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Sept. 26, 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
Scholarships open UNC to poor kids
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
The University of North Carolina's Chapel Hill campus is just 32 miles from Siler City, but for Nayeli Lozada it seemed worlds away. ...UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser says the Covenant program shows the school's commitment to its public mission and proves that lower income students can excel at the university. "Because we're highly selective academically, there's this myth we're inaccessible to poor kids," Moeser said. "There are some kids who should have applied, and would have been accepted, who didn't even apply. We wanted to puncture this myth that we're inaccessible."
Carolina Covenant Web site: http://www.unc.edu/carolinacovenant/Filtering out the mystery surrounding liver damage
The Los Angeles Times
The liver is the body's natural filter, removing toxins from the bloodstream by chemically neutralizing them. Because of this role, the liver is vulnerable to damage from substances that most people don't think of as poisonous, such as prescription medications, herbal supplements and over-the-counter drugs. ..."We're trying to understand why two perfectly healthy people can be taking the same drug, and one suddenly turns yellow and dies," says Dr. Paul B. Watkins, a liver expert at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and chairman of the liver network's steering committee. "What provokes these sudden, out-of-the-blue catastrophic events?"
State's National Guard May Be Getting Spread Thin
The Los Angeles Times
When the lights went out in Los Angeles two weeks ago, one day after a purported Al Qaeda terrorist threat to the city, concern quickly spread to California National Guard headquarters here. ..."The Iraq campaign shows that we are misusing the National Guard by substituting them for what are classic active-duty roles," said University of North Carolina history professor Richard Kohn.
UNC News Tip: http://www.unc.edu/news/newstips/2004/iraq063004.htmlThe autumn workout
The Chicago Tribune
Labor Day's long gone, and we're quickly moving toward crisp fall days. What better time to get fit without the same old gym routine? Most experts advise regular exercise for an hour a day to lose weight or prevent weight gain. But you don't have to stick with fitness machines and aerobics. ... Researchers from the University of North Carolina assessed 59 women ages 20 to 49 by having them watch a romantic video with a spouse or partner, then hug the partners for 20 seconds. Next the women listened to a speech about a stressful event. Women with higher oxytocin levels had lower blood pressure and heart rates even after listening to the speech.
When Southerners Leave Home
"Weekend Edition," National Public Radio
William Ferris, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and professor of history at the University of North Carolina, offered his insights on Saturday's (Sept. 24) "Weekend Edition." Southerners have an acute sense of home and regional identification, a trait that makes mass evacuations and property losses from Hurricane Katrina even more poignant.
UNC News Tip: http://www.unc.edu/news/newstips/2005/hurricane090205.htmRegional Coverage
Are our children overindulged?
The Cincinnati Enquirer
These eager young consumers are the darlings of marketers, who pump more than $15 billion into getting them to buy everything from Louis Vuitton purses - de riguer for back-to-school this fall - to BlackBerry personal digital assistants. ...In 1960, kids controlled $5 billion of family purchases. By 2006, they'll control $192 billion, experts predict. Meanwhile, experts such as University of North Carolina professor Dr. Mel Levine warn that parents must help kids curb spending or watch them slip into a "quarter-life crisis" of painful economic downsizing in their 20s.'Small talk' not so small after all
The Daily Telegram (Adrian, Mich.)
"Hey, how's it going?" ...That's small talk. The name suggests something insignificant and unimportant. But according to Julia Wood, a University of North Carolina professor who spoke at Adrian College last week, small talk is anything but.
State & Local Coverage
At home in Chapel Hill, Carrboro (Opinion-editorial column)
The Chapel Hill Herald
About 60 percent of Carolina faculty and staff live outside of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, and we know from surveys that some of them would like to live here. For many husing prices in this community preclude their owning a home. ...James Moeser is chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Note: No link available.Whiz kid scores cosmic 'catch'
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
It was not a complete surprise that Dan Reichart discovered a way to peer back 12.8 billion years. The UNC-Chapel Hill astronomer is only 31. But the skinny guy who looks more like an undergrad than a professor has worked more than half his life toward something this big.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep05/reichartsoar091205.htmUNC panel to explore tuition feud
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
N.C. State University and UNC-Chapel Hill leaders say they don't want to start a fight with their UNC system siblings. ..."The state really needs to recognize that its flagships require the tools to be competitive with both the public flagships in other states as well as the great privates," UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser said.
Panel to review tuition fight
The Associated Press (N.C.)
