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Nov. 29, 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
Dad's chat helps kids
The Age (Australia)
In families with two working parents, fathers may have more impact on a child's language development than mothers, a new study suggests. ...The scientists from the University of North Carolina measured the number of utterances of the parents, the number of different words they used, the complexity of their sentences and other aspects of their speech.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/fpgfatherslanguage103006.htmNational Coverage
Arizona State Will Give a Free Ride to Its Neediest Students
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Students from families with incomes below $25,000 a year can now attend Arizona State University free. ...With the move, Arizona State joins several other public flagship institutions — the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Virginia — as well as a number of elite universities in defraying most costs of its neediest students.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/apr02/eardec042502.htmDo you need a Web publicist?
The Christian Science Monitor
John Joseph Bachir is a programmer. ...Fred Stutzman, a PhD student at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, came up with ClaimID (www.claimid.com) after studying Facebook, the college social networking site.
Regional Coverage
Edwards talks about House and home
The Daily Herald (Chicago)
During a stop in Naperville to promote his book that focuses on how homes shape our adult lives, former U.S. Sen. John Edwards said Tuesday one house he's personally eyeing sits at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, D.C. ...She said she admires him, in part, because of his work as director of the Center for Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Edwards, a former trial lawyer, is married to Elizabeth Edwards, with whom he has had four children.
Uncovering the Story Of a Forgotten Founder
The New York Sun
So why is George Mason a forgotten founder? As Jeff Broadwater notes in his new biography, " George Mason" (University of North Carolina Press, 352 pages, $34.95), "during Mason's lifetime only Washington ranked higher in public esteem."
State and Local Coverage
An expensive coach (Editorial)
The Herald-Sun
A couple of years ago, in an article published by The New York Times, William Friday, president emeritus of the University of North Carolina and chairman of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, asked a good question: "Name me a single company where a CEO works with someone that makes five times more than him. What kind of business is that?"
Davis coaching contract raises questions (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Yes, the money is obscene. There is no other way to say it. But it's been said many times before. Butch Davis will be paid an awful lot of money to be the football coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The message in money (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
And now, to borrow an old cynic's line, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will endeavor to give the football coach a university he can be proud of. Butch Davis, a former University of Miami and professional coach, is viewed as a miracle worker by athletics officials, and he's being paid like one -- an average of nearly $2 million a year over seven years.
Related link: http://www.newsobserver.com/720/story/515575.htmlWhat are priorities for college spending? (Letter to the editor)
The Chapel Hill News
The university now has agreed and coach Butch Davis will receive a salary that is many times more than the highest salary of any faculty member, even one holding an endowed professorship. It is more than five times greater than the published salary of the chancellor. ...William C. Friday, Chapel Hill.
UNC graduate wins Rhodes award
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A recent UNC-Chapel Hill graduate has received a Rhodes scholarship. Adrian Johnston of Toronto, who graduated in May, is the second winner from the university this year and is among 11 Rhodes winners from Canada. Johnston, 23, plans to pursue a master's degree in international relations.
Related link: http://www.heraldsun.com/orange/10-793394.html
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov06/rhodesjohnston112806.htmSecond student named scholar
The Daily Tar Heel
On Friday night Adrian Johnston was at a reception for Canadian Rhodes Scholar finalists. Saturday morning he had his last interview for the prestigious award and just a few hours later, he got the call that he won. "It was quite a shock," Johnston said. "They just said congratulations, and I couldn't believe it. I'm very, very happy."
Roses & raspberries (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill News
Roses to Ben Lundin, a senior at UNC, who was one of just 32 scholars in the United States chosen to win a 2007 Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in England.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov06/rhodes2006.htmPlayMakers aims for diversity, edge under new director
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
For Joseph Haj, it was "serendipitous and wonderful" when UNC needed a new producing artistic director for its PlayMakers Repertory Company. ...McKay Coble, head of UNC's dramatic art department, said the second-stage series can be a means for diverse guest artists to visit classrooms and for Carolina students to act in edgier pieces.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun06/PlayMdirect060706.htmHere's how to find a nutritionist suited to your needs (Commentary)
The Charlotte Observer
I regularly hear from readers who need advice tailored to their particular needs. Finding a qualified nutritionist can be critical to your health. It's important to know who is qualified and how you can best use a nutritionist's services. ...Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy at UNC.
Overdose deaths spur methadone warning
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a strong advisory this week for methadone, a commonly prescribed pain medicine, warning patients and doctors that the drug can kill. ..."Methadone shouldn't be demonized in isolation," said Paul Chelminski, a UNC-Chapel Hill internist who treats patients for chronic pain and teaches other doctors how to carefully monitor narcotic pain medicines.
Pregnancy, violent death linked
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The news that Michelle Fisher Young had been beaten to death at her home in a quiet subdivision south of Raleigh was shocking enough. ..."We view pregnancy as a special, protective time, so it's always shocking to think of the woman as being particularly vulnerable," said Sandra Martin, a UNC-Chapel Hill professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health, who has studied abuse of pregnant women.
No clear warning signs seen for violence in schools
The Chapel Hill Herald
Sheila Thompson had heard the boys who shot their classmates at Columbine High School in 1999 were teased and bullied by their peers, prompting the attack. ..."There aren't really good risk factors," said Mark Fraser, a professor at UNC's School of Social Work. "We don't have that level of research. Fortunately, we don't have that many school shootings."
Motorcycle wrecks rise across area
Rocky Mount Telegram
In the past three years, motorcycle wrecks have more than doubled in the Twin Counties. ...A University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center study in 2004 indicated that less than half of all motorcycle riders in the state have taken a motorcycle safety course.
Depression In Women Could Be Linked To Hormonal Changes
WRAL-TV (CBS, Raleigh)
Happily married with two grown children and a few grandchildren, Sharon Heath could not explain her increasing sadness. ...Then, she went to UNC Hospitals psychiatrist Dr. David Rubinow, who created the hospital's Mood Disorders Clinic modeled after a clinic he started with the National Institutes of Health 25 years ago.
'Christmas Letters' takes stage
The Chapel Hill News
Four years ago, Paul Ferguson began writing the first draft of a stage adaptation of Lee Smith's "The Christmas Letters." ..."After that reading my agent in New York decided to rep the show and we decided to go directly into further development," said Ferguson a professor of communication studies at UNC.
Issues and Trends
University Research Corridor could boost Michigan (Editorial)
The Detroit News
Michigan's Big Three of public research universities announced today a new University Research Corridor designed to stimulate the state's economy through collaborative research. ...The research triangle at Duke University, North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is also a public-private partnership that benefits from private dollars and facilitators who help connect the academic world to the private sector.
More than skin deep (Editorial)
The Charlotte Observer
UNC Charlotte is a developing public university. Rapid growth in enrollment and programs attest to the emerging potential of North Carolina's fourth largest campus. Yet its relative youth has left it without a clear identity, both in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg region and among its peers in the University of North Carolina system.
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