November 18, 2004

Carolina in the News

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

National Coverage

Richardson knows how lucky he is
Sacramento Bee
It doesn't take much to bring Mark Richardson back to that night. Mention the word "football," and the Foothill High School senior's mind reverts to the field as he replays his first game as a varsity center....While these occurrences aren't common, with only five to seven such fractures occurring nationwide each year in football, they usually don't result in complete recoveries, according to the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research at the University of North Carolina.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jul04/muel070104.html

Risk is certain, acceptable in Youth Football
Sun-Sentinel (South Fla.)
The American Youth Football League Super Bowl on Saturday was a celebration of youth football, with trophies and balloons, banners and thunder sticks and a blue-mohawked coach....The National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research, led by Dr. Frederick Mueller at the University of North Carolina, reports that during the 2003 football season there were nine cervical cord injuries with incomplete neurological recovery; seven at the high school, one at the college and one at the semi-professional level.

Portion size matters
The Courier-Journal (Louisville)
The six-week holiday pig-out officially begins next week....Last year, researchers from the University of North Carolina confirmed what everyone suspected.

New Lead for a Male Contraceptive
WebMD
The search for a male contraceptive has taken an unexpected twist...."We were very surprised at this finding," says Deborah O'Brien, PhD, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's medical school, in a news release.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov04/pathway111504.html

State & Local Coverage

Tuition hikes on UNC-CH agenda
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Rising tuition at UNC-Chapel Hill would have a more negative effect on the enrollment of prospective out-of-state students than on North Carolinians, according to a new study by university-hired consultants.

4 UNC schools may raise tuition next year
The Chapel Hill Herald
Four professional schools at Carolina are proposing tuition increases for the next academic year. UNC's schools of business, law, medicine and public health have proposed tuition increases for their professional programs, and in all cases, the extra revenue raised would be used for faculty support and financial aid.

BOT gets first look at tuition options
The Daily Tar Heel
Members of the University's governing board now have their hands on a 60-page document that breaks down the options for the next round of campus-based tuition increases.

Faculty wants UNC's backing
The Herald-Sun (Durham)/The Chapel Hill Herald
The recent campus furor over a proposed Western cultures program at UNC has sent at least one clear message to the university's administration.

Conservatives astir at Carolina? (Commentary)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Ah, if only we of this space were not professional journalists and purveyors of the truth and nothing but the truth and thus protective of our famed objectivity....The latest cause over Chapel Hill way has to do with a proposal from the John William Pope Foundation to support a minor in Western cultures on campus.
Related letters to the editor from the News & Observer:
Conditional gift
Hostile to diversity

'Blackboard' helps put learning at students' fingertips
The Winston-Salem Journal
Many students at South Davie Middle School communicate with teachers and one another by typing onto a computer screen....LEARN NC, a group based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Education, provides Internet services and training to teachers.

Coeds can help cut crime
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
When it comes to college, students take need to take heed: Those living in dormitories often fall victim to crimes experts say can be avoided by taking simple precautions...."With larceny it's a crime of opportunity," said Randy Young, spokesman for the Department of Public Safety at UNC-Chapel Hill. "And yet, that is still our most prevalent crime on campus."

Issues & Trends

Republicans Outnumbered in Academia, Studies Find
The New York Times
At the birthplace of the free speech movement, campus radicals have a new target: the faculty that came of age in the 60's....One of the studies, a national survey of more than 1,000 academics, shows that Democratic professors outnumber Republicans by at least seven to one in the humanities and social sciences.

State agencies to pay for cleanup
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
State agencies are getting billed for much of the millions in damage caused by six tropical storms that swiped the state this summer...."Any time you have a reduction in a budget mid-year, it's challenging," said Jeff Davies, vice president of finance for the UNC system, which faces a $13.2 million reduction. "But we understand what is happening and what it's needed for."

Closed meeting opens dispute
The Chapel Hill Herald
The board of Chapel Hill's new Downtown Economic Development Corp. talked and voted in closed session on Wednesday about how to spend some of the taxpayer dollars it controls.

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