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

National Coverage

Downturns Can Leave Americans 'Pinched' For Years
"Talk of the Nation" National Public Radio

…He cites the sociologist Glen Elder, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who followed the lives of several cohorts of Americans in the decades following the Great Depression. Elder found that those who were in their teens throughout the Depression bore few "lasting scars," (Don) Peck says. "In fact, adolescents were counted on for more, they were pampered less."

U.S. Credit Downgrade Ripples Around The World
"All Things Considered" National Public Radio

…NORRIS: So maybe we could – we should look elsewhere in the kennel. Throughout the day, we've learned of more ripples from the downgrade. Other companies and government-related institutions saw their credit downgraded as well. Who was affected by this? KEITH: Well, we've just learned that S&P has downgraded formerly AAA-rated bonds from Miami, Florida, Tacoma, Washington, the University of North Carolina and the Atlanta Downtown Development Authority, among others. They are now down to AA-plus, just like the U.S.

Islamic Terrorism Threat May Be Overblown, Expert Says
The Huffington Post

…Charles Kurzman, a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina, thinks the wave of 20th century anarchist violence bears a resemblance to the Islamic terrorism of the 21st century in one sense: Neither resulted in a spiraling escalation of violence. "In many ways," said Kurzman, "Islamic terrorism is simply the latest form of transnational revolutionary violence to grab global attention." Put another way: This too shall pass.

Should BMI play a factor in professional sports?
Yahoo! News

…The BMI scale is not designed for athletes. There is no doubt that BMI measurements do not take muscle weight versus fat weight into consideration, but that doesn't mean the numbers always lie. In 2003, the University of North Carolina published a study revealing that more than 50 percent of football players in the NFL were overweight/obese. Many of these athletes were just strong, so let's narrow down the numbers a bit.

Regional Coverage

Postpartum depression, trouble breast-feeding go together (Blog)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that mothers who struggle to breast-feed in the first two weeks after giving birth are more prone to postpartum depression. The study, which was published in the journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, looked at data from 2,586 women in the government-funded Infant Feeding and Practices Study II, which assessed issues of feeding and depression. Nine percent of the women fell into the category of “major depression.”
UNC Release:
http://bit.ly/qk4oce

State and Local Coverage

HIV & Sex
"The State of Things" WUNC-FM

Dr. Myron Cohen presented a paper at this summer's Global AIDS Conference in Rome that caused a sensation. Cohen, a Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology and Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, displayed a new treatment that would allow people with HIV to have normal sex lives without worrying about infecting their partners. Cohen joins host Frank Stasio to explain how treating HIV positive people with anti-viral medications (ARVs) early on – before they need it – can reduce or virtually eliminate the risk of infecting others during intercourse.

Feds award N.C. $865,000 for nuclear research (Blog)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

Two N.C. universities were awarded $850,000 in federal grants as part of a $39 million grant program for developing and advancing nuclear energy. The grants, awarded today for 51 projects at 31 universities, are part of the Obama administration's goal of promoting clean energy sectors. UNC Chapel Hill and N.C. State University received a pair of grants under the heading of "Transformative Research." UNC received $400,000 to develop technologies to enhance economic extraction of uranium from deep sea reserves.

S&P downgrades debt for building on UNC campus
The Associated Press

Standard & Poor's has lowered its rating for bonds issued by the UNC system 20 years ago to construct a building leased by the federal government on the Chapel Hill campus. S&P credit analyst John Kenward said the downgrade from AAA to AA+ is limited to $37 million in bonds issued by the university in 1991 for a laboratory facility leased by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Kenward said the UNC bond downgrade is a direct result of the company's downgrade on Friday of U.S. government bonds.

To 'the end of the world'
The Chapel Hill News

…Last summer Burnham and 13 young members of his Troop set upon Cycle 20Ten, 3,700-mile bicycle trip across the U.S. to build cancer research awareness. The trip raised $25,000 for UNC Lineberger. …"These exceptional young men, led by the intrepid Brian Burnham, are truly amazing," said Dianne Shaw, Deputy Director of Communications for UNC Lineberger, who added the cancer center was "most grateful to them and their wonderful families."

Art for telephone poles
The Chapel Hill News

Alice Southwick, manager of the Ackland Museum Store and its gallery, was brainstorming about what exhibit to schedule for this August and September. She wanted to pique the community's interest and also speak to the UNC students about to descend upon their home away from home.

When your food can kill you (Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

People are dying from the food they eat. I'm not talking about chronic diseases caused by nutritional excess – clogged arteries and weight-induced diabetes and high blood pressure. I'm referring to illnesses caused by salmonella, bacteria passed from t
he feces of people and other animals, infecting others. (Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and a clinical associate professor in the department of health policy and administration in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill.)

Issues and Trends

NCAA president wants changes 'rapidly'
The Associated Press

NCAA President Mark Emmert wants to cash in on the appetite for change that has been sweeping through major college athletics. He believes scholarship funding should include more money for athletes. He expects universities to spend revenue more efficiently. He's even willing to shrink the NCAA's rule book. And he contends all of it should be done now.

Football Coverage

Football fans' fumble (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

To be fair, let's put ourselves in the shoes of these athletics boosters at UNC-Chapel Hill who now are making the kind of noises people make when they're thinking about filing a lawsuit, or when they want someone to lose sleep worrying over the possibility that a suit might be in the works.
Related Link:
http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/15000082/article–Butchwhacked–in-Chapel-Hill?

Rules, enforcement on Chancellor Thorp's agenda at retreat
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)

NCAA President Mark Emmert took to the podium about 1 p.m. Tuesday in front of roughly 80 people representing universities across the country to kick off a two-day retreat to discuss the direction of the NCAA governing body. Included in that group were Duke Athletics Director Kevin White and University of North Carolina Chancellor Holden Thorp. The retreat, held at the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis, is focusing on three key areas over the two days.
Related Link:
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=8297969

UNC names search committee
The Winston-Salem Journal

Holden Thorp, the chancellor at the University of North Carolina, has named a 12-member search committee to find Dick Baddour's successor as athletics director. Trustee Lowry Caudill will chair the committee, which will advise Thorp in the hiring process.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/4669/68/

UNC Football Polling (Blog)
Public Policy Polling

In the two weeks since Butch Davis' firing as UNC football coach there's been endless debate about what Tar Heel nation really thinks about the decision and the direction of the program. Here are the results of our scientific poll conducted over the weekend of self described UNC fans: -UNC fans think that Butch Davis did a good job as coach, but they still support his firing.

Poll: More UNC fans OK with firing
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

UNC fans liked former football coach Butch Davis, but still think firing him was the right thing to do. Thirty-six percent of fans surveyed recently by Public Policy Polling said they agree with the firing while 27 percent said they disagree with the move.

Poll: UNC fans liked Davis, but firing OK
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

UNC fans liked former football coach Butch Davis, but still think firing him was the right thing to do. Thirty-six percent of fans surveyed recently by Public Policy Polling said they agree with the firing while 27 percent said they disagree with the move.
Related Links:
http://www2.nbc17.com/news/2011/aug/09/poll-finds-unc-fans-will
-still-root-football-team-ar-1283708/

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/poll-shows-mixed-feelings-within
-unc-fan-base#storylink=misearch

Honor Court fixes needed (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald

Apparently, Garrett Lee Haywood hasn't been following the case against former UNC football player Michael McAdoo. Otherwise, if we are to believe he broke into the campus building housing the university's Honor Court office as campus police allege, he might have preferred to take his chances with the student-run disciplinary panel whose critics say its enforcement is lax and the system is broken.

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