September 30, 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:

Admissions Group Hears Complaints About Early-Decision Programs, But Makes No Policy Changes
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Officials of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (Nacac) did not alter the group's 
guidelines for early-action and early-decision policies, as some had hoped the association would, during 
its annual meeting here over the weekend. But the issue of how colleges should run early-admission 
programs prompted heated debate... Earlier this year, Beloit College and the University of North 
Carolina at Chapel Hill announced that they would drop their early-decision programs this fall...
http://chronicle.com/daily/2002/09/2002093002n.htm
(Note: The Chronicle of Higher Education requires a subscription to access articles.)

Riding the Wave of Car Culture 
The Washington Post
The afternoon commute begins lightly and leisurely, as stroller-pushing moms head for Little River 
Elementary School to walk their older children home. But soon they are outnumbered... "We're about a 
generation away from blowing it entirely," said Mark Fenton, a national walking advocate who works at 
the University of North Carolina Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center and has his own PBS 
show about walking.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20652-2002Sep29.html

Devout teens stray less, research finds
Philadelphia Inquirer
Teens and trouble: The two seem to go hand in hand. A new study suggests, however, that deeply 
religious teens tend to defy that stereotype. In a report released this week, researchers at the University 
of North Carolina found that teens who regularly participate in religious activities are far less likely than 
their counterparts to engage in drug and alcohol abuse, violence, theft and other risky behaviors... The 
new analysis was led by Christian Smith, a Philadelphia-area native whose specialty is the sociology of 
American religion...
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/living/4119082.htm
(Note: This coverage is related to a UNC news release 
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep02/smithcr091702.htm. Additional coverage known to date
includes The Washington Times, The Wausau (Wis.) Daily Herald and The Akron (Ohio) 
Beacon Journal.)

Evolutionary Upstarts
Science News
Little more than a decade ago, an evolution revolution turned the study of the mind on its head. It began 
with a small band of researchers challenging the traditional concept that culture and child rearing serve as 
prime shapers of people's behavior... Yet it's behavior, not genes, that jump-starts evolution, according 
to psychologist Gilbert Gottlieb of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill... 
http://www.sciencenews.org/20020921/bob9.asp
(Note: Science News requires a subscription to access all articles.)

Requiring Students to Read About Islam Shortchanges Other Religions (Letters to the Editor)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
To the Editor: Most people would agree that one of the things we need to do to make this a better and 
more harmonious world is to try to develop a sympathetic understanding of all the religious traditions and 
cultures of the human family. Since I believe that this is one of the motivations behind the requirement of
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that its freshmen read a book on Islam, ... I applaud it...
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v49/i06/06b00401.htm
(Note: The Chronicle of Higher Education requires a subscription to access articles.)

National News Notes

Laurie Maffly-Kipp, associate professor of religious studies, was featured on Friday's edition of National 
Public Radio's "All Things Considered." Maffly-Kipp discussed the writings and beliefs of Mary Baker 
Eddy. To listen to the program online, please go to 
http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnpd01fm.cfm?PrgDate=9%2F27%2F2002&PrgID=2 and scroll down
to "Christian Science Library." 

Regional Coverage

New crisis, old controversy
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For nearly 30 years, a congressional resolution has imposed restrictions on the president of the United 
States. Now, the 1973 War Powers Resolution returns to the spotlight... ''Ever since the U.N. charter 
has come into place, I think there's a very strong feeling that a declaration of war seems to have that 
offensive edge to it,'' said professor Buckner Melton Jr., a constitutional historian who teaches law at the 
University of North Carolina...
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/editions/monday/news_d3794e79a6c61230003f.html

State and Local Coverage

UNC donors give record $180 million 
The Herald-Sun
Even as UNC struggles with a tight state budget and the inability to give employees a substantial annual 
raise, the wheels of its development machine continue to churn... "The campaign is going extremely well," 
Paul Fulton, the campaign’s co-chairman and a UNC trustee, told fellow trustees this week...
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-271651.html
(Note: Additional coverage resulting from a UNC news release  includes The News and Observer, 
The Chapel Hill News, and The Daily Tar Heel.)

