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Sept. 2, 2005
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:National Coverage
In city without rules, is looting ever OK?
The Associated Press (National)
As New Orleans has descended into chaos, desperate residents have stolen ramen noodles, loaves of bread, cases of soda -- basic survival needs in a painfully empty city. Others have taken jewelry, TVs and even guns. ...Jan Boxill, associate director of the Parr Center for Ethics at the University of North Carolina, draws a clear line: Looting on its face is wrong because it's stealing.
Specter Likely to Be The Lightning Rod
The Washington Post
Conservatives who have bridled at Arlen Specter's 25-year Senate career figured they finally had the Pennsylvania Republican hemmed in this summer, as he prepared to chair the first Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 11 years. ...But University of North Carolina law professor William P. Marshall says Specter has seized a serious issue ripe for greater scrutiny, especially if the questioning of Roberts proves less than scintillating.
State & Local Coverage
Schools in North Carolina offering help
The Winston-Salem Journal
North Carolina schools said yesterday that they would open their doors to students, ranging from elementary school to college, who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina. ..."We have received numerous requests from students and their parents who are trying to find a way to continue their educations under very difficult circumstances," said James Moeser, the UNC-Chapel Hill chancellor, in a statement.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep05/katrina090105.htmlUNC invites New Orleans students
The Chapel Hill Herald
North Carolinians whose New Orleans-based universities have closed due to Hurricane Katrina have been invited to enroll temporarily at UNC. The undergraduate students may take courses at UNC on a space-available basis, and UNC will provide them with a transcript when they return to their home campuses.
Colleges opening doors
The Charlotte Observer
Several N.C. colleges are opening their doors to some of the estimated 75,000-100,000 students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. ...At all 16 UNC-system schools, preference will be given to N.C. natives. Students will have to pay, but likely will receive refunds from their original school, said Molly Broad, UNC-system president.
Related Link: http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2777444p-9215906c.htmlLocal hospitals to send medical personnel to help in Katrina relief
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
A group of at least 10 doctors and health care workers from several area hospitals and emergency departments will leave today for the area devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Stephanie Crayton, a spokeswoman for UNC Hospitals, said two physicians and possibly some nurses are expected to be deployed as part of the Mid-Carolina Trauma Regional Advisory Committee's State Medical Assistance Team II.
Scenes of devastation prompt giving
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Like thousands across North Carolina, Julie Sezer decided Thursday morning she had to do something -- anything -- to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. ...Neighbors in Kent Woodlands and other neighborhoods in Chapel Hill filled a cargo van with supplies Thursday morning, and a UNC professor drove the donations to Mississippi.
Katrina’s effects confined to region
The Daily Tar Heel
Despite surging oil prices across much of the country and billions in property damage along the U.S. Gulf Coast, many economists say they expect Hurricane Katrina’s national impact to be relatively mild. “It’s not likely to be of the magnitude that it’s going to cause a recession or anything like that,” said Richard Froyen, economics professor at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Gas prices alter way of life
The Chapel Hill Herald
More local police officers are walking the beat rather than driving it. At UNC, just a fraction of state vehicles are receiving fuel. And if you feel like having pizza delivered, the price may be higher than you expect. ..."Everybody and their brother across campus were running in there and filling up their vehicles," said Carolyn Elfland, UNC's associate vice chancellor for campus services. "So we knew we had to get control of it."
Prints at Ackland
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Ackland Art Museum at UNC-Chapel Hill re-opened last week after six weeks of renovations and refurbishments to present "Three Sides to a Sheet of Paper: How Prints Communicate, Represent and Transform (1482-2002).
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/aug05/threesides081605.htmIssues & Trends
4 office buildings planned
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A Cary developer, citing demand for quality office space in Chapel Hill, says it is close to filing plans for an office park that could account for almost one-fifth of the office market that includes Chapel Hill. ...Demand from companies that want to be near UNC-Chapel Hill -- and are lured by an area with light traffic and strong public schools -- has increased occupancy in the area.
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