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May 23, 2007
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
Dangerous New Trend: Kids' Version of Fight Club
ABC News
There is a frightening new trend in locker rooms, backyards and basements across the country: unsupervised children and teenagers pummeling one another, wearing only athletic helmets and gloves for protection. ..."These are children who are getting concussions out of what they think is a sport," said Fred Mueller, an exercise and sports science professor at the University of North Carolina.Glaxo's Avandia Risks Prompt Doctors to Switch Drugs
Bloomberg
Boston doctor Annaswamy Raji says she was so alarmed by a study linking GlaxoSmithKline Plc's drug Avandia to heart disease that she immediately advised a diabetes patient to stop taking the medicine. ...John Buse, a diabetes specialist at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, said he needs more information before switching patients to other drugs.DDW: Lubiprostone Effective in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
MedPage Today
A drug approved for chronic constipation also appears to be effective to treat the condition when it is associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-C), a researcher said here. But the benefit can be achieved with a dose of lubiprostone (Amitiza) that is a third of that needed to treat chronic constipation, according to Douglas Drossman, M.D., of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.Regional Coverage
Close the pay gap (Letter to the editor)
The Wisconsin News
More than 35 years have passed since women wore pay gap buttons saying "59 cents." ...We need different leadership and that means more women. When there are more women top managers, working women's salaries go up according to a recent study by Philip N. Cohen, a sociologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Recent headlines threaten Edwards' main campaign theme
San Francisco Chronicle
Democrat John Edwards has eloquently established his credentials as an advocate for the poor with a presidential campaign focused on the devastating effects of poverty in America. ...Edwards has started a poverty center at the University of North Carolina, led successful minimum wage initiatives in six states, traveled to poverty-stricken areas and started a college-for-everyone program for a poor county in eastern North Carolina, he said.
Related link: http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/politics/article/0,1406,KNS_356_5551293,00.htmlState and Local Coverage
School board gets OK for probe
The Charlotte Observer
The Burke County Board of Education has received permission to investigate board member Tracy Norman for allegedly sharing confidential information with the public -- a violation of state law that, if true, would lead to her removal. ...In North Carolina, school boards are the only elected boards that have the power to unseat one of their own members in such a way, said Robert Joyce, a lawyer at the UNC Institute of Government.Spanking ban moves to N.C. House
The Asheville Citizen-Times
Spanking is permitted in 47 North Carolina school districts, but many state lawmakers want to spare the rod. A ban on corporal punishment in schools won approval in the House Education Committee on Tuesday. ...The Watauga County Democrat said his county’s school system already bans corporal punishment, as 68 others do, according to a UNC-Chapel Hill study.Columbus district changes discussed
The Fayetteville Observer
What happened: The board voted 6-1 Monday to take steps to redraw the board members’ district lines to reflect population changes since the current lines were drawn in 1992. ...They are elected by residents who live in their districts. Fowler said he has talked with civil rights experts at the University of North Carolina and an Atlanta-area demographer.Food safety system is a mess, needs complete overhaul (Commentary)
The Charlotte Observer
Our food safety system is more than broken. As scandals go, it's the food system equivalent of Enron or WorldCom. And there's little evidence that much is being done to fix it. ...Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a licensed, registered dietitian and author. She holds a doctorate in health policy and administration from UNC-Chapel Hill, where she is a clinical assistant professor in the School of Public Health.About recipes intended for diabetics (Question-answer)
The Charlotte Observer
Q. A recipe (for diabetics) that ran in The Observer for curried chicken with coconut milk and mango was terrible! The sugar content was not listed and the tropical fruit is a definite no-no for diabetics. (The reader said that information came from the Web site for a for-profit treatment center.) ...We asked nutrition columnist Suzanne Havala Hobbs about the claim that diabetics shouldn't eat tropical fruit. Hobbs is a registered dietitian who is also a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy at UNC Chapel Hill.Meck Dec skepticism rooted in 1853 error (Letter to the editor)
The Charlotte Observer
In response to "The Mecklenburg Declaration" (May 20 Ed Williams column):Several important dates leading to the Meck Dec controversy are missing from your timeline. Most recently, in 1853, UNC professor Charles Phillips obscured the true meaning of the Meck Dec by misquoting the Davie copy in the University Magazine.GAA creates new scholarship
WCHL-AM (Chapel Hill)
A college education will be possible for one more student with the creation of a new scholarship from the General Alumni Association at Carolina.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may07/gaascholars052207.htmlFamily Challenge was a great success (Letter to the editor)
The Chapel Hill News
Cooperative Extension and the Orange on the Move Coalition coordinated the 10-week Easy as 5-4-3-2-1 Go! Family Challenge program, which was designed to help families and the community make changes in their eating habits and increase their physical activity. ...Thanks to Evie Benson from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA; Renee Kemske, Orange County Health Department; Logan Rae and Elizabeth Watt from UNC Wellness Center at Meadowmont; Doracy Robison, graduate student in UNC Department of Exercise and Sport Science; Christine Tenekjian , Duke Diet and Fitness Center; Susan Clayton, Triangle Sportsplex; and Murriel Fozard, Orange County Schools for serving as coaches to the families.Issues and Trends
UNC kills bonuses for Roper, health-care brass
The Triangle Business Journal
At the apparent urging of University of North Carolina system President Erskine Bowles, UNC Health Care's board of directors says it will no longer cushion the salaries of its key executives - including Chief Executive Officer William Roper - with performance-based bonuses.UNC 'Pit' Suspect Back at Central Prison
WRAL-TV (CBS, Raleigh)
A man accused of driving a sport utility vehicle through a popular student courtyard at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is back in jail.NCCU meeting piques media
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A recent meeting at which N.C. Central University's Board of Trustees discussed candidates for the university's top job may have been conducted illegally. ...The emergency stemmed from the need for the university to remain on its planned timeline so UNC system President Erskine Bowles would have three finalists to choose from in June, said Rosalind Fuse-Hall, assistant to Ammons.
Related link: http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/1437188/
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