UNC trustees missed chance to build trust (Editorial)
The Herald-Sun
America has been called a Hamiltonian nation governed by Jeffersonian forms -- that is, a people who
yearn for order and efficiency but willingly submit to the often perplexing and tedious process of 
discerning the will of the many. If so, it might also be said that UNC is just the opposite (as in many other 
things) -- a passionately inclusive community that loves to gripe about authoritarianism but seldom does 
anything about it...
http://www.herald-sun.com/opinion/chhedits/57-271823.html

2 educators now biowarriors
Charlotte Observer
Think of them as biowarriors in bowties. Two of the Carolinas' top college educators -- the Gamecock 
president and a Tar Heel dean -- are sitting through CIA briefings and debating the ethics of human 
smallpox testing to advise the nation's chief health officials on combating bioterrorism. And it's not even 
their day job. Dr. Andrew Sorensen is the new University of South Carolina president. Dr. Bill Roper is 
dean of the UNC School of Public Health. They're among 20 members of the new Council on Public 
Health Preparedness, a federal task force created at the behest of Health and Human Services Secretary 
Tommy Thompson.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/living/health/4174086.htm

Smallpox fears fuel difficult decision
Charlotte Observer
The Bush administration is considering a daunting decision to vaccinate the entire country against smallpox 
before an attack occurs, a choice that would strain local health resources and could kill or sicken thousands 
from the side effects... Dr. Andrew Sorensen, the new University of South Carolina president, sits on a 
commission convened last month to study the issues and advise the nation's top health officials. So does 
Dr. Bill Roper, dean of the UNC Chapel Hill School of Public Health.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/4174092.htm

Footnotes
News and Observer
... Despite economic hard times, private dollars are rolling in to UNC-Chapel Hill at a record rate. The 
university received $180 million in gifts and foundation grants in fiscal 2002 -- a 12 percent increase over 
2001 and the sixth year UNC-CH has surpassed $100 million in donations... UNC-CH is also raking in 
more dollars from its trademark products such as T-shirts and hats. In 2001-02, when the men's 
basketball team had a disastrous showing, the university made a record $3.58 million in licensing royalties 
-- a 12 percent increase from the previous year...
http://newsobserver.com/news/triangle/story/1775644p-1783717c.html
(Note: Both briefs were the result of UNC news release. All footnotes are published on 
the same web page. To view this brief, please go to the above url and scroll down the page.)

Alcohol use will be focus of study
Winston-Salem Journal
Few problems of campus life seem as intractable to college administrators as binge drinking... Eisen's 
office awarded $8,000 grants to 10 campuses in North Carolina to develop strategies to combat problem 
drinking, including Wake Forest University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the N.C. 
School of the Arts...
http://www.journalnow.com/wsj/news/education/MGB2N4ICO6D.html
(Note: This story was picked-up by the Associated Press and featured in the Charlotte Observer 
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/4180004.htm)

Cool Carolina (Editorial)
Blue and White
At some point during our years on this campus, we’re all guilty of forgetting how cool it really is to be a part 
of UNC and Chapel Hill. Over the past year, reminders seem to have popped up everywhere. UNC is hot, 
and even the approaching winter months won’t chill its fury. Last spring UNC became a trendsetter by 
dropping its binding early admission policy. Next, the University proved its popularity by being named 
second in Kaplan’s 2002 list of “Hot and Trendy” universities in the nation. UNC may have ranked behind 
Harvard, but beat out Duke, the only important competitor, which ranked third in this category...
http://www.unc.edu/student/orgs/bw/SO_02/op-ed.html

Gladys Coates helped nurture a UNC dream
Chapel Hill News
Gladys Hall Coates, who with her late husband, Albert Coates, established the Institute of Government at 
UNC-Chapel Hill, was remembered last week for her wit, charm and devotion to the university. "Gladys 
Coates was intelligent, well-read and fully informed," said Bill Friday, president emeritus of the UNC 
system.  "She was an enormous asset to UNC. Everyone will certainly miss this gracious lady."
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/story/1771171p-1779033c.html
(Note: A related story was featured in The Winston-Salem Journal.)

