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September 2, 2003
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:National News Note
Increased Heart Risk For Women
The New York Times
An irregular heart beat is more common among men but much more hazardous when it occurs in women, according to the first major study to examine gender differences in the ailment.....``This (study) raises awareness of the impact of cardiovascular disease among women,'' said Dr. Sidney Smith, a professor of cardiology at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and former president of the American Heart Association.
(Note: This article was distributed by The Associated Press and appeared widely in the national and Canadian media.)Weekend Overboard
The Washington Post
Overloaded? That's what a lot of Americans are feeling today after getting into caloric mischief during the Labor Day weekend...."We really now see a three-day weekend every week in terms of eating," says Barry Popkin, professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health and lead author of the study.
State and Local Coverage
Crunch felt on campus
The News & Observer
Don't think you're going to breeze into an open Spanish class at UNC-Chapel Hill. The state budget forced major cutbacks to the 16-campus university system. Each university had to take 3.06 percent in permanent cuts and 0.77 percent in one-time reductions for the year.
Bright college years of mold and heat (Commentary)
The News & Observer
Scads of N.C. Central University students ousted from their dorms by infestations of toxic mold now are making do as guests of various Durham hostelries -- not a bad deal
in creature-comfort terms, but still a losing proposition when it comes to campus access and ambience. ...
(Note: Steve Ford's column runs Sundays. He is editorial page editor of The News & Observer.)
Working to lift employee morale (Question-Answer)
The Herald-Sun
Since early 2002, Tommy Griffin has led UNC's Employee Forum, representing more than 7,000 university employees.
College honor codes get new prominence
The News & Observer
By the time this year's crop of college freshmen had graduated from high school, officials at Enron had shredded accounting documents and we had learned that reporter Jayson Blair had plagiarized quotes in The New York Times....No hard numbers are available, but Waryold said she has noticed that more schools -- including Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill -- are trying to adopt an "honor code culture," in which students govern themselves.
(Note: Similar articles appeared in the Charlotte Observer and the Wilmington Morning Star.)Greeks go geek, for respect
The News & Observer
The boarded-up fraternity houses at UNC-Chapel Hill tell the story -- a Greek system in decline, failing to attract students turned off by the lingering "Animal House" image and a heavy commitment of time and money.
Low-wage jobs multiply
The News & Observer
They clean hotel rooms, pour coffee, care for babies and the elderly. They do the simple, sometimes unpleasant, often invisible work that keeps the triangle's economy going...."They go hand in hand," said John D. Kasarda , director of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at UNC-Chapel Hill. "If you build a research facility out at the park, you're going to need somebody to mow the lawn and clean the rooms."
Environmental activists reunite on UNC campus
The Herald-Sun
When UNC graduate Elan Young stepped into her first Student Environmental Action Coalition meeting her junior year, the transfer student was simply looking for a way to
make friends.
From courage to confusion, a rock's lessons (Opinion Column)
The News & Observer
The current Ten Commandments brouhaha in Alabama has spawned enough lessons to support the major part of a curriculum in either a Sunday school or civics class. The story involves lessons in courage, growth, arrogance, misplaced loyalties and the cheapening of the sacred....Arnold H. Loewy is Graham Kenan professor of
law at the UNC School of Law.
Barrier sought to guard babies' blood
The News & Observer
In about 10 cases a year, Dr. Kenneth Moise performs life-saving blood transfusions on fetuses, using a procedure he hopes to make obsolete....But Moise, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, thinks there's a safer way….
Issues and Trends Affecting Carolina
Foy eager to start on Columbia Street
The Chapel Hill News
Town and university leaders plan to quickly take their new agreement on Columbia Street to state transportation officials in order to get the long-awaited road project started as soon as possible, Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy said Friday.
UNC vote spotlights mayor's political journey (Commentary)
The Chapel Hill News
Last week's Town Council vote on the UNC development plan changes was interesting enough for what it had to say about town-gown relations and the impact of university
growth on Chapel Hill.
Bus merger won't affect big project
The Herald-Sun
The town still will need the public-works and bus facility it plans to build along Millhouse Road over the next three years, officials say, even if the Chapel Hill Transit system and other Triangle bus operations merge later this decade. Even if Chapel Hill Transit became part of a regional grouping, the officials say, the bus system in Chapel Hill and Carrboro would be busy and growing, and the town would need a convenient place to maintain and park its transit vehicles.
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