Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
DNA 'Barcodes' Surface Fishy Imposters on Menus
The Wall Street Journal
Researchers using a new DNA test recently discovered that fish ordered from menus in New York and Denver might not always be the species served. Sampling the fare at 31 sushi bars, scientists at the American Museum of Natural History found that customers who ordered tuna were sometimes served a cheaper substitute, an endangered species or a fish banned in several countries as a health hazard. …University of North Carolina scientists in 2004 estimated that three-quarters of all snapper sold in the U.S. is mislabeled.
UNC Release:
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jul04/marko071404.html
Regional Coverage
High schools need to determine the risks of concussions from playing football (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The San Jose Mercury News (California)
The devastating injury last week to San Jose High Academy football player Matt Blea should serve as a catalyst for high schools throughout the Bay Area to learn more about the long-term medical risks of concussions. …We reported on these pages in October that a University of North Carolina study revealed that the average college lineman absorbs about 1,000 blows to the head every season. The hardest hits were roughly equivalent to having your head collide with the windshield of a car in an accident at 25 miles per hour while not wearing a seat belt.
State and Local Coverage
Carolina Connection
"The State of Things" WUNC-FM
NPR’s Adam Hochberg covers North Carolina and the Southeast for Morning Edition and All Things Considered. And he shares his broadcasting experience with students at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he teaches a class on radio production. Students Will Michaels, Karen Bernstein, Andrew Ritchey and Ashley Lopez join Adam and host Frank Stasio to discuss reporting on campus life– from facial hair to texting– for the weekly radio show, “Carolina Connection.”
Note: "The State of Things" is the statewide public affairs program airing live at noon weekdays and rebroadcast at 9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays.
Duke, UNC business schools fare well in exposing students to importance of ethics
The Triangle Business Journal
More than half of recent MBA graduates believe their courses should focus more on ethics, corporate governance and sustainability, according to a new survey. …For local MBA programs, the news is not surprising. The Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University emphasize ethics, corporate governance and sustainability through required core courses and other programs. In fact, Kenan-Flagler ranked 14th and Fuqua ranked 16th in The Aspen Institute’s Beyond Grey Pinstripes classification, which ranks the top 100 business schools globally on the extent of the school’s focus in social, environmental, ethical and economic perspectives.
Give the gift of life this holiday season (Letter to the Editor)
The Chapel Hill Herald
We are writing with a plea to campus and community members to give the gift of life this holiday season at the 11th annual winter edition of the Carolina Blood Drive at UNC. The drive will be from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 15, in Fetzer Gym on South Road. Parking will be free in the Cobb Deck off Country Club Road. The holidays are a tough time for hospitals and patients. Many of us are extremely busy, yet the need for blood donations doesn't stop. (Katrina Coble, Carolina Blood Drive committee chair, UNC)
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3152/68/
'Traumatic' events debated in court
The Shelby Star
On Thursday, the trial continued in the death of 5-month-old Jace Barrow with rebuttal witnesses from the prosecution after the defense rested Wednesday. …Dr. John Wright Jr., pediatric ophthalmologist and ophthalmic pathologist from UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine, used slides of Jace’s eye tissue to describe the right eye having some retinal hemorrhages but the left eye had a “larger number of hemorrhages.”
UNC tops in cash to recruit players
The Triangle Business Journal
Despite notching three consecutive wins over its rival, North Carolina State University’s football program expects to spend less than half of what UNC-Chapel Hill will devote to recruiting football players this year. …Budget information provided by the schools shows that NCSU will dole out less in basketball recruiting than the Tar Heels as well. The budget line item for recruiting expenses primarily encompasses the travel and lodging of coaches and recruiting targets.
Issues and Trends
Covenants may hobble waste station
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Orange County will review whether rules placed on a Millhouse Road property 30 years ago prevent the county from placing a solid waste transfer station there. Mark Dorosin, senior managing attorney with the Center for Civil Rights, a UNC-Chapel Hill-affiliate, has been working with the historically black Rogers Road community. Residents oppose a possible transfer station on Millhouse Road, just north of the current landfill, which they consider part of their neighborhood.
Randolph DA Deems Fatal Shooting Of UNC Student Justified
WFMY-TV (CBS/Greensboro)
Randolph County District Attorney Garland Yates has deemed the shooting of UNC student Courtland Smith by an Archdale officer justified. …Smith was a student at UNC-Chapel Hill and the president of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
Related Links:
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7152968
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/campusnotes/shooting-of-unc-ch-frat-president-justified-da-says
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/6550044/
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/story/225472.html
http://www.heraldsun.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Officer+justified+
in+Courtland+Smith+shooting%20&id=5002786-Officer+justified+in+
Courtland+Smith+shooting
http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/12/04/article/da
_fatal_shooting_of_unc_student_justified
Audit: N.C. high school association erred in doling out bonuses to managers
The Triangle Business Journal
Employees of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Inc. have received longevity and incentive pay in violation of university policy over the past several years, according to a state audit released Dec. 3. The association, which has tax-exempt status, is closely affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and its staff members are UNC employees, according to the audit. The association administers North Carolina’s interscholastic athletic program.
Related Link:
http://www.fayobserver.com/Articles/2009/12/04/957622