November 5, 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

Updates on Billion-Dollar Campaigns at 22 Universities
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The 22 American universities that are seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected a total of $757-million in gifts and pledges during the last month for which they had data available....The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $1.321-billion as of September 30 (increase of $17.3-million in the last month); the goal is $1.8-billion by 2007.

Inflammation and Cancer: The Link Grows Stronger
Science Magazine
Hepatitis B virus infects hundreds of millions of people worldwide, causing jaundice, fatigue, liver damage, and joint pain.....It's a complicated field, but it's extremely important," says Albert Baldwin of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill (UNC).

State & Local Coverage

Breast cancer Q&A
The News & Observer
Dr. Lisa Carey, medical director of the UNC Breast Cancer Center in Chapel Hill, answers questions about the type of cancer Elizabeth Edwards has...
Related link: http://newsobserver.com/news/story/1799234p-8099575c.html

Edwards learns she has breast cancer
The Charlotte Observer
Elizabeth Edwards faces likely surgery for breast cancer, an illness diagnosed just hours after her husband, Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, conceded defeat Wednesday...."She is authentic," says Jane Brown, a journalism professor at UNC Chapel Hill who has studied media images of women.

Smoking and infants (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer
Your Oct. 20 front-page story of increasing SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) deaths in North Carolina neglected to mention that secondhand smoke is a major factor in SIDS....Melanie Miller, Program Coordinator, UNC-Chapel Hill Environmental Tobacco Smoke Training, Education, and Research (EnTER) Program

Student recovering from meningitis
The News & Observer
A UNC-Chapel Hill freshman was in fair condition Thursday recovering from a case of bacterial meningitis that shot fear through two state college campuses last week.

And the tiger wins by a hare
The News & Observer
Tripp Fraley wasn't swayed as he marched past lines of vocal supporters....Richard Clifford, the senior scientist with at Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at UNC-Chapel Hill, said the exercise was useful.

Film festival to focus on everyday life
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
This year's Latin American Film Festival continues through Nov. 14 on 14 campuses in the Triangle, Triad and Charlotte area. The Consortium on Latin American Studies at UNC and Duke University are presenting the festival, "Cine sin Fronteras: Mirando Hacia el Sur/Cinema Without Borders: Looking to the South." It is free and open to the public.

Group helps Africans complete education
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Proud Dzambukira grew up in Zimbabwe, uncertain if he would graduate from high school....Now he is a Harvard undergraduate studying economics, an opportunity that he credits to the UNC student-run organization, Students for Students International.

Students seemingly hit polls in droves
The Chapel Hill Herald
At UNC, students got the vote out. Though specific turnout data isn't available, election officials and other campus observers say UNC students hit the polls heavily this Election Day, perhaps spurred by the ongoing war in Iraq or a host of other issues germane to college-age Americans.

Critic's Picks - Rock
The News & Observer
The cover of "High Life High Volume" (Yep Roc Records), the new album by the Forty-Fives, features a woman in a short skirt straight out of "That '70s Show," holding a vintage eight-track tape deck....Yet that didn't stop WXYC, 89.3 FM, from breaking the cyberspace barrier by becoming the first radio station on Earth to simulcast on the Internet. The UNC-Chapel Hill station achieved the distinction 10 years ago this week and has marked the occasion by assembling "Bandwidth," a compilation of 23 great regional acts.
Related link: http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/11/05/418b2811bca4a

Issues & Trends

Commentary: Should Public Universities Behave Like Private Colleges?
Business Week
Ever since Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia in 1825, it has been a leader among the nation's public universities. But in recent years, Richmond's contribution to one of its best-known institutions has been steadily shrinking. Today, the state provides just 8% of UVA's $1.7 billion annual operating budget, down from 28% two decades ago.

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