefty new Airbus sign of air travel pushing limits
Reuters International Wire Service
With the first flight of the world's biggest airliner this week, travelers moved a step closer to boarding line-ups of 800 passengers as growth in air travel pushes aircraft and airports to new limits.....Professor John Kasarda of the University of North Carolina expects 60 international airports to spend more than $6 billion by 2010 simply to accommodate the A380 from Airbus.
National Coverage
Behind the Exodus of Executive Women: Boredom
The New York Times
Women now outnumber men in managerial and professional positions, and most companies have installed policies that aim to help their leaders balance the demands of job and family....."Men will grit their teeth and bear everything, while women will say: 'Is this all there is? I need more than this!' " said Mabel M. Miguel, a professor of management at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Registration required.3M, Procter & Gamble, GM Find Pricing-Power Return Is Elusive
Bloomberg News Service
3M Co., the maker of 55,000 products ranging from Post-it notes to a skin-cancer cream, put out the word to customers last year: Price increases ahead....``There is no pricing power, and the notion that it's returned is just wishful thinking,'' says James Smith, a former Federal Reserve economist who directs the University of North Carolina's Center for Business Forecasting in Chapel Hill.
State & Local Coverage
Threat of cuts puts UNC in battle mode
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Crowded classes. Fewer available courses. A longer path to graduation for many students.,,,"We do not want to have 30,000 students here," Provost Robert Shelton said. "If you're only funding universities based on growth, Carolina has problems."
Group will look to future of region
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
A new group subscribed to an old message Friday: the future of the Chapel Hill/Carrboro region hinges largely on better public transportation and maintaining a dense, pedestrian-friendly community.....The 28-member council is a collection of leaders from various area governments, businesses, non-profit organizations and the like, and also includes UNC Chancellor James Moeser and Howard Lee, chairman of the N.C. Board of Education.
Related link: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/orange/story/2360578p-8738051c.htmlZoning must be agreeable to town, UNC (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The Chapel Hill News
The university and the town worked together to create the Office-Institutional (OI)-4 Zoning District, which governs construction on central campus.....Nancy D. Suttenfield is vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Note: Details about the university's clean-up plans appear at www.unc.edu/community, a new website focusing on Chapel Hill, Carrborro and Orange County. Featured topics also include the university's position on proposed changes to the Town of Chapel Hill's Office-Institutional (OI)-4 zoning district, which governs development on the main campus.Addition dedicated at nursing school
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC-Chapel Hill officials dedicated a $20 million addition to the School of Nursing, doubling the school's previous space, in a Friday ceremony on the Carrington Hall lawn.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/apr05/nursing042905.html'DaVinci Code' lecture draws crowd
Sun Journal (New Bern)
A preadolescent Jesus used his divine powers to strike a playmate dead. A Greek teacher met the same fate at the hands of a mischievous Galilean carpenter's son, if the Infancy Gospel of Thomas is to be believed....Bart D. Ehrman, chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, offered historical evidence to refute the novel's central premise in "Truth and Fiction in 'The DaVinci Code," a Rothermel Foundation lecture presented Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church's Smith Fellowship Center.
Assessing first 100 days of a second term difficult (Question and Answer)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Terry Sullivan, associate professor of political science at UNC-Chapel Hill, is assistant director of the White House Transition Project, a public-private consortium that helps prepare people for White House responsibilities.
Counselors urge parents to show restraint when children apply to college
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Several years ago, a promising senior at Durham Academy was on the cusp of acceptance to an elite university until admissions officials found something odd about the essay he submitted with his application....At UNC-Chapel Hill, Steve Farmer, director of undergraduate admissions, estimates that he receives 10 phone calls from parents for every one call that comes in from a student seeking information.
Consultants have more time to spend with students
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Until last summer, the Lewis family lived in Tokyo, where youngsters Thomas, 16, and James, 14, attended an international school that offered a load of private instruction....Steve Farmer, UNC-Chapel Hill's director of undergraduate admissions, said he hopes parents don't expect a private consultant to be an automatic ticket to the Ivy League.
Hike or cut? It's in eye of legislator
The Charlotte Observer
State senators, debating whether taxes should go up or down in the budget proposal due out this week, are trotting out competing lists of past tax increases and cuts to make their case....John Akin, chairman of the economics department at UNC-Chapel Hill, says on the Web page that lower taxes will help North Carolina attract companies and jobs. In an interview, Akin said the statement is true, but incomplete.
