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Oct. 29, 2007
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
Rethinking Fire Policy in the Tinderbox Zone
The New York Times
As Californians sift through the cinders of this week’s deadly wildfires, there is a growing consensus that the state’s war against such disasters — as it is currently being fought — cannot be won...More often than not, the human response after fire is to restore, not relocate, said Thomas J. Campanella, an assistant professor of city and regional planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and co-editor of the 2004 book “The Resilient City: How Modern Cities Recover from Disaster.”Global warming may hit kids harder, pediatrics group says
USA Today
Global warming is likely to disproportionately harm the health of children, and politicians should launch "aggressive policies" to curb climate change, the American Academy of Pediatrics said today...There's evidence that children are likely to suffer more than adults from climate change, says the report's lead author, Katherine Shea, a pediatrician and adjunct public health professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.Post-DREAM Strategies
Inside Higher Ed
October has not been a good month for educators working to get more government assistance for college students – or potential college students — who lack the legal documentation to stay in the United States...More creativity is going to be required of campus officials, Shirley Ort, associate provost and director of scholarships and student aid at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. North Carolina does not provide state benefits to these students, although her university has been strongly committed to helping them.How and why we gain weight
The Los Angeles Times
CHEWING gum, taking medication and laying off fast food won't by themselves reduce America's waistlines -- obviously..."This is an understudied period," says Penny Gordon-Larsen, assistant professor of nutrition in the school of public health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of the study.And Now This
The New York Times
The first notion to grasp in acquiring the language of verbal signaling is that Brian, pronounced with a rising inflection, is not a person’s name...“Viewers are unlikely to hear the phrase back to you, now also the title of a Fox television comedy,” observes David Cupp, a professor of journalism at the University of North Carolina.In Colleges, a Generosity Gap (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The Washington Post
A study last year by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education -- "Measuring Up: The National Report Card on Higher Education" -- gave Virginia heartening marks on many fronts: preparation, participation, graduation rates and effective student learning...Terrific public universities such as Michigan, California-Berkeley, Wisconsin, UNC-Chapel Hill, Minnesota and Texas, for example, do far better than our best public universities (Gene R. Nichol is president of the College of William & Mary and former UNC Law Dean).Regional Coverage
To Judge Feds' Help in Fires, Experts Say Wait and See
Voice of San Diego (San Diego, Calif.)
The firestorm that tore through Southern California has been viewed nationally as President Bush's first major test in responding to large-scale disasters since the mishandled recovery efforts of Hurricane Katrina in 2005...Tom Campanella, a University of North Carolina professor and former firefighter who authored the book "Resilient Cities: How Modern Cities Recover from Disaster," suggested Congress play a role in designating urban boundaries to curb development into the backcountry.Genetic genius (Editorial)
The Providence Journal (Providence, R.I.)
This year’s Nobel Prize in medicine honors a research technique that is helping to form a new understanding of disease...Sharing the prize for these insights are Mario Capecchi, of the University of Utah; Oliver Smithies, of the University of North Carolina; and Martin J. Evans (a “sir”), of Cardiff University, in Wales.Researcher studies high school athletes, hoping to make the sport safer
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Mo.)
Unity High School offensive tackle Jonathan Conlon dived for the ball after an onside kick and got creamed by three large opponents...The technology, called the Head Impact Telemetry System, was developed by the New Hampshire research firm Simbex. It's used by about a dozen college teams, including Virginia Tech, the University of North Carolina and Dartmouth, as well as several high schools.New Group Hopes To Reinvigorate Airport Area
The Daily News (Memphis, Tenn.)
With its corporate charter on file and its executive director at the controls, the Memphis Airport Area Development Corp. is finally ready for takeoff...Of course, that's an expansive footprint thanks to Memphis International's role as an "aerotropolis," the term coined by University of North Carolina business professor Dr. John Kasarda to describe an airport as a hub of business, retail and other activity that sprouts up around it.Obesity goes global; blame wealth, habits, fast food
The Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, Fla.)
It may be a small world, but it's getting bigger. And bigger. And bigger..."It's a very different world than it was a while back," said Dr. Barry Popkin, director of the University of North Carolina's Interdisciplinary Obesity Center.Trick or treat: Be scared of late-night TV 'help'
The Tribune (Greeley, Colo.)
