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November 1, 2004
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:International Coverage
Training top people to lift top line
The Financial Times
Once again, executive education programmes are on corporate America's shopping list...."There have been caps put on how much the corporations are prepared to pay for tuition expense and the tuition fees have been going up, so there's a gap there," says Hugh O'Neill, associate dean of Executive MBA programmes at Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. "
Note: Not available online.National Coverage
How We Grew So Big
Time
There are many ways to measure Asia's remarkable economic progress over the past half-century, but you can't get more basic than this: starvation, for most of the region, has become a thing of the past...."It's gone very quickly from that period when famine was receding," says Professor Barry Popkin, a nutrition expert at the University of North Carolina.
Congress Fails to Reach Compromise on Intelligence Reform
"All Things Considered" National Public Radio
House and Senate members who were trying to negotiate intelligence reform legislation say they have given up their attempt to write a compromise bill that could be put to a vote before Election Day. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.
Note: Richard Kohn, chair of the Curriculum in Peace, War and Defense, was interviewed in this story.Health News Update
"People's Pharmacy" National Public Radio
The health effects of cell phones have been controversial, with most studies showing no serious problems....Guests: David Savitz, PhD, professor and Chair of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Regional Coverage
Space is short in quest to help battered women, families in E. City
The Virginian-Pilot
Most women and children who flee violent homes in the area cannot get a room at the Albemarle Hopeline, the only domestic violence shelter for the 87,000 residents of Camden, Chowan, Gates, Perquimans and Pasquotank counties....Domestic violence victims often suffer physical and emotional trauma and need help restarting their lives, said Rebecca Macy , a professor of social work with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
State & Local Coverage
Tar Heel fans still starry eyed
The News & Observer
Chapel Hill felt a little like New Orleans on Sunday as the town swept up the vestiges of Saturday night's post-homecoming revelry and prepared for its yearly Halloween night mayhem.
Related link: http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/11/01/418642e011373Voters unclear on issues, poll shows
The News & Observer
Tar Heel voters are following the presidential election, but they are unfamiliar with the issues, according to a new poll....Former Tarheel basketball coach Dean Smith was the star at a rally for Democratic Senate candidate Erskine Bowles last week at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Long lines linger as early voting ends
The News & Observer
On the last day of early voting Saturday, lines snaked around sidewalks and turned around buildings at voting sites across the Triangle as voters cast ballots that election officials think will add up to as many as 1 million statewide before Tuesday's election....[Erin] Wilson and her friend Elizabeth S. Murray, both 19-year-old UNC-Chapel Hill sophomores from Charlotte, were queued up Saturday morning outside the Morehead Planetarium building for their first opportunity to vote in a presidential election.
Ballantine started behind Easley, but still hopes for upset
The Associated Press (N.C.)
Earlier in Gov. Mike Easley's term, North Carolina Republicans had visions of 1972 or 1984 - a presidential landslide with coattails pulling a GOP candidate to the Executive Mansion....While his actions weren't illegal, the revelations hurt Ballantine's campaign, said Thad Beyle, a political science professor at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Enzyme discovery may improve cancer drugs
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
UNC biochemists and colleagues have reported a discovery that they believe could improve the creation of cancer drugs.
Health scare has students seeking pill
The News & Observer
Hundreds of college students in Raleigh and Chapel Hill have been treated with antibiotics after a UNC-Chapel Hill freshman was hospitalized with bacterial meningitis.
Related links: http://www.heraldsun.com/orange/10-538846.html
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-538581.htmlIt's a business where profits trump altruism (Commentary)
The News & Observer
The current shortage of flu vaccine is a stark example of the American public being secondary victims of the relentless search for profits in the pharmaceutical industry....Until the mid-1970s, the UNC School of Pharmacy had a pharmaceutical manufacturing laboratory that produced tablets, liquids and other forms of prescription drugs on a limited basis for UNC Hospitals and Duke.
Honorable mentions
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Julius Chambers, Karol Mason and Karen Parker received the 2004 Harvey E. Beech Outstanding Alumni awards Friday night at UNC's 24th annual Black Alumni Reunion. Carolina law professor Charles Daye received the Beech Outstanding Black Faculty Award at the event, while Andrea McAfee, a journalism major, was honored with the Beech Outstanding Senior Award.
Note: A brief on this event also appeared in the News & Observer today.Tresolini gets new position
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Carol P. Tresolini of the UNC School of Medicine has been named associate provost for academic initiatives, responsible for public service and outreach.
Ivory towers lean left (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer
I usually get my morning dose of humor from the comics, but on Oct. 25 I found it in the wire service article about college faculty and their political beliefs ("Donations demonstrate liberal leanings"). Judith Wegner, chair of the faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill, was reported to say that "faculty members keep their beliefs out of the classroom."
Ideal to be upheld (Editorial)
The Daily Tar Heel
An injunction request in federal court by the Alliance Defense Fund that would temporarily reinstate Alpha Iota Omega Christian fraternity as an official student organization at UNC is a ridiculous affront to the spirit of free discourse that should take place in a university setting.
UNC to revise master plan
The Chapel Hill Herald
Approved in 2001 as the guiding document for future university growth, UNC's master plan is now getting a little updating.
Cemetery tour brings history alive
The Chapel Hill Herald
Several Chapel Hill residents left the world of candy corn, monster masks and pumpkin patches Friday morning and headed to the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery for an authentic Halloween experience.....Under an overcast sky and falling autumn leaves, UNC professor Bland Simpson led a tour of the cemetery for the eighth year in a row.
Feminism frees men, too, male feminist says (Questions and Answer)
The News & Observer
It was a weekend when the kooky and spooky turned out by the thousand to parade up and down Franklin Street in creative Halloween costumes....But amid all this coming and going, a group of feminists on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus decided to get together for two days to learn more about and promote women's equality.
Issues & Trends
Schools explore free music
The News & Observer
College students today think of their digital music collections the same way they think about diet sodas, cell phones and e-mail -- a vital part of everyday life....NCSU and UNC-Chapel Hill plan to launch similar programs in the spring, giving students a variety of vendors to choose from.
Universities tackle music file swapping
The Chapel Hill Herald
When he first got his new laptop computer a couple of years ago, William Gingher went on something of a music binge....UNC Chapel Hill and N.C. State will conduct semester-long pilot programs in the spring.
Elon set to OK new law school
The News & Observer
Elon University trustees are expected to give the green light today for a new law school in downtown Greensboro....North Carolina now has five law schools -- at Campbell University, Duke University, N.C. Central University, UNC-Chapel Hill and Wake Forest University. They have a combined enrollment of more than 2,600 students.
Thousands dress the part for Halloween bash
The Chapel Hill Herald
So a vampire, a pirate and a caveman walk into a bar....The town's annual Halloween bash on Franklin Street attracted the usual massive crowds Sunday night, drawing tens of thousands downtown to do some people-watching, show off their costumes or toss back a few beverages in one of the many local watering holes.
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