October 23, 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:

Updates on Billion-Dollar Campaigns at 20 Universities
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The 20 American universities that are seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected a total of almost $550-
million in gifts and pledges during the last month. Newly announced campaigns at Michigan State University, 
Purdue University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were responsible, in part, for the 
unusually large amount raised in the last month, which was more than twice the total reported in the previous 
month...
http://chronicle.com/daily/2002/10/2002102309n.htm
(Note: The Chronicle of Higher Education requires a subscription to access articles.)

Age-Old Culinary Questions Still Stir a Fire
The New York Times
This was no everyday summit conference. For a start, there were a lot more blue jeans than pinstripe suits... 
Scholars like John Shelton Reed of the University of North Carolina and Lolis Eric Elie of The Times-
Picayune in New Orleans grappled manfully with the geography and sociology of slow-cooked meat, without 
reaching any firm conclusions...
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/23/dining/23BBQ.html
(Note: The New York Times requires free registration to access articles. For the complete article, 
please send a request to news@unc.edu)

One Veggie Venture That Might Just Fly 
The Wall Street Journal’s “Start-Up Journal for Entrepreneurs”
It's dinnertime at the Pink house. The asparagus in the oven is sizzling with flavor -- while the guests at our 
dinner table are burning with envy... Sridhar Balasubramanian, assistant professor of marketing at the 
Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina, thinks home delivery still has promise...
http://www.startupjournal.com/columnists/ideafile/20021023-pink.html

Health Tips ... from UPI 
United Press International
Losing weight can lower your blood pressure. University of North Carolina researchers say their study 
shows, for the first time, shedding excess pounds decreases activity of a key enzyme that plays a central 
role in high blood pressure...
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20021022-031159-4549r
(Note: This coverage was the result of a UNC news release
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct02/harp564.htm)

Study finds UW exhibits top efficiency
The Daily (student publication of the University of Washington at Seattle)
Members of the UW administration presented to the regents a study that found the UW to be more efficient 
than similar schools. In the study, published in the Association for Institutional Research’s Professional File, 
Alice Stewart and Henry Zheng analyzed the performance of 56 competitive public research universities... 
The UW is one of seven schools to receive high rankings for research and instructional efficiency. The other 
six include Georgia Tech, Texas A&M, UC-San Diego (UCSD), University of North Carolina (UNC), 
Texas at Austin and the State University of New York at Stony Brook...
http://thedaily.washington.edu/news.lasso?-database=DailyWeb.fp5&-layout=List&-response=newspage.lasso&-recordID=33460&-search&-Token.Count=106
(Note: This appeared among a collection of news briefs. To view it, go to the URL above 
and scroll down the page.)

National News Note

The cable TV network Animal Planet will air a program, "Busted," which will feature a segment about the 1996 
slaying of a UNC mascot, Rameses. The episode is scheduled to air tonight at 10 p.m. and will be rebroadcast 
Thursday at 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. For more information, visit 
http://animal.discovery.com/schedule/episode.jsp?episode=684940005
Related articles appeared in today's News and Observer 
http://newsobserver.com/news/triangle/story/1853541p-1848774c.html 
and The Herald-Sun http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-279952.html.

Current Regional Coverage

Scholarship foundation helping families afford accredited child care 
Kingsport (Tenn.) Times-News
A scholarship program is aiming to help low- to moderate-income families gain access to quality child care... 
In a study performed by the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center at the University of North 
Carolina, researchers found that children who received quality education intervention in a child-care setting 
from infancy through age 5 scored higher on cognitive and IQ tests through young adulthood than children 
who were enrolled in lower-quality programs or no programs at all...
http://www.timesnews.net/article.dna?_StoryID=3129050
(Note: For more information about this study, visit 
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/apr00/burchina042800.htm)

State and Local Coverage

Chancellor makes right call on divestment (Editorial)
Chapel Hill Herald 
If Chancellor James Moeser gets his way - and he should - UNC will stay on the sidelines of a campaign to 
have university endowments pull their money out of companies that do business with Israel. Of course, 
Moeser's opinion isn't necessarily the last word on the subject. The endowment isn't his to dispose of as he 
might wish. But the same is true of Carolina's trustees, faculty and students...
http://www.herald-sun.com/archives/URNDetail.cfm?URN=0401716166
(Note: This editorial was not available online until today. The Herald-Sun requires free registration to 
access archives.)

