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Oct. 7, 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
Short-Term Health Care Coverage Haunts Hurricane Katrina Victims
Fox News
In order to avoid what could be another monumental problem in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (search), policymakers are trying to figure out how thousands of people, maybe tens of thousands, left without work months after the storm will get basic medical services. ...A recent study by the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill said 6,000 doctors were displaced from the Gulf Coast by the storm.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep05/ricketts092605.htmRegional Coverage
Hundreds in state plan to join march
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Ten years ago, in a massive display of unity on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., hundreds of thousands of men, most of them black, collectively acknowledged that they owed something to their communities and vowed to return to them to make a difference. ..."The 1995 march was more specific and focused on what it was designed to do," said Walter C. Farrell Jr., a professor of social welfare and associate director of urban investment strategies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
State & Local Note
Southern Fried Potato Kugel
"The State of Things," WUNC-FM
Marcie Cohen Ferris, associate director of the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies, and assistant professor of American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Vice President of the Southern Foodways Alliance will be featured on Monday's (Oct. 10) edition of "The State of Things," to discuss her new book, "Matzoh Ball Gumbo, Culinary Tales of the Jewish South" (UNC Press/2005.) The State of Things resident foodie Kelly Alexander joins the conversation which explores the nexus of southern and Jewish food from brisket to sister Sadie's honeycake. The program will air live at noon and on rebroadcast at 9 p.m.
State & Local Coverage
UNC toughens steroid policy
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
If a student-athlete tests positive for steroids in a screen conducted by the University of North Carolina, he or she no longer will get a second chance to play for the school. ..."We felt like ... this policy should allow for young people to make mistakes and for us to have a policy and procedure in place to deal with that," athletics director Dick Baddour said. "But when it came to the integrity of the game, that we should take a hard line and get that message out."
Related Chart: http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/unc/story/2811289p-9256024c.html
Related Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/ncwire_sports/story/2811056p-9255646c.html
Tar Heels stiffen policies
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
North Carolina has strengthened its substance abuse policy for student-athletes, establishing a no-tolerance stance for anabolic agents in the process. ..."Anabolic steroid abuse is a direct threat to fair play at all levels, but it is a particularly dangerous concern for young athletes," Athletics Director Dick Baddour said in a statement. "That is one reason we have adopted a zero-tolerance policy toward its use."
Athletics toughens up policy
The Daily Tar Heel
Director of Athletics Dick Baddour found his inspiration from professional baseball when he made the decision to toughen North Carolina’s substance abuse education and testing program. ...“We have not had an issue with anabolic steroids,” Baddour said. “It has not been something we have seen here that has caused us any concern. But ... this is (an issue) that really should be treated and stated outright. We’re going to treat this one in a different way.”Farcical play-within-a-play stages chaos
The Herald-Sun (Durham)/The Chapel Hill Herald
To Patrick Link, it feels like a sporting event: He and his fellow players work up a sweat and leave the arena with fresh bruises every night. ...The Lab! Theatre, the oldest student theater organization at UNC, opens its 59th season with this award-winning show that combines the sharp wit and broad physical comedy that the British do so well.
Lifetime award named for volunteer
The Chapel Hill Herald
Local volunteer extraordinaire Irene Briggaman got an awfully big surprise Thursday night. ... UNC's recently renovated Memorial Hall received an award for community enhancement. Also recognized were members of Chapel Hill and Carrboro's police and fire departments and employees from Orange County Emergency Management, the Orange County Sheriff's Department and UNC's Department of Public Safety.
American Indian sessions open at UNC
The Chapel Hill Herald
As their children grow older, Cherokee grandparents and elders worry about more than an empty nest. They worry about the survival of their native language. ..."The purpose of the conference is really to shine the spotlight on our American Indian graduate students and their research," said Sandra Hoeflich, associate dean for Interdisciplinary Education at the UNC Graduate School.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep05/octconf092305.htmFormer VP candidate outlines obligation to help the poor
The Associated Press (N.C.)
Too many victims of Hurricane Katrina aren't getting the help they need, former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards says. ...Edwards, who heads the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina, said at his news conference that the federal government should institute a jobs program for displaced residents of New Orleans to rebuild their own city. He did not put a price tag on the effort.
Three projects before Hillsborough boards
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Three Hillsborough projects underwent scrutiny in a joint town board and planning board public hearing Thursday night. ...Tom Campanella, assistant professor in UNC-Chapel Hill's department of city and regional planning, criticized the automobile-centered planning. "There are the sidewalks, but they are really just loose spaghetti floating around the site," Campanella said. "Overall, I would say that this is a good example of ... the kind of creeping urban sprawl that we really need to fight against in this town."
Issues & Trends
Expert: UNC meeting required notice
The Associated Press (N.C.)
A University of North Carolina search committee broke state law by failing to notify the public of meetings to interview candidates for system president, legal experts said. "It doesn't seem to be in compliance," said David Lawrence, a professor at the Institute of Government at UNC Chapel Hill who wrote the book on North Carolina public-meetings law. "You can have the whole thing in closed session, but the public is entitled to know when and where the meeting is."
New Cisco facility a boon for region (Editorial)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
The opening of Cisco Systems' new 38,000 square-foot training facility in Research Triangle Park on Wednesday was good news for the Triangle on a number of levels. ...We might have rephrased that a bit. We know Cisco is located in the Wake County portion of RTP, but we're sure Chambers would agree that some of the elements that make Raleigh "a great place" happen to be located in Durham and Chapel Hill. Such as Duke, NCCU and UNC for starters, which along with N.C. State, provide a highly educated pool of potential employees Cisco can draw upon. In fact, about 20 percent of the students in Cisco's year-long program for new graduates have been UNC system alumni.
Candidate leaves Chapel Hill race
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
-- Walker Rutherfurd is dropping out of the race for Town Council, saying he wants to spend more time on his career and lower-profile forms of public service. ...On the key issue of Carolina North, the planned UNC-Chapel Hill research campus that has slow-growth advocates sweating, Rutherfurd said he wanted the town to have a less adversarial stance.
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