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International Coverage

Early neglect predicts aggressive behavior in children
The Tehran Times (Iran)

Children who are neglected before their second birthday display higher levels of aggressive behavior between ages 4 and 8, according to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study, published in the journal Pediatrics. …“The lack of attention devoted to the problem of neglect – the so-called ‘neglect of neglect’ – is a long-standing concern in the child welfare field,” said study co-author Jon Hussey, research assistant professor of maternal and child health in the UNC School of Public Health and a fellow at the Carolina Population Center.
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/health-and-medicine/early-neglect-predicts-
aggressive-behavior-in-children.html

Regional Coverage

Broadwater releases favorable poll, but others attack survey
Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.)

Broadwater Energy released poll results yesterday showing overwhelming support on Long Island for its natural gas barge, but the survey itself came under sharp attack. …But Philip Meyer, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Institute for Research in Social Science, said after reviewing the poll material Broadwater released that it was improperly done because it did not present both sides of the issue.

State and Local Coverage

UNC study: Inactive teens at risk of heart disease
The Chapel Hill Herald

Young children who lead inactive lifestyles are five-to-six times more likely to be at serious risk of heart disease, with that degree of danger emerging as early as their teenage years, according to a new study by UNC researchers. …However, until now, no one had tracked the same group of children over time to see just how fitness and activity levels in their early years played a role in the likelihood of them developing metabolic syndrome by the time they were teenagers, said Robert McMurray, professor of exercise and sports science in the department of exercise and sports science in UNC's College of Arts and Sciences.
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/health-and-medicine/inactive-kids-face-
six-fold-risk-of-heart-disease-by-teen-years-study-finds.html

Matriculation madness (Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

Odds are, your bracket for the NCAA men's final didn't match up Butler and Western Kentucky. But that's the way it would go in an alternate universe where graduation rates, rather than baskets scored, decided the game. Only one of the schools in this year's Final Four, North Carolina, manages to graduate a majority of its players — or more than a third of its black players.

Nobel winner to speak at UNC
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

Nobel Prize winner Oliver Smithies will give a free public talk, "Reflections on a Lifetime of Science," at UNC Chapel Hill's Morehead Planetarium and Science Center on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Smithies, a UNC professor, was co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. The award recognized Smithies' introduction of specific gene modifications in mice through embryonic stem cells.
Related Link:
http://www.wral.com/business/local_tech_wire/wire/story/2696379/
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1029009.html
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/health-and-medicine/nobel-prize-recipient-
oliver-smithies-to-speak-wednesday-at-unc.html

Mark your calendar
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

The Rev. Peter Gomes, a visiting professor at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University, will deliver a free public lecture titled "The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus: What's So Good About the Good News?" at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the auditorium of UNC's Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building, Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill.
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/campus-and-community/religious-scholar-
gomes-to-present-annual-keohane-lecture-april-9.html

Duke-UNC joint scholars named
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

Fifty-three high school scholars have been chosen for the Robertson Scholars Class of 2012, President Richard H. Brodhead of Duke University and Chancellor James Moeser of UNC Chapel Hill announced jointly on Monday. The Robertson Scholars Program is a merit scholarship program at UNC and Duke.
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/students/unc-chapel-hill-duke-announce-
winners-of-robertson-scholarship.html

A new world of economic opportunities (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

Two luxury cars, one a Jaguar and the other a Land Rover, pull up in front of one of the swankiest hotels in the world, the Pierre, on Fifth Avenue at 61st Street across from Central Park in New York City. (Peter A. Coclanis is associate provost for international affairs and Albert R. Newsome professor of history at UNC-Chapel Hill.)

Aldermen to consider policies on sealing, unsealing minutes of closed meetings
The Sun-Journal (New Bern)

Until now, the city of New Bern has had no formal, written policy about what becomes of closed-session minutes and when and if they become available to the public. …David Lawrence, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Government, said the state statute does not require a municipality to have a written policy on closed-session minutes.

Charlotte judge pleads to DWI
The Charlotte Observer

Superior Court Judge Karl Adkins has been placed on probation after pleading guilty in Randolph County to driving while impaired. …Eric L. Muller, a professor at UNC Chapel Hill's law school, said judges convicted of drunken driving should not be presiding over DWI trials to avoid any risk of unfairness — actual or perceived.

Town considers off-campus call boxes
News 14 Carolina

Off-campus emergency call boxes could be coming to Chapel Hill. Town leaders will host a public information meeting Tuesday on this new safety initiative. The Chapel Hill Police Department and the University of North Carolina student government want to install three emergency call boxes downtown and put up new pedestrian-level lighting on Rosemary Street between Hillsborough and Boundary streets.

WIPP Yields Samples of Ancient Organic Compound
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)

Scientists have apparently found cellulose estimated to be 253 million years old in salt crystals at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. WIPP is a federal underground nuclear waste dump near Carlsbad. U.S. Energy Department scientist Roger Nelson said he and scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill took samples of large crystals from recently mined stretches at WIPP.
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/science-and-technology/for-the-paper-trail-
of-life-on-mars-or-other-planets-find-cellulose.html

Issues and Trends

School is the surest path to achieving King's dream (Opinion-Editorial Column)
USA Today

Two things got my attention last week. One was the 40th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. The other was evidence of the worsening condition of the dream he shared with this nation during his 1963 speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. …In Chapel Hill, N.C., Laurence Lovette, 17, and Demario Atwater, 21 — both high school dropouts — have been charged with murdering University of North Carolina's student body president, Eve Carson, last month.

Demand reform (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

I am outraged at the murders of Eve Carson and Abhijit Mahato. I am almost more outraged at what we have learned about how the N.C. Division of Community Corrections mishandled the cases of the two alleged perpetrators. (James R. Leutze, Chancellor Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Wilmington)
Related Link:
http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/letters/story/1028933.html

N.C. Research Campus Lands another Tennant
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)

Billionaire David Murdock is set to announce the addition of another tenant for the North Carolina Research Campus he is building in Kannapolis. …Murdock is pouring more than $1 billion into the campus, which is being built on the grounds of a former textile mill that he once owned in Kannapolis. Partners in the effort include Duke University, the University of North Carolina system and the N.C. Community College System.

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