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THIS WEEK: APR 7 ~APR 13 2009 FIVE ALBUMS YOU SHOULDN'T LEAVE IN A BURNING HOUSE A&EPAGE 9 lOW LEGALIZES GAY MARRIAGE LIFE PAGE 14 THE e e aro 1n1an THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF UNCG Toby Shearer Staff Writer If you don't regularly wash your hands, if you drink water from disposable plastic bottles, if you think money donated to the developing third world is just a tax write off, Pulitzer, Peabody and Polk prize winning journalist and author Laurie Garrett has a bone to pick with you. Last Tuesday the ongoing Science and Society lecture series hosted Garrett lecturing from her book The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance which focuses on pandemic disease outbreak, like AIDS and SARS, and their rapid globalization. The Science -and Society series began last February and is meant "to provide a forum for the public to have access to scientists and scholars on issues where science and public policy intersect;' according to Professor Liam Duffy who introduced Garrett to a packed audience of UNCG stu- Toby Shearer/The Carolinian Laurie Garrett, author of The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance, speaking at the Science and Society series on Tuesday. Chancellor discusses budget cuts Lili Johnson News Editor In preparation for the stillto- be-determined budget cut, UNCG has already begun their Reduction In Force (RIF) process in regards to staff. The removal of the laptop requirement in January was also made as a preparation, allowing the university to save $700,000 a year? previously allotted for needbased financial aid _for the laptop initiative. Now that money can be put towards offsetting whatever the budget cut may be. While Chancellor Brady saud she hopes that the cut will be seven percent of the 2009-2010 budget, the reality is that it could be larger. "It's important to keep in mind that the governor was pretty friendly to (higher education). Our cuts in her budget are less than cuts to other state agencies," SEE BRADY ON PAGE FOUR THE CAROLINIAN ESTABLISHED 1919 VOL. LXXXIX ISSUE 19 LIU JOHNSON/THE CAROLINIAN Chancellor Linda Brady, in her office, discussed the budget and the affect it could have on the University community. CONTACT US DIRECTORY News 2-4 the_carolinian@hotmail.com Classifieds 2 Corrections 5 PHONE: 336-334-57 52 Opinions 5-7 A&E 8-9, 18-19 FAX: 336-334-3518 Sports 10-13 Life 14-16 dents and professors in the Jaylee Mead Auditorium last Tuesday. · In November 2003, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) struck mainland China, spread to a hotel in Hong Kong and within a matter of days spread globally with cases reported in Canada and other Asian countries. According to Garrett the scope of action needed to contain the outbreak in China was massive, and on a scale she feels would be hard to duplicate in America. Cheap, functional hospitals sprung up all over mainland China to deal exclusively with SARS cases, medical checkpoints were established at every train station and roadway checking for fever, rurp.l villages threw up make-shift barriers isolating themselves from outsiders and infection. "A hundred years ago our answer would have been to build a bigger border. That's out of date by a century," Garrett said Tuesday night. "In today's world you have to assume the microbes can be globalized which means you have to concentrate on building your own resilience, your own capacity, and collective and cooperative agreements between governments." For Garrett a large part of those cooperative agreements mean more financial contributions to developing nations. Currently the allotment of foreign aid in the congressional budget accounts for only 0.5 percent of the national budget in spite of the sizable increases to foreign aide spending made during George W. Bush's two presidential terms, according to Garrett. "What we did see was a steady increase in the number of people in the world who are staying alive with HIV infections thanks to European and American donors primarily," Garrett said. However globally, and in light of the global economic downturn, foreign aide spending and charitable contributions have fallen off. Garrett also cited, as further SEE WINNER ON PAGE THREE A few easy tips to reduce your energy use and help protect our environment! Green Hair is Always in Style! • There are ways to take care of your hair and be economically friendly at the same time! First, consolidate your hair products. Instead of buying a bottle of shampoo and a bottle of conditioner, buy 2-in-1 bottles. (This will also shorten the time you're in the shower= green bonus!) Secondly, spray less. Not only does spraying products harm the environment, but it also weighs down your 'do. So give your hair and the air a break! Get Thrifty! • New clothes are great, but each season ev~ ryone 's buying the same outfits from the same stores. This year, stand out by taking your style back a few years - shop at thrift stores! There's always unique or vintage SEE GREEN ON PAGE THREE ON THE WEB AT: ~o !lookmarks Iools tielp
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Title | The Carolinian [April 7, 2009] |
Date | 2009-04-07 |
Editor/creator | McIntyre, Luke |
Subject headings |
University of North Carolina at Greensboro--Newspapers College student newspapers and periodicals-- North Carolina--Greensboro Student publications--North Carolina--Greensboro Student activities--North Carolina--History |
Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | The April 7, 2009, issue of The Carolinian, the student newspaper of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. |
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Original publisher | Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
