September 23, 2004

Carolina in the News

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

National Coverage

Journalism must evolve - and quickly (Opinion-Editorial Column)
USA Today
While it is tempting to cast the CBS reporting disaster as another moral lapse of the media, it's really more a matter of capacity....Philip Meyer is a Knight Professor of Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also is a member of USA TODAY's board of contributors.

Even Americans find hoops, Ryder teams hard to like (Commentary)
USA Today
Something strange is happening in U.S. men's team sports in the international arena...."Watching Phil and Tiger play together was like looking at a corporate merger," said John Sweeney, professor of sports communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Regional Coverage

Pharmacists can help
The Charleston Gazette (W.Va.)
Dr. Angelo Georges, president of the state Board of Medicine, needs to calm down....The Campbell University and UNC-Chapel Hill Schools of Pharmacy got together with the Diabetes Care Center at Mission St. Joseph's Health System in Asheville.

State & Local Coverage

Federal probe clears UNC
The News & Observer
UNC-Chapel Hill has been cleared in a federal civil rights investigation that focused on an English lecturer who singled out a student for speaking in class against homosexuality.

DoE says UNC OK on e-mail case; condemns religious discrimination
The Associated Press (N.C.)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill responded appropriately when a lecturer made discriminatory remarks about a student in an e-mail, the federal Department of Education said Wednesday.

Report: UNC lecturer's e-mail harassment
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
The U.S. Department of Education says a UNC lecturer's mass e-mail criticizing a conservative student constituted discrimination and harassment, but that the university handled the ensuing controversy properly.

Suicide task force makes good recommendations (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, suicide is the second-leading cause of death among college students....A former UNC administrator has referred to "a nationwide crisis of suicide among college students."

UNC committed to preservation (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The Chapel Hill Herald
After reading your editorial, "Better explanation of preservation goals needed," now is an appropriate time to clearly state the preservation goals of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill....Paul Hardin Kapp, AIA, is the campus historic preservation manager at UNC.

Business schools at UNC, Duke rank high in survey
Charlotte Business Journal
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School ranks 11th among business schools in North America, according to a new study by the Wall Street Journal and Harris Interactive Inc.

Report: Military children at risk
The Fayetteville Observer
Children of military families in Cumberland County are 2.3 times more likely to be killed by their parents than children statewide, a new study shows....Marcia Herman-Giddens, an adjunct professor of public health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, oversaw the study.

WFU patent raises gains
The Winston-Salem Journal
Wake Forest University reported a 77 percent increase in its licensing revenue for its 2004 fiscal year, largely because of interest in a medical device that can heal wounds faster than traditional methods, Michael Batalia, the acting director for the Office of Technology Asset Management, said yesterday....The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reported about $3.7 million in trademark-licensing royalties for its 2004 fiscal year yesterday, slightly less than its gains in the 2002-03 fiscal year.

Big profits don't mean big tax bills
The News & Observer
In at least one of the past three years, 82 of the largest U.S. companies paid no federal income taxes, a report released Wednesday said....Corporate tax policy is complicated, and such figures can be misleading, said Douglas Shackelford, a professor of accounting and taxation at UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School.

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