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October 16, 2002

Carolina in the News

Current National Coverage

Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the national media:

Study May Aid Prostate Cancer Test
The Washington Post
Researchers say they have found protein markers in a blood test that can be used to eliminate unneeded
biopsies by sharpening the diagnosis of prostate cancer, the second deadliest form of cancer among
American men...   "With further study, this has the potential to revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment
of prostate cancer," said Dr. David Ornstein, a prostate cancer specialist at the University of North
Carolina in Chapel Hill and co-author of the study...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30097-2002Oct15.html

Note: Other coverage includes:

Trade In North Carolina Race
Minnesota Public Radio, "Marketplace"
A heated Senate race is building up in North Carolina, and the key issue is free trade. In a region that has
seen the closure of half its textile mills, and the widespread loss of other manufacturing jobs, people are
 paying attention to Senate candidates' stances on free-trade legislation, which they say is sending jobs
abroad and hurting their livelihoods. Reporter Leda Hartman has the story...
http://www.marketplace.org/shows/2002/10/15_mpp.html#rundown
(Note: Comments by international finance professor Bob Connolly were featured in this newscast.  To
listen to this program online, please go to http://www.marketplace.org/shows/2002/10/15_mpp.html
and click "Listen."  For the complete transcript, please send a request to news@unc.edu)

A Tool-and-Die Maker for Genesmiths
Business Week Online
After a research effort that spanned a decade, scientists managed in 2000 to finish assembling a fairly
complete map of the entire human genome, which includes the 30,000 to 60,000 genes that regulate the
workings of the body's every cell and control everything from mental health and weight gain to heart
function and cancer...    One company using this method is GlaxoSmithKline (GSK ), the world's second-
largest drugmaker...   Other clients include prestigious medical labs such as The Wellcome Trust Sanger
Institute, The University of Cambridge Institute for Medical Research in England, and the Pulmonary
and Cystic Fibrosis Research Center at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill...
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2002/tc20021015_5383.htm

Reputations precede UNJ proposal
Philadelphia Inquirer
For sophomore Uton Onyejekwe and students like him, Rutgers University is a safety school...   In college
rankings, Rutgers is seen as a prestigious school. But its ranking is a step below top-tier public schools,
such as the University of Michigan; the University of California, Berkeley; and the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill...
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/local/4294824.htm

National News Notes

James Smith, professor of finance at the Kenan-Flager Business School, was featured on the Monday
edition of CNNfn's "Business Unusual."  Smith was featured as part of a roundtable discussion on the
current situation on Wall Street.  No online links are available.  For the complete transcript, please send
a request to news@unc.edu

State and Local Coverage

UNC has $1.8 billion capital-funds goal
Winston-Salem Journal
The University of North Carolina shifted its capital fund-raising drive into full gear with a party that was a
cross between pep rally and costume ball...
http://www.journalnow.com/wsj/news/regional/MGBIDC3B87D.html
 

Business as Usual (Editorial)
The Daily Tar Heel
At Friday's Faculty Council meeting, Chancellor James Moeser made the correct decision to resist
pressure for UNC to no longer invest in businesses that deal with the state of Israel.  The issue of
divestment is highly complex and emotional...
http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2002/10/16/3dad65c81d8b9

UNC faculty consider donations to staff
Chapel Hill News
Facing a second year in a row without pay increases, UNC staffers know more about tight budgets perhaps
than anyone else in state government. "We have folks who are having to choose between paying rent and
getting health insurance or buying food and getting health insurance," said Tommy Griffin, chair of the
Employee Forum and a mechanic in the Facilities Services Division...   Here in Chapel Hill, Faculty Council
chair Sue Estroff said that the professors continue to debate the logistics of such a campaign...   "The staff
members in our school are a wonderful bunch. They are dedicated, hardworking, and they love the school
and they love the students," Dean Richard Cole of the Journalism School said...
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/story/1816161p-1815727c.html

Roxboro gets Supercenter
The Herald-Sun
With a ribbon-cutting ceremony this morning, Person County and Roxboro officials will celebrate the town’s
new Wal-Mart Supercenter and add fuel to a 30-year debate about the retail giant’s impact on small-town
America...   "It’s a story that’s been going on for 30 years in America," said Jim Smith, a professor of
finance at UNC’s Kenan Flagler Business School...
http://www.herald-sun.com/person/12-277421.html

Search for the real America
Chapel Hill News
Mention Davy Crockett and people of a certain age might hear the first verse of the "Ballad of Davy Crockett"
in their heads...   But in the PlayMakers Repertory Company season-opening production of "Sunrise in My
Pocket," the audience will meet a Davy Crockett who has just left Congress, disillusioned by politics and in
search of the path back to his roots.  When PlayMakers director Jeffrey Hayden re-read the play a year ago
after setting it aside for many years, Crockett"s journey to find "the real America" struck a chord...
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/our_town/story/1815847p-1815441c.html
(Note: A review also appeared in Sunday's News and Observer
http://newsobserver.com/features/story/1812261p-1810752c.html)

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Campus Hypocrisy (Commentary)
The New York Times
The Washington Post recently reported that students and faculty at a growing number of universities are
pressuring their schools "into selling their holdings in companies that do business with Israel, prompting a
counter-campaign among Jewish groups that consider the effort part of a creeping tide of anti-Semitism on
campus." Here's what I would say to both sides on this issue...
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/16/opinion/16FRIE.html
(Note: The New York Times requires free registration to access articles.  For the complete article, please
send a request to news@unc.edu)

12,000 Professors Sign Petition Opposing U.S. Invasion of Iraq
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Nearly 12,000 professors have signed an online petition opposing a U.S. invasion of Iraq. The petition,
which was started by two professors at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, is circulating widely
throughout academe...
http://chronicle.com/daily/2002/10/2002101602n.htm
(Note: The Chronicle of Higher Education requires a subscription to access articles.  For the complete article,
please send a request to news@unc.edu.)

Rains may lead to relaxed water rules
Chapel Hill News
Hard as it may be to believe after months of bitter drought, University Lake on Tuesday was actually too full. 
The prodigious rain that fell late last week produced an astonishing rise in the water level of local lakes and
reservoirs, prompting water officials to re-evaluate the conservation measures they instituted during the
summer...
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/story/1816178p-1815746c.html

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