Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
International Coverage
Something for the weekend
Financial Times (United Kingdom)
Employers often feel that they have to resort to either the carrot or the stick if they want to get the best out of their employees. However, new research suggests that it is not external pressures such as deadlines, or pay that motivates employees as much as job satisfaction and interest. …Edward Maydew professor of accounting at Kenan-Flagler business school, University of North Carolina and director of research for the UNC Tax Center says that a change in tax laws would mean that the overall corporate tax rate could be lowered and the US would then collect more corporate tax revenue.
National Coverage
‘The Clinton Tapes,’ a New Book (Blog)
The New York Times
By now you may have read about a Boris Yeltsin anecdote in the historian Taylor Branch’s new book, “The Clinton Tapes; Wrestling History with the President.” …Volumes upon volumes of their talks were lined up on shelves in a building on the grounds of Mr. Clinton’s house in Chappaqua, N.Y., Mr. Branch indicated. It’s unclear when or whether Mr. Clinton’s tapes and transcripts will be accessible for historians and the public. Mr. Branch’s will be available next year at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Regional Coverage
Middle-class taxes deal breakers on health plan
The Washington Examiner
After an uproar over the projected costs and increased deficits from health care legislation, Democrats are considering taxing middle-class Americans who don't have health insurance and taxing some health coverage to pay for a plan. …"There will be controversy surrounding any financing choice," said Jonathan Oberlander, a health policy professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "There is no politically easy way to do this, especially given broader concerns about federal spending and the budget deficit."
Doctors need a say on health insurance (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The Philadelphia Inquirer
No one understands the burden of the large number of uninsured Americans and the need for health-care reform better than our nation's doctors. The women and men who care for patients every day should know what can work for those patients. Yet their opinions are rarely heard in a direct and unfiltered way. ( William L. Roper is a pediatrician, a trustee of the foundation, and dean of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.)
State and Local Coverage
UNC tests sirens Tuesday
WTVD-TV (ABC/Raleigh)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will test its sirens Tuesday. The system is designed to warn students of danger. The emergency sirens will sound between noon and 1 p.m. as part of Alert Carolina, a safety awareness campaign.
Related Link:
http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/6049704/
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2864/1/
UNC group gains 3 new advisers
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Youth for Western Civilization is back in business almost as quickly as it shut down. On Monday afternoon, UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp named three new faculty advisers, one of whom had resigned from the same position in June saying the national conservative youth organization was too provocative for constructive debate on campus.
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http://www.myfox8.com/wghp-unc-advisor-090921,0,6011610.story
http://www.wchl1360.com/detailswide.html?id=11880
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/campusnotes/are-radicals-being-empowered-at-unc-ch
http://www.heraldsun.com/pages/full_story/push?article-UNC+group+-back+in+
business-+with+panel%20&id=3672547-UNC+group+-back+in+business-+with+panel
UNC frat gets penalty for year
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The UNC-Chapel Hill fraternity that hosted a party the night its president was shot to death by police in Randolph County has been sanctioned. The university's Greek Judicial Board placed the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity on one year of social probation — which means it can't hold mixers or cocktail parties — and shortened its pledge period from eight to four weeks.
Related Links:
http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/09/21/article/fraternity_given_1_year_probation
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/6047419/
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7025396
http://www.digtriad.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=130672&catid=57
http://www.wchl1360.com/detailswide.html?id=11882
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2889/68/
Global health a boon for economy
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
…The forum also served to announce the launching of a new global health partnership. The Triangle Global Health Consortium, which groups Duke, UNC Chapel Hill and N.C. State universities, along with prominent local nongovernmental groups Family Health International, Research Triangle Institute and IntraHealth International, is designed to promote collaborative research on global health and attract new scientists and others involved in similar activities to the state.
The risks of blocking Wall Street (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The recent anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers afforded assorted pundits and politicians the opportunity to use the bankruptcy to chastise bankers yet again for their ill-advised actions over the past decade, and to issue another round of calls for greater financial regulation. (Peter A. Coclanis is associate provost for international affairs and Albert R. Newsome professor of history at UNC-Chapel Hill.)
Prostate cancer survivor: 'Get screened for your family'
WRAL.com
About one in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime, and about one in every 35 men will die from it. The best chance for survival is early detection through screening. …“Unfortunately, we don't know how to prevent this disease yet. In the absence of being able to prevent it, the best we can do is early detection,” said UNC Urologic Surgeon Dr. Raj Pruthi.
Talbott to speak in Chapel Hill
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Strobe Talbott, president of the Brookings Institution and a former deputy secretary of state, will speak Thursday at UNC Chapel Hill. Talbott, who served during the Clinton administration, will discuss “Obama and the World,” an analysis of the international challenges the president is facing, how he’s coping with them and what it all means for the future of American security and foreign policy. The free public lecture will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium of the FedEx Global Education Center.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2854/1/
Retired professors offer aid to UNC
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
In February, an association of retired UNC-Chapel Hill professors sought to help ease daunting budget cuts by offering to jump back into teaching, free of charge. …Karen Gil, the new dean of UNC's College of Arts & Sciences, said one of her priorities is to find new ways for retired faculty members to help. And the university's Faculty Council, with representatives from across the campus, is also discussing the issue this year, said McKay Coble, a drama professor and chairwoman of the faculty.
Related Link:
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/campusnotes/at-unc-ch-r
etired-profs-looking-for-work
NC wants more information on drilling proposal
The Associated Press
…The governor plans to travel to the Outer Banks this week and attend a public meeting Friday in Buxton on the potential for coastal wind energy. It's expected to include researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who released a study last month showing potential for utility-scale production of wind energy off the North Carolina coast and possibly in eastern portions of Pamlico Sound.
Issues and Trends
UNC campuses target retention (Editorial)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
North Carolina's higher-education governing board took a significant step last week for the benefit of the state and its college-age residents. Friday, the UNC Board of Governors began considering a policy that would put much greater emphasis not only on enrolling students into colleges, but also on ensuring they remain in school and graduate.
UNC Protester Reaches Agreement With D.A.
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
The Orange-Chatham County District Attorney’s Office has reached out to one of the two protesters who entered into an agreement with the prosecution last week. The four members who chose to go to trial were found not guilty by Judge Joe Buckner.
More than two dozen cited for underage drinking
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
More than two dozen UNC students were charged with underage drinking at a raucous party Friday night, and a couple more were nabbed as they attempted to flee, town police said. "It's not unusual, but I wouldn't say it's an every Friday night/Saturday night occurrence" during which so many university students are cited for alcohol violations at a lively, off-campus celebration," Chapel Hill Police Lt. Kevin Gunter said.
Costly home-field advantage (Editorial)
The News & Record (Greensboro)
A hotel can be a nice place. The sheets are clean. It's quiet (unless it's by the airport). And there aren't many distractions — unless you count free HBO and the all-you-can-eat continental breakfast buffet. …According to the News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C. State spent $86,000 last year to put up the football team at a local hotel before each of its seven home games. (The figure includes transportation between the hotel and campus.) UNC-Chapel Hill spent $79,000 before seven home games in 2008.