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Nov. 30, 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
Steal this column
Canadian Business (Toronto)
In the investing world, talk is cheap. ...A 2004 study called Copycat Funds, done by four researchers from Stanford, MIT, the University of Virginia and the University of North Carolina, found that if you had set up copycat funds based on the 100 largest stock-focused mutual funds in the U.S. and you only updated your copycats twice a year based on publicly available information, your returns would be "statistically indistinguishable, and possibly higher" than the returns of the original funds.
National Coverage
Getting to the Truth
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
In recent years, corporate executives and local bar association officials have increasingly questioned why so few of the nation’s elite corporate law firms can claim significant racial and ethnic diversity among their partner or upper management ranks. ...“Small firms are still quite segregated, but most people don’t see this as a problem,” says Dr. John M. Conley, a law professor at the University of North Carolina.
State and Local Coverage
Football vs. Academics
WUNC-FM, North Carolina Public Radio
The new head football coach for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will be making well over a million dollars a year. School officials and supporters believe Butch Davis can take the UNC football program to new heights—including bowl games with big-time payouts. But critics of such spending say schools like UNC are sacrificing their academic integrity for the prizes that come with athletic prominence. Rusty Jacobs reports.
Related link: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/2006-11-27-coaches-buyout_x.htmBlock that play (Editorial)
The Charlotte Observer
Butch Davis, UNC Chapel Hill's new head football coach, casts an impressive shadow. He has a Super Bowl ring, experience in the NFL and a record that shows he knows how to win.
Related link: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/opinion/16128020.htmSmall comfort in the 'big time' (Opinion column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Well, the "booster boys," we'll call them, are happy now in Chapel Hill and Raleigh. They've flexed their influence, and helped to banish a couple of loyal alums who fell from favor.
Turning it around (Letter to the editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
As a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and an ardent follower of its athletic teams I'm hoping that new coach Butch Davis will turn the university's football program around.
Related links: http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/lettersBoard suspends frat on hazing charges
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC's Sigma Chi fraternity chapter has been found guilty of seven hazing charges and will be suspended until the start of the fall 2009 semester, a student judicial board has decided. ...Hazing is not common at Carolina, with only a couple cases going before the Greek Judicial Board each year, UNC vice chancellor for student affairs Margaret Jablonski said.
Related link: http://www.wral.com/news/10424622/detail.html
UNC-Chapel Hill must increase financial aid to minimize inequities (Editorial)
The Fayetteville Observer
For centuries, public education in North Carolina was the surest engine of social mobility. Poor students who worked hard could parlay a top-notch education into professional success.
New reference book covers state's best and brightest
The Associated Press (N.C.)
It starts with the Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad Co., one of North Carolina’s most successful short-line railroads. It ends with the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, the fourth-largest philanthropic organization in the state. ...The $65 book ... the third major historical reference book written or edited by the professor emeritus of history at the University of North Carolina.
Amidst the golf resorts of Pinehurst, neglected neighborhoods are finally getting some attention
The Independent Weekly
One block from Maurice B. Holland Jr.'s modest 1,500-square-foot frame house, a new development is springing up in the town of Aberdeen. ...Since the U.S. Open, activists have been lobbying local governments with modest, but encouraging, success, according to an updated report published in August by the UNC Center for Civil Rights.Series of new state laws set to take effect
The Winston-Salem Journal
People under 18 in North Carolina will face pen--alties starting Friday if they are caught using a cell phone while driving. ..."The research is clear that cell phones present a pretty strong risk for increasing crashes," said Arthur Goodwin, a researcher at the Highway Safety Research Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Related link: http://www.newsobserver.com/114/story/516173.htmlGive a gift of better nutrition (Commentary)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
During this season of giving, consider gifts aimed at helping improve your and your loved ones' diets. ...Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a licensed, registered dietitian. She holds a doctorate in health policy and administration from UNC-Chapel Hill where she is a clinical assistant professor in the School of Public Health.
No remedy for neighbors
The Charlotte Observer
Willard Holland grew up with a view of Burke County's South Mountains, farming alongside his family and neighbors. ...Richard Ducker, professor of public law and government at UNC Chapel Hill's Institute of Government, specializes in land use law and said no firm standards exist when it comes to building poultry houses.
Issues and Trends
Quintiles to add 1,000 jobs in region
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Quintiles Transnational said Wednesday that it will add 1,000 jobs in Durham County, bolstering the region's reputation as a medical hub and showing the price of protecting it. ...Quintiles was born in that environment. It was created by Gillings, then a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, in 1982 and grew into the world's largest contract research organization.
Related link: http://www.heraldsun.com/durham/4-793976.htmlQuintiles To Hire 1,000 New Workers At $50 Million Facility
Raleigh Chronicle
The North Carolina Governor's Office announced this week that Triangle-based Quintiles Transnational Corporation will be expanding its workforce in Durham County, adding 1,000 jobs and adding a $50 million facility. ...Although Easley did not mention it in his statement, North Carolina is also a leader in biotech and pharmaceuticals largely because of the research and emerging technology companies that are springing out of the three large universities at UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University, and NC State.82 acres protected along the Haw
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Land along the Haw River in fast-growing Chatham County will remain dense with pine and oaks and dotted with a rare wildflower thanks to two local local conservation groups. ...Pegg, 96, and her late husband, Carl, invested in land all over Orange and Chatham counties. Carl Pegg was a history professor at UNC-Chapel Hill for six decades.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/nov06/botanicalgift112806.htm
A smile-worthy step (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Seemingly small steps can make a world of difference to average North Carolinians, and a decision by the UNC Board of Governors to create a dental school at East Carolina University fits that description.
Newsmaker: Dr. Leo Lambert
WGHP-TV (FOX, High Point)
Elon College was once just a small liberal arts school in Alamance County. Since it changed its name to Elon University in 2001, the school has become what some call a regional powerhouse. ...From a recruiting standpoint, Dr. Lambert considers The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as his biggest competition.
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