What happened to ghost ship of Diamond Shoals? (Book Review)
Charlotte Observer
Bland Simpson grew up in the river port of Elizabeth City, just up the Pasquotank River and across 
Albemarle Sound from the Outer Banks, site of some of the most intriguing mysteries in American history...
With the information gleaned from his research, Simpson -- a well-known author, songwriter and performer
and director of the creative writing program at UNC Chapel Hill -- has woven a fascinating story told 
through the voices of four people who were involved in the investigation...
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/4179869.htm

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Graduation Rates for College Athletes Hit All-Time High
The Chronicle of Higher Education 
The incoming class of 1995-96 turned out to be the most successful on record for athletes and other 
students when it came to graduating on time, according to report released Thursday by the National 
Collegiate Athletic Association...
http://chronicle.com/daily/2002/09/2002092701n.htm
(Note: The Chronicle of Higher Education requires a subscription to access articles.)

INS Adds New Database Fee for Colleges, but May Cut Another for Foreign Students
The Chronicle of Higher Education 
New federal rules announced on Wednesday require colleges to pay a fee to sign up for the U.S 
Immigration and Naturalization Service's program to track foreign students...
http://chronicle.com/daily/2002/09/2002092702n.htm
(Note: The Chronicle of Higher Education requires a subscription to access articles.)

10 Ways Colleges Can Cut IT Costs
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Colleges and universities are spending ever more on information technology. Many institutions feel 
compelled to keep increasing those expenditures, in part to match the technology offerings of competing
institutions.... Colleges that don't join purchasing pools to buy information technology are paying too 
much for it, says Tom Warner, director of collaborative IT procurement for the University of North 
Carolina System...
http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i06/06a03901.htm
(Note: The Chronicle of Higher Education requires a subscription to access articles.)

State still eyes spending 
News and Observer
Considering the many ways that state lawmakers are finding to spend money in the waning days of the 
session, it would appear the state was expecting billion-dollar surpluses in the years ahead, not deficits... 
new cancer hospital as part of the UNC Hospital System. Cost: $130 million.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nc/story/1775625p-1783754c.html

Sending sad signals (Editorial)
Charlotte Observer
Lawmakers are scrambling to finish work on some last-minute bills and get out of Raleigh before the 
snow begins to fly in the hills. But some bills would be better left unfinished. A prime example is the 
Senate version of the Economic Stimulus and Job Creation Act.... That bill is now referred to as the 
Christmas Tree Bill because it contains so many goodies for so many recipients. Among other things, it 
would lower the corporate income tax rate, costing the state $20 million in revenue. It would broaden 
tax incentives to attract more filmmakers. It would divert money from the state Health and Wellness fund 
to pay the bond debt for a new $130 million cancer center at UNC Chapel Hill...
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/editorial/4174585.htm

But Who Pays? (Editorial)
Winston-Salem Journal
Regardless of how you feel about a new cancer center for the University of North Carolina hospital 
complex in Chapel Hill, basing the argument on need is ignoring an important point... 
http://www.journalnow.com/wsj/opinion/MGBMGM0FP6D.html

Carrboro adds acreage as well as questions
Chapel Hill News
There were some surprises during the Board of Aldermen's discussion of the controversial annexation of 
almost 500 acres on Tuesday, but the outcome wasn't one of them. The board voted unanimously -- sort 
of -- to annex the property, which includes nearly 400 acres of land owned by UNC, as well as the tracts 
targeted for the Winmore development...
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/story/1771172p-1779037c.html

Chapel Hill tries to reassure homeowners
Chapel Hill News
One rumor is that houses falling under new Resource Conservation District rules will have to be torn down 
in 40 years. Another is that duplexes will have to be turned into single-family homes if a new land use 
management -- formerly, development -- ordinance is adopted by the Town Council...
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/story/1771173p-1779056c.html

UNC has wrong attitude for neighbors (Opinion-Editorial Column)
Chapel Hill News
I've lived in the Elkin Hills neighborhood since 1990. It is a quiet, modest community of warm neighbors 
and green streets, bordered by mature pines and hardwoods, with a wide variety of birds and animals...
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/opinion/story/1775165p-1778749c.html

Slow going on school accord
Chapel Hill News
In the spring, the Orange County Board of Commissioners gave the Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Orange 
County school boards an assignment: learn how to work together... Jacobs, city schools Superintendent 
Neil Pedersen, city board chair Valerie Foushee, county board chair Dana Thompson and County 
Manager John Link met Sept. 18 with Phillip Boyle, an associate professor in the UNC School of 
Government. Boyle has helped other local government boards with similar efforts...
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/story/1771174p-1779038c.html

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