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Sept. 7, 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
High tech takes on football
The New York Times
Last October, when the University of North Carolina's Tar Heels faced off against the Utah State Aggies in Salt Lake City, the opening kickoff sent one of the players--rather than the ball--into orbit. ..."Oh yeah, we pulled the guy. He missed about two and half weeks," said Kevin Guskiewicz, director of the Sports Medicine Research Laboratory at UNC at Chapel Hill.
Miss. death counts trickle in as families wait for news of life or death
The Associated Press (National)
Stymied by washed out roads and tons of debris, the effort to accurately catalogue Mississippi's dead after Hurricane Katrina is struggling to keep up with the decaying effect of 90-degree heat. ...But James V. Porto, who teaches disaster management at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, said the uncertain death toll is a symbol of the hurricane's scope. While responders to most disasters can quickly estimate a death toll, such calculations are simply impossible here.
Regional Coverage
... Catastrophe at the bottom (Editorial)
The Seattle Post Times
Tens of thousands will emerge from Hurricane Katrina in the direst of economic circumstances, evidence of the many Americans hovering on the economic edge, vulnerable to catastrophe. ...Former Democratic vice-presidential candidate John Edwards recently visited Seattle to raise awareness about poverty. Now running the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina School of Law, Edwards called the growing numbers of the poor one of the great moral issues of our time.
Hurricane Images Can Cause Stress For Many
KSDK-TV (NBC, St. Louis)
If you've been watching the coverage of the hurricane aftermath, you know you don't have to be a victim to be affected. ...Dr. Jack Naftel is a psychiatrist at the University of North Carolina, "Everybody is going to have some symptology. You are dealing with normal people. Normal responses to very abnormal and stressful events."
State & Local Coverage
Memorial Hall: A beacon for the arts
The Chapel Hill Herald
With regal, granite columns, a stage large for its time and marble tablets adorning the walls, Memorial Hall was every bit the classy performance center when it opened in 1931. ..."It's an elegant space. It's gorgeous," said UNC Chancellor James Moeser. "When you combine the beauty of the space with what you put in it, it will be a knock-your-socks-off experience."
Related Link: http://www.heraldsun.com/orange/10-643863.html
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/aug05/memorial082205.htmMemorial Hall: Then and now
The Chapel Hill Herald
When first built, Memorial Hall cost $45,000. Its most recent renovation: $18 million. My, how times change. The first version of Memorial Hall, an odd, Victorian Gothic structure, was dedicated June 3, 1885, and was UNC's all-purpose meeting hall. It hosted commencements, concerts, lectures, course registration, as well as the occasional inauguration of a university leader.
'New' Memorial Hall makes a statement
The Chapel Hill Herald
Let's note this up front: Memorial Hall is not a panacea for downtown Chapel Hill, as some have suggested. The ills that have bedeviled the downtown commercial strip for some time will not be miraculously remedied by the reopening of the UNC performing arts venue.
Dawn of new era downtown (Editorial column)
The Chapel Hill News
"Scott, is the Town Council going to kill downtown?" asked the late 50ish woman who has lived in Chapel Hill for more than 30 years. ...But Friday's opening of UNC's Memorial Hall will force me to change my answer from "ABOUT TO enter a new era of prosperity" to "IS IN a new era of prosperity."
Portrait of a transformation
The Chapel Hill News
All Catharine Carter really wanted to do was capture on film the Memorial Hall of her memories before its scheduled renovation changed it forever. She wound up with a lot more. ..."The Transformation of Memorial Hall: A Photographic Documentary by Catharine Carter," featuring 40 black-and-white images, will run through Oct. 22.
Edwards sees 'two Americas' after Katrina
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
John Edwards says the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina underscores the "two Americas" theme of his presidential campaign last year. ...The subject of Katrina is likely to come up when Edwards today launches a lecture series at the UNC Law School's Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep05/povertycenter090205.htmRefugee? Some dispute description of hurricane victims
The Winston-Salem Journal
In the middle of the Hurricane Katrina misery boils a controversy over one word: refugee. ...Erika Lindemann, who heads the department of romance languages at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says she has little patience with the debate. She has spent the last few days trying to find housing for a graduate student who will study at UNC because Tulane University in New Orleans is shut down.
Church members rush to help storm victims
The Chapel Hill News
Labor Day is supposed to be a time to take a break from one's normal routine. That was not the case, however, for John Whitley, a member of University Baptist Church. ...Whitley, 50, a researcher in the UNC School of Dentistry, said the work required chainsaws and strong backs.
Clayton, residents settle suit
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Clayton Town Council approved Tuesday night a settlement reached between town officials and residents of the town's predominantly African-American north side neighborhood. ..."We're really excited and pleased," said Anita Earls, one of the plaintiffs' attorneys and director of advocacy at the UNC Center for Civil Rights. "All sides [gave] up something to meet in the middle."
Scientist says seizure drug flushes out dormant HIV
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A former Texas researcher has successfully attacked traces of dormant HIV in people, leading some to suggest that a cure for AIDS may be within reach. ...David Margolis, now at the University of North Carolina, emphasizes that much work must be done to fully evaluate this treatment, which he expects could not reach patients for at least a decade if it bears out.
Web sites help evaluate whether your diet is healthy (Commentary)
The Charlotte Observer
In your quest to eat well, there probably has come a point when you've wondered, "How am I doing?" ...Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy at UNC.
Everybody pays
The Chapel Hill News
Willie Williams blew his whistle, and the first boy and girl took off. ...The towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough have joined Orange County, UNC, the Triangle United Way and others to start the year-long process of creating the plan. They will formally launch that initiative next Wednesday, with a homelessness forum at the United Church of Chapel Hill.
Issues & Trends
Travel cuts pare meetings of BOG
The Chapel Hill Herald
Severe restrictions on state travel are forcing the UNC system's Board of Governors to pare down its slate of meetings scheduled for later this week. ..."I understand the basis for the executive order," Bradley Wilson, the board's chairman, said Tuesday. "It is going to disrupt the university's business, but we're going to get done everything that needs to be done."
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