Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
International Coverage
All football heat deaths said preventable
United Press International
Heat-related deaths in football players are down, but a U.S. professor of exercise and sports science says all such deaths are preventable. Frederick Mueller of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill says in 2007 two reported cases of high school football players dying of heat-stroke were two too many. "There's no excuse for any number of heat stroke deaths," Mueller says in a statement.
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/1430/107/
Regional Coverage
Teen's death renews call for heart scans
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Ga.)
In previous years, Gwinnett Football League officials had considered making a heart ultrasound test mandatory for its youth players. Through a Suwanee-based company, it would have been a $58 charge. …According to a study from the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research at the University of North Carolina, seven teenaged football players suffered "indirect fatalities" — defined as a death caused by exertion or by a complication that was secondary to a non-fatal injury — in the U.S. in 2007.
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/1430/107/
State and Local Coverage
Area football teams' first opponent is heat'
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Football practice begins today for most area high school teams, but for many teams the official start of practice is a step back in their practice routine. …These football practice recommendations come from Dr. Frederick Mueller, director of the National Center of Catastrophic Sports Injury Research at the University of North Carolina.
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/1430/107/
UNC alums to walk 170 miles back to Chapel Hill
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
Nicholas Becketti is still skeptical his Carolina Blue will help his legs last for 170 miles, but he's going along with the plans of his old college roommate to honor their alma mater's first student. Becketti, Bryan Jones and Whitney Reeds, all in their mid-20's, plan to start walking Saturday along a similar route – they hope – that Hilton James took from Wilmington to Chapel Hill in 1795, when he became the first to enroll at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Related Link:
http://www.newsobserver.com/1565/story/1160751.html
Giant UNC genetics building prepares for fall opening
The Triangle Business Journal
Researchers are getting ready to move this fall into one of the largest buildings on the University of North Carolina campus. The Genetic Medicine Building, which will house laboratories, classrooms and offices for both the School of Medicine and the School of Pharmacy, also is a whopper in terms of cost.
New break on college books
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Attention, medical students: This weekend you can save $10.22 on that bend-with-your-knees heavy copy of "Vander's Human Physiology: The Mechanisms of Body Function." Last year, students buying that textbook — priced at $151.50 at UNC-Chapel Hill's health affairs bookstore — wouldn't have been able to reap the benefits of the state's annual sales-tax holiday.
Branded goods, sponsors popular at UNC, NCSU, Duke
The Triangle Business Journal
It’s easy to spot die-hard university fans in the Triangle. …Derek Lochbaum, director of trademarks and licensing at UNC-Chapel Hill, says that even though a licensing agency is involved, the role of his office is to “protect our brand and logos.”
Football ticket sales strong for UNC, NCSU
The Triangle Business Journal
Butch Davis and Tom O’Brien can’t guarantee they’ll win all their home football games this fall, but they can promise their teams that they’ll play in front of packed houses. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where Davis coaches, has sold out its 36,250 full season-ticket packages. N.C. State, which is helmed by O’Brien, has sold out its 35,000 season tickets.
Issues and Trends
Federal prosecutors looking into Carson murder
The Associated Press
Federal prosecutors have opened their own investigation into the killing of former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student body president Eve Carson, according to a letter made public Thursday. U.S. Attorney Anna Mills Wagoner mentioned that a federal investigation was opened March 14 – less than two weeks after Carson was found dead – in a letter sent to Orange County District Attorney Jim Woodall, who is handling the case.
Police chief: Violent crime is down in Chapel Hill
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A shotgun robbery in a downtown alley during daylight two weeks ago had Police Chief Brian Curran concerned. "That's somebody out there who just doesn't care" about getting caught, Curran said. But Curran had a more positive message for members of the Friends of Downtown who gathered Thursday morning at the Franklin Hotel: Violent crimes are generally down compared with last year, despite the nationwide publicity brought by Eve Carson's slaying.
David Murdock gives tour to Martha Stewart
The Independent Tribune (Kannapolis)
Martha Stewart took a leisurely stroll through Cannon Village Thursday afternoon. …Dr. Steve Zeisel, director of the UNC Nutrition Research Institute, accompanyed Stewart and her friends through the village.
Related Link:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1161583.html