After a struggle this summer over who has the authority to set tuition at the state's two largest research universities, a panel will begin work this week on a new tuition strategy for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University. The UNC Board of Governors appointed the task force last month in response to a Senate proposal to give the schools special authority to raise tuition without the approval of the governing board.
UNC tuition change foils enrollment cap (Editorial)
The Greensboro News & Record
The UNC-Chapel Hill board of trustees' decision to allow out-of-state students on full scholarships to pay in-state tuition rates is a blatant maneuver to circumvent the UNC system's 18 percent cap on out-of-state enrollment. University officials consistently have favored raising the controversial limits. However, when they lobbied for a change two years ago, the suggestion encountered strong opposition.A new model: UNC-Chapel Hill to test online tech-transfer market
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
UNC-Chapel Hill officials have signed a contract to establish a test site for a new technology transfer online marketplace designed to increase the level of "deal flow" -- new companies and license agreements -- generated by faculty and researchers. The "iBridge" program at UNC-Chapel Hill is being funded by a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and will be tested in the Office of Technology Development at the state's flagship school, according to Mark Crowell, who heads that office.
Scaled back plan shifts car spaces
The Chapel Hill Herald
A change in a plan to develop a prime chunk of real estate on UNC's central campus will shift about 1,000 future parking spaces south to the Manning Drive area. ..."When you look at the aesthetics, we'd be destroying that area," said Bruce Runberg, UNC's associate vice chancellor for planning and construction.
Note: No link available. For a faxed copy, email Michelle at mgreene@dev.unc.edu.Army ROTC cadets navigate the forest
The Chapel Hill Herald
Step by step, the cadets, dressed in the requisite camouflage Army gear, made their way through the densely wooded forest. ..."We never let anybody get too lost," said Cadet Capt. Daniel Nichols, the public affairs officer for the UNC program. "They have a lot of help."
Students find changing the world changes them, too
The Chapel Hill News
At lunchtime on Wednesday, the Pit outside of the Student Union building on the UNC campus teemed with students taking the first steps toward idealistic pursuits. ...The founder of the organization, Sindhura Centineni, a business major who graduated last spring, calls it a social enterprise on a university campus. Started in 2002, the group, a committee of the Campus Y, does far more than serve lunch and run a poker fundraiser each year. The money its efforts bring in provides an essential benefit to a foreign country.
Crashes fuel cry for better driver ed
The Charlotte Observer
Eight years after N.C. lawmakers toughened standards for teenage drivers, experts and law enforcement officials believe the state, educators and parents can do more to help keep teens from dying in wrecks. ...The counties, along with Mecklenburg, are among the 10 worst in North Carolina for accident rates involving young drivers, according to a 2003 study by the N.C. Highway Safety Research Center at UNC Chapel Hill.Hope can now officially spring eternal (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
There is hope. Perhaps, after all, we can find a way to end the conflict in Iraq. Maybe something actually can be done about providing more affordable housing in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community. It may, in fact, be possible to park somewhere downtown quickly and easily. ...On Saturday morning, there was supposed to be no hope. This was supposed to be the year the UNC football team would have absolutely no chance against archrival N.C. State. They were supposed to be a national contender; we were supposed to be ... ah, rebuilding. Again.
Tar Heels top Wolfpack in athletics spending, revenue
Triangle Business Journal
No matter which side has the most points at the end of Sept. 24's annual NCSU-UNC football game, Tar Heel boosters can at least boast that they post bigger numbers on the balance sheet. ...Martina Ballen, a senior associate director of athletics at UNC, expects such a deal could bring in about $1 million. She expects the university will sign agreements this year with several sponsors.
Issues & Trends
Kannapolis grateful, wary about Murdock
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
David H. Murdock is offering hope to forgotten people in a forlorn town. ...The representation from schools such as UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State University, and the well-equipped labs and researchers they're expected to bring, could burnish its image.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep05/uncnutritioninstitute091205.htm$1 billion in sight at NCSU
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Making it clear they intend to play -- and stay -- in the big leagues, leaders at N.C. State University announced their intention Friday to raise $1 billion. ...In North Carolina, both Duke University, which has finished its campaign, and UNC-Chapel Hill belong in the billion-dollar club.
Keeping score on boors (Opinion column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
As UNC and N.C. State headed into Saturday's grudge match at Carter-Finley Stadium, one reader wrote to suggest that I dress in Carolina blue and visit the Wolfpack tailgate lots. ...I could imagine the scene. Besides, I'd gotten a taste of ugliness at the far tamer (can you say nonexistent?) rivalry between UNC and my alma mater, the University of Wisconsin, a week earlier.
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