October 22, 2002

Carolina in the News

Current International Coverage

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

'We all need to belong'
The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Phyllis Vineberg, a suburban mother of two, is in front of about 30 strangers in an oak-panelled 
room at McGill University's School of Social Work. She's talking about something quite personal 
-- her 25-year-old son Trevor's suicide in the family's garage seven years ago... "The obvious 
advantages are access," says Andrea Meier, an assistant professor at the School of Social 
Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who does research on technology-
mediated groups...
http://globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/TGAM/20021022/HESUPP/Headlines/headdex/headdexHealth_temp/1/1/12/

New test may eliminate biopsies
The Globe and Mail (Canada)
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 men... "With further study, this has the potential to revolutionize the diagnosis and 
treatment of prostate cancer," said Dr. David Ornstein, a specialist at the University of North 
Carolina in Chapel Hill and co-author of the study. "This could help significantly reduce 
unnecessary biopsies."
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/TGAM/20021022/HEMEDW-1/Science/science/science_temp/2/2/3/
(Note: This coverage was due to joint UNC efforts and a news release, 
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct02/protpat101502.htm. Other recent coverage 
known to date includes The New Zealand Herald.)

Even modest weight loss may cut reduce hypertension
Health-News (U.K.)
Previous research has indicated that weight gain is associated with hypertension and that an increase 
in body mass index (BMI) is accompanied by an increase in ACE activity. However, the effects of 
weight loss on this enzyme have not been fully examined. Dr Joyce Harp, from the University of 
North Carolina, and colleagues from Emory University in Atlanta, investigated the effects of 
moderate weight loss on a group of obese but otherwise healthy adults...
http://www.health-news.co.uk/showstory.asp?id=99610
(Note: This coverage was the result of a UNC news release 
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct02/harp564.htm)

Current National Coverage

Breast-fed babies may need extra vitamin D Doctors seeing more cases of bone disease 
USA Today
Babies who are breast-fed exclusively should get a supplement of 200 units of vitamin D a day, U.S. 
pediatricians are likely to advise in the next few months... Black babies absorb the least vitamin D 
in-utero and from nursing because their mothers have lower stores of the vitamin than white women, 
says Marsha Davenport of the University of North Carolina Medical School...
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20021021/4550577s.htm

Helmets Are a Safety Issue
The Los Angeles Times
With alarming regularity, and often with next to no supervision, high school football players are 
changing the air pressure of their football helmets — a potentially dangerous practice, experts say... 
Nationally last year, five of the seven fatalities directly related to high school football were from brain 
injuries, according to information from the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury 
Research at the University of North Carolina...
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-hshelmet22oct22.story
(Note: The Los Angeles Times requires free registration to access articles.)

Families cope with recent deaths 
Washington Times
On the morning of Will Benson's last game, he sat quietly with his dad over a big breakfast. Dick 
Benson did the cooking. Eggs and waffles," the father said, recalling the details of the day and 
savoring their final moments together... Frederick Mueller keeps track of those numbers at the 
National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research at the University of North Carolina in 
Chapel Hill. Despite the recent spate of deaths, he said, the chance of a player dying in a game 
or practice is small...
http://www.washtimes.com/sports/20021022-1359941.htm
(Note: This National Associated Press story was also featured in The Houston Chronicle and 
The Wilmington Morning-Star.)

Of Human Interest: News lite 
United Press International
North Carolina has a shortage of pharmacists, especially in rural counties, say researchers from the 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20021020-103442-2311r

Current Regional Coverage

Area Racking Up Deer Crashes
The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, SC)
It's deer-in-the-headlights season along the Grand Strand. In autumn, when a young deer's fancies 
turn to thoughts of love, few pay heed to highways and the fast-moving vehicles that travel them.... 
No recent numbers for deer crashes are available for Brunswick County, N.C. North Carolina 
stopped reporting deer-related crashes in 2000, said Renee Morin, spokeswoman for the Highway 
Safety Research Center at the University of North Carolina...
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/4331869.htm

State and Local Coverage

Schizophrenia topic of UNC study 
News and Observer
Researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill are mounting a four-pronged study of schizophrenia, examining the 
mental illness as it affects people before birth to the first symptoms, university officials announced 
Monday... "We will learn about the events that shape schizophrenia, so that we can nip it in the bud 
and prevent the disease before it gets started," said Dr. Robert Golden, chairman of UNC-CH's 
department of psychiatry... Fetal scans will be followed by other imaging tests through age 2, said 
Dr. John Gilmore, who is leading the fetal and neonatal part of the study... Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman, 
the Conte grant's principal investigator, said doctors in other countries prescribe antipsychotic medicine
for patients who exhibit those symptoms, even though 40 percent will not need the drugs... Such 
knowledge of normal brains could help scientists gauge when and how these proteins become 
abnormal. This study is led by Dr. Fred Jarskog. A final study will involve the development of a 
genetic mouse model to help scientists understand how neural pathways are affected by the disease.
That study is led by Dr. Anthony LaMantia and Dr. Patricia Maness...
http://www.newsobserver.com/front/News/story/1851597p-1848066c.html
(Note: A related story also appeared in today's Herald-Sun 
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-279478.html)

