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

National Coverage

Spring Is Here, or at Least It Is in North Carolina
The New York Times

Finally it arrived on Tuesday night: Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring,” performed at Memorial Hall on the campus of the University of North Carolina here by the Mariinsky Orchestra, conducted by Valery Gergiev. It had been a long, hard road: longest for those who attended the academic conference “Reassessing ‘The Rite,’ ” from Thursday through Sunday, leading up to Mariinsky concerts on Monday and Tuesday; hardest for Mr. Gergiev and the orchestra members, who had to compress their itinerary to outpace Hurricane Sandy.

Experimental drugs show promise in lowering cholesterol
USA Today

…Significantly, the new drugs haven't yet been shown to actually reduce heart attacks or deaths, says cardiologist Cam Patterson, a professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. And while the drugs caused few side effects in this study, doctors will need to conduct larger trials to show they're really safe, he says.

What Doors Does a Ph.D. in History Open?
The Chronicle of Higher Education

…I studied the career outcomes of history Ph.D.'s who graduated between 1990 and 2010 (taking every other year) from four history departments: at Duke University, Ohio State University, and the Universities of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and California at Santa Barbara.

State and Local Coverage

A changing electorate (Editorial)
The Salisbury Post

North Carolina is often cited as a “battleground” state, meaning many political experts and pollsters think it’s in play between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. But what does that mean in terms of its electoral composition? To quote a pop culture phrase, it’s complicated. You can get a sense of just how complicated from a new DataNet report published by UNC-Chapel Hill’s Program on Public Life. The program’s director, Ferrel Guillory, is a veteran journalist and longtime student of Southern politics.

The missing anti-poverty campaign (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

Three undisputable, but contradictory, facts lie at the vortex of American poverty. First, this is the wealthiest nation on earth. Second, we countenance higher levels of poverty, especially child poverty, than any remotely comparable country. Third, Americans believe, with steely determination, this is the fairest society – the most committed to equality and “justice for all” – the world has ever known. (Gene Nichol is the Boyd Tinsley distinguished professor at UNC’s Law School and director of the UNC Center on Poverty, Work & Opportunity.)

911 call: Friend tried to save UNC student’s life
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

A friend who found David Palmer Shannon Saturday night at a concrete plant attempted to save his life by giving him chest compressions. Shannon, a freshman at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, apparently died after falling about 40 feet from some machinery at Ready Mixed Concrete Company off Brewer Lane in Carrboro, according to Carrboro police.
Related Link:
http://chapelboro.com/UNC-Student-Who-Died-Saturday-Was-Found-By-Friends/14666689

Chapel Hill-oween: Thousands crowd Franklin Street for fright night
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

…UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp and Winston Crisp, vice chancellor of student affairs, were spotted keeping a watchful eye over the crowd. Town officials have worked hard to keep “Homegrown Halloween” local and small. For the past four years, town leaders have urged folks who do not live in Chapel Hill or attend school at UNC to stay away from the popular celebration that in 2007 brought more than 80,000 people to Franklin Street.
Related Link:
http://www.wral.com/thousands-pack-franklin-street-for-annual-chapel-hill-tradition/11724509/

UNC Athletics Director visits Greenville, addresses academic fraud
WNCT-TV (CBS/Greenville)

UNC's Department of Athletics has dealt with a lot of controversy lately. Now the university's athletics director is speaking out. Bubba Cunningham was the guest speaker at today's Greater Greenville Sports Club meeting.

Issues and Trends

Army veteran challenges UNC on tuition costs
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

A veteran of the war in Iraq who says she was misclassified as an out-of-state resident when she applied to a North Carolina college will deliver a petition in Chapel Hill Thursday – and then a lawsuit to federal court in Raleigh – asking the UNC system to improve the way it treats student veterans.

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