Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
Record Latino voter turnout expected in North Carolina
Fox News
…Justin Gross, professor of political science at the University of North Carolina, estimates that at least 75,000 of the 111,753 Hispanic registered voters will go to the polls in these elections, a much higher number than the 40,028 who cast their ballots in 2008.
GOP Looks to Add to Governorships
The Wall Street Journal
Republicans entered Election Day confident they could strengthen their lead in governorships, building on gains made in the 2010 elections. …"I think it's hard for [Mr. Dalton] to shake off the Dalton-Perdue-team idea, as McCrory likes to talk about it," said Virginia Gray, a political scientist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Will Diet Pepper, Pepsi and Big Data Determine the Outcome of Tomorrow's Election?
The Huffington Post
…In an article for Stanford Law Review, Daniel Kreiss, a journalism professor at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, explains how this can have negative long-term consequences for democratic participation. With so much sensitive personal information in so many hands, there are risks of data breaches and unauthorized disclosure.
Whoever Wins, North Carolina and Virginia Battlegrounds Here to Stay
The National Journal
…“Given the demographic change and the population growth of these East Coast states, they’re going to stay in the battleground category,” said Ferrel Guillory, a professor of Southern politics at University of North Carolina. “Democrats are not suddenly going to go away.”
In Defense of Nate Silver: Pundits Reveal Their Misunderstanding
The Huffington Post
…One person who got it right — and who helped me understand the issues — was Zeynep Tufekci at Wired. Tufekci, an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina who works on complex systems wrote, in a splendid defense of Silver, that this "isn't wizardry," but "the sound science of complex systems."
State and Local Coverage
"Election Protection" Hotline At UNC Law
WUNC-FM (Chapel Hill)
…Faculty and staff at UNC’s law school will be fielding calls as part of the national advocacy protection initiative called “Election Protection.” The number to call is – 1-866-OUR-VOTE. Elizabeth Haddix is senior staff attorney at the UNC Law Center for Civil Rights.
Related Link:
http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/20722511/article-NAACP-prepares-
for-Election-Day?instance=search_results
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5681/70/
Duke extends application deadline due to hurricane
The Triangle Business Journal
…At UNC-Chapel Hill, the first deadline was Oct. 15, so that didn’t change, and the final deadline is not until Jan. 7. However, if students planned to take a standardized test like the SAT or ACT and had their application time line thrown off because of Sandy, UNC-CH will grant extensions as needed to send in scores.
Newly released UNC records focus on Marvin Austin
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC-Chapel Hill released more than 2,500 pages of documents Monday related to the NCAA inquiry that led to sanctions this year against the football program.
Related Links:
http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/20723943/article-UNC
-documents–Little-%E2%80%98utterly-remorseful%E2%80%99-in-letter
http://www.wralsportsfan.com/unc-releases-last-of-requested
-public-records-related-to-ncaa-investigation/11740277/