Three prominent critics of collegiate sports will discuss the topic "Big-Time College Sports: What Needs to Change?" during a panel presentation Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The free public program will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Sonja Haynes Stone Center Theater.
The panel will feature Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian Taylor Branch, UNC President Emeritus William C. Friday and Charles T. Clotfelter, author and professor at Duke University. Author Will Blythe will moderate.
The Southern Historical Collection in the Wilson Special Collections Library will display archival materials from the papers of Branch and Friday and from the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. The collection is sponsoring the program, along with Friends of the Library and the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History. For program information, contact Liza Terll at liza_terll@unc.edu or (919) 548-1203.
Branch's article "The Shame of College Sports" appeared last year in The Atlantic magazine. An expanded e-book version, "The Cartel: Inside the Rise and Imminent Fall of the NCAA," is available at Byliner.com. Branch's previous books include "The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling with History and the President" and studies of the American Civil Rights movement. Branch, a 1968 alumnus, is a Morehead-Cain Alumni Visiting Distinguished Professor at UNC during the spring 2012 semester.
Friday served as president of the UNC system from 1957 to 1986 and later as president of the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust. He was a founding co-chair of the Knight Foundation Commission, which was established in 1989 with the purpose of drafting a reform agenda for the administration of intercollegiate sports. He earned a UNC law degree in 1948.
Clotfelter is the Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of Public Policy and professor of economics and law at Duke University. His most recent book is "Big-Time Sports in American Universities" (Cambridge University Press, 2011).
Blythe is a former editor of Esquire magazine. His books include "To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever" (HarperCollins, 2006), a chronicle of the UNC-Duke basketball rivalry. A 1979 UNC alumnus, he has written for the New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated and the New York Times Book Review.
At the event, Bull's Head Bookshop will be selling books by Branch and Clotfelter.
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Monday, February 20, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Local, global food issues on menu for UNC-Duke symposium
Local and global food issues will be on the menu at "Shared Tables: A Triangle Symposium on Local and Global Food Studies." Food security and the future of farming are daily concerns in many North Carolina communities, and the symposium will capitalize on the local food movements gaining ground on all the Triangle campuses.
The symposium takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 29, at Duke University. Keynote addresses will be presented by award-winning food journalist and farmer Tom Philpott of Mother Jones magazine and by Will Allen, founder and executive director of Growing Power in Milwaukee.
Events are free and open to the public, but space is limited, so participants are asked to register in advance. Registration has closed for the Feb. 28 keynote event and Feb. 29 lunch.
On Feb. 28 at Hyde Hall at UNC, symposium topics include:
* Food, technology and politics internationally and in Europe;
* Food security, sustainable food systems and global change;
* Does it matter where my food comes from? and
* Food or fuel? South America, Africa and the United States.
On Feb. 29 in the Von Cannon Room and Reynolds Industries Theater at the Bryan University Center at Duke, symposium topics include:
* Voices of the Triangle food movement in our universities;
* Farm Bill 2012;
* Farming in North Carolina;
* Food and humanities, culture and faith; and
* Food access in our communities.
Each day of the symposium concludes with a keynote address. At 7 p.m. Feb. 28 in the UNC FedEx Global Education Center, Philpott will discuss factors that affect the world's ability to feed its population sustainably in the years to come. Philpott is the cofounder of Maverick Farms, a center for sustainable food education in Valle Crucis. Philpott has also served as columnist and editor for the online environmental site Grist and has covered food politics for Newsweek, Gastronomica and The Guardian. Food & Wine named Philpott one of 10 innovators who "will continue to shape the culinary consciousness of our country for the next 30 years."
