October 3, 2003

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

International News Coverage

Chapel Hill Degree Without Loans
United Press International
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is believed to be the first
public college to offer full financial aid to needy students.
(Note: United Press International, an international news wire service, distributed the story.)

National News Coverage

Financial Aid at the Univ. of North Carolina
National Public Radio -- "All Things Considered"
NPR's Adam Hochberg reports on a new financial aid program at the
University of North Carolina. The college has become the first public
institution in the country to pay the full cost of higher education for poor
students, without forcing those students to take out loans.

State and Local Coverage

Paying for college (Editorial)
The Charlotte Observer
More than two centuries ago, the University of North Carolina became
the first public university in America to open its doors to students. This
week it became the first public university to provide enough financial aid
to low-income students to allow them to graduate debt-free.

Looking right past the poor (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The News & Observer
Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released its most recent study of
income and poverty. For the "second consecutive year, the poverty rate
and the number living in poverty rose."...Economics also drives opportunity.
We countenance rich and poor public schools. Not just private schools,
mind you; rich and poor public schools. As if were acceptable to treat some
of our children as second- or third-class citizens. Higher education magnifies
the inequality -- though UNC-Chapel Hill's new "Carolina Covenant" is a hopeful
step in the right direction. (Gene R. Nichol is dean and the Burton Craige
professor of law at the UNC School of Law.)

Carolina's pledge a worthy endeavor (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
In his "State of the University" speech this week, UNC Chancellor James Moeser
described a covenant as a promise. But it is more than that. It is also, in the words
of Webster's Collegiate, "a formal, solemn and binding agreement; a pledge."

Looking ahead (Editorial)
The Daily Tar Heel
Chancellor James Moeser delivered his third annual State of the University
address on Wednesday -- one that stressed a fact that has become all too
apparent during the past several weeks: The University is at an extreme crossroads.

Forum aims to encourage civic activity
Fayetteville Observer
Secretary of State Elaine Marshall was part of a forum Thursday night to find ways
to encourage civic involvement, particularly among young people....The Civic Education
Consortium released a study in May, called the Civic Index, that rates residents' knowledge,
attitude and behavior as it relates to voting and volunteering. The consortium is a nonpartisan
partnership based at the School of Government at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Photographer's legacy on display at UNC Chapel Hill
News 14 (Raleigh, Time-Warner)
Hugh Morton remembers well the stories behind the stories he has captured on film.
For six decades, Morton has chronicled life in the Tar Heel state with his camera.
Morton says the camera lens succeeds where words fail. "Photography is my way
of expressing myself, and showing what I'm interested in, so I think photography is
a very good medium for expressing oneself," said Morton.

Only a few great stories; this ain't one
The Charlotte Observer
Sadler, many great thinkers -- going back to Aristotle -- have suggested that all
literature springs from a few themes....Joy Kasson, an American literature professor
at UNC Chapel Hill and a Ph.D. from Yale, told us this about the recurring theme of
recurring themes: "What makes great literature great is its ability to invoke the large
issues -- life and death, faith and doubt, love and loss."

Issues and Trends

UNC student ratio on agenda
The Durham Herald-Sun
The state's higher education governing board will begin formal discussions today
on a proposal to loosen the 18-percent cap on out-of-state freshmen admitted to
state universities.

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