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Oct. 6, 2006
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
International Coverage
Scenic subtext: author sees more than just pretty views on Blue Ridge Parkway
The Associated Press (International)
[Anne Mitchell] Whisnant first visited the parkway as a child in the late 1970s, and her book grew out of her doctoral dissertation in history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She still drives the parkway and cherishes the sights enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of visitors annually - the rolling farmland of western Virginia, the sweeping arc of the Linn Cove viaduct as it skirts the flank of Grandfather Mountain; the rough-hewn rock bridges; the sweeping overlooks that take in some of the most majestic vistas in the eastern United States.
National Coverage
Knowledge That Can Save You
Newsweek
It was a destiny Melodee Stokes desperately wanted to avoid. The youngest of five girls, Melodee watched her oldest sister, Brenda, now 60, battle breast cancer twice. Last year another sister, Cindy, died of the disease at the age of 47. "She was a beautiful, vibrant woman, and when she died she was a very frail, sick person," says Melodee. "I didn't want to put my family through that."... Women like Melodee, says Dr. James Evans, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "are unwitting pioneers in a whole new era of medicine."
New ideas might have saved Quigley
The Chicago Sun-Times
It would seem, however, as a fellow sociologist has suggested to me, that many priests are not interested in any kind of work with teenagers. Professor Christian Smith of the University of North Carolina and now the Golden Dome was surprised in his research on denominations and teens that the commitment of resources and personnel to working with teens was lower in Catholicism than in any other denomination.
Regional Coverage
Test lab linked to cancers
The Ventura County Star (Calif.)
The independent study concludes the meltdown caused about 260 cancers within 60 square miles of the reactor. The property surrounding the reactor has changed hands in the years since the meltdown and is currently owned by the Boeing Co..."One of the most important aspects of this report is that it documents some of the evidence that's been withheld for a long time from the public," said [Steven] Wing, an associate professor of epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Area prep coaches stress proper tackling technique
The Hattiesburg American (Miss.)
From time to time, Tim Heldt will remind an opposing team's player to keep his head up - but not because his high-scoring Oak Grove High School offense just rang up another touchdown in a lopsided game...There have been approximately 260 injuries (or less than 1 per 100,000 participants) from all levels of football resulting in paralysis over the past three decades, according to research by the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research at the University of North Carolina.
State and Local Coverage
UNC 'badgered' over north campus
The Chapel Hill Herald
Carolina North is a proposed satellite campus that would occupy about 1,000 acres by Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and would mix academic, research and residential space. University, local and state leaders have been meeting to come up with goals for the project, and UNC is supposed to submit a development proposal to its trustees by next October.
UNC North transit urged
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Either way, said community representatives to the Carolina North Leadership Advisory Committee, people will do what the infrastructure tells them to do. If UNC builds Carolina North with plenty of parking and easy driving access, employees will drive there. If the university designs its northern campus for buses and a commuter train, that is how people will get there.
High school assistance is broadened
The Citizen-Times (Asheville)
In September, State Board Chairman Lee and State Superintendent Atkinson joined Gov. Mike Easley to launch a statewide effort to conduct performance audits in all 115 school districts with a goal of ensuring the smart, targeted use of resources in all public high schools. One goal of the audit — to be performed by researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a team of school finance experts — is to identify best practices in spending and allocating resources in the highest performing high schools and replicate them in other schools.
Hundreds rally against killing in Sudan
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
On Thursday, more than 500 UNC-Chapel Hill students promised to give up meals and modern conveniences in a daylong fast that ended with a candlelight vigil and a feast donated by local restaurants. The campus group was one of seven in North Carolina participating in Darfur Fast, arranged by a national network of student groups mobilized to stop the genocide in Sudan.
N.C. ad to plug Democrats' religion
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The ad features Dean Smith against a Carolina blue sky...Who better to represent them than the legendary former UNC-Chapel Hill basketball coach -- a household name in North Carolina and the winningest NCAA Division I basketball coach.
Highway center to mark 40th year
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The UNC Highway Safety Research Center will celebrate its 40th anniversary today with a symposium titled "The Evolution of Highway Safety: How Research Can Save Lives on Our Roads." The event will be held at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, 100 Friday Center Drive in Chapel Hill, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Related Link: http://www.heraldsun.com/durham/4-776075.htmlThorp to deliver UNC's winter commencement address
The Triangle Business Journal
The chairman of the chemistry department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been named at the commencement speaker for the university's December graduation ceremonies. Dr. Holden Thorp will deliver the keynote address at the commencement, which is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Dec. 17 at the Dean E. Smith Center.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct06/commencethorp100406.htmPublic relations firms growing nationwide
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Even after Raleigh software company rPath raised $5.8 million in venture capital last year, it didn't think that its marketing budget was big enough to hire an advertising agency. So it hired a public relations firm instead..."If the economy goes south, the big numbers, like ad budgets, will be cut first," said Larry Lamb, who teaches public relations at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Software figures babies' drugs
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Tom Young and Barry Mangum wrote the book on prescribing drugs for newborns...When he moved to WakeMed in 1986 from Delaware, he teamed up with Mangum to build a complete reference guide. Mangum, then a clinical pharmacist at the Raleigh hospital, is now a professor of clinical pharmacology and pediatrics at Duke University Medical Center. Young is a professor of pediatrics at UNC-Chapel Hill's medical school.
An addition to math (Opinion)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Your Oct. 4 article on math education described how North Carolina has avoided the so-called Math Wars by promoting a balance between basic skills and conceptual understanding in mathematics instruction. However, the real news in math education is not about teaching methods but about expectations...(The writer [Russ Rowlett] is director of the UNC-Chapel Hill Center for Mathematics and Science Education.)
Best bets
The News and Observer (Raleigh)
Starting this week, PlayMakers Repertory Company takes on "The Underpants," Steve Martin's adaptation of the German farce. The play skewers middle class manners with a look at what happens after a certain man's wife's underwear is unveiled in public. The production is directed by triple-Tony winner Gene Saks, returning to the Triangle, following last year's lively Playmakers Repertory Company production of "The Front Page." "The Underpants" runs 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 29 in the Paul Green Theatre, in the Center for Dramatic Art at UNC-Chapel Hill. Tickets are $10-$40. Details: (919) 962-7529 (7529) www.playmakers.org.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep06/underpants092206.htmIssues and Trends
Taming UNC tuition (Editorial)
The News and Record (Greensboro)
While a college degree may be priceless, it shouldn't be overpriced. That's the thrust of a new cap for tuition and fee increases proposed by UNC system President Erskine Bowles. Unveiled on Monday, the plan would set a 6.5 percent increase limit on all 16 UNC campuses over the next four years.
N.C. business schools make Princeton Review lists
The Triangle Business Journal
Three North Carolina business schools have been recognized in various top 10 rankings released recently by The Princeton Review. According to the poll results, the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University ranked fifth on a list of the 10 "most family friendly" business schools and ranked 10th on a list of schools with the best professors. The Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill ranked sixth on a list of schools with the best campus environment.
Development moratorium worth a look (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
With much of the center of Chapel Hill and Carrboro already having reached what planners and developers call "build out," those northwestern sections of Carrboro are among the few places where builders still see possibilities...The town's planning board has recommended such a moratorium. Before acting on the recommendation, the Board of Aldermen has decided to refer the proposal to two committees concerned with the area, along with the Town of Chapel Hill, UNC and the Orange County Commissioners.
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