Skip to main content
 

Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:

International Coverage

Durham retiring as voice of UNC games
United Press International

Woody Durham, for 40 years the voice of University of North Carolina basketball and football games, announced his retirement Wednesday. "I actually thought about this decision after the 2009-10 season," he told a packed news conference at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill.
UNC Release:
http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/genrel/041911aad.html

National Coverage

Looking At College Application Inflation
"All Things Considered" National Public Radio

…Ms. LORIN: Well, the actual number of students graduating from high school is beginning to decrease, but as students see these very low admit rates, they get a little nervous, and they think: Well, maybe I should apply to a few more schools. So that increases the number of applications. NORRIS: Is this happening across the board? The schools that you mentioned are fairly selective institutions. Are you seeing the same thing at middle-tier schools, at state schools, at small schools? Ms. LORIN: Definitely at state schools. Berkeley and the University of North Carolina, for example, both had increases, as well.

UNC adds context to GPAs to combat grade inflation (Blog)
The Washington Post

A 3.1 in one college course is not the same as a 3.1 in another. Subject matters range in difficulty, as do the grading styles of professors. But how does an employer know the difference? Starting next year, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill plans to add context to its transcripts. In addition to a list of grades, the university will also provide the median class grades for each course, class rankings by percentile and the average overall GPA of students taking a similar mix of classes, according to the Daily Tar Heel.

Pesticides tied to lower IQ in children
Science News

…This variant is present in roughly one-third of all Americans, observes study leader Stephanie Engel, now at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Another observation from her study: Children exhibited bigger IQ deficits if they came from homes that had been treated with organophosphates while their moms were pregnant — even if the women’s urine at the time wasn’t higher in breakdown products than that of parents whose kids had more normal cognitive scores.

State and Local Coverage

Hillsborough hails start of work on hospital
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

UNC Hospitals broke ground Wednesday on a new hospital campus in Hillsborough's Waterstone development near Interstate 40. The $200 million project will be completed in two phases. The first phase, a three-story physician office building, will include an outpatient clinic with urgent care, imaging and oncology services. It is scheduled to open in 2013.
Related Links:
http://wchl1360.com/detailswide.html?id=18181
http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/12871436/article-Breaking-ground?instance=main_article

Woody Durham: 'It was time' to step down
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

It wasn't surprising that North Carolina play-by-play announcer Woody Durham read from carefully conceived notes as he officially confirmed his retirement Wednesday morning. After all, one of the reasons his career as the "Voice of the Tar Heels" spanned 40 years – and more than 1,800 UNC football and basketball games – was his preparation. Yet again, he was ready. This time, to go.
Related Links:
http://blogs.fayobserver.com/accbasketball/April-2011/Woody-Durham-walks-away–What-it-all-means
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/sports&id=8083936
http://www2.nbc17.com/sports/2011/apr/19/voice-tar-heels-retiring-after-40-years-ar-962200/
http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story_sports/12871542/article-Woody
-Durham-signs-off?instance=main_article

UNC Release:
http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/genrel/041911aad.html

Looking back at Civil War newspapers (Blog)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication associate professor Frank Fee spoke last week at Wilson Library about the development and struggles of news and newspapers during the civil war. He describes the evolution of communication during this time and the role played by newpapers and journalists. This talk was in conjunction with the library's exhibit Home Front on the Hill: Chapel Hill and the University during the Civil War. The exhibit will be on view through May 8 in the Melba Remig Saltarelli Exhibit Room on the third floor of Wilson Library.

Redistricting: the past and the present (Blog)
The News & Record (Greensboro)

…Just for fun, I went back and looked in our files for the time when Ms. Rakestraw was a county commissioner and that board faced the issue of redistricting. Here's an excerpt from a March 4, 2001 story. “What boards frequently get criticized for is drawing districts that protect the incumbents,'' said Bob Joyce with the N.C. Institute of Government at UNC-Chapel Hill. “And there is really nothing wrong with that.''

UNC student charged with falsely reporting hate crime
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)

A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student has been cited for falsely claiming that he was assaulted in a hate crime, university police said Wednesday.

Issues and Trends

Vital education programs must be protected (Editorial)
The Times-News Online

In cutting the state budget to close a shortfall of more than $2 billion, the Legislature had better make sure it does not undermine the steady progress North Carolina public schools have made in recent years and community college job training that so many state workers need now more than ever. …House budget-writers proposed cutting public schools by 9 percent and cutting the funding to University of North Carolina campuses by 16 percent.

Comments are closed.