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October 18, 2002
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the national media:
Current National Coverage
Stanford Beats Harvard in Attracting African-American Students
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Stanford University edged out Harvard as the top elite institution in terms of
its yield rate for attracting black students, according to an analysis by the
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. ... Of the colleges surveyed, the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill had the highest percentage of
African-American freshmen this year, at 12.5 percent (436 students).
http://chronicle.com/daily/2002/10/2002101801n.htm
(Note: The Chronicle of Higher Education requires a subscription to access articles. For more from The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education analysis, go to: http://www.jbhe.com/latest/36_stanford_v_harvard.html. The journal says the full analysis will be printed in its autumn issue, which will be printed later this month.)
All's quiet at UNC as war looms (Commentary)
The Baltimore Sun
Here on the University of North Carolina campus, reputed to be a Southern
bastion of liberalism, you might expect an outpouring of protest and
demonstrations against the prospective war against Iraq.
http://www.sunspot.net/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.witcover18oct18,0,2383760.column?coll=bal-home-columnists
(Note: This column results from the author's recent visit to Chapel Hill to attend a journalist's roundtable organized by the Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise and the Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.)
Smithsonian Picks American History Museum Director
Brent Glass Now Heads Pa. Historical Commission
Washington Post
Brent D. Glass, a Pennsylvania historian who was first awed by the Smithsonian
Institution more than four decades ago, will become the director of its National
Museum of American History, the museum announced yesterday.... He
earned a bachelor's degree from Lafayette College, a master's from New York
University and a doctorate from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43885-2002Oct17.html
State cell phone decision on hold
Accident data may be year away
The News Journal (Dover, Del.)
Delaware State Police officials said Tuesday that a new reporting system
should give legislators the information they need to consider whether
proposed limits are needed on the use of cell phones and other electronic
devices while driving... He said a study by the American
Automobile
Association and University of North Carolina showed that cell-phone
use played a role in less than 1 percent of accidents nationwide. ...
http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2002/10/16statecellphoned.html
Is your job killing you?
Heatlh24
Need more proof that a job that's too taxing can be a killer?
A new Finnish study shows that workplace stress more than doubles the risk of
death from heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular conditions... C
David Jenkins is a professor of preventive medicine at the University
of North Carolina School of Public Health and a spokesman for the American
Psychological Association. He says the Finnish results "are not surprising
for someone who has been following these concepts....
http://www.health24.co.za/news.asp?action=art&SubContentTypeId=0&ContentID=19274
Wellstone's transition: A triumph or sellout?
The Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
Just days after his election in 1990, rookie U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn.,
raised eyebrows and ire by pronouncing that he "despised" conservative
stalwart Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., and accusing him of running a "blatant,
racist campaign." Twelve years later, on Oct. 2 this year, it was a more
seasoned Wellstone who was among a handful of Democrats on the Senate floor to
join in a tribute to Helms, who is retiring at the end of the year..... He
attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where he would
devote himself to civil rights, poverty and hunger issues.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/3372715.html
National News Notes
State and Local Coverage
Ads attack a reluctant audience (Commentary)
Judging our politics by our Senate race
The News and Observer
We've finally had a debate, or at least a chat, between the major U.S. Senate
candidates -- even if it was held in eerie isolation. Apparently few folks
changed their minds. ...
http://newsobserver.com/editorials/columnists/story/1822182p-1821011c.html
(Note: The author is Gene Nichol, dean of the School of Law.)
Senate passes bill that would send $51.55M to N.C.
The Business Journal, Research Triangle Park
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved $51.55 million for defense projects
benefiting North Carolina, including universities and companies in the Triangle,
according to U.S. Sen. John Edwards' office.... The University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University are both
members of a consortium that won $5.6 million to continue monitoring ocean
conditions along the southeast Atlantic coast. ...
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2002/10/14/daily41.html
Developing character and working on deadline
The Times-News, Hendersonville
After a week of repainting my porch in the summer heat, I was ready to get away
for a week to Chapel Hill for the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association
camp for high school journalists.... . I was assigned a story about the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill doing away with its early decision option
and had to interview the provos, dean of admissions and other important people
at the university.
http://www.hendersonvillenews.com/news/news.asp?ID=12310
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...
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/16/opinion/16FRIE.html
OWASA votes to halt watering ban
The Durham Herald-Sun
OWASA directors agreed Thursday to request the cancellation of a ban on outdoor
uses of water, substituting for it "Stage 2" limits that would allow
people to irrigate lawns and gardens once a week.
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-278150.html
Lawns in Orange towns may get sip
Orange water authority will ask Chapel Hill and Carrboro to ease water
restrictions.
The News and Observer
People in Chapel Hill and Carrboro might soon be able to water their lawns and
gardens once a week.The Orange Water and Sewer Authority board of directors
unanimously agreed Thursday to ask the mayors of Chapel Hill and Carrboro to
loosen water-use restrictions for the more than 15,000 customers. ...
http://newsobserver.com/news/triangle/story/1822373p-1820932c.html
Glint of gold at NCSU (Editorial)
The Herald-Sun, Durham
This far removed from N.C. State University, a reasonable person might ask what
harm lies in building a $71 million hotel and conference center on its
Centennial Campus. A lot of harm, actually, and the UNC Board of Governors has
the power to stop it...
http://www.herald-sun.com/opinion/hsedits/56-278029.html
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