Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
The true, the false, and the misleading: grading Paul Ryan’s convention speech. (Blog)
The Washington Post
…Nope. The Affordable Care Act greatly expands private insurance rather than implementing a truly government-run insurance system, like those in Canada and Australia, or a government-run hospital system, like that in the United Kingdom. As Jonathan Oberlander, a health policy expert at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, put it, “The label ‘government takeover’ has no basis in reality, but instead reflects a political dynamic where conservatives label any increase in government authority in health care as a ‘takeover.’”
A different game in Canada
ESPN.com
…"I can tell you it is culturally different in the CFL and the NFL," says Robert W. Turner, an author and sociology professor at the University of North Carolina who played in the USFL, the CFL and briefly in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers in the 1980s. "Your practice day is a whole lot shorter. You almost do no hitting during the season in practice. And your offseason, you are totally off. You're not playing any football whatsoever. Is the game equally as aggressive? Absolutely, yes. But your time actually combating compared to the NFL is less."
State and Local Coverage
Understanding Hate
"The State of Things" WUNC-FM
“Hate” is one of those words that gets thrown around recklessly in everyday conversation, but sometimes when we say it, we mean it. What is hatred and why do we feel it? Is it an emotion unique to humans? And why does hatred often lead to violence? Host Frank Stasio explores how to understand hate with Lasana Harris, an assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University; Michael Waltman, an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Joseph Kennedy, a professor of law at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Isaac Leaves UNC Faculty In Limbo
WCHL-FM (Chapel Hill)
Hurricane Isaac settled over New Orleans Tuesday night—bringing sustained 75-mph winds, overwhelming levees with heavy rain, knocking out power to more than half a million, and disrupting travel nationwide. That includes travel here in Chapel Hill, where half of UNC’s Political Science Department (and WCHL News Director Aaron Keck) were set to be in New Orleans for the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.
Groundwork for grant
The Wilkes Journal-Pilot (Wilkesboro)
About 15 government, business, education and human service leaders brainstormed on accomplishments and challenges in Wilkes County for two hours Tuesday for a report being prepared by a researcher from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Government. They responded to questions from Andrew Guinn, the researcher, who said he would combine their information with demographic data to produce a report for the Golden LEAF Foundation “on what actually is going on here” in Wilkes County.
PlayMakers’ PRC2 season opens with ‘An Iliad’
The News of Orange County
The Obie Award-winning play “An Iliad” will kick off the sixth season of PRC2, PlayMakers Repertory Company’s second stage series of topical plays, with performances from Sept 5 to 9. PlayMakers is the professional theater in residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5506/66/
Thorp: "We've Got A Good Program To Move Forward"
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
Classes at UNC opened last week at a time when Chancellor Holden Thorp sits in the crosshairs of an unprecedented cascade of athletic and academic scandals–but as another semester kicks into gear, the Chancellor says he's confident the University is doing all the right things going forward. "There's a lot of stress and strain on a lot of people, and we all want to get this behind us," he says. "But I think–especially (with) the things we've announced the last couple of weeks–we feel like we've really got a good program to move forward from the things that we reported in May."
UNC system panel holds closed-door discussion of academic fraud
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A UNC Board of Governors panel met for more than five hours behind closed doors Wednesday in its review of the academic fraud case that has dogged UNC-Chapel Hill. The panel gathered briefly with reporters present, but then went into closed session, citing state law that protects confidential personnel matters, information about the performance of public employees and attorney-client privilege.
Panel investigating UNC academics meets this week
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
A panel investigating possible academic fraud at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will meet Wednesday and Thursday of this week, and for the first time since UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp announced that former North Carolina Gov. Jim Martin will lead an inquiry into academic irregularities within the university's African and Afro-American studies department.
Issues and Trends
Study: Minority of Parents Focus on All College Costs
Inside Higher Ed
A new survey of parents by Fidelity has found that only 31 percent with college-bound children are considering "the total cost" of college, defined as including graduating with debt, and the impact of college attended and program completed on earnings potential. Of families looking broadly at those issues, a majority are changing their plans due in part to concerns about student loan debt.
Defending the New G.I. Bill
The Huffington Post
…A recent report from the Senate HELP Committee shows that a whopping 20-40 percent of this funding goes toward marketing and recruiting, while much of the rest goes toward lobbying, campaign donations and profit. Compare this breakdown to state school systems such as the University of North Carolina, which spends just 1.3 percent across 17 campuses.
Anti-Israel ad pulled from Chapel Hill buses
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
A political advertisement calling for the end of U.S. aid to Israel that was posted inside Chapel Hill buses has been pulled, but town officials say it's not because the ad prompted objections from some riders. …One of the five complaints town leaders received read: "As a daily user of the bus system, a grad student at UNC and a NC taxpayer, I find it extremely offensive to have to see this propaganda on my daily rides."
Related Link:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/chapel-hill-buses-under-fire-for-anti-israel-ads/