In an unusual class, athletes try new sports
By Mike Rodriguez
In one UNC class, a football player and pole vaulter try to play soccer and find that it’s not as easy as it looks.
Archive for February, 2012
UNC grad turns lacrosse into a career
By Georgia Walker
- Former UNC lacrosse stand-out Billy Bitter now plays professional lacrosse for the Denver Outlaws.
Billy Bitter, who starred on the UNC lacrosse team before his 2011 graduation, is making a career out of the sport.
He plays professional lacrosse for the Denver Outlaws and is so popular among pro lacrosse fans that he’s landed an endorsement deal.
UNC baseball team starts strong
By Ryan Davis
Led by a hard-hitting Freshman, the UNC baseball team is off to a strong start. The team is ranked #4 nationally.
Drug shortage affects UNC Hospitals
By Michael Tomsic
- N.C. Cancer Hospital Clinical Manager Lindsey Poppe pulls up the hospital's supply of methotrexate.
Soon, thousands of children suffering from cancer should no longer have to worry if one of the drugs that could save their lives will be available. That’s the message from the Food and Drug Administration this week, after supplies of metho
trexate,
a cancer drug, reached such low levels that some hospitals worried they might run out of it.
In Chapel Hill, the shortage is forcing the N.C. Cancer Hospital to cut down the number of days a week it gives patients the life-saving drug.
Three drug manufacturers are ramping up production of it. The FDA says that should fix the shortage, but some doctors and pharmacists say it could take weeks
Leimonstoll to focus on tuition, aid
By Reema Khrais
- Newly elected student body president Will Leimenstoll (center) says tuition and other financial issues will be a key concern during his term in office. (Photo by Eric Pate / Reesenews)
UNC’s next student body president wants to make financial resources more accessible to students. That’s just one of Junior Will Leimenstoll’s many priorities for when he takes office in April. He was elected president this week in a run-off.
The environmental science and geography double major won almost 63 percent of the vote.
Faculty members endorse athletic principles
By Michael Tomsic
The UNC football program is still waiting to hear if it’s in more trouble. The NCAA has yet to announce what the program’s final punishment will be for the scandal under former coach Butch Davis. NCAA investigations that began in 2010 found some players cheated in classes and took gifts from agents.
In response to that and other college scandals, a group of UNC faculty members have been meeting to discuss how to keep the athletic program in line with the university’s core mission. They came up with a statement of principles that more than 100 faculty members have signed.
Alex Barinka is a reporter for Reesenews-dot-org, our sister news website, and she recently spoke with one of the professors.
UNC researcher questions cell phone ban
By Kirsten Chang
Chapel Hill may soon make it illegal to use a phone behind the wheel. The town council held a hearing this week on banning cell phone use while driving, and will further consider it next month. Supporters of the ban argue it would make the roads safer. But a UNC researcher says the statistics don’t really prove that.
Entire program – Feb. 25, 2012
UNC Hospital runs short of a life-saving cancer medication. A researcher questions Chapel Hill’s proposed ban on cell phone use while driving. UNC’s new student body president vows to lobby state leaders for higher education funding.
Turnout low in student body election
By John Caison
This week’s student body election had one of the lowest voter turnouts in the last ten years. Some students say they were turned off by a new voting system that required registration, while other say they simply don’t care about student government.
How common is cocaine use at UNC?
By Danielle Tepper
Three UNC students – all of them former varsity athletes – face court dates starting next week on charges of cocaine possession. Their arrests have sparked campus discussion about the extent of drug abuse at UNC.
Chapel Hill police allegedly found the three students in a parking deck on Rosemary Street earlier this month. Police say one of them appeared to be snorting something, and the suspects had a plastic baggie with cocaine residue on it.
Some students at UNC – and even one administrator – say they weren’t surprised to hear about students getting busted for allegedly using the drug. So how common is cocaine use at UNC?
