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November 19, 2002
Current National Coverage
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the national media:Students seek early path into college
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Spring break plans have yet to be finalized, and prom night seems so far away. Still, hundreds
of thousands of high school seniors have already begun the race to get into the college of their choice... In recent years, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Beloit
College, in Wisconsin, have stopped using early decision. Yale and Stanford plan to replace
early decision with early-action next year...
Full story...11th Grade, 11th Hour
(Syracuse, N.Y.) Post-Standard
Schools plan college fairs, mostly in the fall. Nearly every day, juniors come home to find
flashy college brochures in the mail... Some schools, such as the University of North
Carolina, recently dropped early-decision admissions, claiming it forces students into
premature choices...
Full story...Educational BioBus rolls into town
Greenwich (Conn.) Time
A few Old Greenwich School students may have discovered a new passion for science yesterday... Modeled after similar vehicles at Boston University's School of Medicine and the University of North Carolina, Connecticut's BioBus was created in September 2001..
Full story...Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast
Time Magazine
Maybe you cut the designer tags off the insides of your clothes because their tiny tickle drives you nuts. Maybe you stick a Post-it note over your blinking e-mail icon because the flashing distracts you... Identifying these folks may shed light on their true disorder — whatever it may
be — helping doctors prescribe better treatments. "If Heller is bringing attention to this
problem," says R. Reid Wilson, a clinical psychologist at the University of North
Carolina School of Medicine, "that's a real contribution." It may not make the textbooks,
but it could make a difference...
Full story...Blood-Thinner Treatment Reduces Deaths, Study Says
The Wall Street Journal
How many drugs should patients with heart disease take to protect themselves from future
heart attacks or strokes? That is the question raised by a new study showing that patients
who take the super-aspirin Plavix for one year after undergoing an artery-clearing angioplasty procedure reduce by 27% their chances of dying or suffering a heart attack or stroke... "This study will change the way that all patients with atherosclerotic disease are cared for," said Steven R. Steinhubl, a cardiologist and researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who presented the results at the annual scientific meeting of the American
Heart Association here...
Full story...
(Note: Details of Steinhubl's study were also featured in The New York Times,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and USA Today. The Wall Street Journal
requires a subscription to access articles.)Walking to Good Health - In Safe Neighborhoods (Commentary)
Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.)
If you need yet another study to convince you that moderate exercise, such as walking, is
good, consider this: A study published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that postmenopausal women who walked four or more hours a week had
a 41 percent lower risk of hip fractures compared to those who did little or no exercise...
There are also government and volunteer groups that can provide information. The point is
to get out there and move. Here are some contacts... University of North Carolina
Pedestrian and Bicyling Information Center...
Full story...Airports need upgrade
The Detroit News
If Wayne County wants to grab a slice of the growing $250 billion U.S. air and logistics
market, it needs to upgrade Detroit Metropolitan and Willow Run airports, according to a
report to be released Wednesday. The county's two airports could attract more industries
that place a premium on delivering parts and products quickly if major upgrades are made,
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hills' Kenan Institute of Private
Enterprise said in its study...
Full story...North Carolina News Note
Creative Writing faculty member Michael Chitwood was interviewed for WUNC-FM's
"State of Things" about his new book of poetry, "Gospel Road Going." This interview is scheduled to air today at noon and be rebroadcast at 8 p.m. No online links are available.State and Local Coverage
UNC tuition task force a no-win job (Editorial)
Chapel Hill Herald
We appreciate the hard work by members of UNC's task force on future tuition increases.
But we have to wonder whether they've been sent on a fool's errand, asked to determine
which few of a symphony of squeaky wheels to oil. Moreover, there appears every chance
that the money won't go far enough to please anyone...
(Note: The Chapel Hill Herald requires free registration to access archives.)
Full story...
Universities see rainbow in research
News and Observer
The National Science Foundation is poised to double its research budget, and the Bush administration wants to spend millions more on homeland security -- two developments that
bode well for North Carolina research universities during a rough economy... UNC-Chapel Hill plans a new Institute for Advanced Materials, Nanoscience and Technology, at a cost
of at least $10 million a year, for scientists from various fields who conduct research on the smallest molecular scale. "NSF is certainly of great interest to us because we havestrengths
in computer science, chemistry, biology and physics that will be greatly enhanced by the
new funding," said Tony Waldrop, UNC-CH's vice chancellor for research and graduate studies...
Full story...Moeser sets off another howler (Editorial)
The Herald Sun
If the political savvy of UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser could be solidified, it
would rattle around like a BB in a boxcar...
Full story...New Treatment For Ruptured Aneurysm Survivors
WRAL-TV (CBS, Raleigh)
New treatments for survivors of brain aneurysms are becoming more widely used in
the Triangle... "If it bleeds, it can be fatal," said Dr. Estrada Bernard, chief of
neurological surgery at the University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill. "A
certain percentage of people don't even survive to be evaluated." For survivors,
emergency surgery usually is needed to get rid of an aneurysm. Doctors at UNC are
beginning to perform a new procedure, called coil embolization...
Full story...Treating the health divide
News and Observer
As usual, Frank Bullock is making the best of things. Faced with one of those good-news-bad-news diagnoses, he cares to emphasize that the trial medicine he has been taking has kept
his late-stage cancer from invading his bloodstream... Racial disparities in health care are
widely recognized -- the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced a new
program this month to target the root causes -- and they manifest as more illness and higher death rates among blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans... "It's an issue of justice," said Dr. Giselle Corbie-Smith, who has studied racial disparities in medicine as a physician and clinical researcher at the schools of medicine and public health at UNC...
Full story...Planetarium's holiday light show revamped
The Herald-Sun
For many Chapel Hillians, a winter trip to the Morehead Planetarium to take in the Star of Bethlehem show is an annual tradition... The Star of Bethlehem show, which traces the speculation surrounding the mysterious presence in the sky that led the three wise men to Bethlehem, was last revamped nine years ago. It was time for another overhaul, said Holden Thorp, a UNC chemist and the planetarium’s director...
Full story...Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina
Taking Academic Freedom Seriously (Editorial)
The Wall Street Journal
A few weeks back Peter Kirstein, a history professor at Chicago's Saint Xavier University,
sent a widely publicized e-mail to an Air Force Academy cadet in which he called the young
man "a disgrace to this country" and accused him of "aggressive baby-killing tactics."... The
American Association of University Professors' "Statement of Principles on Academic
Freedom" makes clear that college professors' "special position in the community imposes special obligations."...
(Note: The Wall Street Journal requires a subscription to access articles.)
Full story...
For Students Seeking Edge, One Major Just Isn't Enough
The New York Times
Having honed the habit of achievement in the race to get into college, students are increasingly pursuing double, triple and even quadruple majors when they get there, amassing
credentials they hope will show their diligence and, perhaps, give them an edge getting
into graduate school or landing a job in a difficult market...
(Note: The Wall Street Journal requires free registration to access articles.)
Full story...
Mighty tasty (Editorial)
News and Observer
Jim Black, current speaker of the state House, in May wrote confidently of his ability to help secure a very sweet deal for Johnson & Wales University, a Rhode Island-based culinary arts
and hospitality services school. Charlotte, which is near Black's Matthews home, wanted some taxpayer help in securing a large Johnson & Wales campus...
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