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October 9, 2003
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:
National News Coverage
University of North Carolina Embraces New "Carolina Covenant" Program to Help Low-Income Students Afford College
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers Transcript (Newsletter)
Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill James Moeser announced October 1 that beginning next fall his institution plans to give low-income students the opportunity to attend college without borrowing a penny. In return for a work-study commitment of 10-12 hours per week for four years, the new plan, called the "Carolina Covenant" will enable financially needy students to graduate from UNC debt-free. Realizing that federal work-study funds will not cover all of a student's expenses the university will meet the rest of students' needs through a combination of federal, state, university and private grants and scholarships.
Universidad de Carolina del Norte da estudio gratis a los pobres (Carolina Covenant)
Por Rafael Prieto Zartha Charlotte (Carolina del Norte), 8 oct (EFE) - La Universidad
de Carolina del Norte en Chapel Hill estableció un programa que permitirá que los
alumnos de familias de bajos recursos estudien gratuitamente sin tener que asumir
préstamos.
(Note: This story is not available online. Agencia EFE is a national Spanish-language
news wire service. News Services supplied background information and arranged follow-up
with Shirley Ort, scholarships and student aid.)
Other Carolina Covenant stories are pending with publications including Black Issues in
Higher Education, University Business magazine and Education Week.
Cellular-Level Work Lauded
The Washington Post
Two Americans were awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry yesterday for helping to discover how cells traffic in two items essential to life, water and salt....He looked for the protein in other tissues and found it in large amounts in the kidney and in plant stems. John C. Parker, a former mentor at the University of North Carolina, where Agre did his hematology training, suggested the protein might have something to do with water permeability, which was one of the few obvious characteristics those three tissues shared.
Vital find was made by chance
The Baltimore Sun
In the beginning there were frogs' eggs. And then they blew up....That explosive moment during a 1991 experiment was all Dr. Peter Agre and colleagues at the Johns Hopkins medical school needed to prove that a blood cell protein they had come across was the long-sought key to the movement of water in and out of all human cells....Consulting with a former colleague, Dr. John Parker at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Agre and Guggino discussed whether it might be the long-sought cellular water channel.
Related stories: http://www.newsobserver.com/nc24hour/ncnews/story/2931422p-2691034c.html
http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/10/09/3f85548d8fadd?in_archive=1
(Note: News Services pointed out Agre's UNC connections with N.C. media.)
National News Note
Law School Dean Gene Nichol contributed the commentary "Educating for Privilege" in the Oct. 13 issue of The Nation. The Nation is a weekly national magazine offering news and commentary on social and political issues. The article is available online only to subscribers.
State and Local Coverage
Waters being tested in wake of hurricane
Sun-Journal, New Bern, N.C.
Scientists monitoring water quality in Pamlico Sound by ferries noticed little ecological
change in the waters from Hurricane Isabel....The storm did not bring nearly the amount
of rain that Hurricane Floyd brought in 1999 and did not result in the same freshwater
and saltwater stratification, said Hans Paerl, Kenan professor of marine and
environmental sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's
Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City.
Student drinking declining?
The Herald-Sun
Jim Earnhardt figured he had it made six years ago when he opened 23 Steps, a bar
on Franklin Street....UNC researchers agree. A six-year study by UNC's Highway Safety
Research Center reports that alcohol use by students has declined, and further suggests
that in general, campus drinking isn't as prevalent as is generally believed.
Related stories resulting from a UNC news briefing Wednesday include:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/2934831p-2692988c.html
http://www.newsobserver.com/nc24hour/ncnews/story/2933299p-2691668c.html
http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/10/09/3f8554eddc798
http://www.wral.com/news/2541474/detail.html
UNC News Services release:
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct03/foss100803.html
Chambers to address UNC's spring graduates
The Chapel Hill Herald
Pioneering civil rights attorney Julius Chambers, a former chancellor at N.C. Central
University, will deliver UNC's spring commencement address.
UNC News Services release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct03/commencement100803.html
UNC trainer Lacey dies at 90
The News & Observer
Between 1956 and 1983, whenever a football or basketball player at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill got hurt, he turned to trainer John Lacey. Sports medicine
wasn't as sophisticated in those days, but Lacey usually had the right remedies, and the
right touch, to treat most any ailment.
Daughtridge wants panel to study tax rates
Rocky Mount Telegram
North Carolinians lost more jobs per capita last year than any other state, said N.C. Rep.
Bill Daughtridge, R-Nash....Daughtridge, one of four co-chairmen of the N.C. Joint Select
Committee on Economic Growth and Development, heard testimony during last week's
committee meeting in Raleigh from several members of the N.C. Department of Commerce
and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, detailing the history of the state's
changing economy.
Issues and Trends
Minority Enrollment in Colleges More Than Doubled in Past 20 Years, Study Finds
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The number of minority students enrolled in college has more than doubled since 1980,
according to an annual report released on Wednesday by the American Council on
Education. The report says that in 2000, 4.3 million African-American, Hispanic, Asian-
American, and American Indian students attended college, up from just under 2 million
in 1980.
UNC system eliminates 367 vacant jobs
The News & Observer
The latest budget cuts at University of North Carolina campuses resulted in 11 layoffs
and the elimination of 367 vacant positions, including 193 faculty jobs,
Note: If you have any questions about Carolina in the News, please call Russell Campbell at News Services, (919) 962-2091, russell_campbell@unc.edu, or Mike McFarland in University Communications, mike_mcfarland@unc.edu
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