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Nov. 6, 2006
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
International Coverage
Hispanics and blacks in the South: minority cooperation or confrontation?
The Associated Press (International)
"The Hispanic presence changes the dynamic of the South, which has always been viewed as white and black," said William Ferris of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina.
National Coverage
Back on Home Turf
The Washington Post
"Charlie Taylor stirs up fierce emotions," says Ferrel Guillory, director of the Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life at the University of North Carolina. "Like a lot of these races, it's gotten lowdown and personal."
Liquids go down easy, but extra calories add up fast
The Chicago Tribune
Researchers who watch what and how much we drink have found that compared with 3 1/2 decades ago, American adults are guzzling 225 more calories a day in liquid form. Barry Popkin, a nutrition expert at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says, "One-third of those calories are from alcohol, and the rest comes from sugared beverages."
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/mar06/healthybeverage030806.htmSummer internship search starts now
The Chicago Tribune
"Many employers are looking to internship programs as a feeder to their hiring," said Marcia Harris, director of career services at the University of North Carolina. "So if they find someone who's sharp, that slot no longer exists when graduates go to search for jobs."
Scans of brain suggest teens are not yet wired for sound judgment
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"There are actually structural things that happen in the brain that take a while to come online," said Dr. Aysenil Belger, associate professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and director of neuroimaging research.
Soldiers take keen interest in election
McCatchy Newspapers
But two more years in Iraq with another 1,500 U.S. troops killed has created a "quiet dissatisfaction" among some service members heading into the midterm elections, said Richard Kohn, a UNC Chapel Hill history professor currently teaching at the Army War College.
Peak performance
McClatchy Newspapers
Named after Elisah Mitchell, a professor of sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the mountain offers hiking trails, picnic areas, an observation tower, a natural-history museum and a restaurant with awesome views of the slopes below.
State and Local Coverage
UNC seeks Carolina North funds
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC Chapel Hill is making its first request for state money for site planning and development at Carolina North, bringing the university's proposed satellite campus one step closer to reality.
Group wants strict design rules for Carolina North
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A residents group will petition Town Council on Monday to place strict environmental constraints on UNC-Chapel Hill as it develops its Carolina North campus on the Horace Williams Airport property.
Lab's mission combines WNC's data, technology
The Citizen-Times (Asheville)
UNC Asheville, along with a host of community partners, recently won funding for a new visualization lab as part of the Renaissance Computing Institute in Chapel Hill. RENCI at UNC Asheville will develop 3-D computer models for local officials to use in disaster planning across Western North Carolina. With $500,000 a year in funding over the next three yeas, the project will also bring new jobs and opportunities for area students.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/rencistatewide102506.htmUNC PAC's generosity intensifies
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Citizens for Higher Education, the political action committee made up of well-to-do UNC-Chapel Hill supporters, has stepped up its generosity to political candidates, giving $425,000 in the current two-year election cycle, according to a recent report.
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http://www.wchl1360.com/details.html?id=2162Education school gets $1.2M grant
The Chapel Hill Herald
A program at the UNC School of Education recently received a $1.2 million grant for "Learning to Teach, Learning to Serve," a project to establish a replicable statewide model for integrating service-learning and teacher education.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/scale102406.htmKeeper of Kenan: Perfecting the grounds of UNC's footballers all in a day's work
The Chapel Hill Herald
McArthur Woods is a Carolina football fan. Over the past 10 years, Woods has seen every home football game...UNC has more than 400 housekeepers, said William Burston, director of housekeeping services. For a little more than $11 an hour, they keep the university clean. Most UNC housekeepers work 40 hours a week from midnight to 8 a.m. Monday through Friday, Burston said.
Tough season for some UNC employees (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill News
It's been a busy season for the people in charge of delivering pink slips at the university. One firing was the subject of fervent debate for weeks, in the press and among the public. When the university finally ended the speculation game a few weeks ago by giving football coach John Bunting the heave-ho, it generated a tide of sympathy and concern for the embattled coach.
Reverse Decision on cuts (Letter to the Editor)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Chancellor Moeser: We have done a thing wrong as a university and it needs to be corrected. The process of outsourcing UNC staff positions has in the past been an open process. This has been the de facto standard since 1995. Using this general process, the university has looked at a number of areas of functions.
Note: This article is unavailable online.Civil rights activist appears at Exploris
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Raleigh appearance by the 90-year-old Floridian complemented the museum's current show "The Enemy Within: Terror in America -- 1776 to Today." Introduced by UNC-Chapel Hill historian and folklorist William Ferris as a "living library," Kennedy linked earlier bigotry against blacks with 21st-century anti-government militias.
Cancer patients test theory at the gym
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Today, [Gretchen] Hoag is an eager participant in a new program at UNC-Chapel Hill that hopes to more firmly establish regular exercise as an effective treatment for common and debilitating side effects of breast cancer therapy, including pain, fatigue, depression and anxiety.
Counselor to dean of medicine named
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Dr. Margaret Dardess, UNC-Chapel Hill's associate provost for strategic partnerships, has been named senior counselor to Dr. William L. Roper, dean of the School of Medicine, chief executive officer of the UNC Health Care System and vice chancellor for medical affairs.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/briefs/2006/110106.htmJohnston may hit brakes
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
"I'm concerned that the commissioners are solely there to increase their tax base," [Jennie] Harless said. "I think they just want development." Eventually, residents of fast-growing counties like Johnston usually push for more managed growth, said David Godschalk, a planning professor at the UNC-Chapel Hill.
Group aims to increase safety
The Chapel Hill Herald
The group has about 20 members, mainly local residents, and Charlie Zegeer with the UNC Highway Safety Research Center and Joe Hummer from the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at N.C. State University worked with them.
Issues and Trends
Vote by council takes ECU step closer to dental school
The Associated Press (N.C.)
The proposed dental school for East Carolina University is another step closer to reality. The request was approved Thursday by the University of North Carolina Graduate Council and the next step will be a vote by the UNC Board of Governors.
The East's gnawing need (Editorial)
The Charlotte Observer
Those outrageous numbers present a rural crisis for the Tar Heel state. Doing something about it ought to be high on the list of priorities. A proposal to establish a second dental school at East Carolina University in Greenville offers promise. The program would be a partnership between ECU and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which operates the state's only dental school.
N.C. A&T to name new chancellor Nov. 10
Triangle Business Journal
N.C. A&T State University will name its new chancellor on Nov. 10, according to school officials. Velma Speight-Buford, chair of the university's board of trustees and of the chancellor search committee, said UNC President Erskine Bowles has selected the new chancellor from among the candidates identified by the committee. He will present that name to the Board of Regents Nov. 10 in Chapel Hill for confirmation.
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