At 7 p.m. Feb. 29 at the Reynolds Industries Theater in the Bryan University Center at Duke
University, Allen will discuss the challenge of providing food security for urban and disadvantaged communities. Growing Power is an organization dedicated to cultivating, producing and delivering healthy foods to underserved, urban populations in Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago and beyond. Named a MacArthur "Genius" Fellow in 2008, Allen has worked with First Lady Michelle Obama on her "Let's Move" campaign to fight childhood obesity. He also has worked abroad to strengthen food security for schoolchildren in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Managing sponsors include UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies; Triangle University Food Studies; and UNC Kenan-Flagler Center for Sustainable Enterprise.
Additional partners and sponsors include UNC Institute for the Environment; Center for International Business Education and Research; UNC Center for European Studies; UNC African Studies Center; UNC Institute for the Arts and Humanities; UNC Honors Program; UNC Comparative Literature Program; UNC Global; Duke University Franklin Humanities Institute; Center for Energy, Development and the Global Environment at Duke Fuqua School of Business; and Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment.
For more information and a full schedule, visit http://sharedtablessymp.wordpress.com. Lunch will be provided for registered participants both days.
The symposium takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 29, at Duke University. Keynote addresses will be presented by award-winning food journalist and farmer Tom Philpott of Mother Jones magazine and by Will Allen, founder and executive director of Growing Power in Milwaukee.
Events are free and open to the public, but space is limited, so participants are asked to register in advance. Registration has closed for the Feb. 28 keynote event and Feb. 29 lunch.
On Feb. 28 at Hyde Hall at UNC, symposium topics include:
* Food, technology and politics internationally and in Europe;
* Food security, sustainable food systems and global change;
* Does it matter where my food comes from? and
* Food or fuel? South America, Africa and the United States.
On Feb. 29 in the Von Cannon Room and Reynolds Industries Theater at the Bryan University Center at Duke, symposium topics include:
* Voices of the Triangle food movement in our universities;
* Farm Bill 2012;
* Farming in North Carolina;
* Food and humanities, culture and faith; and
* Food access in our communities.
Each day of the symposium concludes with a keynote address. At 7 p.m. Feb. 28 in the UNC FedEx Global Education Center, Philpott will discuss factors that affect the world's ability to feed its population sustainably in the years to come. Philpott is the cofounder of Maverick Farms, a center for sustainable food education in Valle Crucis. Philpott has also served as columnist and editor for the online environmental site Grist and has covered food politics for Newsweek, Gastronomica and The Guardian. Food & Wine named Philpott one of 10 innovators who "will continue to shape the culinary consciousness of our country for the next 30 years."
At 7 p.m. Feb. 29 at the Reynolds Industries Theater in the Bryan University Center at Duke
University, Allen will discuss the challenge of providing food security for urban and disadvantaged communities. Growing Power is an organization dedicated to cultivating, producing and delivering healthy foods to underserved, urban populations in Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago and beyond. Named a MacArthur "Genius" Fellow in 2008, Allen has worked with First Lady Michelle Obama on her "Let's Move" campaign to fight childhood obesity. He also has worked abroad to strengthen food security for schoolchildren in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Managing sponsors include UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies; Triangle University Food Studies; and UNC Kenan-Flagler Center for Sustainable Enterprise.
Additional partners and sponsors include UNC Institute for the Environment; Center for International Business Education and Research; UNC Center for European Studies; UNC African Studies Center; UNC Institute for the Arts and Humanities; UNC Honors Program; UNC Comparative Literature Program; UNC Global; Duke University Franklin Humanities Institute; Center for Energy, Development and the Global Environment at Duke Fuqua School of Business; and Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment.
For more information and a full schedule, visit http://sharedtablessymp.wordpress.com. Lunch will be provided for registered participants both days.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Tar Heel Express shuttle to the UNC vs. Duke men's basketball game
Chapel Hill Transit will provide Tar Heel Express shuttle service on Wednesday, Feb. 8, for the North Carolina men's basketball game against Duke, scheduled for 9 p.m. at the Dean E. Smith Center.
