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Sept. 08, 2005
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:State & Local Coverage
Memorial Hall's rebirth (Editorial)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
The next few weeks promise to be exceedingly exciting for the arts and culture in the Durham and Chapel Hill communities. The first wave comes this weekend with the gala reopening of Memorial Hall in Chapel Hill.Memorial Hall
"The State of Things," WUNC-FM
Emil Kang, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill executive director for the arts, was featured on today's (Sept. 8) edition of "The State of Things." Kang discussed this afternoon's dedication and this weekend's celebration of the "new" Memorial Hall. "The State of Things" is the statewide public affairs program airing live at noon and rebroadcast at 9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays and 6 a.m. on Saturdays.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep05/memorialdedication090805.htm
John Edwards pans relief effort while talking up poverty center
The Associated Press (N.C.)
...Speaking earlier to more than 200 students, staff and visitors at UNC, Edwards said the destruction caused by Katrina in New Orleans accentuates the differences between those who fled the city and those who lacked the means to do so. "We see a harsher example of the two different Americas," said Edwards, repeating a familiar theme from his presidential campaign. "We see the poor and the working class of New Orleans who don't own a car who couldn't evacuate ... We see the suffering." New Orleans native Gail Agrawal, the interim dean of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill law school where Edward's center is based, said income means everything in the city.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep05/povertycenter090205.htmEdwards puts focus on poor
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
As state auditor, Les Merritt reports and advises the public on conflicts of interest across state government. ..."This is an ugly and horrifying wake-up call for America," Edwards said of Katrina, in a speech at his recently formed Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill law school. "It's time to act."
N.C. schools welcome evacuees
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Though they might be a bit behind in their homework, displaced Gulf Coast students are getting a warm welcome in North Carolina. ...At UNC-Chapel Hill, 14 undergraduates arrived.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep05/katrina090105.html
Note: UNC Admissions director Steve Farmer and displaced Tulane student Durban Clarke were featured in Leoneda Inge's report on how North Carolina colleges and universities are taking in students whose home campuses are closed following Hurricane Katrina. Clarke, who plans to return to Tulane, says she's looking forward to having a Carolina experience and views her semester in Chapel Hill as a special "study abroad" opportunity. There is no link for the story, which ran on WUNC-FM today during local breaks of NPR's "Morning Edition."Memorial planned for victims of 9/11
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Committee for Better Carolina, a UNC-Chapel Hill student organization, and the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a Washington, D.C., research organization, are organizing a candlelight memorial event in remembrance of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The event will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Sunday on Polk Place, UNC's main quad, directly in front of the Wilson Library. It is open to the community.
Respiratory care group honors doctor
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Dr. Bruce Cairns, associate director of the N.C. Jaycee Burn Center and director of the Burn Intensive Care Unit at UNC Hospitals, has been named physician of the year by the State Society for Respiratory Care. Cairns was chosen to receive the award in recognition for his support of respiratory care, both at UNC Hospitals and on a national level through the American Association for Respiratory Care.
Raising awareness of blood cancers (Letter to the editor)
The Fayetteville Observer
On behalf of the thousands of people battling blood cancers in North Carolina, I salute Gov. Mike Easley for declaring September "Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Awareness Month." ...Eight scientists at Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill are working to discover cures with more than $3 million in grants from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.Congress would pre-empt regulations
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A bill before Congress could gut protections against predatory mortgage lending in North Carolina by replacing them with a weaker federal law, state and federal officials said Wednesday. ...Subprime loan originations increased to $332 billion from $35 billion from 1994 to 2003 and subprime lenders now generate one in five home loans, according to a study this year by the Center for Community Capitalism at UNC-Chapel Hill.
St. Andrews' program (Letter to the editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Your Sept. 5 article "New minor available: Christianity focus of UNC program" reported that a new academic minor called Christianity and Culture is precedent-setting not only for UNC-Chapel Hill but across the nation. In fact, an interdisciplinary academic program of study entitled Christianity and Culture was first established in 1961 at St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg.
Issues & Trends
Area is told it's ripe for transit
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Sleek buses running on tracks or light rail cars could be zipping through the Chapel Hill area in a few years if advocates for an upgraded public transit system get their way. Officials from Chapel Hill, Carrboro and UNC-Chapel Hill met Wednesday night to hear a presentation from John Bonsall, a former transportation planner from Ottawa, Canada, who developed similar systems there.
Transit plan brings mixed reactions
The Chapel Hill Herald
hile Chapel Hill officials seemed optimistic during a discussion of long-range transit Wednesday night, Carrboro town leaders were less than enthusiastic about a plan that would change the face of mass transit in Chapel Hill and surrounding areas. ..."It seems we have a great deal going for us," Strom said. "I think it's our jobs as government to put infrastructure in place to keep the community growable and sustainable. I want to take the first step of having Carrboro and UNC confirm the plan. I'm not concerned about the regional rail. Yes, we'll have to interface with them eventually."
Better ways to pick a Board of Governors (Opinion column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Every two years, the General Assembly is charged with appointing 16 members to the UNC Board of Governors, half of the board's 32-seat voting membership. The Board of Governors is invested with great power, and its decisions affect the state's citizens, especially those with children in the UNC system.
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