November 4, 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

Teens Exercise Less as They Become Adults
Reuters International Wire Service
Many teens do not get enough exercise and spend too much time in front of a television or computer screen. Yet, the few who are physically active do not often stay
that way as they enter adulthood, according to a team of North Carolina researchers.
UNC news release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct04/gordon102604.html

National Coverage

Alabama measure to remove segregation-era language losing
The Associated Press (National)
An effort to rid Alabama's Constitution of segregation-era language appeared to be losing by the narrowest of margins Wednesday after critics raised concerns that it could lead to a court-ordered tax increase for public schools....Ferrell Guillory, director of the Program on Southern Politics, Media, and Public Life at the University of North Carolina, said the vote on Amendment Two was not surprising because it involved issues of race and taxes.

State & Local Coverage

Easley takes second term with promises of better economy
The Associated Press (N.C.)
For three years, the economy sputtered. Job losses piled up in the tens of thousands....Thad Beyle, a political science professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, said Easley connected with people who had been harmed by the recession.

GOP tide sweeps over Council of State, leaving two races in doubt
The Associated Press (N.C.)
The Council of State has long been a fortress for the Democratic Party in North Carolina, with only two Republicans winning election to its statewide offices in modern times....Thad Beyle, a UNC-Chapel Hill political science professor, agreed with Blount on the party's draw for nonmembers, noting that many of the voters who re-elected Gov. Mike Easley, a Democrat, switched parties in other statewide contests.

Experts say Bush win shows tilt to the right
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Tuesday's election revealed a country leaning to the right, although still deeply divided politically, several local legal and political experts said Wednesday...."[Bush is] still looking at a pretty split country," UNC political science professor Thad Beyle said.

Wary Gaston voters reject sales-tax hike
The Charlotte Observer
Before business leaders ever launched what turned out to be an unsuccessful campaign to promote a half-cent sales tax increase in Gaston County, they had to defend it....And the type of political bashing that took place in many races across the country typically disillusions voters to campaigns of any sort. Especially when they involved raising taxes, said Thad Beyle, political science professor at UNC Chapel Hill.

Rare as a Republican (Commentary)
The News & Observer
UNC-Chapel Hill failed a diversity check last week. It couldn't produce a Republican-leaning professor to debate the presidential election.

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