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November 29, 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
Magnetic Beaks Help Birds Navigate, Study Says
National Geographic
No wonder homing pigeons seldom get lost: They may get directions from their beaks...."The question of how [pigeons] might find their way home has fascinated laymen and academics for several decades," said Cordula Mora, a biologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Related link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041125/PIGEON25/TPScience/
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov04/lohmann112404.htmlDietitians talk turkey: Don't be a food gobbler
The Associate Press (National)
A deck of cards, two computer mice, some salad and two slivers of pie, please....Portion distortion started as a fast-food phenomenon, but in the last 20 years meals at home have grown just as inflated, said Barry Popkin, a nutrition professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Kiduage (Commentary)
The New York Times Magazine
"Fo'shizzle, I'm going to get hella crunk tonight.''...Therefore, I sought intermediaries who have close rapport with users of current youthful slang. These include Pamela Munro, professor of linguistics at U.C.L.A.; Connie Eble, professor of English at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; the Cassandra Report, published by Youth Intelligence; and Grant Barrett, editor of ''Double-Tongued Word Wrester'' on www.doubletongued.org.
Harvard Again Leads List of Rhodes-Scholarship Winners
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Thirty-two American students were named as Rhodes scholars in November, a distinction that will enable them to study for two or three years, starting next fall, at the University of Oxford, in England....Rachel Y. Mazyck, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Harvard University
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UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov04/rhodes112104.htmlRichardson knows how lucky he was after suffering neck injury
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 football 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.
State & Local Coverage
Roses & raspberries (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The Chapel Hill News
Roses to James Moeser, for giving a resounding vote of confidence to a football coach who represents the best of the Carolina spirit.
Committed to affordability (Letter to the Editor)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Regarding "UNC tuition proposal should be DOA" [Nov. 15], we write to correct some erroneous conclusions drawn about the work of the university's tuition task force, which we co-chair....Robert Shelton and Matt Calabria, Chapel Hill
OI-4 talks needn't be complicated (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
The Town Council evidently wants to call the upcoming negotiation with UNC about the terms of the Office/Institutional-4 zoning regime for the central campus something other than a negotiation. Fine, but the semantic difference won't change anything. One way or another, the same two factors are going to shape the upcoming talks.
Council wants citizen input at talks
The Chapel Hill Herald
The Town Council wants citizens at the table when it meets with UNC administrators to discuss potential changes to the rules that govern development on much of UNC's central campus.Conservative group angers many at UNC
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
"Canine Cultural Studies" at UNC-Chapel Hill was named Course of the Month, but that was no great honor....The freshman seminar got the title -- and a public skewering -- this year on the Web site of the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy.
Autism teachers raise flags
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
All parents must place their trust in teachers when they send children off to school each day...."We know we have children with autism who will be demanding for even the most talented and prepared teachers," said Roger Cox, director of training for TEACCH, a nationally recognized program based at UNC-Chapel Hill that provides education for autism teachers.
Edwards ponders future
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Sen. John Edwards says he wants to keep fighting for health care, homeland security and relief for the poor and will decide in the next few weeks how he'll do that....Ferrell Guillory, an expert on Southern politics at UNC-Chapel Hill, compared Edwards' position now to that of Ronald Reagan in 1976, after Reagan lost the Republican nomination to Gerald Ford. Reagan regrouped, made speeches and increased his visibility.
Bragg soldiers train for attacks on U.S. soil
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
As their plane passed over New York City, some of the 100 paratroopers from Fort Bragg, N.C., peered out at the site of the World Trade Center attack three years ago that began a new era of American warfare....University of North Carolina history professor Richard Kohn said detailed planning for defense at home and abroad is only prudent.
The great Gates giveaway
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Microsoft, the world's biggest software maker, this week will empty its pockets of more cash than any company in history. It's giving $32 billion to shareholders as part of the largest-ever dividend payment...."Any company with a lot of cash is going to have a hard time not paying dividends," said Mark H. Lang, an accounting professor at UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Patients, Biogen Idec hopeful
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Lisa Cagle had one burning question she wanted answered at the Multiple Sclerosis Society's national conference two weeks ago in Denver.....Also, only more data collected over a longer time will tell how effective Tysabri is in preventing further disabilities, said Dr. Silva Markovic-Plese, an associate professor of neurology at the University of North Carolina MS Center in Chapel Hill and another investigator in the trials.
N.C. lawyers take death row appeal to U.S. Supreme Court
The Associated Press (N.C.)
A Fayetteville lawyer has been named counsel and another member of his firm will present oral arguments to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in a case about whether juries hearing death penalty cases should be told about lesser conviction options....They've prepared for Monday's session by participating in two mock trial sessions with law professors at Duke University and UNC Chapel Hill.
A Balancing Act
The Winston-Salem Journal
Last year, Allen Joines had a sit-down with Joe Fritts about moving his family's auto-repair and towing business to make room for a public parking deck. The deck, Joines told Fritts, would support the proposed Unity Place project, a $60 million office, entertainment and retail complex at Fourth and Broad streets...."Can you really divorce one from the other?" said A. Fleming Bell, an ethics professor at the University of North Carolina's Institute of Government in Chapel Hill.
The Attack at the Silk Plant Forest
Winston-Salem Journal
Kalvin Michael Smith had been imprisoned for more than six years when he was transferred to the Piedmont Correctional Institution outside Salisbury in July 2003. As soon as he arrived, he looked for Darryl Hunt....."I can't think of a more suggestive setting than a physically vulnerable person with an incomplete memory and a police officer who is passionate about the case and firmly believes he has the right suspect," said Rich Rosen, a law professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
There really is Educators place new emphasis on prekindergarten
Rocky Mount Telegram
Play time, nap time, snack time - all are things that characterize day care, and for some, what is remembered about preschool....Peisner-Feinberg is principal investigator for the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute's More at Four evaluation staff at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Director's Note
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Today's are from David Hammond, artistic director of PlayMakers Repertory Company, which is staging Stephen MacDonald's "Not About Heroes," directed by Joseph Haj, through Dec. 19 at the Center for Dramatic Art on Country Club Road at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Going too far in seeking society's acceptance (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
In our nation's cultural dialogue we frequently hear the words "tolerance" and "acceptance." They are often used as if they mean the same thing, when in fact they are quite different.
Issues & Trends
Diversity Stymied (Editorial)
The Washington Post
Only last year the University of Michigan won a landmark battle in the Supreme Court establishing the legitimacy of carefully designed affirmative action programs to ensure diversity in higher education...But the major problem may have nothing to do with Michigan. Post staff writer Michael Dobbs reports that numerous other large universities are reporting declining black enrollments; these include many campuses in the University of California system, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the private University of Pennsylvania.
N.C. needs to keep cost of college affordable (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The Charlotte Observer
Now that the election is over, I hope the debates about college tuition costs won't end....Finding sustainable ways to provide consistently affordable education to our state's students is of paramount importance in the coming years. Education has been an important factor in the growth of this state, with UNC Chapel Hill and N.C. State forming two parts of the much heralded Research Triangle.
Tuition escalator (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Every time trustees from the UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State University campuses boost tuition or fees or both, they take a risk of further distancing those campuses from the children of tens of thousands of North Carolina's taxpaying residents.
Foreign Students (Editorial)
The Winston-Salem Journal
The news that foreign enrollment is dropping at American colleges and universities should be a cause for concern and action in the United States.
A promising leader for UNC
The Wilmington Star-News
North Carolina would be foolish to let Erskine Bowles disappear into private life. He has far too much to offer the state.
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