Misinformation and insomnia make great bedfellows. Late-night television is filled with too-good-to-be-true solutions for everything from unmanageable mortgages and other debt woes to health care...The industry has gotten hugely popular and profitable in recent years -- a 2003 University of North Carolina study noted that while "virtually no payday loan outlets existed 10 years ago, industry analysts estimate there are now up to 14,000 of them, with total loan originations of between $8 billion and $14 billion in 2000 alone."Spending discipline overdue for state university administrators
The Portland Press Herald (Portland, Maine)
The news that the University of Southern Maine has amassed a deficit of $12.4 million has brought the university apologists out of the woodwork...By comparison, in-state tuition at the prestigious University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is $5,340, or about $3,000 less than UMaine.Still a priority
The Register-Herald (Beckley, W.Va.)
The annual conference of the Appalachian Regional Commission was held last week in Charleston, and while this federal agency was quick to trumpet the positive trickle-down on money it has spent in its never-ending battle on rural poverty, the stark reality of the situation is that the region may likely never catch up with the rest of the country...According to a two-year study conducted by Jeff Hughes, director of the Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $40 billion alone is needed to simply provide water and sewer to those in Appalachia who still go without.State & Local Coverage
UNC, a global university for North Carolina (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The great universities of the 21st century will be defined by their presence on a worldwide stage. UNC has recently taken some critical steps toward becoming a great global university, bringing the world to North Carolina and taking North Carolina to the world. (James Moeser is chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).UNC's B-school given bragging rights in listing
The Triangle Business Journal (Raleigh)
Take that, Fuqua!...But a ranking of 100 B-schools from the Aspen Institute called "Beyond Grey Pinstripes" puts UNC at No. 12 and Duke at No. 26.Insiders welcome (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Regarding your Oct. 25 editorial "Hunting season": Of course the Chancellor's Search Committee will consider internal candidates. In fact, we have a preference for them, and we said so when the committee was created. (Nelson Schwab III, Chairman, Chancellor's Search Committee, UNC-CH)How much for UNC search? Can he, or she, shoot the 3? (Commentary)
The Charlotte Observer
We see by the morning papers that a search committee at UNC Chapel Hill will pay a search consultant $100,000 to help recruit candidates to succeed outgoing Chancellor James Moeser next year.And an outsider will educate us (Editorial)
The Star-News (Wilmington)
The trustees of UNC-Chapel Hill apparently believe that nobody within the UNC system can be found to lead our flagship university. They've agreed to pay a Texas headhunter at least $100,800 to scour the planet or possibly the universe for someone, presumably from somewhere else, who can larn us.Little Public Input Given in UNC Chancellor Search
WRAL-News (Raleigh)
Few people provided input Friday for the search for a new chancellor for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chancellor James Moeser announced last month he would step down next summer after seven years in charge of the UNC System's flagship campus.
Related Link: http://media.www.dailytarheel.com/media/storage/paper885/news/2007/10/29/University/Chancellor.Search.Forum.Draws.Only.7-30 62216.shtmlGive your input on what you want in a chancellor (Letter to the Editor)
The Daily Tar Heel
Our University is at a moment of tremendous change. Not only is our state changing rapidly but our University is as well. We face the selection of a new chancellor who will lead UNC. As students, the heart and focus of the University, we are the ones most affected by this selection, and we must have a say in determining who our next leader will be. (Eve Carson, Student Body President; Matt Hendren, Student's Search Advisory Committee)Looking for a leader and staying Green
News 14 Carolina (Raleigh)
The search for UNC Chapel Hill’s next chancellor still continues, and the school is looking for some input from the people of Chapel Hill.Caution urged on Carolina North
The Chapel Hill News
Eight people are vying for four at-large seats on the Chapel Hill Town Council, while, in a separate race, incumbent Mayor Kevin Foy faces a single challenger, Kevin Wolff...The next council will also face the task of regulating the development of Carolina North, a 250-acre satellite campus UNC plans to build off Martin Luther King Boulevard north of Estes Drive.Policy expert to address graduates
The Chapel Hill Herald
Noted journalist and policy expert Hodding Carter III, a professor of leadership and public policy, will deliver the December commencement address at UNC.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct07/deccommencement102507.htmlPlaying fantasy football in the ACC (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
I'm a professor and I believe in collegiate athletics in balance with academic achievement...Now UNC is No. 1 in the nation in raising contributions for athletics (Stirling Haig is professor of French, emeritus, at UNC-Chapel Hill).100-plus connect to services
The Chapel Hill News
In just one of hundreds of acts of kindness Thursday, the volunteer at Project Homeless Connect Orange County help someone on hard times meet a serious need...All of the appointments with dentists were taken, but Taylor gave him information on clinics staffed by UNC dental students.County narrowing strategic plan priorities
The Courier-Times (Roxboro)
Person County government may be close to finalizing a strategic plan, nearly three years after launching the initiative...Facilitating the meeting was Dr. James H. Johnson Jr., William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Kenan-Flagler Business School of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Rain, drought and the water we need
The Winston-Salem Journal
North Carolinians have been praying for rain for three months...Urban sprawl means more lawns. More lawns mean more watering and more demand on water supplies when dry weather hits, said Larry Band, a professor of geography at UNC Chapel Hill.Where's the line?
