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

National Coverage

In College, Maybe Everybody IS Doing It: Cheating (Commentary)
National Public Radio

…Consider the way the most recent academic scandal, at the University of North Carolina, was — shall we generously say — uncovered. The NCAA was investigating more obvious charges, that the Tar Heel players were dealing with agents, when it just blindly stumbled across the classroom shenanigans. And last week, it was a newspaper, The Birmingham News, that uncovered the fact that a Kentucky basketball player, Eric Bledsoe, had gotten into school with a doctored transcript. We could expect academic monkey business at Kentucky, because the basketball coach there, John Calipari, has already skipped out of two other colleges after serious violations scarred the programs on his watch. But the Carolina revelations are the more distressing, because it is one of the finest state universities in the nation.

Despite New Policy, Faculty Representation on Key NCAA Committees Falls Short
The Chronicle of Higher Education

…Jack Evans, a longtime faculty athletics representative at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who has served on various NCAA committees, understands why conferences might be reluctant to see faculty members play a bigger role. Unlike athletics administrators and conference officials, he says, they do not all share the same view of the athletics enterprise. "They're less predictable, they are not of the profession," says Mr. Evans, who stepped down as North Carolina's FAR in July, in anticipation of retiring later this year. "Personally I find it disappointing but not surprising if conference commissioners are not willing to say some form of 'We really do need a faculty voice in this.'"

10 Myths About Legacy Preferences in College Admissions
The Chronicle of Higher Education

…Remarkably, legacy preferences have been litigated only once in federal court, by an applicant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill named Jane Cheryl Rosenstock, in the 1970s. A New York resident whose application was rejected, she claimed that her constitutional rights were violated by a variety of preferences, including those for in-state applicants, minorities, low-income students, athletes, and legacies. Rosenstock was not a particularly compelling candidate—her combined SAT score was about 850 on a 1600-point scale, substantially lower than most out-of-state applicants—and she was also a weak litigant.

State and Local Coverage

Returning From War
"The State of Things" WUNC-FM

As waves of military return from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan to North Carolina, the communities they’re coming home to are working to find ways to help ease their transitions. Stress manifests itself in many ways among warriors and that spills over into their family and community life. How military and civilian organizations seek to help alleviate that stress is changing. Host Frank Stasio will discuss the issue of military re-entry with a panel of guests: …Bob Goodale, director of the Citizen Soldier Support Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Howard Odum Institute for Research in Social Science; …and Richard Kohn, professor of history and peace, war, and defense at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Roses and Raspberries (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill News

…Roses to John Brandon and Ralph and LeRoy Frasier, three pioneers whose names are too little known. In 1955, the three men started their freshman year of college at UNC. The only unusual thing about that was that, up until then, no black student had ever been admitted to Carolina as an undergraduate (the law school had been desegregated four years earlier after a federal lawsuit). Brandon and the Frasier brothers were the first black undergrads at a university that now has more black students enrolled than any other major research institution.

Education school marks 125 years of service
The Chapel Hill Herald

The School of Education at UNC Chapel Hill will celebrate its 125th year of service on Saturday. "We are proud of the long history of the School of Education and the impact it has had on education," said Bill McDiarmid, dean of the school. "Just as it was more than a century ago, our mission is to support students, educators, schools and families through innovative instructional programs, research and partnerships. We are looking forward to celebrating that work."
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3915/107/

UNC Science Expo Brings Science Fest To Close
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)

The first-ever North Carolina Science Festival is drawing to a close this weekend, but Morehead Planetarium Director Todd Boyette says they’re planning to send it out in style. The UNC Science Expo is taking place this Saturday, with activities scheduled all over the UNC campus. The event includes virtual reality demonstrations, catapult testing, NASCAR displays, and an all-day science challenge for local kids, and culminates with a talk by Nobel Prize-winning medical researcher Oliver Smithies.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3903/107/

'A mingled yarn'
The Chapel Hill News

PlayMakers Repertory Company opens its 35th anniversary Mainstage season tonight with William Shakespeare's romantic comedy, "As You Like It." The production runs through Oct. 10 in the Paul Green Theatre in the Center for Dramatic Art on the UNC campus.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3838/66/

Public employee bargaining urged
The Chapel Hill Herald

State NAACP President William Barber on Tuesday called on North Carolina to repeal its law prohibiting public employees from collective bargaining. Barber, who made his comments during an afternoon rally in front of the UNC administration building, said the law, NCGS 95-98, was adopted more than 50 years ago to prevent African Americans and poor white workers in North Carolina from improving their working conditions. …The rally, staged by the UNC student chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was part pep rally in advance of the OneNation march for jobs, justice and education on Oct. 2 in Washington, D.C.

UNC Football Blast From The Past
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)

UNC’s Wilson Library will be treating football fans to a blast from the past before some home football games this season. University archivist Jay Gaidmore says the library will display archival footage from past UNC football games. The films will be shown before the October 2nd home game against ECU and before the October 30th contest against William and Mary.

Former Top Advisor To President Bush Speaks At UNC
North Carolina News Network

The man referred to as the "architect" of the George W. Bush presidency presented a speech at UNC-Chapel Hill Monday evening. Karl Rove made the appearance as part of a lecture series put on by the campus' Young Republicans. …Rove did stress to the students the importance of the 2010 mid-term elections. He also outlined how problems with the national economy have impacted President Obama's popularity.

Concierge practices gain steam
The Triangle Business Journal

…The trend toward membership practices is not new, says Tom Ricketts, a health policy professor at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health. Large corporations have offered access to physicians for their rank-and-file employees for many years. And the practice, sometimes referred to as concierge medicine, isn’t limited to primary care, though recent interest tends to be in that field of medicine, he says.

Lactose intolerance common in adults (Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

My book, "Living Dairy-Free for Dummies," has been out only a couple of weeks, and I've been surprised by the number of people who have told me their friends or family members are lactose-intolerant. Their reactions jibe with the facts. Lactose intolerance is what happens if you eat dairy products but can't produce the lactase you need to break down the milk sugar. The result may be a range of symptoms including gas, bloating, diarrhea, nausea and abdominal cramps. Lactose intolerance is the normal condition of most of the world's adults, especially people of African, Asian, Mediterranean, Hispanic or Native American descent. (Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and a clinical assistant professor in the department of health policy and administration in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill.)

Issues and Trends

How student fees boost college sports amid rising budgets
USA Today

…Like most other schools in NCAA Division I, Radford relies on student fees to help support ever-expanding athletics budgets. Many schools, including Radford, do not itemize where those fees go for those who pay the tuition bills, USA TODAY found in an ongoing examination of college athletics finances. The amounts going to athletics are soaring, and account for as much as 23% of the required annual bill for in-state students.

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