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Oct. 6, 2005
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:National Coverage
John Edwards
The Tavis Smiley Show, PBS
Former Democratic VP candidate John Edwards was featured on "The Tavis Smiley Show" on Monday (Oct. 3) to discuss his work with the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Median increase for aid: 2.4%
USA Today
The median amount of financial aid given last year at 41 public flagship universities rose 2.4% from the previous year, a USA Today survey shows. But the percentage of students getting aid held steady for a third year.
Note: Carolina is among the 67 flagship universities in all 50 states featured in a full-page package Wednesday in USA Today. Two accompanying news stories -- "State schools' median tuition increase: 7.1%" and "Median Increase for Aid: 2.4%" -- are not available online. The package includes five charts detailing most and least expensive in-state tuition as well as the largest and smallest in-state increases. Carolina is listed eighth on the list of smallest in-state increases since 2002-03 at 19.6 percent. First on that list is the University of Mississippi at Oxford at 10.3 percent.Updates on Billion-Dollar Campaigns at 23 Universities
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The 23 American universities that are seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected a total of $332.4-million in gifts and pledges during the last month for which they had data available. ...The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $1.552-billion as of August 31 (increase of $26.6-million in the last month); the goal is $2-billion by 2007. The goal was raised in the last month from $1.8-billion.
Genetic Variations Impact Cystic Fibrosis
Ivanhoe Newswire
Scientists have zeroed in on a gene they believe influences the severity of cystic fibrosis (CF). The gene, known as TGFb1, is mutated in patients with the worst cases of cystic fibrosis, according to a study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct05/knowles7100305.htmHarriet Miers' White House Ties Raise Question Of Independence
Investor's Business Daily
Harriet Miers is certainly no John Roberts. ..."The worst possible motivation to put somebody on the Supreme Court is to have that person serve as a rubber stamp for the executive office," said Bill Marshall, professor of law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
UNC News Tip: http://www.unc.edu/news/newstips/2005/nomination092705.htmRegional Coverage
State spending shows where counties rank
The Nashville City Paper
A Davidson County resident is not worth as much to the state these days when compared to a Shelby or Knox County citizen. ...“University of Virginia, University of North Carolina, University of Texas, they are all people that we’re in competition with for our state university,” Henry said.
State & Local Coverage
What’s The Big Idea?
"The State of Things," WUNC-FM
Richard Superfine, professor of physics, Michael Ramsey, professor of Chemistry, Joe DeSimone, professor of chemistry, and Bob McMahan, professor of Astrophysics, were featured on Wednesday's (Oct. 5) edition of "The State of Things." Host Frank Stasio discussed with his four Carolina guests innovations in high-tech research and their many possibilities for nanotechnology, microfluidics and fuel cells in our every day lives. The impact of this important research on North Carolina’s economy also was discussed. The program aired live at noon and on rebroadcast at 9 p.m.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct05/nano100305.htm
Doctor honored for work on STDs
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The American Venereal Disease Association has awarded the 2005 Thomas Parran Award to Dr. Myron S. Cohen, J. Herbert Bate professor of medicine and microbiology in the School of Medicine and professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill. The award recognizes lifetime achievements in research aimed at sexually transmitted diseases. Cohen has led research into the transmission of HIV and other STDs, and studied how to prevent transmission of the organisms that cause these diseases.
Event renamed to honor slain coach
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The UNC-Chapel Hill ice hockey team has changed the name of the Carolina Invitational Tournament to honor former head coach James "Big Jim" Sapikowski, who was found shot to death in his home in May. The James Sapikowski Memorial Tournament will be played Oct. 14-16 in Hillsborough.
Stuck in muck of denial (Editiorial)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Denial isn't just a river in Egypt, the old joke goes, and we laugh because it's true. Denial is in fact deeply seated in the human psyche, a cousin of laziness that follows Newton's law of inertia -- "a body at rest tends to remain at rest." ...In addition to the NCCU Institute for Homeland Security, Duke, UNC Chapel Hill and the Research Triangle Institute have recently established the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security. We're grateful that those agencies have come to our region. We would ask them to focus on these questions: Where are we in denial, and how do we rouse ourselves out of it?
University has sharp elbows (Letter to the editor)
The Chapel Hill Herald
My thanks to Rob Shapard for his recent story on UNC's plan for our neighborhood along Mason Farm Road ["UNC tweak Mason Farm Road plans," Sept. 30.] The university has sharp elbows.
Note: No link available.Issues & Trends
Molly Broad earned a state's thanks (Opinion column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Erskine Bowles accepted the helm of the University of North Carolina system earlier this week with a thunderous reception from the system's Board of Governors, and with a measure of excitement in the room not seen in some time. He'll take over on the 1st of January, beginning the latest in a series of very important jobs for this son of North Carolina who was born to privilege but chose to use that comfort as a springboard, not a pillow. A very good fellow he is, accomplished at the highest levels of business from Tryon Street in Charlotte to Wall Street Up Yonder. And then there was that little matter of running the country as President Clinton's chief of staff.
UNC broke law, say legal experts
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
University of North Carolina leaders promised that their search for a new president would be open. And until it came time to pick one, it was. ..."It doesn't seem to be in compliance," said David Lawrence, a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill's Institute of Government who literally wrote the book on government meetings. "You can have the whole thing in closed session, but the public is entitled to know when and where the meeting is."
Open and shut (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Let's hope that when Erskine Bowles takes office in January as president of the University of North Carolina system, he'll set an absolute policy of openness when it comes to doing business. The selection process that arrived at a good choice in Bowles was seriously flawed by the decisions of the system's attorney, Leslie Winner, who tried to justify the secret meetings of a search committee on very thin grounds.
Why does UNC need such a big carrot? (Letter to the editor)
The Charlotte Observer
In response to "What is a leader worth?" (Sept. 1):Does the state really believe it must pay an exorbitant salary to get a person of quality to serve as president of the UNC system? Is keeping up with the Joneses adequate justification?
UNC isn't best place for greedy leaders (Letter to the editor)
The Charlotte Observer (Raleigh)
Anyone who can't live on $313,000 a year should either join a commune, enter a monastery or move to Haight-Ashbury.
Carrboro agrees to use Bolin map
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The pink line separated concrete and dirt. The blue lines traced flowing tributaries. And the green blobs marked fresh, dewy grass. ...Bolin Creek starts as a tiny spring northwest of old N.C. 86 in Orange County, winding its way through Carrboro and UNC-Chapel Hill's Horace Williams Tract. It flows into Chapel Hill and merges with Booker Creek east of the U.S. 15-501 Bypass to form Little Creek and eventually flows into Jordan Lake.
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