September 18, 2003

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

Hurricane Update
UNC-Chapel Hill to close at 2 p.m.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will close today (Sept. 18)
because of the latest weather conditions for this afternoon during drive time
associated with Hurricane Isabel.

State and Local Coverage

Kenan-Flagler makes WSJ's top 10 list
Triangle Business Journal
The University of North Carolina at Chapel HIll's Kenan-Flagler Business
School has cracked the Wall Street Journal's list of top 10 business schools
for the first time.

N.C. business schools cited among best
Charlotte Business Journal
UNC Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School has cracked The Wall
Street Journal's list of top 10 business schools for the first time, rising two
places from last year's ranking to tenth place.

Burn victim heads home at last
The News & Observer
Jim Edwards spent the weekend in a marvel of familiarity and the unknown
as he struggled to regain his old life amid the new challenges that blindness
posed....Charred over 60 percent of his body, Edwards was flown by helicopter
to the burn center, where he stayed until June 14 when he was discharged to a
UNC rehabilitation facility.

Locked out
The New & Observer
It's a reaction Russell Robinson knows well. His hair is the catalyst...."It comes
down to a decision for the individual between your cultural identity and fitting in,"
says James H. Johnson, the William Rand Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of
Management at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Out-of-state students would be a boon to UNC (Letter to the Editor)
The Chapel Hill Herald
What is 4 percent of 3,400? Answer: 136, not 25, as the Herald's Sept. 13 editorial
["Can't spin position on out-of-state cap"] states in its opposition to raising the cap on
out-of-state enrollments by four percentage points.

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