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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

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

International Coverage

Braces for some younger kids right; it all depends on treatment needed
The Canadian Press (Wire Service)
Nadia Czekajewski got braces on her teeth when she was eight. Now she's in Grade 3, turning nine, and "she'll be done before she begins fourth grade," said her father, Tomasz Czekajewski. ...For children with Class II malocclusion, commonly referred to as an overbite or buck teeth, "there is no advantage to starting early," according to Dr. William Proffit, a professor at the University of North Carolina's School of Dentistry in Chapel Hill.

National Coverage

Can Listening to a Podcast Lead to Weight Loss?
ABC.com
Losing weight may be no more than a few podcasts away, but study findings suggested that not all weight-loss podcasts are created equally. Such programs should be engaging and offer sound diet and exercise advice based on behavioral theory, cautions study co-author Dr. Gabrielle M. Turner-McGrievy, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "Otherwise, people will not derive much benefit," Turner-McGrievy told Reuters Health in an email.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2874/71/

Regional Coverage

Concussion hysteria a real headache (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The Times of Northwest Indiana (Munster)
Two weeks ago, the hysteria surrounding the concussion suffered by Florida quarterback Tim Tebow peaked when more than one major newspaper shifted coverage from sports page to editorial opinion. ...One of the studies cited by Mayers -- and the newspaper editorials -- was done at the University of North Carolina and showed an athlete who suffered a concussion was three times more likely to suffer another that same season. Left unmentioned was that 90 percent of those second concussions occurred within 10 days of the first.

State and Local Coverage

UNC braces for Thursday night football
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Over the years UNC officials have consistently rejected the idea of the Thursday night football game. In addition to complaints about athletics corrupting academia, campus opponents of Thursday night games worried about the traffic nightmare they would create for UNC because the university's football stadium is located slam-up in the middle of campus.
Related Link:
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/campusnotes/going-to-the-unc-game-this-thursday

Issues and Trends

Admin. just won’t cut it (Editorial)
The Minnesota Daily (University of Minnesota student paper)
There are two ways to deal with budget shortfalls: raise revenues or cut costs. The University of Minnesota has made clear that it wants to raise revenues largely through tuition but has not fully addressed cost cutting, especially administrative cuts. ...Last spring, the University of North Carolina hired the consulting firm Bain & Company to help with their budget issues and to make the university more efficient — especially its administration.

U. of North Carolina Campuses Under Fresh Scrutiny for Hiring Practices (Blog)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
State lawmakers and a state employees' association are expressing concern about the University of North Carolina system's hiring practices in response to a newspaper investigation showing that some of the system's campuses often hire people without formal searches. The Asheville Citizen-Times gathered data on the campuses' hirings since 2007 and found that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University had each made more than 300 permanent hires without searches during that time.

Sensible limits for Halloween (Editorial)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Let the word go out to those residents in Durham -- and elsewhere across the region and the state -- that in years past thought Franklin Street in Chapel Hill was a cool place to be Halloween night. That word is, or more accurately those words are: Stay away. Forget about it. Don't even think of making the pilgrimage to the downtown area stretching along the University of North Carolina campus.

That's Western civ (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Regarding the Oct. 15 letter "Statist music": The Civitas Institute that employs the letter-writer was initially funded by the John W. Pope Foundation, which in recent years also showed interest in shoring up the teaching of Western civilization at UNC-Chapel Hill. The Pope Foundation also contributes to the N.C. Symphony. Apparently, the Civitas Institute believes that Western civilization should be renewed only by non-governmental sources. (Edison McIntrye, Durham)

Future uncertain for Carlyle brand
The News & Record (Greensboro)
From the Carlyle Club at the Greensboro Coliseum to the Carlyle Cup competition between Duke and Carolina athletics teams to the Carlyle & Co. jewelry stores across the Southeast, the Carlyle name carries considerable cachet. ...“The future of the Carlyle Cup is up in the air right now,” said Art Chansky, associate general manager for Tar Heel Sports Properties, the media rights holder for the UNC-Chapel Hill athletics program.