Tar Heel Express shuttles will begin at 7:30 p.m. from the park and rides located at Friday Center, Southern Village, University Mall (next to Dillards) and Jones Ferry. Shuttles will also be available from the Carolina Coffee Shop located at 138 E. Franklin St. (no parking provided). The shuttles will provide continuous and fully accessible service, running every 10 to 15 minutes between the park and rides and the Dean E. Smith Center. The shuttles will operate for approximately 45 minutes following the game.
Shuttles drop off and pick up on Bowles Drive in front of the Dean E. Smith Center. Shuttle rides are $5 for a round-trip or $3 for a one-way trip. Rides from the Carolina Coffee Shop are $2 one-way or $4 round-trip.
For additional information on the Tar Heel Express Shuttle, please visit CHT's website or call a customer service representative at (919) 969-4900 (press 1).
Tar Heel Express shuttles will begin at 7:30 p.m. from the park and rides located at Friday Center, Southern Village, University Mall (next to Dillards) and Jones Ferry. Shuttles will also be available from the Carolina Coffee Shop located at 138 E. Franklin St. (no parking provided). The shuttles will provide continuous and fully accessible service, running every 10 to 15 minutes between the park and rides and the Dean E. Smith Center. The shuttles will operate for approximately 45 minutes following the game.
Shuttles drop off and pick up on Bowles Drive in front of the Dean E. Smith Center. Shuttle rides are $5 for a round-trip or $3 for a one-way trip. Rides from the Carolina Coffee Shop are $2 one-way or $4 round-trip.
For additional information on the Tar Heel Express Shuttle, please visit CHT's website or call a customer service representative at (919) 969-4900 (press 1).
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
UNC-TV's North Carolina now reports on Bowles, Simpson Duke appearance
Former White House Chief of Staff and former University of North Carolina President Erskine Bowles and former U.S. Senator from Wyoming Alan Simpson, co-chairs of the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, spoke in Page Auditorium at Duke University on Wednesday, Jan. 18. UNC-TV was there to record the event in its entirety, which will be used to produce two special North Carolina Now programs that will be broadcast on UNC-TV Jan. 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m.
The event, "Decision Time: Bowles, Simpson and the Federal Budget," is part of the Sanford School's Terry Sanford Distinguished Lecture series, which brings notable leaders to speak on Duke's campus.
Bowles and Simpson will discuss ideas for reining in the federal budget and restoring confidence in the economy. Philip Bennett, a Duke public policy professor and managing editor of the PBS series FRONTLINE, will moderate the discussion.
President Obama created the budget commission in February 2010 to identify policies to improve the nation's fiscal situation and to achieve fiscal sustainability over the long run. The commission was to propose recommendations to balance the budget by 2015 and to address the growth of entitlement spending and the gap between projected revenues and expenditures of the federal government.
The bipartisan commission included members from both parties from the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Its recommendations failed to gain sufficient support and have not been implemented. Other federal fiscal reform attempts also have failed, most recently the "super committee."
The event is part of the Sanford School's series, "Gridlock: Can our System Address America's Biggest Problems?"
UNC-TV is North Carolina's statewide public television network.
The event, "Decision Time: Bowles, Simpson and the Federal Budget," is part of the Sanford School's Terry Sanford Distinguished Lecture series, which brings notable leaders to speak on Duke's campus.
Bowles and Simpson will discuss ideas for reining in the federal budget and restoring confidence in the economy. Philip Bennett, a Duke public policy professor and managing editor of the PBS series FRONTLINE, will moderate the discussion.
President Obama created the budget commission in February 2010 to identify policies to improve the nation's fiscal situation and to achieve fiscal sustainability over the long run. The commission was to propose recommendations to balance the budget by 2015 and to address the growth of entitlement spending and the gap between projected revenues and expenditures of the federal government.
The bipartisan commission included members from both parties from the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Its recommendations failed to gain sufficient support and have not been implemented. Other federal fiscal reform attempts also have failed, most recently the "super committee."
The event is part of the Sanford School's series, "Gridlock: Can our System Address America's Biggest Problems?"
UNC-TV is North Carolina's statewide public television network.
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