October 9, 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:

What have we done to change our image? (Commentary)
Arab News (Saudi Arabia)
The importance of correcting and changing Islam’s distorted image in the West is not to be denied. 
We must not be deterred by the enormousness of the job; nor should we underestimate the dangers 
of the anti-Islamic and anti-Muslim campaigns since Sept. 11... This is, of course, only one side of 
the coin; there exists another and more positive one that we should also be aware of. One is the 
decision by the University of North Carolina to require its incoming students to read a book entitled 
"Approaching the Koran" by a professor of religion at Haverford College in Pennsylvania...
http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=19289

Current National Coverage

Online mapmakers: Popular, prolific, not perfect
USA Today
Erin Douglass knows that when she expects visitors, they'll be late. "I warn them, 'Whatever you do, 
don't use an online map site to find us,' " says the Los Angeles resident... "I used to be totally 
dependent on AAA," says Michael Klein, 28, a medical resident at the University of North Carolina...
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2002-10-07-online-mapmakers_x.htm

White Knuckle Combat: How to Conquer the Fear of Flying, Part III: What Can Be Done About It?
Frommers News
Dr. Duane Brown, who teaches counseling and counseling psychology at the University of North 
Carolina, Chapel Hill, and used to lead American Airlines' fear-of-flying program, offers a fairly simple, 
drug-free program for coping with the fear of flying. It attends to both the psychological and the 
physiological aspects of aviophobia...
http://www.frommers.com/book_a_trip/before_you_go/travel_health_center_&_health_insurance/article.cfm?articleid=702&destid=HEALTH

More Than Just X-Rays 
Nursing Spectrum
Glue, coils, and tiny plastic particles. Are these items part of a child’s arts and crafts kit? You may 
be surprised to learn you can find these objects in hospital radiology departments. They are the 
miniature tools of interventional radiology, the “surgery” of the 21st century... “Though it isn’t a cure, 
liver chemoembolization halts tumor progression and can prolong life when months count,” says 
Catherine Sredzienski, RN, BSN, CRN, clinical nurse II, department of radiology, University 
of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill...
http://community.nursingspectrum.com/MagazineArticles/article.cfm?AID=7829
(Note: Sredzienski is also featured on the cover of the October 2002 issue of the Southeastern 
Edition of Nursing Spectrum magazine. To view the cover, please go to 
http://community.nursingspectrum.com/MagazineArticles/region.cfm?CODE=SE)

Local News Note

Bland Simpson, assistant professor of English and director of UNC’s creative writing program, was 
interviewed for WUNC-FM's "State of Things," about his latest novel, "Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals: 
The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering." The interview is scheduled to air on Thursday, October 10 
at 12:20 12:40 p.m. and rebroadcasted Thursday evening at 8:20 - 8:40 p.m. For more information 
about Simpson's new book, please go to http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct02/simpson092402.htm

Ray DuBose, director of energy services, discussed the university's response to the local community's 
water emergency as a live guest on "The Ron Stutts Show," which aired Tuesday on WCHL-AM.

State and Local Coverage

Moose under nation's eye 
News and Observer
Charles Alexander Moose, a lawman with roots in North Carolina, is known for his temper and 
stern demeanor... During high school, Moose set his sights on the University of North Carolina at 
Chapel Hill, where he wrestled as "Charlie Moose" and earned a bachelor's degree in U.S. history in 1975...
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nc/story/1796606p-1801038c.html
(Note: A related story appeared in yesterday's Baltimore Sun
http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-te.md.moose08oct08.story)

UNC Dental School gets $1.35M grant
Business Journal
The School of Dentistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been awarded a five-year, 
$1.35 million grant as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's "Pipeline, Profession & Practice: 
Community-Based Dental Education" initiative...
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2002/10/07/daily20.html

Clinical trial tests vaccine against cancer-causing HPV 
The Herald-Sun
Though many people have never heard of it, human papillomavirus is now the No. 1 sexually transmitted 
infection in the United States... Now, healthy Triangle women 16 to 23 years old are being asked to 
participate in an international clinical trial of an experimental vaccine that may represent a lifesaving 
weapon against HPV, says UNC gynecologist and study leader William Nebel...
http://www.herald-sun.com/durham/4-275031.html
(Note: This coverage was the result of a UNC news release 
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct02/stabler100302.htm)

Police locked up 3 for refusing to leave Rep. Price’s office 
The Herald-Sun
UNC student Anna Carson-Dewitt strolled out of the Chapel Hill police lockup with a spring in her step 
Tuesday evening, hopeful that her small slice of civil disobedience would help send a larger message. A 
freshman from Durham, Carson-Dewitt was one of three protesters locked up -- briefly -- by police 
Tuesday evening after refusing to leave the local office of U.S. Rep. David Price, D-4th District.... 
Others charged were Sascha Bollag, a UNC freshman from Concord...
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-275022.html

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

More Colleges Use Waiting Lists in Admissions, Survey Shows
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Prospective college students watch their mailboxes eagerly each spring looking for a yes or a no from 
their favorite college. But more and more often, colleges are telling them maybe, placing them on a "wait
list" rather than accepting or rejecting them...
http://chronicle.com/daily/2002/10/2002100904n.htm
(Note: The Chronicle of Higher Education requires a subscription to access articles.)

Who's Ready for Colege?
Time Magazine
Should you be allowed into college if you don't read well enough to understand your local paper? What 
if you can't reliably write a complete sentence? It may seem obvious that students lacking such basic 
skills could barely survive high school, much less college, but even students who have trouble reading 
routinely get into college. In fact, more than 600,000 of the freshmen who arrived at U.S. colleges this 
fall — remarkably, 29% of the total — are taking at least one remedial reading, writing or math class...
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101021014-361725,00.html

Town wants university to move on waste site
Chapel Hill News 
The Town of Chapel Hill plans to set up a 19-member citizens advisory committee to help advise the 
Town Council and keep citizens informed about university development of the Horace Williams property...
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/story/1794653p-1799937c.html
(Note: A related story appeared in today's News and Observer
http://newsobserver.com/news/triangle/story/1796686p-1801050c.html)

Town plans ordinance discussions
Chapel Hill News
As e-mails and calls continue to flood into Town Council members' mail and voicemail boxes, the council 
drew up a schedule for discussing and approving changes to the land-use management ordinance...
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/story/1794649p-1799933c.html

Developers, residents square off over Winmore
Chapel Hill News
Carrboro's Sept. 24 decision to annex the proposed Winmore property may have taken some of the 
wind out of tonight's joint public hearing on the development plan, but that doesn't appear to have 
dissuaded many people from planning to attend...
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/story/1794668p-1799949c.html

Use caution over Winmore (Letter to the Editor)
Chapel Hill News
The recent major land annexations by Carrboro and the Winmore proposal should raise concerns not 
only for Homestead Road area residents but also for Carrboro taxpayers, Chapel Hill-Carrboro school 
taxpayers, and environmentalists. HOTZ (Homeowners of the Transition Zone) and FOBC (Friends of 
Bolin Creek) are doing their best to follow the situation...
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/opinion/story/1794677p-1799956c.html

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