September 18, 2002

Carolina in the News

Current National Coverage

Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina 
people and programs cited recently in the national media:

Pro-Israel Think Tank Plans To Monitor U.S. Universities
The Wall Street Journal
A pro-Israel think tank plans to start a Web site Wednesday to monitor the attitudes of American 
professors and universities toward Islamic fundamentalism and the Arab-Israeli conflict... Among 
the institutions the site will focus on are the University of North Carolina , where freshmen this year 
were required to read passages from the Koran, and Harvard University, where a Muslim-American 
student delivered a commencement address originally titled "My American Jihad."
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1032293106142712835,00.html?mod=special%5Fpage%5Fterror%5Fhs%5F1
(Note: The Wall Street Journal requires a subscription to access articles.)

A Question of Clotting
The Scientist
The findings in an August paper by Barry R. Lentz and colleagues are so controversial, it took three years 
to get them into print. Lentz, director of molecular and cellular biophysics at the University of North 
Carolina (UNC), purports to present "compelling evidence" that the lipid molecule phosphatidylserine 
(PS) is the key regulator of an enzyme complex central to blood coagulation... Not so, counters UNC 
medicine and pathology professor Harold R. Roberts, a distinguished researcher in the field. He and 
UNC kineticist Dougald ("Mac") Monroe are currently preparing an editorial for a journal on this topic.
http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2002/sep/bunk_p20_020916.html
(Note: The Scientist website requires free registration to access articles.)

Asthma attack blamed in teen athlete's death 
Trenton (N.J.) Times
A 15-year-old high school football player collapsed at practice of an apparent asthma attack and 
died a short time later at a Mount Holly hospital, officials said yesterday... Nationally, deaths 
connected to football are rare. The National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research, based 
at the University of North Carolina, tracks such incidents. 
http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1032343209313396.xml

Youth coaches say football is safe environment 
The Modesto (Calif.) Bee
The death of a 10-year-old tackle football player in Bartlett, Ill., last week raised a familiar concern 
regarding the age children should be allowed in pads and helmets... The Annual Study of Football 
Injuries conducted by Frank Mueller, Ph.D., of the University of North Carolina, reported one 
football-related death of a youth player in 2001.
http://www.modbee.com/sports/story/4447878p-5468874c.html

State and Local Coverage

Airport to remain open until 2005
Chapel Hill News
House and Senate negotiators have modified a provision in the state's budget that would have required 
the university to keep Horace Williams airport open indefinitely to one that would allow the chancellor 
to close the airport on Jan. 1, 2005.
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/story/1739212p-1752060c.html

Roses & raspberries
Chapel Hill News
Roses to the UNC Board of Governors for finally coming out in favor of academic freedom...
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/opinion/story/1739175p-1752031c.html

Edwards draws praise as senator, but not as candidate
Winston-Salem Journal
Most North Carolina voters think that Sen. John Edwards is doing a good job, but they are not so 
sure he should run for president in 2004, according to poll results released yesterday... Ferrel 
Guillory, the director of the Southern Politics, Media and Public Life program at the University of 
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said that the results tell him two things...
http://www.journalnow.com/wsj/MGB2STTN86D.html

Biotech training center sought 
News and Observer
Senate leaders are preparing to introduce a bill that would provide $35 million to build a biotechnology 
manufacturing training center that could help attract manufacturers to the state as well as serve the work 
force needs of existing North Carolina companies. The measure also is expected to include $130 
million to build a new cancer treatment center at UNC Hospitals, which would replace a 49-year-old 
facility that hospital officials consider inadequate.
http://newsobserver.com/business/story/1729523p-1744114c.html

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Referendum fails in 69-50 House vote 
News and Observer
The state House of Representatives resoundingly defeated a proposal Tuesday to hold a lottery 
referendum Nov. 5, delivering Gov. Mike Easley the first major defeat of his administration.
http://newsobserver.com/news/nc/story/1741202p-1753850c.html

Lee concedes Senate battle to Kinnaird 
The Herald-Sun
State Sen. Howard Lee passed up a chance to call for another recount in the District 23 primary
Tuesday and conceded the race to fellow incumbent Ellie Kinnaird.
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-267992.html

Plan would curb duplexes in Chapel Hill 
News and Observer
New duplexes might soon be outlawed in most Chapel Hill neighborhoods if the town's development
regulations are overhauled as proposed. A consultant offered the idea as a way to curb the number of 
multibedroom duplexes that are being built for student renters in vulnerable residential areas near UNC-
Chapel Hill. Homeowners have complained about noise, garbage and parking problems at properties 
that are not owner-occupied.
http://newsobserver.com/news/triangle/story/1741297p-1753788c.html

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