The Charlotte Observer
The local Council on Aging contracts with Mecklenburg County to provide services for the elderly...We asked Robert Joyce, a lawyer at the UNC School of Government in Chapel Hill whose fields of expertise include election law.What may public officials do on referendums?
The Charlotte Observer
There's a hot debate about who can do what in the current Mecklenburg County election. I put some of the issues to an expert who has no dog in this fight: Robert Joyce, a professor of public law and government at UNC Chapel Hill.Durham wants $20M to repave, build roads
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
City officials are hoping to convince voters to approve a $20 million bond issue in the Nov. 6 election so they can continue building and repairing Durham's streets and sidewalks at a fast pace...As of last year, Durham's streets were in worse shape than those of comparable cities, according to analysts from the UNC School of Government.Brunswick Housing Opportunities goal: affordable housing
The Star-News (Wilmington)
After more than a year of meetings on affordable work force housing in Brunswick County, a new venture has begun to make sure action is taken to help the average worker afford a home...According to a study by researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Brunswick County’s housing costs outpace workers’ average salaries.'Lie-ins' target easy guns
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Three days after Seung-Hui Cho fired more than 170 rounds during his Virginia Tech killing spree, Abby Spangler fired off e-mail messages to her friends...The 32nd protest, called UNC-32, is scheduled for noon today in front of Wilson Library at UNC-Chapel Hill.Issues & Trends
Join the club: Colleges see surge in new student groups
The Boston Globe
Like street vendors hawking wares, a cluster of Harvard University students shout in a dissonant chorus to their peers pouring out of the Science Center between classes...Harvard now recognizes nearly 400 clubs, up from 240 a decade ago, while the number at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has doubled to 508 over that period.
Related Link: http://chronicle.com/news/article/3320/campuses-awash-in-student-groups-have-everything-for-someoneStudent Paper Upsets the Edwards Camp
The New York Times
In this rough-and-tumble campaign season, the major presidential campaigns have sought to leave no charge unanswered from wherever it may come...A journalism professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is accusing aides of John Edwards, a former senator from North Carolina, of demanding that he remove from YouTube a student report critical of Mr. Edwards’s Democratic presidential campaign...
Related Link: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,305556,00.html
Related Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/751369.htmlOcean Isle Beach fire kills 7 students
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
It had been a beach weekend for the South Carolina college students, filled with football, cookouts, late nights and new friends...More than 30 UNC students who belong to the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity were staying on the same street as the house that burned, including Wilkins and Rebecca Wood, chapter president.
Related Link: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BEACH_HOUSE_FIRE?SITE=KFWB&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTSenate bill benefits local projects
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A bill passed by the Senate this week would give nearly $1 million to local projects...The bill includes $700,000 for a joint research program at UNC-Chapel Hill and East Carolina University that focuses on the disparities in health care services based on race.Collegiate issues (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
...Thus, I urge Zane and others to be on the alert for our upcoming reports on these topics: how to pick a law school in North Carolina, the misdirection of resources at teacher education schools, the impact of a little-known court case on college enrollments and whether student fees at UNC meet the standards set by the Supreme Court...(Jane S. Shaw, Executive vice president, John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy)
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