Language | eng |
Contributing institution | Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries |
Publication | The Carolinian |
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Additional rights information | NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES. This item has been determined to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material. |
Object ID | 2009-04-07-carolinian |
Date digitized | 2012 |
Digital publisher | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries |
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Sponsor | Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation |
OCLC number | 871559157 |
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Full text | THIS WEEK: APR 7 ~APR 13 2009 FIVE ALBUMS YOU SHOULDN'T LEAVE IN A BURNING HOUSE A&EPAGE 9 lOW LEGALIZES GAY MARRIAGE LIFE PAGE 14 THE e e aro 1n1an THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF UNCG Toby Shearer Staff Writer If you don't regularly wash your hands, if you drink water from disposable plastic bottles, if you think money donated to the developing third world is just a tax write off, Pulitzer, Peabody and Polk prize winning journalist and author Laurie Garrett has a bone to pick with you. Last Tuesday the ongoing Science and Society lecture series hosted Garrett lecturing from her book The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance which focuses on pandemic disease outbreak, like AIDS and SARS, and their rapid globalization. The Science -and Society series began last February and is meant "to provide a forum for the public to have access to scientists and scholars on issues where science and public policy intersect;' according to Professor Liam Duffy who introduced Garrett to a packed audience of UNCG stu- Toby Shearer/The Carolinian Laurie Garrett, author of The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance, speaking at the Science and Society series on Tuesday. Chancellor discusses budget cuts Lili Johnson News Editor In preparation for the stillto- be-determined budget cut, UNCG has already begun their Reduction In Force (RIF) process in regards to staff. The removal of the laptop requirement in January was also made as a preparation, allowing the university to save $700,000 a year? previously allotted for needbased financial aid _for the laptop initiative. Now that money can be put towards offsetting whatever the budget cut may be. While Chancellor Brady saud she hopes that the cut will be seven percent of the 2009-2010 budget, the reality is that it could be larger. "It's important to keep in mind that the governor was pretty friendly to (higher education). Our cuts in her budget are less than cuts to other state agencies," SEE BRADY ON PAGE FOUR THE CAROLINIAN ESTABLISHED 1919 VOL. LXXXIX ISSUE 19 LIU JOHNSON/THE CAROLINIAN Chancellor Linda Brady, in her office, discussed the budget and the affect it could have on the University community. CONTACT US DIRECTORY News 2-4 the_carolinian@hotmail.com Classifieds 2 Corrections 5 PHONE: 336-334-57 52 Opinions 5-7 A&E 8-9, 18-19 FAX: 336-334-3518 Sports 10-13 Life 14-16 dents and professors in the Jaylee Mead Auditorium last Tuesday. · In November 2003, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) struck mainland China, spread to a hotel in Hong Kong and within a matter of days spread globally with cases reported in Canada and other Asian countries. According to Garrett the scope of action needed to contain the outbreak in China was massive, and on a scale she feels would be hard to duplicate in America. Cheap, functional hospitals sprung up all over mainland China to deal exclusively with SARS cases, medical checkpoints were established at every train station and roadway checking for fever, rurp.l villages threw up make-shift barriers isolating themselves from outsiders and infection. "A hundred years ago our answer would have been to build a bigger border. That's out of date by a century," Garrett said Tuesday night. "In today's world you have to assume the microbes can be globalized which means you have to concentrate on building your own resilience, your own capacity, and collective and cooperative agreements between governments." For Garrett a large part of those cooperative agreements mean more financial contributions to developing nations. Currently the allotment of foreign aid in the congressional budget accounts for only 0.5 percent of the national budget in spite of the sizable increases to foreign aide spending made during George W. Bush's two presidential terms, according to Garrett. "What we did see was a steady increase in the number of people in the world who are staying alive with HIV infections thanks to European and American donors primarily," Garrett said. However globally, and in light of the global economic downturn, foreign aide spending and charitable contributions have fallen off. Garrett also cited, as further SEE WINNER ON PAGE THREE A few easy tips to reduce your energy use and help protect our environment! Green Hair is Always in Style! • There are ways to take care of your hair and be economically friendly at the same time! First, consolidate your hair products. Instead of buying a bottle of shampoo and a bottle of conditioner, buy 2-in-1 bottles. (This will also shorten the time you're in the shower= green bonus!) Secondly, spray less. Not only does spraying products harm the environment, but it also weighs down your 'do. So give your hair and the air a break! Get Thrifty! • New clothes are great, but each season ev~ ryone 's buying the same outfits from the same stores. This year, stand out by taking your style back a few years - shop at thrift stores! There's always unique or vintage SEE GREEN ON PAGE THREE ON THE WEB AT: ~o !lookmarks Iools tielp |