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Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:

National Coverage

Stunt goes wrong
The Chicago Tribune

…Cheerleading accounts for 65 percent of all catastrophic injuries in girls' high school athletics despite comprising just 12 percent of participants, according to a report by the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research at the University of North Carolina. About 30,000 cheerleaders get treated in emergency rooms nationally each year, the report said. Over the last quarter century, at least 73 catastrophic injuries have occurred.

Regional Coverage

Dementia not one size fits all
The News Tribune (LaSalle, Ill.)

Teepa Snow remembers the difficulty of providing day care for her family members who had late stages of dementia. Whether it was one family member spitting chewing tobacco on the floor or them forgetting who she was, the experiences she learned at a young age helped. …Snow has more than 28 years of experience in geriatrics. She is an occupation therapist working as a dementia care and education specialist. She has clinical appointments with Duke University’s School of Nursing and UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Medicine, and is nationally recognized for her expertise in geriatrics, dementia care and individual care.

State and Local Coveage

'Mythbusters' will visit UNC
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, hosts of the Discovery Channel television show "MythBusters," will be paying a visit to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, courtesy of the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center. "An Afternoon with Adam and Jamie" will begin at 2 p.m. Sept. 19 in UNC's Dean E. Smith Center. The event is part of the North Carolina Science Festival, which runs Sept. 11-26, the first statewide science festival in the United States.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3763/74/

A musical mystery
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

"There you are! How very glad we are that there you are!" Every cast member of UNC PlayMakers' Summer Youth Conservatory stood on or around the stage in the Paul Green Theatre at UNC last week, in technical rehearsals for "DROOD: The Mystery of Edwin Drood" which opens Thursday. They were dressed as a lively Victorian musical troupe, pleased that their audience came to see a show.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3699/66/

What if oil spills here? (Under the Dome)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

Marine researchers will huddle with state and federal officials this week about what could be done in North Carolina to respond to a major oil spill. A conference on Wednesday at UNC Wilmington's Center for Marine Science will focus on the role of higher education institutions in responding to a spill. …Participating agencies include the U.S. Coast Guard, the N.C. Division of Emergency Management, Army Corps of Engineers and the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries. Universities represented include UNCW, East Carolina, N.C. State, UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke.

Crash may be pilot's fault
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

Excessive speed may have caused a pilot to bounce his Cirrus SR20 on the runway and crash into trees at Horace Williams Airport last week, according to pilots and witness statements in a federal investigator's preliminary report. Rick Beach, a volunteer safety liaison with the Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association, said the number of times pilot Thomas Pitts' plane touched the runway was a "troubling detail" in the National Transportation Safety Board report released Saturday.
Related Links:
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/7988812/
http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/8816018/article-Report-sheds-light-
on-crash?instance=main_article

Issues and Trends

Stakes high for agents, athletes
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

…Despite the aggressive countermeasures, the influence of agents hustling to curry favor among college athletes is one of the biggest problems college athletic administrators face as they try to keep their programs from running afoul of NCAA rules. …NCAA investigators have spoken to UNC senior defensive end Marvin Austin, UNC senior wide receiver Greg Little and South Carolina tight end Weslye Saunders about possible improper involvement with sports agents.
Related Links:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/07/20/589087/unc-players-meet-today.html
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7563541
http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/8816414/article-Report–Tar-Heels-to-meet-amid-talk-of-suspension?

An education within reach (Editorial)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

Tuition had to go up. It also has to go back down again. The legislature and the University of North Carolina system made the right choice this year when they approved unprecedented tuition increases for state colleges and universities. The UNC system's budget has decreased by $575 million in the last three years, to the detriment of classroom resources. If Gov. Beverly Perdue's budget oracles are correct, next year could see even sharper shortfalls, and we may be looking at more tuition and fee increases.

UNC coach Roy Williams going into Owen High Hall of Fame
The Citizen-Times (Asheville)

Rarely does a basketball coach get inducted into a high school’s Hall of Fame after posting a career record 21 games under .500. But rarer still does the coach go on to a Hall of Fame career that includes a pair of national championships and more than 600 wins as one of college basketball’s top coaches.
Owen High will honor North Carolina coach Roy Williams by inducting him into the school’s athletics Hall of Fame on Aug. 27.

Builder chosen for health school
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

Welty Building Co. has been selected to build the $7 million Durham Public Schools City of Medicine Academy. The three-story, 40,000-square-foot building will house 400 high school students who are pursuing health care-related careers. The program is a collaboration between Durham Public Schools, Duke University, Durham Technical Community College, N.C. Central University and UNC-Chapel Hill.
Related Link:
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2010/07/19/daily17.html

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