October 1, 2003

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

National News Coverage

Fewer people call themselves Southerners, study finds
National Associated Press
A new Vanderbilt University study found that the number of people...who
are fiercely proud to be called Southerners, is being noticeably diluted by
newcomers and those who just plain reject the label....The researchers
analyzed data from 19 polls conducted by the University of North Carolina
from 1991-2001 that asked respondents if they considered themselves
Southerners. The findings will be included in the article "Enough About the
Disappearing South -- What About the Disappearing Southerner?" as part
of the fall edition of Southern Cultures, the journal of UNC's Center for
the Study of the American South.

Guantanamo Center Troubled From Start
National Associated Press
The U.S. detention mission for terror suspects at Guantanamo got off to
a rocky start nearly two years ago with few Arabic speakers, computers
or savvy interrogators -- and now it is plagued by fears of enemies from
within...."The military was essentially the jailer down there. And that's not
the intelligence gathering business. It's not the cultural sensitivity business,"
said [Richard] Kohn, who chairs the Curriculum in Peace, War, and
Defense at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The Return of Fun
Runner's World
The average teenager is 13 percent less physically active today than in 1980,
according to Lisa Sutherland, Ph.D., a researcher at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Close the Loop
Entrepreneur Magazine
The magic word for many entrepreneurs is "outsourcing." If you don't have the
in-house talent to get something done, you outsource it. And today, you can
outsource just about anything....This danger is lurking on the horizon, says
Sridhar Balasubramanian, a professor at the University of North Carolina's
Kenan-Flagler Business School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.


State and Local Coverage

Moeser speeches set UNC course
The Chapel Hill Herald
If history is any guide, UNC Chancellor James Moeser's State of the University
address today will set some academic priorities, mention Carolina's place among
the nation's elite public institutions, and launch at least one significant new initiative.

Paradigm teams with UNC
Triangle Business Journal
Paradigm Genetics Inc. and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
have entered into a research collaboration designed to determine how choline
deficiency can affect the onset of liver damage in humans.

UNC to host conservative author
The News & Observer
The debate over UNC-Chapel Hill's political leanings rages on today, with the
appearance of conservative commentator Ann Coulter at the UNC-CH law school....
UNC-CH law Dean Gene Nichol, known for his liberal political beliefs, helped
accommodate students who set up extra rooms for today's expected overflow
crowd.

New Procedure Helping Mend Hard-To-Fix Fractures
WRAL-TV
For years, people with broken collarbones have had to let the injury heal on its
own. The approach is changing....Dr. Laurence Dahners, of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a growing number of orthopedic surgeons
repairing some fractures using a titanium pin or metal plate to put the bone back
together.

Roses & Raspberries
The Chapel Hill News
Roses to Hugh Morton, Tar Heel promoter extraordinaire, who has published a
handsome volume, "Hugh Morton's North Carolina," chronicling the people and
places of North Carolina that he has known over the last half century.


Issues and Trends

More sunshine
The News & Observer
The average North Carolinian might find it hard to believe, and understandably so,
that lobbyists spent merely $120,000 in the first half of this year -- in the throes of
the legislative session -- trying to influence the outcome of legislation.

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