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September 15, 2003
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:
International Coverage
Experts: US Economic Recovery Hinges on Job Creation
Voice of America
Two economic reports released Friday gave a somewhat subdued
picture of the pace of U.S. economic growth. ... Other forecasters
are revising upwards their predictions for the U.S. economic growth.
Jim Smith of the University of North Carolina business school
anticipates 5 percent economic growth next year.
National Coverage
'Net Kids Snag Cyber-Cigs with Ease
New York Post
It's easy for underage teenagers to buy cigarettes over the Internet
using credit cards or money orders because almost none of the vendors
verify a buyer's age, new research has found....Kurt Ribisl, an assistant
professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of
Public Health, announced the results last week of a study that exposed
an electronic pipeline of smokes to minors.
Man in Black came out of Sun to sing for all
The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.
The death of Johnny Cash in Nashville on Friday resounded far beyond
the world of country music....William Ferris is a former chairman of the
National Endowment for the Humanities, former director of the Center
for the Study of Southern Culture at Ole Miss and currently with the Center
for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina. ...
(Note: Ferris is among UNC experts News Services positioned Friday
regarding Cash's death in a special tipsheet for reporters. More results
of that effort appear below.)
State and Local Coverage
Carolina's 'wonderful success'
Triangle Business Journal
Richard "Stick" Williams remembers his first visit to the chancellor's office
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill the way baseball fans
recall their first trip to Wrigley Field or Fenway Park.
Cancer fighters envision synergy
The Herald-Sun
As UNC prepares to start making plans for a new $180 million cancer
hospital and research facility, the head of the Chapel Hill project sees
lots of room for sharing the load with colleagues at Duke University
Medical Center, and vice versa.
Senate Race Expected To Be Far Different From 2002
WNCN-TV, (NBC-Raleigh)
Sen. John Edwards has stepped aside to seek the presidency, and two
Democrats who slugged it out in last year's Senate primary -- Erskine
Bowles and Dan Blue -- may again battle for his seat....Ferrell Guillory,
director of the Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life at
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, noted that Dole's candidacy
sparked a large surge in Republican voter turnout....
(Distributed by N.C. Associated Press.)
Can't spin position on out-of-state cap (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Supposedly, a debate Thursday among the leaders of the UNC system
was about the wisdom of lifting the system's cap on out-of-state enrollment.
Cash leaves big imprint on country music
The Herald-Sun
Johnny Cash was not a typical country crooner, but was one of the more
influential figures in country music in the second half of the 20th century....
While the death of Cash "was somewhat expected, it is still tragic and
a great loss to music," said Jocelyn Neal, assistant professor of music
at UNC....William Ferris, professor of history and senior associate
director of the UNC Center for the Study of the American South, also
taught Cash's music in folklore classes for more than 30 years.
Music legend, 'Man in Black' Cash dies
The News & Observer
Johnny Cash, a country-music giant for half a century, died Friday
from diabetes-related respiratory failure. He was 71....Cash hit his
commercial peak in the late 1960s, when he hosted a variety show
on the ABC network. William Ferris, a folklorist at UNC 's Center
for the Study of the American South, saw Cash in concert for the
first time in 1970. He came away impressed with Cash's ability to
appeal to both rock and country audiences.
Footnotes -- Triangle universities and colleges
The News & Observer (From today's weekly Campus page)
Debt low at N.C. schools
Joie Chen to speak at UNC-CH
UNC system enrollment booms
Selling smokes to kids (Editorial)
The News & Observer
... Children in many instances can buy cigarettes online without any
attempt by the merchants to verify that customers are 18 and legally
old enough for their product. That's the inescapable conclusion of a
new study by UNC-Chapel Hill researcher Kurt Ribisl, who observed
76 illegal sales to minors. Most cigarette Web sites declare policies
against sales to minors, but do nothing to block them.
Has porn gone mainstream? (Question - Answer)
The News & Observer
Jane D. Brown, professor of journalism and mass communication at
UNC-Chapel Hill and a principal investigator on a five-year study of
the media and teens' sexual health, is concerned about how these
slipping moral standards are affecting our children.
(Note: For a related story in The News & Observer go here.)
Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina
U. of North Carolina Gets Mixed Reaction to Plan to Admit More
Out-of-State Students
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The University of North Carolina system is weighing a proposal to
raise the cap on the number of out-of-state students its campuses
may accept. Proponents say the plan would attract more top-notch
students, but the idea is likely to generate controversy because it
could shut out North Carolinians, particularly at the highly competitive
Chapel Hill campus.
(Note: The Chronicle of Higher Education is available by subscription only.)
Group seeks ways to boost student vote
The Chapel Hill Herald
As Daniel Vaught sees it, the issue of voter apathy among college
students is one of those chicken-and-egg sort of things....addition
of voter registration information in packages given to new UNC
students is a step in the right direction, said Kleinschmidt, a former
student politician at UNC.
UNC system campuses get OK on rate hike proposals
The Herald Sun
The UNC system has given the go-ahead for public universities to
put together campus-based tuition increase proposals, and both
UNC Chapel Hill and N.C. Central University will consider doing so.
Beyond Mold (Editorial)
The News & Observer
By putting her office behind an investigation and seeking the help of
the state Attorney General's Office regarding liability questions, Molly
Corbett Broad, president of the 16-campus University of North
Carolina system, has made the right moves so far in the matter of
mold at N.C. Central University in Durham.
Downtown commission cuts director's job
The Chapel Hill Herald
The Downtown Commission has decided to cut its executive director
position, doing away with the job that Robert Humphreys has held for
the past 13 years.
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