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Nov. 1, 2007
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
Doctors, Dietitians Stand Behind Fat/Cancer Link
ABC News (National)
A new study released today by the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) and the World Cancer Research Fund finds convincing evidence that excess body fat as well as consumption of alcohol, red meat and processed meats like bacon increase your risk of developing cancer..."What's new about this report is that a panel of distinguished scientists from around that world reviewed findings from multiple studies, and when we added them all together we found that excess body fat increases risk of developing cancer," said Dr. Steven Zeisel, director of the Nutrition Research Institute at the University of North Carolina and expert on the AICR panel.Interview with Jonathan Oberlander on the lessons of the failed Clinton health care plan of 1993
The New England Journal of Medicine
Dr. Jonathan Oberlander is an associate professor of social medicine and of health policy and administration at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Rachel Gotbaum, the interviewer, is an independent producer based in Boston.Homeowners Looking to Sell Face Tough Market
"Talk of the Nation" National Public Radio
In a buyer's market, homeowners are going to extreme lengths to sell their houses: offering free plasma TVs, Jacuzzis, even a car to fill half of the two-car garage. (Guests included Patty Rooney, Human Resources Supervisor, School of Education, University of North Carolina)Updates on Billion-Dollar Campaigns at 30 Universities
The Chronicle of Higher Education (National)
The 30 American universities that are seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected a total of $550.1-million in gifts and pledges during the last month for which they had data available...The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $2.24-billion as of September 30 (increase of $20-million in the last month); the goal was $2-billion by 2007.Regional Coverage
HIT IT HARD: Who Killed John Hossack?
THe Record-Herald (Des Moines, Iowa)
In 1998, an ad ran in The Record-Herald and Indianola Tribune with a bold headline - Who Killed John Hossack?...(Patricia) Bryan is a professor of law at the University of North Carolina and specializes in tax law.State & Local Coverage
‘Bucket Brigade’ sends in new team of students
The Spring Hope Enterprise (Spring Hope)
The “Bucket Brigade,” students in lecturer Jock Lauterer’s Community Journalism class at the UNC-CH School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has reached the halfway point in the semester and a new team of students will be in Spring Hope over the next several weeks.Waterboarding (Editorial)
The Charlotte Observer
Michael B. Mukasey, President Bush's nominee to be attorney general, told the Senate he isn't sure if waterboarding, an interrogation technique that simulates drowning, is torture...Or he might read a Sept. 5, 2006, letter to Attorney General Gonzales signed by 100 prominent law professors, including John Charles Boger, dean of the University of North Carolina law school.Perdue, Moore camps jab each other on histories in early going
The Daily Record (Hickory)
Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue celebrated her 60th birthday this year..."It sounds odd to say today, (but) there was a time when women were very sensitive about their ages," said Michael Crowell, a professor at the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and former election law attorney.Philanthropy
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Leonard W. Wood, a former principal of Trammell Crow Residential and a founding member of Wood Partners in Atlanta, committed $4 million to the Center for Real Estate Development at the Kenan-Flagler Business School of UNC-Chapel Hill.Turner interview will be at UNC
The Chapel Hill Herald
Former PBS President Pat Mitchell will interview Ted Turner, the pioneering founder of CNN -- the world's first 24-hour cable news network -- about his work, philanthropy and life on Nov. 19 at UNC.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct07/turnertalk103007.htmlElvis lore and lure
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Elvis gets people all hot and bothered again in a premiere by local writer Paul Newell opening at ArtsCenter in Carrboro Nov. 8...It's directed by UNC-Chapel Hill professor Paul Ferguson, a frequent adapter and director of Southern literature on stage, including "Good Ol' Girls" and "The Christmas Letters."Issues & Trends
Bringing the Gun Debate Back to Campus
Inside Higher Ed
Almost instantly, the Virginia Tech massacre last April set off a chain reaction of public responses, from investigations into privacy statutes to wide-ranging evaluations of colleges’ emergency notification plans...On Monday afternoon at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for example, 32 people — donning Virginia Tech colors atop black clothing —stood in silent protest of state and federal laws that make it too easy, they believe, for people with criminal backgrounds or mental health issues to obtain guns.
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