UNC hosting forum for judicial candidates 
The Herald-Sun
Three candidates for the state’s highest court, include two facing ethics complaints as they campaign against 
each other, will highlight a debate and discussion tonight at UNC’s School of Law... In the cases of both 
Hunter and Orr, members of the opposing political party have become vocal critics. Such party politicking is 
not a common element in judicial campaigns in North Carolina, said Gene Nichol, dean of UNC’s law 
school...
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-279913.html

Instant efficiency 
News and Observer
Will S. Feichter, president of Myriad Media, wasn't quite sure what to do two months ago when a key 
employee said he wanted to return to his native country of Ecuador... "It is quick, it is seamless and it is 
immediate. That's really the key," said Al Segars, a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan Flagler School 
of Business who studies business technology and strategy. "It may be the closest thing to mental telepathy 
that we have."
http://newsobserver.com/business/story/1853438p-1849116c.html

Village Voices: Milking a sacred cow (Opinion-Editorial Column)
Chapel Hill News
Here we go again with the black community's sacred cows. Entertainer-activist-humanitarian Harry 
Belafonte's recent remarks comparing Secretary of State Colin Powell to a plantation slave have ignited a 
firestorm of national criticism directed at the famed singer...
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/community/story/1852102p-1848566c.html
(Note: Harry Amana is a professor in the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication)

Q&A on $224 million CMS school bonds 
Charlotte Observer
Here's a look at some of the questions being raised when people debate the $224 million Charlotte-
Mecklenburg Schools bond issue on the Nov. 5 ballot... Jack Vogt, a public finance professor at the 
Institute of Government at UNC Chapel Hill, said the CMS projects sound legally permissible, but it 
would be better to find other ways to pay for a few parts of the plan...
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/4331682.htm

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Skyrocketing Public-College Tuition Renews Calls for Better Policies
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Back when state coffers were flush with revenues in the late 1990s, politicians were eager to score points 
with their constituents by freezing, and in some cases even cutting, public-college tuition. But in the midst 
of that economic euphoria, higher-education experts and some college and state officials warned that 
scaling back tuition and holding the line on increases could return to haunt states when the budget picture 
dimmed...
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v49/i09/09a02001.htm
(Note: The Chronicle of Higher Education requires a subscription to access articles.)

Town bans building of duplexes until next June
Chapel Hill News
Saying they would come back next summer with a better plan, members of the Chapel Hill Town Council 
Monday night voted unanimously to ban construction of new duplexes... Student Body President Jen Daum 
said she understands residents' concern about Northside, but hoped the council would take a different 
approach... Branson Page, president of the Graduate and Professional Students Federation, said that 
duplexes are among the few housing options grad students can afford... But School of Social Work 
Graduate Student Daniel Brisson said that after working in Northside he became convinced that the university 
needed to do more to deal with student housing pressures...
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/story/1852112p-1848578c.html

Roses & Raspberries
Chapel Hill News
Roses to the Orange Water and Sewer Authority for relaxing -- but only slightly -- its water restrictions in 
the aftermath of the recent "miracle rain" that dramatically lifted water levels in OWASA's reservoirs...
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/opinion/story/1852072p-1848529c.html

Duke facing lean years 
News and Observer
After an expansive decade of sharp tuition increases and new spending, North Carolina's richest university 
might have to tighten its belt...
http://newsobserver.com/news/triangle/story/1853531p-1848704c.html

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