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September 28, 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
50 Best Colleges for African Americans
Black Enterprise
UNC Chapel Hill is ranked 14th among the 50 Best Colleges for African Americans, a move up from 15th last year. UNC ranked 2nd for all publics, behind Florida A&M.
Note: This article does not appear online.Talk therapy reinstated as part of treatment
Newsday (New York)
Since the first medicines were developed for schizophrenia in the 1960s, doctors have used them to quell the debilitating hallucinations and delusions that are the hallmarks of the disease...."Sometimes, cognitive behavior therapy is oversold in what it can do," said Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman, a professor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Trainers announce guidelines on concussions
Dallas Morning News
The National Athletic Trainers' Association has released a position statement about the management of sport-related concussion, the result of 20 months of research, interpretation and writing by a team of experts...."The focus on most of the current research is to help eliminate the guesswork involved in treating athletes with concussion," lead author Kevin M. Guskiewicz, a professor and director of the sports medicine research laboratory at the University of North Carolina, said in a news release.
State & Local Coverage
Judge orders Nader off ballot
The Winston-Salem Journal
Voters in North Carolina will not be able to vote for independent candidate Ralph Nader unless they're willing to fill out a write-in ballot....Ferrell Guillory, the director of the Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said that Nader's decision will have little bearing on the presidential race in North Carolina.
Tight supply drives up gas costs
The Fayetteville Observer
The company that provides natural gas to Fayetteville homes expects winter prices to rise by as much as 10 percent from last year's high prices....The increase in prices will affect businesses like a tax increase, said James F. Smith, professor of finance at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Adapting and persevering
The News & Record (Greensboro)
Michael Marlow Jr. is a young man who's had it with the old economy....The service economy is a struggle for people like Carter, who "will probably have to subsist on part-time jobs," said Jim Smith, an economics professor at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Zoning delay requested
The Fayetteville Observer
Cumberland County commissioners say they want to cooperate with Eastover officials who worry that dense development will harm their rural community....David Lawrence, who advises local governments on state laws, said he doubts that the Eastover district can establish its own zoning area, particularly because Cumberland County already has zoning authority there. Lawrence is an associate director of the School of Government at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Expert: Board violated state law
The Robesonian
An official at the North Carolina Institute of Government says the Robeson County school board violated the open sessions law when it failed to make public the superintendent's bonus....David Lawrence, a professor at the School of Government at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said the decision should have been made public.
Beaufort County commissioner candidates questioned
Washington Daily News (N.C.)
In an effort to inform its readers about issues and local office-seekers' positions on those issues, the Daily News conducted a series of interviews over the past week with each of this year's 11 candidates for Beaufort County commissioner.....A law professor with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an official with the North Carolina Department of Revenue in Raleigh also confirmed that E&R meetings should be open to the public.
Blower ban stalls in Chapel Hill
The News & Observer
Town Council member Cam Hill's proposal to outlaw the use of gas-powered leaf blowers kicked up a good bit of dust Monday night, and it could be a while before it settles....."This is important to people in this community, young people who are really concerned about air quality," said Jane Hudson, co-chairwoman of the Student Environmental Action Coalition at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Burr, Bowles battle over health care, trade in Senate debate
The Associated Press (N.C.)
U.S. Senate candidates Erskine Bowles and Richard Burr battled Monday night over trade and health care, accusing each other of harming North Carolina workers and seniors....Each of the candidates, participating in a broadcast debate at the University of North Carolina television studios, charged the other with failing to represent the state's citizens.
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