September 16, 2003

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

International Coverage

The golden rules of advertising
Business Standard (India)
All good advertising begins with a fundamental understanding of the
customer or prospect....Robert Lauterborn is the James L Knight
Professor of Advertising in the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism
and Mass Communication.

National Coverage

Patterns: Smoking Made Easy Online
The New York Times
Minors can easily buy cigarettes today if they turn to the Internet, a
new study reports...."There's almost no one minding the store," said
the lead author, Dr. Kurt M. Ribisl of the University of North Carolina
School of Public Health.
(Note: The New York Time requires a free registration.)

State and Local Coverage

A Progressive scorecard
The News & Observer
Nearly a century after the heyday of the Progressives' political move-
ment, many of their ideas are taken for granted. Others remain a source
of debate. We asked three experts -- Lewis L. Gould, author of "America
in the Progressive Era"; Peter Filene, history professor at UNC-Chapel
Hill; and Daniel Smith, politics professor at the University of Florida and
author of several books on direct democracy -- to grade the Progressives'
achievements….

Edwards takes risky step today
The Charlotte Observer
On Jan. 20, 2005, Democrat John Edwards will be doing one of twobags for North Carolina.
..."He's still in the stage of defining himself," says Ferrell Guillory, director of the
Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life at UNC Chapel Hill.

Press a new number on life's juke box
The Charlotte Observer
How many American songs are there?...It's impossible to count all the
songs out there, says Evan Bonds, who teaches musicology at UNC
Chapel Hill. Billions maybe. Nobody knows. Woody Guthrie alone
wrote an estimated 1,000 folk songs (although not many were as
good as "This Land Is Your Land," his most famous).

More rock seen in Kenan bankroll
The Herald-Sun
Bruce Springsteen's sweaty, raucous, larger-than-life musical circus
hit UNC's Kenan Stadium with a vengeance Sunday night, and university
officials now hope it was a sign of things to come.
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http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2871656p-2647955c.html

Townsfolk rocked into the night
The Herald-Sun
To Bruce Springsteen fans in Kenan Stadium, the decibel level of Sunday's
concert no doubt made for a joyful sound....Maj. Jeff McCracken of the
UNC Department of Public Safety said police on campus had received
no complaints from campus residents.

UNC Hospitals Offer Free Prostate Exams
WNCN-TV (NBC-Raleigh)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Division of Urologic
Surgery, a component of the School of Medicine's department of
surgery, will offer free prostate examinations to members of the public
1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 17 and 18.

UNC police gets award for big drop in larceny
The Daily Tar Heel
A successful project to reduce on-campus larcenies by nearly a third
has earned the UNC Department of Public Safety an international
award for community policing.

UNC gets $2M grant to expand geriatric training
The Herald-Sun
A $2 million grant will allow UNC's Program on Aging to expand its
services to the fastest-growing segment of the state's population.

Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina

Leading at ECU (Editorial)
The News & Observer
After critical audits, the resignation and arrest of an associate vice chancellor
on embezzlement charges and some curious findings by investigators looking
into various matters at East Carolina University, Chancellor William Muse
has resigned.

Alcohol police bring parties to an end
The Chapel Hill Herald
A group of slightly intoxicated young men stood on the gravel driveway talking
among themselves, trying to figure out who the group of men were who had so
rudely invaded a backyard party.

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