Dole takes more active role in the Senate
The Winston-Salem Journal
After two years of playing the role of dutiful foot-soldier in the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate, Elizabeth Dole is starting to step out as a national leader for her party and has become more comfortable in her role as an elected official from North Carolina....."She has moved from being a lowly back-bench senator to striving for and getting major leadership role in her party," said Ferrell Guillory, the director of the Program on Southern Politics, Media and the Public Life at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Schmoozing? It's par for the course
The Charlotte Observer
Art Layton's calendar over the next month and a half pretty much consists of a lot of golf.....Businesses want to do as much as they can to please customers, even though the escalating prices for hospitality packages is making it more difficult to justify the cost, said John Sweeney, who teaches a sports marketing and advertising class at UNC Chapel Hill.
Bigger freshman class expected
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC-Chapel Hill expects a larger freshman class in the fall -- by about 80 students -- though admissions officials do not attribute the increase to national championship fervor. The bigger class was part of the university's regular enrollment growth plan. As of Friday, 2,839 students had informed the university that they would enroll. That's 249 students more than on the same date last year. The university attributes the increase to several factors. More students sent their deposits in early this year after participating in UNC-CH's early notification plan. Also, last year, more students were admitted late from the university's waiting list. Housing officials had worried that more accepted freshmen would enroll after the Tar Heels' big win in the national basketball championship. That's what happened in 1993, forcing the university to double- and triple-book some dorm rooms temporarily. University officials said last week they expect to be able to accommodate all first-year students who submitted housing applications by the deadline of today.
Note: This brief is not available online.UNC law students serve immigrants, underprivileged
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Third-year law students at the UNC School of Law are providing legal services to the state's underprivileged and immigrant populations, combining classroom knowledge with practical experience.
UNC plans waste cleanup
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
People who live near the Horace Williams Airport and the UNC-Chapel Hill property surrounding the in-town landing strip might see several new gravel roads and a new shed go in on the property.
Free public lecture planned
The Chapel Hill Herald
New opportunities for partnerships between the fields of public health and information and library sciences will be the topic of a lecture Wednesday....Barbara K. Rimer, Alumni Distinguished Professor in the UNC School of Public Health, will give the free, public talk from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Wilson Library. A reception will follow.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/apr05/rimer042705.htmlTruth and consequences
The Charlotte Observer
Osama Al-Shareef, the American-educated editor of a Jordanian newspaper, was explaining to North Carolina journalists why his colleagues are often so timid, even though King Abdullah II encourages a free press....The UNC-Chapel Hill journalism school and the nonprofit Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists in Jordan (www.cdfj.org) co-sponsored a first-time journalists exchange designed to promote press freedom in Jordan.
One Iraqi welcomes U.S. war
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
I ran into Khdher at a smoky, hole-in-the wall hubbly-bubbly bar overlooking the hustle and bustle of downtown King Hussein Street.....Columnist Rob Christensen recently returned from two weeks in the Middle East as part of a program sponsored by the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and others.
Retiree gives college a 2nd try
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Milton Cooke can still recount in vivid detail a 1955 phone call in which his dad told him the family had run out of money and there was nothing left for a college education.....Now, nearly three years later, the 69-year-old student with two sons, a daughter and four grandchildren is the oldest full-time undergraduate at UNC.
Many graduates, even more words
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Here is the schedule of graduations for local universities....UNC-Chapel Hill, 9:30 a.m. at Kenan Stadium Speaker: Peter Gomes, professor and minister at Harvard University
Issues & Trends
At These Prices, the Poor Get Poorer, the Rich Get College
The New York Times
For the college-bound, today is generally the last day to decide which college. No more second thoughts, no more waffling. It's time for a decision already!
Registration required.Aid for least-needy students
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Lucrative college-scholarship offers are piling up in mailboxes across the country this month, the most generous of them sent to relatively prosperous neighborhoods, such as the Northeast Philadelphia enclave where George L. Weber and his daughter, Lauryn, live.
Registration required.Hush, hush (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Well, the biggest disgrace of all may be that one of the groups that handed Charlotte Democratic Sen. Dan Clodfelter a bucket of water and gave him directions on how to carry it was the University of North Carolina system.
OWASA won't tap Jordan water
The Chapel Hill News
Just days before Orange County finally got a good soaking in October 2002, the Orange Water and Sewer Authority board met to talk about buying water for Chapel Hill and Carrboro.....The strategy involves limiting how many millions of gallons of water the agency will provide per day, taking into account increased demands from the expected population growth and future development like UNC's Carolina North campus.
State plan will delay Orange road projects
The Chapel Hill Herald
A new construction timetable from the state calls for postponing every major road project that's supposed to occur soon in Orange County, and local officials aren't happy about it....Foy said UNC Chancellor James Moeser and state transportation board Chairman Doug Galyon have both assured him there was no university or UNC Hospitals involvement.
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