Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
Candidates’ talk of states’ rights raises issue of whether term has shed baggage
The Associated Press
…Sociologist and author John Shelton Reed, a professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was not surprised that someone of Clarkson’s youth would fail to recognize the “baggage that ‘states’ rights’ carries.” Still, he says, hearing the term employed by people like Paul — and also by Texas Gov. Rick Perry before he quit the race — “it’s clear that we’ve turned some kind of page.”
Family Focus Helps Obese Kids
Ivanhoe (Newswire)
…Myles S. Faith, Ph.D., chair of the American Heart Association's statement writing group and associate professor of Nutrition at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and his team evaluated research on the outcomes of behavioral change strategies that included high involvement by parents and other adult caregivers of obese children in the context of treatment programs.
SEAL team confronts pirates in Africa, frees hostages
USA Today
…Military historian Richard Kohn says the notion of Special Forces goes back to the 1950s, with specially trained troops "going after people in the shadows." …Kohn, professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, says he suspects Obama has further expanded the use of Special Forces, but there's no way to know for sure because their operations are classified.
State and Local Coverage
Obama Praises Thorp In State of the Union On Keeping College Affordable
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
During last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama gave high praises to a group of university leaders across the country, including UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp, who are working to keep college affordable. “I just want to quote what the President said in his speech,” Thorp says. “He said, ‘Colleges and universities have to do their part to keep costs down. Recently I spoke with a group of college presidents who have done just that.’” Last month, Thorp was one of 10 university leaders who met with Obama in Washington D.C. for a roundtable discussion about college affordability.
Thorp On Ross's Tuition Proposal For UNC-CH: "We Are Feeling Positive."
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
UNC System President Tom Ross has made a recommendation for UNC Chapel Hill’s tuition hike for next year—and while it’s not as high as the one the university recommended, Chancellor Holden Thorp says he’s still feeling positive. “He didn’t quite recommend what we recommended, but he still got a proposal that I think recognizes the need we have,” Thorp says. “So we feel very good about his recommendation.”
Entrepreneurs' job creation tallied
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Entrepreneurial North Carolina companies with high growth potential have created 40,560 jobs over the past two decades. That's according to a study released Wednesday by Durham-based CED, an entrepreneurial support group. …CED collaborated on the report with the First Flight Venture Center, a business incubator based in Research Triangle Park, and two professors at UNC-Chapel Hill, Maryann Feldman and Nichola Lowe.
Related Link:
http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/17292692/article-Entrepreneurs
-bring-jobs–attract-investment-in-N-C–report-says-
UNC Press publisher to retire
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Highly decorated publisher Kate Douglas Torrey, the first woman to serve as director of the UNC Press, will retire this summer. Torrey was named the sixth director in the 90-year history of the publishing house – the oldest university press in the south – in 1992 after three years as its editor-in-chief. Book Business magazine listed her in the "Top 50 Women in Book Publishing" in 2009.
Carolina Leadership Academy renamed for former AD Baddour
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
The Carolina Leadership Academy has been renamed the Richard A. Baddour Carolina Leadership Academy in honor of UNC’s former director of athletics, who created the program in 2004. This year marks the eighth year of the Carolina Leadership Academy, providing leadership development programming through interactive workshops, 360-degree feedback, one-on-one coaching, peer mentoring and educational resources. More Info North Carolina Logo More UNC Stories
Pitt County Schools In Court
WUNC-FM (Chapel Hill)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit will hear arguments today in a case involving desegregation in Pitt County, the district that includes Greenville. …Mark Dorosin is an attorney with the UNC-Chapel Hill Center for Civil Rights. He says Pitt County's latest student assignment plan did not do that.
Lawmakers try to figure cost of illegal immigration in NC
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
Various state agencies on Wednesday gave lawmakers their best estimates as to how much illegal immigrants cost North Carolina taxpayers. …Irene Godinez, legislative director for the Latin American Coalition, said a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study has found that illegal immigrants and their families pay hundreds of millions of dollars in state and local taxes in North Carolina every year.
Attention to development (Editorial)
The Daily Reflector (Greenville)
…This year was somewhat different as the retreat was moderated by a facilitator from the University of North Carolina’s School of Government. An independent voice guiding the discussion was useful, not only in light of Bowers’ pending departure, but because it allowed the city’s elected leadership to shape the discourse.
Catawba Tribe plans to sue SC for right to have a casino
WBTV-TV (CBS/Charlotte)
Move over Cherokee Casino, the Catawba Indian Nation wants a piece of the action and plans to go to great lengths to do so. …Casinos are huge money-makers. UNC Chapel Hill studied the Cherokee reservation in Western North Carolina. The Casino there opened in 1997. It brought in more than $380 million dollars in 2010.
Sixty years of supporting the schools
The Carrboro Citizen
…In 2009, a few weeks after it was announced that Holden Thorp would be the new chancellor of UNC, I ran into Patti and complimented her on the lovely knit sweater top she was wearing. She said she had worn it the day of the announcement, which was also the day she and Holden had a ceremonial recommitment of their wedding vows.
UNC Hospitals, Rex get good news on bonds
The Triangle Business Journal
Moody’s Investors Services on Wednesday affirmed strong ratings assigned to the bonds of UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill and Rex Healthcare in Raleigh. The debt-research agency gave UNC Hospitals an Aa3 rating, citing strengths such as strong demand for patient services and relatively low debt load. Rex has an A1 rating, based on its market position in Wake County, increasing collaboration with UNC Hospitals and other factors.
Issues and Trends
Ross urges average 8.8% hike for UNC campuses
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC President Tom Ross has recommended average in-state undergraduate tuition and fee increases of 8.8 percent systemwide for 2012-2013 and 4.2 percent for 2013-2014. Under Ross' plan, released Wednesday, no campus would see an increase of more than 10 percent for next year, and the systemwide average would be smaller than the 9.3 percent increase enacted for the current academic year.
Related Links:
http://www2.nbc17.com/news/2012/jan/25/unc-system-president-recommends
-88-percent-tuition-ar-1855010/
http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2012/jan/26/nc-universities-
face-higher-tuition-ar-1857716/
University of North Carolina president seeks tuition hike
The Associated Press
The president of North Carolina's public university system is proposing tuition and fee increases that would average about $470 for resident undergraduates across 16 campuses, which he said in a letter made public Wednesday will help stabilize budgets staggered by steep cuts in state funding.
Related Links:
http://www.wral.com/news/education/story/10641990/
http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/17292424/article-Ross-
recommends-8-8–tuition-hike-
Smarter policy for UNC schools (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The University of North Carolina has figured out a cure for its growing pains: stop growing. For the second straight year, the number of students attending UNC system schools is down slightly – quite the change from the recent past, when enrollment outpaced both state population and GDP. We congratulate UNC's leadership on its shift in direction. The end to enrollment growth is a welcome development at a time when the system's resources are strained due to the prolonged economic slump.