October 6, 2003

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

National News Note

"What's News"
The Wall Street Journal, page 1A
UNC-Chapel Hill said it will cover college costs not picked up by federal
and state grants for low-income students in work-study programs.
(Note: This brief appeared Friday on the Journal's front page as part
of the prominent "What's News" feature. No online link available.)

National News Coverage

AIDS Vaccine Trials Now Include Humans
National Associated Press
The patient's inoculation was as routine as any Dr. Robert Johnston had
seen. Roll up the sleeve, a cotton swab of alcohol on the upper arm and a
"this shouldn't hurt much." ... In fact, Johnston's research at the University
of North Carolina is just one of the latest AIDS vaccine experiments that
are moving from the laboratory to human tests.

Voters stand by their man
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
He has been accused -- repeatedly -- of sexual harassment and misconduct.
Schwarzenegger's ability to buy ads and attract reporters -- and to an extent,
control their access to him like only an experienced movie star can -- is part
of a larger political trend, said University of North Carolina journalism
professor Phil Meyer.

Lack of urban groceries decried
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
While residents of communities such as Squirrel Hill and Lawrenceville have
the option of walking to a supermarket, former Hill District resident LaTonia
Edwards didn't have it so easy. ... DaNita-Ouija Solomon, a community
organizer with the Hill Community Development Corp., cited a 2002 study
done by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public
Health that found that nationally, black neighborhoods average one supermarket
for every 23,582 people while white neighborhoods average one supermarket for
every 3,816 people.

State and Local Coverage

UNC-Chapel Hill finds its roots (Editorial)
The Wilmington Star-News
UNC-Chapel Hill has announced a program to allow low-income students to
work their way through college without borrowing money.

A university for all (Editorial)
The News & Observer
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with pride calls itself "the
people's university," and a step to help lower-income students attend the state's
flagship public campus makes the name a fit. In fact, the university isn't just
helping -- it's offering a guarantee that those students, provided they are academically
qualified, can attend school with some creative financing arrangements and with
some on-campus work.

UNC aid initiative could attract low-income students
The Durham Herald-Sun
A few years back, administrators at Princeton University took a look at some
financial data and were disturbed by what they found....The Carolina Covenant
pledges a debt-free college experience for qualified low-income students, an attempt
to dispel what UNC officials feel is an undeserved perception that a UNC Chapel Hill
education is too expensive for some prospective students. Officials have pledged to
shuffle around scholarship money or, more likely, raise enough private funds to pay
for the program, estimated at $1.38 million annually.

Listening Post
The News & Observer
From Wednesday's State of the University address by James Moeser, chancellor
of UNC-Chapel Hill.

Aid program to help dispel myth of UNC inaccessibility (Opinion Editorial Column)
The Daily Tar Heel
During his recent State of the University address, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor
James Moeser unveiled the Carolina Covenant, touting the campus's commitment
to providing access to needy students.

UNC steps forward to help (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill News
Chapel Hill and UNC have had their differences of late, but the university now
has stepped forward with a downtown development offer that is full of promise.

UNC offers help to revitalize dontown
The Chapel Hill News
In anticipation of the Town Council's discussion this week of a task force report
on the future of downtown, university officials are staking out a seat at the table....
Chancellor James Moeser recently sent a letter to Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin
Foy stating the university's willingness to collaborate with public and private interests
to help revitalize downtown....Nancy Suttenfield, UNC's vice chancellor for
finance and administration...university officials have begun reassessing the current
condition and uses of UNC's downtown properties.
(Note: Vice Chancellor Suttenfield also has or is doing interviews with WCHL-AM,
The Chapel Hill Herald and The Daily Tar Heel.)

Lagging behind (Editorial)
The Daily Tar Heel
UNC-Chapel Hill officials and other N.C. leaders long have realized the challenges
of providing quality, affordable health care to employees, especially in light of growing
budget woes in the state.

International focus instrumental to UNC-CH (Question-Answer)
The News & Observer
Q&A with Peter Coclanis, UNC-CH's associate provost for international affairs
Top brass at UNC-Chapel Hill have talked for much of the past decade about a global
mission. They want to bring scholars from all over the world together in research. They
want to make it so most students have an opportunity to study abroad during their
Carolina experience. They want to set up campuses or programs in other countries
when the need or opportunity arises.

Seeing a clear need
The News & Observer
Don Harrington was still in school studying radiologic technology, but he had learned
enough to know that the woman shooting his X-ray at the podiatrist's office was taking
risks....In a recent study of the radiologic work force in North Carolina, researchers with
the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC-Chapel Hill found
that the use of mobile magnetic resonance imaging devices in North Carolina increased
256 percent between 1995 and 2001; the use of PET scans, an imaging technique that
detects subtle changes in the body's chemical activities,increased 631 percent during
the same period.
(Note: News Services story on the study is availble by clicking here.)

New nurses took varied paths
The News & Observer
The School of Nursing at UNC-Chapel Hill in the spring of 2001 started the state's first
accelerated degree program to produce registered nurses. Students who already have a bachelor's degree can complete a bachelor's degree in nursing in just 14 months. The
program graduated its second crop of new nurses in August. Here are some of their stories.
(Related story: http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/2923335p-2685856c.html)

Exploring Southern themes
The Chapel Hill News
Just months after moving to Beaufort County, South Carolina in the early 1960s, Pat
Conroy found inspiration in the writings of North Carolina's native son.

Issues and Trends

UNC system board debates cap lift by 18%
The Herald-Sun
A plan to allow more out-of-state freshmen into state universities edged closer to
ratification Friday, winning backing from a committee of the state's higher education
governing board....Essentially, the educational planning, policies and programs committee
of the UNC system's Board of Governors voted Friday to send the plan on to the full
board for its perusal next week.

UNC system may offer more seats to nonresidents
The Charlotte Observer
For the first time since they set a firm cap on out-of-state freshman enrollment, leaders
of the University of North Carolina system are seriously considering giving non-North
Carolinians more seats at all 16 public campuses.

Case weak for changing 18-percent cap (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
It's becoming increasingly obvious that in asking the university system to tinker with the
18-percent cap on out-of-state enrollment, officials at UNC Chapel Hill have stirred
up a hornet's nest.

UNC system plan may hurt state's students
Greensboro News & Record
The UNC system's Board of Governors took the first step to opening state-supported
colleges to more out-of-state students -- possibly at the expense of North Carolina residents.

End of Tobacco Road? (Editorial)
The Charlotte Observer
Time was in this fair state when geography, academia and sports seemed perfectly aligned,
and all was well in the firmament. We refer, of course, to those excellent days when the
college towns of Durham, Wake Forest, Raleigh and Chapel Hill formed a nearly perfect
athletic rhomboid whose connecting arteries were known as Tobacco Road.

Mold takes hold on old
The News & Observer
Few people thought about mold on college campuses before million-dollar cleanup estimates
began piling up this summer at N.C. Central University.

Citizens panel finishes Carolina North report
The Herald Sun
A citizens' committee is ready to tell the Town Council what it should push for as UNC
moves forward with its Carolina North campus, planned for the Horace Williams property along Airport Road.

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