Court candidates to air their views 
The Herald-Sun
The UNC School of Law and the N.C. Center for Voter Education will co-host a candidate’s forum 
and discussion surrounding the campaigns for the N.C. Supreme Court at 7 p.m. Wednesday...
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-279361.html

Educator receives UNC alumni award
Asheville Citizen-Times
Reeves Wells, a longtime teacher and retired attorney, received a distinguished alumni award for the 
UNC- Chapel Hill's School of Education recently for his work as an educator...
http://cgi.citizen-times.com/cgi-bin/story/news/22219
(Note: This coverage was the result of a UNC news release
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep02/edalum091702.htm)

Village Voices: A tense political year
Chapel Hill News
This has been a very tense political year for some very good reasons -- all tied to power. Here are the 
building blocks of that tension, starting at the national level....
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/community/story/1822885p-1821203c.html
(Note: Thad Beyle is a professor of political science at UNC-Chapel Hill.)

Keep an open mind in academic, global issues debates (Speech Transcript)
Chapel Hill Herald 
Editor's note: The following is the text of a speech on academic freedom that UNC Chancellor James 
Moeser delivered before the Faculty Council on Oct. 11. As our nation's leaders and citizens debate 
the latest developments in American foreign affairs, these global issues continue to hit home here in 
Chapel Hill and, indeed, on campuses nationwide...
http://www.herald-sun.com/archives/URNDetail.cfm?URN=0401716041
(Note: The Chapel Hill Herald require free registration to access archives. )

Ex-surgeon general: Much undone 
The Herald-Sun
Controversial former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders praised the accomplishments of the Chapel 
Hill-based Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina Monday night. During her talk on the UNC 
campus, Elders also spoke of work she said still needs to be done in health care in the United States. 
About 250 people attended the 20th anniversary celebration dinner for the local Planned Parenthood 
organization...
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-279530.html

N.C. victim of Bali bombing flown home 
News and Observer
David Creecy, the Outer Banks man badly burned in the Bali terrorist bombing, has made it home to 
North Carolina and was in critical condition Monday at UNC Hospitals...
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nc/story/1851554p-1847991c.html

A few of her favorite things: quilts, hunting, cookies (Question and Answer)
The Herald-Sun
Meet Heather Fritz, a parking control officer on the UNC campus. Fritz is 24, and the rest of her 
family is in Ohio, including two brothers and one sister. I caught up with Fritz as she was waiting to 
offer a ride to anyone who needed assistance...
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-278794.html

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Public College Tuitions Rise 10%
The New York Times
Battered by government budget cuts, public colleges and universities raised tuition almost 10 percent 
this year, with tuition at private institutions going up almost 6 percent, according to a survey released 
today by the College Board...
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/22/education/22TUIT.html
(Note: The New York Times requires free registration to access articles.)

Study: Poor tax revenues, economy push up tuition
Charlotte Observer
Dropping tax revenues and malaise in the economy pushed up average college costs more than 5 
percent this school year, says a study released Monday... The University of North Carolina Board of 
Governors raised tuition across the board by 8 percent for in-state and 12 percent for out-of-state 
students. Individual campuses could add to that. At UNC Chapel Hill, for instance, tuition for a full-time,
in-state undergraduate rose from $3,277 to $3,856, a 17.7 percent increase...
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/4338843.htm

GOP stalwart Justus dies
Asheville Citizen-Times
Larry Justus, a retired businessman serving his ninth term in the North Carolina House of 
Representatives, died Sunday night at an Asheville hospital. He was 70...
http://cgi.citizen-times.com/cgi-bin/story/news/22212
(Note: Justus was at the center of the recent debates over General Assembly redistricting and 
academic freedom at UNC Chapel Hill.)

Corporate boards: NCSU chancellor tops list
The Business Journal
North Carolina State University Chancellor Marye Anne Fox sits on the boards of four publicly traded 
companies and is being granted more than $100,000 in cash and stock annually along with thousands of 
stock options for her services. Fox is the only chancellor in the 15-campus University of North Carolina 
System who serves on a public company board, according to university officials.
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2002/10/21/story2.html

Colleges fertile for cells 
News and Observer
Bri Corsi, a junior at N.C. State University, has a mobile phone pressed to her ear from the time she rolls 
out of bed... And UNC-Chapel Hill students bought 4.3 million long-distance minutes from it last year. 
That number is down from more than 9 million from 1999-2000. Although e-mail, instant messages and 
prepaid calling cards have played a role, "we think cell use is the key alternative," said Tom Horne, 
director of financial service for academic technology and networking at UNC-CH...
http://www.newsobserver.com/front/Business/story/1851520p-1848032c.html

Chapel Hill imposes one-year ban on duplexes in lot of town 
The Herald-Sun
A unanimous Town Council voted Monday night to impose a one-year ban on the construction of duplexes 
in much of Chapel Hill. The vote came after residents of Northside turned out in force to ask... "There are
no other housing options that will take up this shunting of students at this time," said Dan Herman, the 
GPSF’s vice president for internal affairs...
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-279528.html

441-space park, ride lot opens 
The Herald-Sun
A new 441-space park and ride lot opened Monday for Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and UNC commuters. 
The Jones Ferry Park-Ride lot, located near University Lake, is adjacent to the intersection of Jones Ferry 
Road and Old Fayetteville Road...
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-279361.html

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